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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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Schizophrenia might feel like this
 One of the tools that will be used during the Advocacy Day is MINDSTORM, a 3D experience, offering people the
chance to understand what it may feel and sound like to experience
symptoms of schizophrenia. A online version is available. This experience simulates a severe episode of auditory and
visual hallucinations and may be disturbing to some people. Click here to view Mindstorm online. |
Budget Cuts to mental health, developmental disability.The Mental Health
Association in NC is hosting an Advocacy and Education Day at the Legislative
Building in Court 1300 on Wednesday, June 10 from 9AM till
3PM. The Health and Human Services Appropriations
Sub-Committee recently released their budget recommendations which will devastate supports for people with developmental disabilities,
addictive diseases and mental illness. This is not a
sustainable cut: services will stop, providers will go out of
business, and jobs will be lost. Take action by calling or emailing your own Legislator and
House majority and minority leadership. listing of House members
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Virginia Dare Business and Professional Women's Club
will hold its last general body meeting of
the summer at the Mallards Marsh Restaurant on the road to Wanchese
on Tuesday evening June 9. The general public are invited to
attend the dinner session which will begin with networking and social time at
6:30 PM. The ceremony will begin 7:30. The five 2009 VDBPW Scholarship winners will be introduced. Contact Fran Kapinosfor more information. |
Follow live-blog of Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign Summit. |
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Realtor Scholarship Fund Golf Classic.
 Thursday, June 18th, 12:30 Shotgun Start. Kilmarlic Golf Club. Registration - Click Here |
Volunteer Opportunities
 Animal Lovers Assistance League
The Currituck Animal Shelter is open daily and welcomes
volunteers! Contact Ginger Sikes,Call 252-457-0011
Albemarle Commission
Volunteers need to deliver hot, nutritious meals to
senior citizens. Contact Della Perry at (252-441-1181) or
Sandra Cantrell Bush at (252-473-5768 ext. 28)
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Organizations are invited to list volunteer
opportunities at CommonGood . Looking for a place to volunteer, check the listings at CommonGood.
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Interfaith Community Outreach / Outback Golf Tournament
June 10, at 1:30 pm at Nags Head Golf Links.Golfers, speakers and golf tournament sponsors, join us for a fun day of golf to support Interfaith Community Outreach June 10.
12:30pm - Registration
1:00 pm - Driving range open
1:45 pm - Review rules of play
2:00 pm - Shotgun start
6:00 pm - Dinner served (depending upon time of play)
Register at ICO Website or contact Margaret Wells for more information at (252) 261-9468.Interfaith Community
Outreach (ICO) provides emergency gap services and referrals to people
on the Outer Banks and surrounding areas who have no other place to
turn for help. |
Can't tell a plant from a weed?
 North
Carolina Cooperative Extension, Currituck County Center, is hosting a
seminar "Native Plants" on June 6th at 10:00am. The guest
speaker is Vickie Shufer, a naturalist, forager, and
publisher who has been living in Virginia Beach since 1979. She is the author of The Wild Foods Forum
quarterly newsletter and has co-authored several river guide books. For
more information please call the Extension office at 232-2262 or e-mail
Jan Perry-Weber.
Can't make the seminar. Check this website out. North Carolina Native Plants Society.
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Dine Out Against Hunger
 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
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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.
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Ask an Expert Widget
 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.
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