For more information Contact Janon Hughes or Kimberley Ward, currituckrelay@gmail.com, 232-2966 or 757-536-1427.
Currituck High School!

For more information about the Currituck Relay check Event Information or visit their Facebook Page

The Currituck Relay encourages you to watch 'Choose You', a national women inspiring women to keep and well and prevent cancer.

Join OBX Relay for Life 2010
The OBX 2009 Relay for Life was the top fundraiser in the Nation.  Dare County Relay teams raised $238,000. Based on donations per capita funds raised at 2009 event breaks down to about $7 for every man, woman and child. Let's break our record. Help create a world with less cancer and more birthdays!

Volunteer or Donate Now
Relay Schedule for May 15, First Flight HS.
8:30AM-3PM Relay Car Show
12:00 Relay Opens
12PM-3PM Survivor Registration

      3PM Opening Cermonies
      4PM Survivor Lap, Followed by Team Banner Lap(Quilt Cake Served following)
      5PM Kids Walk
      4:45PM - 8:45PM Live Music
      8:45 Bagpipes/Hush Angels leading up to Luminary Ceremony
      9PM Luminary
May 16
      6AM Sunday- Gates reopen
      9AM Church Service
      11AM-Closing Ceremony
      Final Lap
Contact Info:Wendy Boyd wendy.boyd@cancer.org
252-702-5589.
You can support team fundraising - check this out.

May 7 - 8, Live Music!  DJ's!   Dance Classes! Pirate's Cove. Shagging originated at open-air beach parties on the North and South Carolina coasts.
Check event information online. Price: $45 per person which includes entry to all dance events (except classes) throughout the weekend. Tickets may be purchased online or  at the following locations: Gray's Family Department Store,   Garden Deli & Pizzaria, and  BJ's Carolina Caf�.  All locations will accept cash or check made payable to Community Care Clinic of Dare. Volunteers are also needed, please  contact Christine Jackle at (252) 202-9033 or volunteers@shagobx.org.

Churches are supposed to be places of sanctuary. But congregants at the Iglesia de Dios "Catedral de Jesus" in Zebulon report that the town's police officers, with alleged participation by Wake County sheriff's deputies, repeatedly posted traffic checkpoints outside the church before and after services. They say officers only stop those drivers who appear to be Latino. Last week, the Justice Center, the American Civil Liberties Union of NC Legal Foundation, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice launched an investigation. The groups filed a public records request asking police to provide all documents related to license checkpoints and to compliance with the NC Racial Profiling Act. Using local police officers for immigration enforcement erodes public trust in law enforcement, systematizes racial profiling, creates incentives for illegal arrests, and prevents police from doing their job of keeping their communities safe.

The NC Council of Churches has just published 2 free fact sheets that are available for distribution in your congregation or community group. "Faith & Immigration" (3.4Mb PDF) highlights the religious calling to welcome the stranger, while "Society & Immigration" (3.4Mb PDF) evaluates common misconceptions about immigrants.

The mission of Roanoke Island Festival Park is to involve residents and visitors, of all ages, in a creative and stimulating exploration of Roanoke Island's historical, cultural and natural resources. For more information about this event call (252) 475-1506 or visit us on-line at www.roanokeisland.com.
The Western Carolina University Catamount Singers and Electric Soul instrumental group will present a program of popular music in the Indoor Theater at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo on Saturday, May 15, at 2 and 7 PM.   The hour-long program entitled "Don't Stop the Music" features current musical hits made popular by performers such as Alicia Keys and Rihanna, and will include a tribute to classic pop artists Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, and more.  Both concerts are free and open to the public

From financial worries to family responsibilities, Americans are dealing with ever-increasing stress in their lives. In honor of May is Mental Health Month, The Mental Health Association in North Carolina is providing people with tools to help handle these challenges and deal with stressful times.  The theme of this year's May is Mental Health Month campaign is Live Your Life Well and features a wealth of research-based information, coupled with specific tools and strategies that can help combat stress and promote well-being. At the heart of the program are 10 evidence based Live Your Life Well tools to bolster mental health (www.LiveYourLifeWell.org).  At the site you can take a stress test  and an another on  how happy you are with your life. The Mental Health Association in North Carolina (MHA/NC) has launched a  new and improved website at www.mhainnc.org. 

 First Flight Peer Power health educators organized a tobacco gross out fair for a freshman health class.  The rotation included stations that educated peers about the short-term and long-term effects of tobacco use, as well as explaining specific ingredients found in tobacco products, such as ammonia and arsenic. FFHS Peer Power health educators also presented a puppet show to the Nags Head Elementary After School Enrichment Program.  Peer Power is a program provided by the Dare County Department of Public Health in partnership with Dare County Schools that utilizes peer teaching to educate students about healthy behaviors including nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco prevention.

For more information about the Peer Power program or other health education programs administered through the Dare County Department of public health, contact Laura Willingham at (252) 475-5079 or lauraw@darenc.com