-
Greg Thornburg wears a lot of hats around The Filling Station. He serves on our board of directors, chairs the facilities committee, leads the Perfect Ten committee, and this year he is stepping up as event chair for the Perfect Ten fundraiser. He also represents Solid Rock Global Methodist Church on the board.
-
Jacob Morgan of NC Extension talks drought stressed crops, tree farming, local produce, and the Jones County Heritage Festival on the Filling Station podcast.
-
Gentiva hospice consultant Ashley Vasquez Velasquez debunks common myths about referrals, cost, and coverage for local Jones County families seeking care.
-
Maddie Norris, a Jones County high school senior, shares how volunteering at The Filling Station’s food pantry shaped her compassion and nursing career goals.
-
Nutrition program leader, Marcy Hoffman, joins The Filling Station podcast to share heart-healthy foods, warning signs, and simple daily habits for a stronger heart.
-
Emoni Burgess previews the 17th annual Jones County Heritage Festival: a new family movie night, farmer’s market, hayride, and more.
-
Marcy Hoffman joins The Filling Station to explore joint health — nutrition, movement, and daily habits that protect mobility and independence as you age.
-
Comfort Elementary principal Elizabeth Thompson shares her first year in Jones County, new sixth-grade plans, and growing community support.
-
This episode wraps up our six-part “Bridging Foods and Meds” series, and we’re closing it out with a topic everyone can use: immunity. Host Mary Ann LeRay sits down with Marcy Hoffman, the Filling Station’s onsite nutrition education program lead, to break down what your immune system actually is and how the small choices you make every day either strengthen it or wear it down. Marcy describes the immune system as your body’s “security team”: organs, tissues, cells, and even your skin, all working together with an innate defense that responds immediately and an adaptive defense that learns from every […]
-
Host Mary Ann LeRay welcomes back Kristen Mihaljevic, Director of Development at the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF), for a follow-up conversation that picks up right where the last episode left off. This time, the focus turns to estate planning and legacy giving – and why these “difficult conversations” are so much easier to have before a crisis than in the middle of one. The timing matters. Baby boomers hold more wealth than any generation before them, and as Mary Ann notes, they value choices, options, and creative ways to fuel what matters most to their communities. Kristen explains how […]
