The Commissioners of Bladen County, including Mark Gillespie, Arthur Bullock and Michael Cogdell, visited the George Henry White Memorial Health and Education Center on Monday, Nov. 14. They were welcomed by Wanda Pridgen, community volunteer; Wanda Campbell Clay, leadership team; Ocie Jones, superintendent; Hilda Coleman, Brenda Kelly, part-time staff; and Carol Caldwell, programming director . A tour of the facility took place, as well as presentations about the history of

North Carolina PBS producer, Mike O'Connell, has been working hard on a documentary to highlight the historic role played by Congressman George Henry White in the state, national and society at large. We're thrilled to announce that his project, George Henry White, Searching for Freedom, is being shown this weekend at the Carrboro Film Festival. "We're in the Saturday afternoon block of film called Stories We Should Tell which runs from 1:15pm to 3:15 pm," writes Mike, and ti

Seven local churches joined with the Community Watch program to bring delicious, cooked meals to some 100 local residents on Thursday, November 10, at the George Henry White Memorial Health and Education Center. Each church prepared one element of the meal: dressing, cranberry sauce, green beans, yams, rolls and cakes. These turkey was cooked by Mr. Buddy Tomlin and the sides were cooked at each different church and then brought to the center, where volunteers then assembled