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BUZZ Watch Party stars Renovation Alliance 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ Watch Party stars Renovation Alliance

Join us at the historic Grandin Theatre on October 27 at 6:00 pm ET to celebrate our newest BUZZ starring Renovation Alliance! Event is free. Doors open 5:30 pm.

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Food, clothing and shelter may be our three basic needs, but in the modern world, shelter is the trickiest to provide. Even if you have a house, it can be expensive to maintain, especially if you’re disabled or, like seniors and veterans, living on a fixed income.

Thankfully in Roanoke, Virginia, homeowners have help and hope for costly repairs and renovations, and on today’s episode of BUZZ, we feature a nonprofit that has created what’s needed in this critical renovation work … an alliance. New to this alliance – and our show! – is Hello Roanoke’s Genya Kalinina, who provides the nonprofit with some much needed social media marketing buzz!

We thank Dayna Patrick of Patrick Team Homes for underwriting, and Roanoke Valley Television for co-producing, this episode that airs October 28 on Blue Ridge PBS.

Contact Michael Hemphill for more information by email or 540.556.2879.

BUZZ Watch Party stars On Our Own 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ Watch Party stars On Our Own

Join us at the historic Grandin Theatre on April 28 at 6:00 pm ET to celebrate our newest BUZZ starring On Our Own of the Roanoke Valley! Event is free. Doors open 5:30 pm.

Seven days a week, 365 days a year, On Our Own of Roanoke Valley offers helps and hope through its drop-in center for people struggling with addiction and mental health. Led by Robin Hubert – herself a survivor of mental health trauma and abuse – On Our Own ensures its members aren’t just on their own when facing bipolar disorder, military service PTSD, substance abuse, sexual assault and other life trials. Wheeler Digital returns to the show to provide On Our Own with the marketing “buzz” it needs so more people know about the nonprofit … and financially support it.
We thank the James A. Meador Foundation for underwriting this episode, which airs April 29 on Blue Ridge PBS.

Contact Michael Hemphill for more information by email or 540.556.2879.

BUZZ stars Raising the Shade finale 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ stars Raising the Shade finale

All are invited to our BUZZ Watch Party on Feb. 28, 7:00 pm ET, at First Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Va., as we conclude our 4-part series featuring the Franklin County NAACP’s initiative “Raising the Shade.”Since January 2025, BUZZ has featured the nonprofit as it has shared the story of the county’s 70 African American men who fought for the Union in the Civil War in the United States Colored Troops.

Our series concludes with the culmination of the nonprofit’s work: the unveiling ceremony of a statue in downtown Rocky Mount to honor the USCT. While thousands of Confederate monuments dot the U.S., fewer than 25 exist honoring the 200,000 Black men who fought in the United States Colored Troops.

With support from Virginia Tech’s Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia, funded by the Mellon Foundation, the NAACP has indeed “raised the shade” on this untold history.

 

BUZZing about Franklin County NAACP’s “Raising the Shade” 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZing about Franklin County NAACP’s “Raising the Shade”

Since January 2025, we’ve buzzed with the Franklin County (Va.) NAACP as it has shared the story of the county’s 70 African American men who fought for the Union in the Civil War in the United States Colored Troops.

On Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, at 3:00 pm ET, the NAACP’s work culminates with an Official Monument Unveiling Ceremony at First Baptist Church of Rocky Mount. A reception follows at the Harvester Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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While thousands of Confederate monuments dot the U.S., fewer than 25 exist honoring the 200,000 Black men who fought in the United States Colored Troops. With support from Virginia Tech’s Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia, funded by the Mellon Foundation, the NAACP has “raised the shade” on this untold history, the climax of which is a statue sculpted by famed artists Rick Weaver and Paul DiPasquale.

We look forward to filming the event for an upcoming episode on Blue Ridge PBS to culminate our work alongside this inspiring nonprofit!

Catch up on our work highlighting and helping Raising the Shade!

Our episode Feb. 5, 2025 shares the origins of Raising the Shade.

Our episode Aug. 27, 2025 shares the Raising the Shade forum in which scholars from around the U.S. came to Franklin County to share their research.

BUZZ Watch Party stars Angels of Assisi 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ Watch Party stars Angels of Assisi

Join us at the historic Grandin Theatre on Nov. 19 at 6:00 pm ET to celebrate our newest BUZZ starring Angels of Assisi! Event is free. Doors open 5:30 pm.

Founded in 2001 as just a mobile clinic, the animal welfare nonprofit Angels of Assisi in 2025 moved into a new multimillion dollar facility in downtown Roanoke to better serve pets … and the humans who love them! Along with an adoption center and farm sanctuary, Angels of Assisi offers a community pet clinic, rural veterinary care, cruelty investigations, disaster response, and a safety net program for those needing temporary help due to domestic violence or emergency situations.

Rather than deservedly resting on their hind legs, Angels of Assisi seeks to continue its pawsitive momentum by fetching more community support. BUZZ retrieves our good friends from Wordsprint to provide pro bone-o marketing resources that are sure to be the cat’s meow.

Contact Michael Hemphill for more information by email or 540.556.2879.