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Home Delivered Meals: Volunteers Needed NOW.
 Volunteers needed to deliver meals to Avon, Buxton and Frisco. Contact Betty Boyer 995-3540 or Mike Kostich 995-4901 mkotstich@charterinternet.com Volunteers are also needed other Dare County locations, Monday through Friday. If you can donate an hour, please contact Della Perry at 252-475-6543 or Sandra Cantrell Bush at 252-473-5768 ext. 28. |
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Literacy Volunteers Needed
 The Dare Literacy Council is in need of volunteer tutors. Tutors are trained to teach adults to learn to read, to improve their reading or math skills, to learn English as a Second Language or to prepare for their GED (high school equivalency). No teaching experience is necessary. If you are interested in learning to become a tutor, we will send you our Tutor Orientation Packet which has information about what is required of literacy tutors to help you decide if tutoring is the right volunteer activity for you.
The Tutor Training Workshop will take place on Saturday, January 16 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at All Saints Episcopal Church in Southern Shores. There is a $25 fee which covers the cost of your workbook and lunch is provided. Please register by January 6.
Pre-register as soon as possible. To register or for information, call 216-7773 or email dareliteracy@gmail.com
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Volunteer Opportunities
Albemarle Commission needs volunteers to deliver nutritious
meals to senior citizens in Dare County Monday through Friday. If you can
donate one hour a month, please contact Mary Jernigan at 252-475-5637 or Sandra
Cantrell Bush at 252-473-5768 ext. 28.
 If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, a partnering church or civic/community organization with Respite Care, please contact, Stephanie Bowers, Program Coordinator at (252) 475-5028.
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.
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Survey on Currituck County Transportation Plan
Currituck County, the NC Department of Transportation and additional partners will collaborate to create a Comprehensive Transportation Plan for Currituck County. A key part of both the plan and the information gathering process is citizen input. Currituck County residents are being asked to complete an online survey. The final plan, a Comprehensive Transportation Plan, will provide a 'road map' for a sustainable future in Currituck County. The purpose of this plan is to identify solutions to roadway and other transportation problems and to help keep traffic in Currituck County moving! Fill out the survey by January 20th. The survey results will be available in February, located on the Currituck County Planning Department website. Please call Kerry Morrow at 919.733.4705 ext. 18 or email her at kmorrow@ncdot.gov | |
Meet new friends and do good.
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Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
 Monarch is a nonprofit organization supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services are managed by Local Management Entities (LME's) The LME's contract with different providers such as Monarch in order to provide the services that are needed in their counties. Monarch is a member of both The Arc of the United States and The Arc of North Carolina. For more information in Currituck, phone 2524912076 or email linda.spalding@monarchnc.org . In Dare, email Renate.Macchirole@monarchnc.org For video:
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Outer Banks Cancer Support Group
 The Outer Banks Cancer Support Group was founded in 1989 by the late Alice Kelly. Alice was an Outer Banks local who found through her cancer journey, the lack of services and help in Dare County. The group is a non-profit organization and is open to any resident in Dare County, whether they are a cancer patient, survivor, caregiver or just want to be part of a support group. The group's objective is to provide moral and emotional support and temporary financial assistance to those going through the various stages of cancer. Transportation subsidy is available to anyone who requests it and additional temporary financial help is available to those who have a true need. The group meets monthly on the first Monday at the Cancer Resource Center of The Outer Banks Hospital. Guest speakers are welcomed, bringing new knowledge and help to members and visitors.
The Outer Banks Cancer Support Group relies solely on donations from individuals, civic groups and local business owners along with two yearly fundraisers, The Alice Kelly Fishing Tournament and the Seascape Golf Tournament. All funds raised are used to help local Dare County residents. If you are a cancer survivor, family member or friend of someone who is a cancer survivor, the Outer Banks Cancer Support group extends a warm welcome to join the other members and share your experience with them. A cancer survivor is anyone living with a history of cancer, and includes a newly diagnosed person, as well as a long-term survivor. Volunteers are always welcome to help the group with fund-raising and for ongoing support of the cancer community of Dare County.
More information available from President Karen Rodgers 252-473-9447 or Betse Kelly, MSW 252-449-7350 |
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OBX Green Drinks
 January 14 @ 7pm, Outer Banks Brewing Station. Guest speaker this month is Ben Watkins, talking to about Shade Grown Coffee. Sign up to be on the mailing list: OBXgreendrinks@gmail.com. This group is part of Green Drinks International which encourages people getting together - mostly for people working on environmental issues, but anyone can come -- people from environment groups, business, government, academia and as individuals. There is no 'us and them'. Newcomers and introduce them to others in the group. All attendees commit to meeting new people at every session and not just sticking with people they already know.
In 1989, at a pub called the Slug and Lettuce in Northern London, Edwin Datschefski was sitting with his green design colleagues Yorick Benjamin and Paul Scott when he noticed an enviro-minded acquaintance at a nearby table. As it turned out, the friend was sitting with a few of his own eco-conscious mates, so they pulled some tables together. And so a movement was born. The concept evolved into Green Drinks and now it's global. In 2001, Datschefski created an official Web site, and it has since spread across the world. See www.greendrinks.org for the latest city count and a list of countries. Cities with Green Drinks groups include: Sofia, Bulgaria | laayoune, Morocco | Maui Hawaii HI, USA | NORTH PLAINS OR, USA | Beaverton Hillsboro OR, USA | Staten Island NY, USA | Malibu CA, USA | |
Girl Scout Cookie Program: It's More Than Just the Cookies in the Box
The 2010 Girl Scout Cookie Program begins on Saturday, January 9 with Girl Scouts going door-to-door to take orders. Cookie delivery begins the third week of February. New to the cookie line-up for 2010 is the Thank U Berry Munch cookie filled with real cranberries and creamy white fudge chips. Returning favorites are Samoas, Lemon Chalet Cr�mes, Do-Si-dos, Dulce de Leche, Tagalongs, Trefoils, and Thin Mints - all for only $3.50 per box.
When you purchase Girl Scout cookies, you're purchasing so much more than the cookies in the box. You're making it possible for a girl attend summer camp. You're helping a local troop raise funds for a service project that will benefit an entire community. You're helping a girl learn communication and budgeting skills. You are helping the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
You can also purchase cookies for a great cause through the Gift of Caring program. Girl Scouts donate boxes of cookies to local hospitals, shelters, and other worthy causes. Through the Cookies from Home program girls ask customers to purchase cookies that will go directly to the military. Each year the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast teams up with the USO to facilitate the delivery of Girl Scout cookies directly to our military men and women serving overseas or recovering in VA hospitals. Businesses are also encouraged to participate in the Cookies from Home program by purchasing cases of cookies for the military.
To find Girl Scouts selling cookies near you, visit the Council's website at www.gsccc.org or call 1-800-77SCOUT.
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Rescue Men
February 27, Rescue Men-The Story of the Pea Island Surfmen
7:30 p.m. Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park
Rescue Men, tells the story of the Men of Pea Island Station #17. Led by Keeper Richard Etheridge, this historic all black crew etched themselves into history rescuing stranded sailors whose ships had succumbed to the harsh Atlantic. Rescue Men is the story of the men that manned the Pea Island Lifesaving Station on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Due to the heroics and accomplishments of these brave men and others like them in the U.S. Lifesaving Service, we now have what is called "The Unites States Coast Guard. For trailer: |
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Corolla in Retrospect: Making It Here
 Experience life in the past from a panel of local experts; Come prepared to participate! Refreshments served. No cost to attend. Donations welcome. CURRITUCK HERITAGE PARK IS LOCATED PAST MILEPOST 11 ON RT. 12 N. IN COROLLA, NC. ALL SEMINARS WILL BE HELD IN THE OUTER BANKS CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:30 am : Storm Stories, Passing the Time, and Seasonal Skills Reservations Required. Please call 252-453-9040 ext 3. |
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