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March 10th, 2022
by Crossnore Staff
We had the opportunity to interview Kimberly King about the history of The Children's Home. Kim started working with…
March 3rd, 2022
by Patrice Williams
We sat down with Kathy Dellinger, who now serves as Executive Assistant to our CEO and Deputy Director. She…
July 8th, 2021
Alana Fisher has a smile that lights up the room. She rushes in with a contagious energy and immediately…
September 3rd, 2020
Cuba Barber is a young woman on the move. Her early history includes moving from family member to family…
March 5th, 2020
Sometimes you meet people in life who seem to make it their mission to take care of others. Such…
September 24th, 2019
There’s something about landing in foster care twice that affects the life of a young boy. Chris Ward knows…
August 9th, 2019
Alyssia Dula came to Crossnore School & Children’s in November of 2014 with her younger brother, Tyler. Two years…
April 12th, 2019
Kay Stone came to live on the Winston-Salem campus of Crossnore School & Children’s Home (then called The Children’s…
March 15th, 2019
“I came [to campus] with a paper bag that had all my belongings in it,” recalls Crossnore alumna Mitzi Petrey Ensor. The year was 1973 and then seven-year-old Mitzi,…
February 21st, 2019
Colleen Green Hutchens was born in Bryson City, but has lived in Winston-Salem since she was three and a half years…
December 31st, 2018
The Echevarria family grows strong women, just ask Annette Echevarria and her sister, Giselle Echevarria Helton. A shared family…
February 8th, 2016
The Children’s Home’s massive, red brick buildings on an expansive, green carpeted campus always will be home for thousands…
