As Thanksgiving day quickly approaches, we’d like to take this time to reflect on the things our organization is thankful for.
This year, we’ve been happy to announce new additions to our Care Share staff, including our Virtual Assistant, Kyndal Dodd, and Medicaid Expansion Outreach & Education Coordinator, Hollis Smith. Hollis is leading Care Share’s collaborative work with the NC Community Health Center Association and NC Navigator Consortium to promote Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina, which begins Dec. 1, 2023. This work is generously supported by combined funding from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, the Duke Endowment, Dogwood Health Trust, the Cone Health Foundation and the John Rex Endowment. We are so grateful to have these – and other – important partners working together to make sure Medicaid Expansion is a success in our state!
In addition to staff, Care Share is deeply appreciative to welcome five new members to our board of directors. Thank you to Dr. Carrie Rosario, Honey Yang Estrada, Jamilla Pinder, Dr. Meredith Gringle and Yesenia Cuello for being willing to dedicate your time and expertise to our mission!
We also want to extend our thanks to all of the guests who were part of the first season of the Equity+ Podcast. Without your willingness to share your knowledge, passion and lived experience, in the service of uplifting your community’s voice, our podcast wouldn’t have been such a success!
And, although bittersweet, we are thankful for the work that our past Director of Community Engagement, Shaunessy Lofton, and Director of Innovation and Capacity Building, Jalah Clayton, have done, and the lasting impact they have made on Care Share as an organization. We wish them all the best in their new professional endeavors.
Finally, we are thankful for you, our partners, who work hard every day to make your communities healthy and more equitable. We hope that this week you are able to take time for yourself, to connect with friends and family, and have the chance to truly feel appreciated for all that you are and what you do. Have a wonderful holiday!
