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Winchester service week changes lives through relationships

For the eighth time in nine years, Group Mission Trips brought about 300 stu­dents and adult lead­ers to Winchester for a week of ser­vice, home repairs and rela­tion­ship-build­ing. Volunteers rebuilt decks, con­struct­ed wheel­chair ramps and paint­ed homes for elder­ly res­i­dents, peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties and fam­i­lies in need, all while shar­ing meals, prayers and con­ver­sa­tions with home­own­ers. Participants said the week changed more than hous­es, help­ing students... 
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Valerie Smaldone: ‘Finding Kindness’ and a new café for Winchester

Host Pete Koutoulas wel­comes Valerie Smaldone, pro­duc­er and co-founder of Just Do Good Entertainment, to Voices of Winchester for a con­ver­sa­tion about “Finding Kindness” and the upcom­ing Winchester Café. Valerie dis­cuss­es her move from New York City to North Carolina and Kentucky, her mis­sion to high­light char­i­ta­ble local busi­ness­es, and the heart behind cre­at­ing fam­i­ly-friend­ly, uplift­ing enter­tain­ment. She also shares... 
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  • Winchester service week changes lives through relationships

    Winchester service week changes lives through relationships

    JP Martin

    For the eighth time in nine years, Group Mission Trips brought about 300 stu­dents and adult lead­ers to Winchester for a week of ser­vice, home repairs and rela­tion­ship-build­ing. Volunteers rebuilt decks, con­struct­ed wheel­chair ramps and paint­ed homes for elder­ly res­i­dents, peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties and fam­i­lies in need, all while shar­ing meals, prayers and con­ver­sa­tions with home­own­ers. Participants said the week changed more than hous­es, help­ing stu­dents grow in con­fi­dence, faith and com­pas­sion while giv­ing res­i­dents con­nec­tion, encour­age­ment and practical… 

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  • Valerie Smaldone: ‘Finding Kindness’ and a new café for Winchester

    Valerie Smaldone: ‘Finding Kindness’ and a new café for Winchester

    Pete Koutoulas

    Host Pete Koutoulas wel­comes Valerie Smaldone, pro­duc­er and co-founder of Just Do Good Entertainment, to Voices of Winchester for a con­ver­sa­tion about “Finding Kindness” and the upcom­ing Winchester Café. Valerie dis­cuss­es her move from New York City to North Carolina and Kentucky, her mis­sion to high­light char­i­ta­ble local busi­ness­es, and the heart behind cre­at­ing fam­i­ly-friend­ly, uplift­ing enter­tain­ment. She also shares plans to film episodes in Winchester and describes the café as… 

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  • What the SAVE Act is not

    What the SAVE Act is not

    Crystal Brantly

    New guest con­trib­u­tor Crystal Brantly begins a series exam­in­ing the SAVE Act by explain­ing what the leg­is­la­tion is not. While the bill is often described as a basic vot­er ID require­ment, Brantly notes that many states already require pho­to iden­ti­fi­ca­tion; oth­ers use alter­nate ver­i­fi­ca­tion meth­ods, and fed­er­al law already bars nonci­t­i­zens from vot­ing in fed­er­al elec­tions. She also points to research show­ing nonci­t­i­zen vot­ing is exceed­ing­ly rare, while proof-of-cit­i­zen­ship require­ments can… 

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