Each month at Weeping Willow AME Zion Church in Charlotte, there’s a special kind of fellowship.
“They feel welcome," Venitra White-Dean said. "They feel like someone really cares and that someone is here that knows exactly what they’re going through."
It’s a village of caregivers coming together for support.
“In two and a half years we’ve gone from 13 people to [now] we are averaging about 90-95 people on the last Saturday of the month,” White-Dean told WCNC Charlotte's Nick Sturdivant.
A few years ago, White-Dean started the Frankie Mae Foundation, helping create this village of support.
She said the inspiration behind helping family caregivers was her mother’s nearly 10-year journey with Alzheimer’s Disease.
“When she passed away, I had to figure out what I wanted to do to number one, keep her memory alive and then to also help other family caregivers,” White-Dean said.
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