The Food Bank of the Albemarle will host Dine Out to Help Out on Tuesday, June 9.  The event will be held throughout the 15-county region served by the Food Bank.  On that special day, area restaurants will donate 10% of their income to benefit the hungry and needy served by the Food Bank and its agencies.  The mission of the Food Bank of the Albemarle is to fight hunger and poverty in northeast North Carolina.  As of 5/20 restaurants included:
Currituck County
BJ's Carolina Cafe
Corolla Brew Pub
Courthouse Cafe
Crabbie's Restaurant
Grandy Corner Store
Nicoletta's Italian Cafe'
Wingin it Cafe'
Dare County
Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar
Carolina Seafood Buffet
Great American Grill at the Hilton Garden Inn
Grits Grill
Jolly Roger Restaurant
Kelly's Outer Banks Restaurant & Tavern
Kill Devil Grill
Mako Mike's
Outer Banks Port O'Call Restaurant
Peppercorns Restaurant and Lounge
Renditions Bar & Grille
Sam & Omie's Restaurant
The Left Bank at the Sanderling Inn
The Lifesaving Station at the Sanderling Inn
The Pearl

Meeting on Respite Care
North Carolina Respite Coalition Meeting on  Monday June 8, 11am - 2 pm. At Spring Arbor in Kill Devil Hills. Gustave Smith, Executive Director of Wesley House in Elizabeth City will discuss services in their program. Wesley House provides lodging and support for patients and their families who are receiving care from area medical facilities. We look forward to hearing about this unique type of respite.
 
Come and learn more about the exciting announcement regarding Life Span funding to the NCRCC membership.  We are celebrating the first National funding for this service.  The Agency on Aging released the program announcement today for Lifespan Respite grants.  10-15 grants will be awarded with funding awards up to $200,000 for 36 months.

Lunch will be provided and there is no charge but registration is required please call Gail Sonnesso at 252.480.3354 to register.

Circus Tent Reunion
The Circus Tent Ministry was a huge part of the Outer Banks from 1968-1988.  The New Hermeneutics Band members of '71 and '73, (including Curtis Cambell, Pastor of Kitty Hawk United Methodist Church) are planning a reunion for a public performance at the Promenade in Kitty Hawk. June 27 6-8 pm.  This is a family  evening filled with folk music revues, songs for kids, and songs of faith.  Proceeds will be given to the OBX Interfaith Community Outreach.  The performance is free and open to everyone. For more information visit the KHUMC website.

 Currituck and Dare Residents can submit questions, via  county Extension web site and will get timely answers by email from Extension faculty from NC State University, NC A&T State University, and other land-grant institutions. Questions about agriculture and food, health and nutrition, home and family, lawn and garden, youth development and 4-H, forestry and environmental stewardship, money management and resource conservation, and a host of other topics.  To access the widget, county residents can visit web sites at Currituck County or Dare County .  Click Ask on the black menu bar near the top of each page.