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Being new to Lenoir County’s business community, the leaders of the Amazon distribution site in Kinston and its employees want to forge a connection with people who live here. They started this week with the youngest of the county’s residents and with the school supplies many will need to get off to a good start in the coming school year.
As online charitable giving continues to grow in popularity, NC Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall today released a new guide to help North Carolinians be informed when making donations online this holiday season.
The Distinguished Young Women of Lenoir County program proudly presents Anna Rouse, Distinguished Young Woman of Lenoir County for 2021, in its annual program which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 25, 2021 in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Kinston High School. Rouse is currently a freshman at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the daughter of Eric and Alice Rouse.
It’s a season of growth for Kinston teenager Killen Harper as she celebrates six months of her unique non-profit organization, Carolina Greens. Since January 2021, Killen has turned her family’s backyard on Stockton Rd. into a compact, productive garden growing vegetables she donates to Mary’s Kitchen and Greenville’s JOY Soup Kitchen.
Public Service Announcement: Casey Stevens with the American Red Cross issues a plea for blood drive locations as they're experiencing a shortage due to COVID-19. If you'd like to help, please contact her at Casey.Stevens@redcross.org.
The Salvation Army of Kinston, serving Lenoir, Duplin, and Greene counties, helps more than 770 people every Christmas. Seasonal donations are down for The Salvation Army of Kinston by $17,471 compared to last year.
Each “night” is a man, woman or child who had no place to go, no food to eat, and no way to keep warm in the winter or keep cool in the summer.
As this year comes to an end, The Friends of the Homeless is asking you for your help. Household and cleaning supplies are greatly needed.
The 3.26 acres of property is valued at $1.7 million and was formerly a Walmart Express. The newly-named Floyd Health Sciences Center will be a state-of-the-art facility where the College’s health care programs will be housed.
Each Thanksgiving, the Kinston Chapter of Carolina Junior Cotillions donates pet food to the Lenoir County SPCA. This year our students are donating dog food to the SPCA and cat food to the Kinston Chapter of Lucky Cats.
“These guys are from Franklin County,” George said as he introduced me to the three men sitting at the table. “This is their second trip to bring supplies to help flood victims.”
Here are two ways you can help Jones County NC recover from Hurricane Florence.
If you’d like to help with the recovery effort, local nonprofit KARE (Kinston Area Recovery Efforts) will be accepting donations at Fairfield Recreation Center on Sept. 17,
Area Girl Scouts are hoping the community can help them collect school supplies for those less fortunate.
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