The Shalom Project

The Shalom Project

The Shalom Project of Winston-Salem seeks to build a strong and healthy community by meeting the needs of people with compassion, celebrating diversity, and working for justice. None of our services would be possible without the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and generosity of our friends in the community.

Flourish

Flourish is a financial education and holistic wellness program designed to help low-income women heads-of-household (called “Achievers”) and their families achieve financial self-sufficiency. We collaborate with community partners and resources to focus on practical financial wellness, but differ from other programs by attending to the dignity and wellbeing of the whole person. Flourish’s agenda and curriculum are premised on The Shalom Project’s philosophy that all individuals deserve to be valued for their unique gifts and abilities. Recognizing that financial mobility is predicated on many intersecting factors of a person’s health and environment, Flourish employs a holistic curriculum with a special emphasis on mental health care, developed alongside women in poverty, that addresses dimensions of whole person wellness, trauma and resilience, and self-care, in addition to financial empowerment.

The Shalom Project

The Shalom Project continues to serve our community and our neighbors in need through our Medical Clinic & Pharmacy, Food Pantry, Clothing Closet, and Flourish program. We welcome all through our doors, collaborating with several organizations to allow for our services to reach anyone who needs what we have available.

Flourish

Participants commit to meeting every week for one year. Each weekly session begins with a community meal for Achievers, their families, and volunteers, and then provides a presentation from one of Flourish’s community partners on a financial or wellness topic for the week. The session ends with participants meeting in small groups with financially-stable volunteer “Companions” to work on relationship-building and goal-setting.