Hatteras Connection will hold a seafood fundraiser for Hatteras Island Food Pantry and Hatteras Island Adult Care Home Delivered Meals on Tuesday, December 8, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Hatteras Village Civic Center.
 
The next fundraiser planning meeting will be 2 p.m., Thursday, November 12, at the Fessenden Center. Volunteers are needed to serve as chefs, prep cooks, servers, ticket salespeople, set-up overseer and helpers, clean-up overseer and helpers, hosts, backdrop music, and donations of paper goods, drinks, and the ingredients the chefs and cooks will need.   
 
Hatteras Connection is a new community-based development project that is finding ways to enhance the economic and cultural benefits commercial fishing and charter-boat fishing bring to the larger, interconnected Hatteras Island community, while also helping to ensure a future for new generations of watermen on the island.  For more information contact Susan West, ridgeroad@earthlink.net
252-995-4131.

Grant Writing Training Offered For Area Nonprofits
 
The Duke Nonprofit Management Training program is offering the class "Grant Proposals: Planning for Positive Results" with instructor Amy Montgomery  on Thursday November 17 at 9:00 AM at The Nature Conservancy offices at Nags Head Woods.   The class will run until 4:00 PM with an hour lunch break.
Does "grant writing" sound like a daunting task? Are you or could you be a grant writer? A grant writer is a passionate person on a mission to solve a problem or an unmet need. Successful grant writers know that writing is the easy part, especially if you have someone who will edit your work. Passion for your work is your number one tool to get funded. You know your target audience, what they need and how to help. With some solid research, careful and realistic planning, strong and strategic relationships, and a good editor, you can be a successful grant writer. Participants will finish this personalized course with a checklist and road map, definite Do's and Don'ts, and completely convinced that they have what it takes to be a successful grant writer.
 Amy Montgomery earned her Master's in Health Education from East Carolina University. Beginning her career in public health, Montgomery had to learn the ins and outs of getting grants to be able to fund important community health programs. With over 10 years of grant writing experience in the areas of public health, education, and human services, Montgomery has earned millions of dollars in grant funds for projects such as mobile dental services for children and affordable housing for teachers. Montgomery is currently the Executive Director of the Dare Education Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit.
The class fee is $98.  Scholarships are available through the Outer Banks Community foundation. 
Additional information including registration information is available at obxlearn.org or from Bob Muller at 252-207-5287.  

The Dare Literacy Council (DLC) is in need of volunteer tutors.   Contact the DLC to register for both the orientation and training at (252) 216-7773 or dareliteracy@gmail.com.