Winston-Salem had plenty of reasons to celebrate community spirit this past weekend, with two heartwarming milestones making headlines across the Triad.

The Tour to Tanglewood, one of the region’s most beloved cycling fundraisers, delivered an outstanding result for people living with multiple sclerosis: riders raised over $615,000 for the National MS Society. The annual event, which winds through the scenic roads leading to Tanglewood Park, brings together cyclists of all skill levels united by a common cause. This year’s total is a testament to the generosity of participants, sponsors, and supporters throughout the Winston-Salem community who showed up — and pedaled hard — to make a difference.

Meanwhile, Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County reached a milestone four decades in the making. The organization marked 40 years of building affordable homes in Winston-Salem, capping the anniversary with a deeply personal moment: the Clarke family received the keys to their new Habitat home. The key ceremony, reported by the Winston-Salem Journal, represented not just a roof over one family’s heads, but the continuation of a mission that has transformed neighborhoods and lives across the city since the mid-1980s.

Habitat’s work is powered by volunteers, donors, and partner families who invest sweat equity alongside construction crews. Over 40 years, that collective effort has added hundreds of affordable, stable homes to Winston-Salem’s housing stock — a legacy the organization is now building on with what the Journal describes as “a new beginning.”

Together, these two stories capture something essential about Winston-Salem: a community that shows up for its neighbors, whether by clipping into a bike pedal for a worthy cause or swinging a hammer to help a family plant roots. Both efforts remind residents that local action — ride by ride, nail by nail — adds up to something truly meaningful.

Sources: FOX8 WGHP, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem Journal