Little Free Antiracist Library is Open and Ready for Exchange / August 16, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

The New Garden Friends Meeting Anti-racist Little Free Library was installed by dedicated Meeting members last week (think post hole digging, cement and structural support), located just south of the NGFM driveway entrance. Peace and Social Concerns initiated the project as part of our visible witness to the Meeting’s commitment to stand against racism. CH Holcombe’s sister spurred the Peace and Social Concern Committee into action with a generous donation of a previously registered Little…

Learn to Play Bridge in a Day / August 27, 2022

Community, News

Are you interested in learning bridge? New Garden has been the site for weekly duplicate bridge games on Friday afternoons. Several people have asked about how to learn bridge. Here is an opportunity: “Learn Bridge in a Day”! Greensboro will host the one day training on Saturday, August 27 10-4:00. The local duplicate bridge group is sponsoring this training, the instructor is Patty Tucker, (Bridge Hall of Fame and Master Teacher) . Pre-registration cost is…

Racism Blamed for Paltry U.S. Government Benefits / August 2, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

Thanks to Jo Poole for sharing an entry from Chuck Fager’s A Friendly Letter from July 21, 2022. (It’s actually excerpts from the New York Times: There’s a Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things by Bryce Covert) “. . . Why is it so much harder — right now, seemingly impossible — for our country to enact new programs that are customary in much of the rest of the world? It’s easy to blame one…

Learn To Play Bridge in a Day / August 27, 2022

Community, News

Are you interested in learning bridge? New Garden has been the site for weekly duplicate bridge games on Friday afternoons. Several people have asked about how to learn bridge. Here is an opportunity: “Learn Bridge in a Day”! Greensboro will host the one day training on Saturday, August 27 10-4:00. The local duplicate bridge group is sponsoring this training, the instructor is Patty Tucker, (Bridge Hall of Fame and Master Teacher) . Pre-registration cost is…

Climate Crisis , Anti-racism, Democratic Rights Top the List of Concerns / August 2, 2022

Community, Environment, News, Social Concerns

Results from the Peace and Social Concerns Spring Survey The Peace and Social Concerns committee requested New Gardeners to respond to an on-line survey to help us discern what were the priorities of the Meeting for study, advocacy, coordinated activities and use of our limited resources in awarding small grants to local non-profits. We asked people to rank a series of 14 issues from 1 (highest priority) to 5 (lowest priority) for the Meeting. (We…

Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Food Pantry is Running Out of Food / August 2, 2022

Community, Families, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

The demand for food assistance is so high that over 100 household come each day, five days a week, to receive groceries from the Food Pantry. While the amount of donations have gone up over the last week, much more food is needed to continue meeting the weekly demand. The economy has driven many families to the pantry that have never had to as for food assistance before. Greensboro has always been a generous community…

Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation / Draft Priorities for 2023-24

Community, Environment, FCNL, News, Social Concerns

Equal Access to Quality Public Education Led by our testimonies of Equality, Integrity, and Community, we value the importance of education in realizing the inherent potential of all people. We support legislation that supports equal access to quality public education for all residents, through instruction which centers integrity and truth-seeking, provided by instructors, support services, and infrastructure that ensure the mental and physical health, safety, and dignity of every student, teacher, administrator, and school board.…

Covid Medical Advisory / July 24, 2022

Community, Covid-19, News

This week in Guilford County, community level risk of Covid transmission is HIGH with an increased number of cases reported to the NC HHS , hospitalizations slightly increased and early warning indicators ( like wastewater viral particle numbers) increased. The NC Health and Human Services Dashboard is updated weekly on Wednesdays. CDC.gov can also be used to access more information on what actions to take based on each county’s current level of community spread and…