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Survival Skills for Parenting your Teens
Kathy Burrus will present "Survival Skills for Parenting your
Teens" on Friday, March 19, at 6:30-8:00pm. Guiding your child through the
preteen and teen years can be a bumpy ride. Attend this workshop and you will
learn to avoid power struggles by using effective communication, limit setting,
anger management, supervision, and other survival skills for parenting
adolescents. This workshop is free of charge and is part of the Parenting
Enrichment Program's "Family Fun Nights" series held at the Outer Banks YMCA in
Nags Head. Child Care is provided for a fee of $3 per child.  Register online at
www.darekids.org or call Children &
Youth Partnership for Dare County at 441-0614.
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MARCH
is National
Women's History Month
 The overarching theme for March 2010 is Writing Women Back into History. The
history of women often seems to be written with invisible ink. Even
when recognized in their own times, women are often not included in the
history books. When National Women's History Project began its work in the early eighties, the topic of women's
history was limited to college curricula, and even there it languished.
At that time, less than 3% of the
content of teacher training textbooks mentioned the contributions of
women and when included, women were usually written in as mere
footnotes. Women of color and women in fields such as math,
science, and art were completely omitted. This limited inclusion of
women's accomplishments deprived students of viable female role models.
Important events in women's history.
March 1, 1987 - A Congressional resolution designating March as Women's History Month is passed
March 4, 1917 - Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) took her seat as the first female member of Congress
March 12, 1912 - Juliette Gordon Low assembled 18 girls together in Savannah, Georgia, for the first-ever Girl Scout meeting
March 13, 1986 - Susan Butcher won the first of 3 straight and 4 total Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races in Alaska
March 17, 1910 - Camp Fire Girls is established as the first American interracial, non-sectarian organization for girls
March 20, 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," is published and becomes the best-selling book of the 19 th century
March 21, 1986 - Debi Thomas becomes first African American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship
March 23, 1917 - Virginia Woolf establishes the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf
Mar 31, 1888
- The National Council of Women of the U.S. is organized by Susan B.
Anthony, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sojourner Truth, among
others; it is the oldest non-sectarian women's organization in U.S.
Mar 31, 1776 - Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence: "Remember the ladies..
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Volunteer Opportunities
The Dare Literacy Council is in need of
volunteer tutors. Email dareliteracy@gmail.com Albemarle Commission needs volunteers to deliver nutritious
meals to senior citizens in Dare County Monday through Friday. The Home Delivered Meals Program serves seniors that
are 60 years of age or over, homebound and no longer able to prepare a
nutritious meal for themselves. If you have one hour a month to help
a senior,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.
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THE 2010 WOMEN'S EXPO
Sponsored by The Virginia Dare Business and Professional Women's Club:The
2010 Women's Expo aims to offer interesting, informative, and
educational programs and workshops that enrich women's skill sets and
confidence levels while providing an opportunity to network and market
their products and services. Friday, March 26, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (registration begins at 10:00 a.m.) College of the Albemarle Roanoke Island Campus. Free admission.
This
is a multifaceted, all female program with distinguished speakers,
workshops, and exhibits on subjects of particular interest to women. Topics
will range from starting your own business, branding, health,
nutrition, to finding your passion, retirement planning and leadership.
Available
for purchase in the vendor area will be unique gifts, jewelry, art,
baked goods and services offered by women for women.
 Keynote Speaker: North Carolina State Treasurer - Janet Cowell Elected
in 2008, she is the state's 27th popularly-elected Treasurer and is the
first woman to win the post. Cowell is at the forefront of economic
development in North Carolina, serving as chair of the State Banking
Commission and on the boards of State Education and Community Colleges.
As an investement professional, Cowell earned an MBA from the Wharton
School of Business and a Master's degree from the Lauder Institute.
She worked as a financial analyst with HSBC Bank and Lehman Brothers
before making her home in North Carolina.
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Operation Medicine Drop in Currituck
 Safe Kids North Carolina along with law enforcement agencies across North Carolina, State Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration are sponsoring a statewide prescription medication take-back program called Operation Medicine Drop to prevent accidental poisonings and abuse. The
Currituck County Sheriff's Office will conduct Operation Medicine Drop
on Thursday, March 18 to collect expired or unused medications.
The program is administered by Safe
Kids North Carolina and the N.C. Department of Insurance. Local law
enforcement agencies participate by staging collection events in their
communities. On March 18, officials from the Sheriff's Office will collect medicines at three locations:
Central Elementary School: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 7 p.m;Jarvisburg Elementary School: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.;Moyock Elementary School: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
All medicine collected will be delivered to the State Bureau of
Investigations office in Greenville where the medicine will be properly
destroyed. For further information, contact the Currituck County Sheriff's Office at 252-453-8204.
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Outer Banks Autism Walk
 Join the Dare County Center in a walk for autism awareness Saturday,
April 10. Contact Emily Karr for further information on the walk at 475-9271. The walk will benefit the Monarch Beach Club and the Autism Society of
NC-OBX Chapter. The
walk is free, but to get a t-shirt, please pay $10.00 before March 15. Turn in your sponsor donation form and money the
day of the walk. Cash and or Checks accepted. Checks made out to Monarch Beach
Club.
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ICO Furniture Auction
Used cottage furniture phone auction with all funds going directly to The Interfaith Community Outreach.  You can see photos of the furniture at the CommonGood Blogsite. Deadline for bids is MARCH 31st. To Bid call 480-0070. Checks to be made out to Interfaith Community Outreach.
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40th Anniversary Earth Day
If you or your organization is interesting in sponsoring a series of Earth Day Film Fests during the week of April 22nd, please contact nancy203@gmail. Groups like Peace and Justice Coalition, OBXGreenDrinks, BlueGreen OBX, and more. In celebration of this year's
40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Bullfrog Films offers you a 40% discounted price off packages of 5 DVDs or more for school, university, college, activist and community Earth Day Film Fests!
This
discount gives you 5 DVDs for the price of 3 - a perfect package for planning a
week's worth of environmental awareness and discussion. Church
groups, student groups and smaller grassroots-level non-profit community
groups, please call to inquire about our activist prices - this discount
applies to you, too! Join with others in your community on this Earth
Day to do the same. Reflecting our 40-year commitment to the earth, we are
happy to offer you a 40% EARTH DAY DISCOUNT from the rental or purchase
price of Earth Day Film Festival Packages that include 5 or more DVDs. Not
interested in an entire film festival package? Until Earth Day, we are happy to
offer a 20% discount off the purchase and/or rental prices when you order less
than 5 DVDs.
Want a film
other than the suggestions below? Mix it up! Visit our website and peruse our
helpful online catalog at www.bullfrogfilms.com.
Search through our subject
areas such as Climate
Change and Global Warming, Environmental
Justice, Fair
Trade, Renewable
Energy, Sustainable
Agriculture, and Sustainable
Development, among many more. We will still take a 40% discount off the
purchase or rental price when you order 5 DVDs or more, in honor of this Earth
Day.
Rental
prices are for one week rentals.
These programs are licensed for public performance in group settings where
no admission is charged. You are welcome to collect a suggested donation,
but not charge a ticket price. If your school or organization decides to
purchase the DVD, the rental fee will be applied to the purchase price.
If at all possible, please order by April 12 to
reserve your DVD(s) for Earth Day 2010. Be sure to mention that
you wish to receive Bullfrog Films' 40% EARTH DAY SPECIAL when placing
your order for 5 or more DVDs. If you wish to order online
from our website, just type "EARTH DAY SPECIAL" in the special instruction
field at the end of your order.Ask for
Stephanie Miller to answer any questions you may have about our films for Earth
Day. All the best to you for April 22nd, 2010!
Toll free 1-800-543-3764 Stephanie@bullfrogfilms.com
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