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United Ministries' poverty tour, it changes lives

JULY 27, 2010 7:33 a.m. Comments (0)

From the window of a 10-passenger van, life can move by pretty fast.

For Reggie Ellison, the view from her seat on the United Ministries Poverty Tour slowed it to a halt. Continue reading...

Emrys Foundation prepares to expand

JULY 27, 2010 7:26 a.m. Comments (0)

It’s been 30 years since a dinner in a basement apartment on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on an icy winter evening that spawned the first conversation about what would become the Emrys Foundation.

Over bowls of melting ice cream, Keller Cushing Freeman and Sally Wyche Coenen talked about the obstacles confronting writers, composers and artists who were in sore need of somewhere to present their work, especially when those artists were women or minorities. Continue reading...

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Two babies. Two miracles.

The March of Dimes is helping Greenville County thrive.

JULY 26, 2010 7:24 a.m. Comments (0)

Babies leave Greenville Hospital’s NICU, neonatal intensive-care unit, either as miracles or angels.

Ten-month old Weston Ward, born with respiratory distress syndrome, left as a miracle. Continue reading...

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United Ministries' poverty tour, it changes lives

Emrys Foundation prepares to expand

Two babies. Two miracles.

The March of Dimes is helping Greenville County thrive.

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