A former patient of CarolinaEast Medical Center and her family donated 22 dozen cupcakes and 22 Easter baskets to hospital staff in gratitude of the care she received as well as their service to our region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Busy staff […]

Now more than ever, people want to read uplifting stories! Word of mouth news and other stories can only go so far, especially on social media. Let’s use Facebook for an example. There’s a lot of opinions about how long posts show […]

A Big Shout Out to Craven County School Nutrition Workers, Transportation Department, School Bus Drivers, and Volunteers for all of your hard work in preparing and delivering lunch! The “Free Meals on Big School Bus Wheels” program provides free meals to all […]

I can’t imagine what you’re going through. I’m very fortunate to have a military retirement check and affordable healthcare. After retiring from the Navy in 2007, I started a virtual assistance business. After a year, I realized that it wasn’t for me, […]

CarolinaEast Rehabilitation Hospital staff organized a special moment between mother and daughter during the current no visitor policy in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. This 86-year-old hip revision patient, Effie Avery, took a break from her three hours of therapy a day […]

In an email that CarolinaEast’s CEO, Ray Leggett, sent to the entire staff last week addressing the COVID-19 cases now present in our communities, he ended the message by saying, Thank you for being HEROES!!! In response to Mr. Leggett’s email and […]

Current as of 04/10/20, 12:00 p.m. Craven County has 23 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 12:00 p.m. on April 10, 2020. Out of the 23 confirmed positive cases, 12 of those individuals have recovered, are doing well, and are out of isolation. […]