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Outer Banks Polar Bear Plunge
 Make sure you're freezin' for a reason this winter! Plunge into the icy waters of the Ocean and warm your heart knowing you've raised funds for thousands of Special Olympics North Carolina athletes. Brave the cold waters on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Registration begins at 10:00am, Plunge starts at 2:00pm! Join the fun and We Dare YOU! The minimum donation to plunge is $50 per person. No pre-registration is necessary - Simply show up the day of the plunge with your donation. Plungers can easily raise money by creating their own personal fundraising Web page at www.firstgiving.com/sonc and emailing their friends and family to support their wet, wild and wintry leap!
The first North Carolina "State-Wide" Polar Plunge will be held on the 1each behind the Comfort Inn at 8301 Old Oregon Inlet Rd, Nags Head, NC, 27959.
A beach party like none other with live music, giveaways, and awards culminates in the highly anticipated plunge --costumes and all. Be a part of so many people's lives by sharing your time and support for Special Olympics North Carolina in Outer Banks, NC and come take the Plunge!
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Currituck Going Green
Currituck County and NC Cooperative Extension are hosting a "Going Green" event on Saturday, January 31, 2009. The event will be held at the NC Cooperative Extension Center, 120 Community Way, Barco (next to Central Elementary School) from 9am-3pm. This event is free and open to the public. Citizens and business owners will have the opportunity to learn how they can contribute to the global going green movement.
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Help with Heating this Winter
The Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) helps low-income households who are in a heating related emergency. This program can help pay for various types of heating sources, including fuel oil, kerosene, gas or wood.
In addition, CIP can help pay electric heating bills to prevent these utilities from being cut off due to a TEMPORARY inability to make payment, and can help with reconnect fees. CIP can also help pay for specific items such as utility deposits (water bills not included), repairing a broken heater or replacing a broken window.
Please contact Currituck County Dept. of Social Services at 232-3083 for more information.
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Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Begins Small Grants Program.
 The Foundation funds charitable, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organizations and government entities for programs and projects that serve the people of North Carolina and address the results sought within five current focus areas:
- Community Economic Development
- Democracy and Civic Engagement
- Environment
- Pre-Collegiate Education
- Social Justice and Equity
The Foundation now offers a NEW streamlined Small Grants Process for grant requests up to $35,000 per year for up to two years. Deadline is February 16. Visit www.zsr.org for application, more information and a list of recipients, programs, and uses to which the Foundation does not make grants. |
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State Children's Health Insurance
PLEASE CALL SENATOR KAY HAGAN, D-NC and ask her to vote for the SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) reauthorization legislation. Senator Hagan is a strong supporter of this program but we have learned that she is hearing from many tobacco advocates in our state who are opposed to the increased tax on tobacco as a means of financing SCHIP. North Carolina stands to gain more than $100 million in federal funding if children's health insurance is reauthorized. You can call Senator Kay Hagan at 202-224-6342 or visit her website to send her an email at Senator_Hagan@hagan.senate.gov. |
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Be a Buddy
Every child can benefit from having a positive role model, someone to provide support and encouragement!  The Currituck County Be a Buddy program pairs students in the early grades - - kindergarten through fifth -- with community leaders and other volunteers. It is open to adults who are willing to meet with a student for lunch, tutoring, reading or special activities at least twice a month. Persons interested in becoming a "buddy" may call or visit any elementary school counselor, or contact Melissa Jensen, Communications Specialist, at 232-2223 or mjensen@currituck.k12.nc.us |
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Friends of the Currituck Library
The Friends meet the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Any member of the community who is concerned with keeping the quality of the library's resources to a high standard is invited to join the Friends of the Library.
The purpose of the Friends is to foster closer relations between the Currituck County Library and the community, to assist bringing funds to the library for special needs beyond the library budget, to encourage gifts, and offer wider library services to the community.
Friends recently donated this mural for the Children's Area.
 The organization also cooperates with the library staff and Board of Trustees in the development of resources for the library. Want to join the Friends? It is easy. Just click here for an application. .
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Rock 'n Roll Sock Hop to benefit Food Bank.
 Remember (or not) when root beer was 25 cents. It still is on February 7th at 6:30 pm at an intergenerational event sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Kitty Hawk. Roll up your blue jeans and dance to live music and top ten records of the '50's and 60's. Entrance Fee: Children: food item donation and Adults: cash donation to Albemarle Food Bank. Live Auction of great chocolate items. Location is at the corner of Kitty Hawk Road and Herbert Perry Road. Visit UUCOB.org for more information. |
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BabyGarten
 Babygarten, an early-literacy program available at the Currituck Library, is designed to help teach parents and caregivers proper methods to promote early literacy in infants and toddlers. The program will meet on the following Wednesdays:
February 4, 11 & 18. Participants will learn and recite rhymes, learn finger plays, sing songs, read books, play, learn of the the parents' role in early literacy, and make crafts to take home.
For more information, contact Currituck Library at 453-8345
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