Lower Currituck Food Pantry opens

The Lower Currituck Food Pantry opened with the support of churches, ICO,  individuals, businesses and county government. The food pantry is working on getting a grant to pay for a permanent location, since the one they have now is only temporary.  The temporary space in an old garage but it has great visiability from the road. Lower Currituck Food Pantry is the second mobile food drop in the area to become a food pantry. You can become a sponsor of the Food Bank for only $30.00 a day. The Lower Currituck Food Pantry is at 6634 Caratoke Highway in Junior's Plaza, Blackman said. Donations are accepted at the site every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the third Tuesday of every month from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. There are also donation bins located throughout the county. To donate at the Mt. Zion Methodist Church, call 453-3559.

Harmony Café "Nothing BUT Love Songs: 

Friday Feb 12 at 7 pm, Thomas A. Baum Center Kill Devil Hills. Angelo Sonnesso, lyric tenor and local musician, will sing love songs by John Denver, Johnny Mathis, among others. The songs will tell of joy when love is new, heart wrenching songs of love gone wrong and culminating with joyous songs of enduring love.Enjoy a romantic evening complete with refreshments including lots of chocolate and at the same time support The Nags Head Lions Club and GEM Adult Day Services, Inc. The Nags Head Lions club provides glasses for those who cannot afford them and supports local children with disabilities by partnering with Edith Deltgen (local Artist.)   The GEM program proves care for families living with dementia and offers training in the "Best Care" for a person with dementia. GEM also conducts free memory screenings in our community.  This Harmony café will also support the Dare County Center by helping to with the purchase of a digital piano. Call Gail Sonnesso at 480-3354 for information. Tickets cost $5.00 and can be purchased at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation M-W, TH, and F between the hours of 10:30 & 3:30.  Contact: Gail Sonnesso 480-3354.

 Outer Banks Brewing Station (upstairs). Thursday, Feb. 11th
7:00 minglem 7:30-8:00 guest speaker,  This month's topic is BIOFUEL!  Come hear Scott Hannon of Independent Energy discuss how he recycles waste vegetable oil and converts cars, trucks, and heavy equipment!  Find out if your favorite local restaurant participates in this recycling program.  Carpool with a friend!

 Brad Mattox, 16, Troop 127 in Currituck County, march down Fayetteville Street to the Capitol, with other Scouts from around the State in honor of the Boy Scout's 100th Anniversary. . Brad's Troop is party of the Albemarle District which serves  Serving the North Carolina Counties of ~ Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.  Troop 127 is sponsored by St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Maple.For more information about Scouting in the area, contact Larry Proctor, District Commissioner, 252 202-0006 or larry@theproctors.info.

 

 CommonGood Enews received a thank you for contribution to 2009 Operation Operation Santa Claus.  I wanted to pass that along to readers who stepped forward. Financial gifts and sponsors helped to provide Christmas gifts for 15 foster children and food baskets for 45 elderly citizens of Currituck. Many of you sponsored children and you helped 328 families with 627 children have a Merry Christmas.  Also, 11 disabled adults received gifts.

This was a year of unprecedented need. Thanks to media support, it was also a year of unprecedented giving.  Thank you for being one of the contributors who make this program possible each year. 

As Currituck citizens continue to experience difficult financial times throughout 2009, please consider making a donation to one of our community partners that are also front line responders.  A brochure is enclosed for Interfaith Community Outreach.   This organization helps meet needs where Social Services has no funding. Thank you again for your faithful and generous support of Operation Santa Claus. From   
Kathlyn S. Romm, Director, Currituck County of Social Services.

 
The North Carolina Community Foundation is pleased to announce 2009 grant recipients from the statewide Women's Fund.  NCCF's statewide Women's Fund focuses on programming that supports women and/or children, with particular emphasis on women's health and leadership issues.
The NCCF supports seven regionally based women's giving programs across the state, including the Women Givers of Currituck-Dare. An important component of the NCCF's mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels. The Woman's giving circle for Currituck and Dare Counties is at 5:30PM Thursday, February 18, at the Keefers Grille at The Point Golf Club, Currituck, NC  Chef John Romm is offering up some special menus for participants to choose from. Women will learn more about giving circles and becoming grant makers to benefit local needs of women and children in these counties Contact Peggy Berkemeir for more information about the Women Givers of Currituck-Dare.