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CommonGood E-News What's happening in social justice, social action and community outreach in Dare County, Currituck Outer Banks and Lower Currituck.
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OBX Learn
Learn more about nonprofit and volunteer management through OBX Learn. OBX Learn will host 4 classes from the Duke University Nonprofit Management Certificate Program in the spring. Registration is now open for the spring semester which will include:
� It Was a Dark and Stormy Email: Telling Your Nonprofit's Story Online - Kivi Leroux Miller
Thurs. April 9th 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
� Introduction to Strategic Planning - Naomi Takeuchi Wed. April 29th. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
� The ABCs of Financial Success - Naomi Takeuchi Thurs. April 30th. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
� Developing a Fundraising Plan - Jean Pudlo May 7 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
� Board Development for Young and Growing Nonprofits - Jean Pudlo May 8 9:00 am to Noon
For more information call
Phone: 252.207-5287 or email: rwmuller@jockeysridge.comTheir web site contains information and resources related to this effort. The most recent information can be found on the blog. The links will lead you to other web resources that relate to the project. If you want more information or just want to say hey you can contact Bob Muller, the originator of OBX Learn. |
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Boy Scout Troop 116 Sponsors Breakfast.
The Boy Scouts are having a Pancake Breakfast this weekend to raise money for summer camp. Have the Scout's serve up a pancake breakfast fit for a king. Cost is $5.00 per meal. Meals include sausage, drink. When: Sat. Feb. 7, 2009, 8am- 10am, at AppleBees In Nags Head
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Groundhog Shadow Day in Currituck
Job shadowing enables young people to shadow a business or community volunteer as he or she goes
through part of a normal day on the job, providing an up-close look at how skills learned in school are put into
action in the workplace. Job shadowing is a win-win proposition for our community because it benefits
students, schools, and businesses.
Friday, February 20, 2009, is the first Groundhog Job Shadow Day in Currituck County.
This is a day that will be dedicated to giving young people the opportunity to explore a career in a field of
their choosing by observing and talking with someone with firsthand experience.
Ther goal is to place fifty Currituck County Schools' Freshmen students in businesses throughout Currituck
County. professional community. If you are interested, please contact Shannon Kinser at the Chamber at 453-9497 or Sandy Kinzel at Currituck County Schools at 232-2223. |
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Room in the Inn Going Strong
The Room in the Inn program, which offers a warm bed to Outer Banks residents who lack decent housing, opened its doors January 4 and has since been growing.
The program offers as many as 12 guests a free place to sleep in a local church, every night. In addition to a simple bed, guests receive a hot dinner and a breakfast. Local congregations host the program on a rotating basis.
Participants to date have included St. Andrews Episcopal in Nags Head, Roanoke Island Presbyterian in Manteo. Haven Creek Baptist in Manns Harbor, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Kitty Hawk, and All Saints Episcopal in Southern Shores. Bethany United Methodist Church in Wanchese also plans to host guests. The program is slated to run through the end of February.
So far the beds have not all been filled. Churches have hosted up to eight guests each evening. "We think more will come as word gets out," says Claiborne Yarbrough, a founder of the program. "This is a pilot program, and we're still waiting to see what the needs are in the community. But we've heard about people living in their cars. We want them to know they're welcome to come inside and be warm."
People lose their homes for many different reasons. Some are facing economic disaster for the first time because of the recent downturn in the construction industry. Others have had a medical calamity for which they didn't have health insurance. Still others face struggles with mental illness or addiction and need help in overcoming them.
Guests at Room in the Inn are asked to follow some simple rules, and there is a strict policy against drugs, alcohol, fighting, and swearing.
People seeking space should come to the Community Development Corporation building at Mustian Street and W. Carlton Avenue between 5 and 6 p.m. each evening. Guests will be transported to the appropriate church from there. On Roanoke Island, potential guests may come to the Dare County Department of Social Services on Exeter Street (behind Food-A-Rama) from 3:30 to 4:30 on weekdays.
If you have questions or would like to volunteer for the program, please call Gail at 207-8820.
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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 family-friendly 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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Navigating Cancer Presentation sponsored by League of Women Voters
 The League of Women Voters of Dare County will host a presentation entitled Navigating Cancer in Dare Countyon the University of North Carolina (UNC) Nurse Navigation Program on Thursday, February 5 at 3 p.m. in The Cancer Resource Center located in the medical office building adjacent to the OuterBanksHospital in Nags Head.  The Nurse Navigation Program is a part of the UNC/Dare County Cancer Initiative that began last June offering DareCounty residents access to cancer research and care through UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive CancerCenter staff of specialists. Two nurse navigators, funded by the University Cancer Research Fund, are part of the pilot cancer outreach program in DareCounty. The two nurse navigators are Nancy Easterday, RN, MBA and Lynn Mills, RN, MSW. As nurse navigators, Easterday and Mills help patients and their families through the assortment of challenges they face when confronted with the prospect of cancer. They help arrange contacts for medical, financial and transportation concerns. Their assistance is offered free of charge. Anyone wishing to attend this information session should contact Rose Deacon, Health Services Chairperson of the League of Women Voters at (252) 261-7673. |
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Oral Histories
Tuesday, February 10 at 11:00 am - "Storytelling: Pass it on through Oral Histories" Currituck Heritage Park Winter Educational Series at the Currituck Beach Lighthouse: Come having read "To Illuminate the Dark Space", oral histories of the keepers of the Currituck Beach lighthouse.
In 1999, Outer Banks Conservationists hired Jenny Edwards to research the history of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse keepers and to compile these histories into a book. To Illuminate the Dark Space is the result of Ms. Edwards 25 interviews, 75 hours of tapes, over 200 phone calls and 320 hours of writing. The book was completed in time for the first lighthouse keeper's descendant's reunion held October 23, 1999 and given to attending descendants. You may download the PDF of the book on the web.
This seminar includes a tour of the Keepers' house. Sylvia Payne, who through the generosity of the NC Humanities Council, will present a 45 minute program on preserving family oral histories. Lunch will be served. Call 252-453-8152 for reservations. Donations appreciated.
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Interfaith Community Outreach ready for 2009
 Interfaith Community Outreach Board
Front Row L to R: Teresa Stanley, Ginger Candelora, Lettie Baxter, Gail Leonard, Gary Kimmel, Pat Gibson. Second Row L to Right: Carole Kimmel, Bev Chambers, Mary Reisert, Bill Pitt, Walter Gallop, Beverly Brooks, Anne York, Dale Draper, Marilyn Canning. Third Row Kathy Romm, John Waldman, Ron Baxter, John McColley, Kevin Brunk, Jack Mann, Jay Burrus, Gerry Lesko
ICO held its annual Board Retreat in January. The day long retreat was facilitated by Bill Pitt, ICO incoming Chairperson.
Focus Areas for the coming year include:
- Meet the increased demands of those in our community in need. It is estimated that the 700 families that were served this year will increase to 900 in 2009.
- Improve ways of serving people in crisis by providing pro-active offerings in the areas of financial counseling, employment counseling, transportation, child care, mental health counseling and general client mentorships.
in 2008, ICO volunteers who provided over 7000 hours of their own time assisting clients, in doing home repairs and in disaster planning and recovery efforts. |
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Vagina Monologues
Outer Banks Hotline and Dare County Arts Council present "The Vagina Monologues"
Kill Devil Hills, $20.00. Outer Banks Brewing Station, 7pm. Dare County Arts Council and Outer Banks Hotline present Eve Ensler's award winning play. Tickets are available at all Hotline Thrift Shops and Endless Possiblities. For more info, call 473-5121
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