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Audrey's Heart Presentation
on Women's Heart Health
Dave Parks of Duck recently lost his beloved wife, Audrey, to a heart attack she might have avoided if Dave had paid closer attention to the signals. Parks's wish now is to educate as many people as possible about the importance of observing and listening more intently to the women they love.
.jpg) As part of heart month, the local council of the Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a talk and Q&A by Cardiac Physician's Assistant Edward Healy on women's heart health issues, Monday, February 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Holy Redeemer by the Sea Churchl, Kitty Hawk.
 The symptoms for women's heart issues are not always the same as for men, so it's important to learn the signs and symptoms of potential women's heart concerns," Paying very close attention to the signs early on may make the difference in the life or death of a woman very near and dear to you."
If interested in attending please email Ed Beckley at ejbeckleyjr@yahoo.com by Feb. 25, so the Knights have ample food and chairs on hand.
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Multigenerational
Fashion Show
Your favorite game as a child was Candy Land. Now's your chance to be a part of it!! Parks & Recreation and Older Adult Services are putting together a multigenerational Fashion Show on Friday, March 25th at 6:00pm, located at the KDH Youth Center to support the F.C. Minton Fund and Senior Games. We have asked local shops and boutiques to provide clothing for our volunteer models, keeping in mind the theme of this Fashion Show: Candy Land. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, March 1st, at $15.00 for adults, and $10.00 for children 12 and under, dinner included. If you would like to purchase a ticket, please contact Emily Karr at (252) 475-5638 or Charlotte Midgett at (252) 475-5920.
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Priceless Pieces Quilt Show
The annual showing of handcrafted quilts - old and new - featuring colors, designs and textures opens Sunday, February 27, with a public reception from 2-4 p.m. It is on display daily through March 26, Monday- Friday 9 Throughout March, the Teacup Quilters gallery-sit daily armed with years of combined experience in everything from hand and machine quilting to appliqu� making and embroidery.
Visitors walk through aisles of ceiling to floor quilts, which in the past ranged in date from Civil War times to modern day. All quilts have an Eastern North Carolina tie. People generously lend their beloved coverings that either are owned or crafted by an Outer Banks resident or devotee, which makes for a fresh offering each year. The Teacup Quilters enjoy crafting annual mini quilts that are sewn with a theme in mind. This year's Yellow Brick Road creations fit beautifully with the gallery's 2011 theme of Art Tales. T he mini quilts will visually connect as a yellow brick road travels through each individual piece.
An annual highlight is the Teacup Quilter's raffle quilt, which is on display throughout the exhibition. A stunning example of their handiwork, the quilt will go home with a lucky winner with proceeds from all raffle tickets going to charity. For more information call (252) 475-1500 or visit roanokeisland.com.
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Waders and Pearls Oyster Roast Set for February 26 in Hatteras Village
 The Waders and Pearls Oyster Roast will at the Hatteras Village Civic Center. In addition to roasted local oysters, the menu will feature two stewed shrimp dishes - one cooked the traditional Hatteras village way and one the old-time Kinnakeet way - prepared by island cooks Bonnie Gray, Bonnie and Charles Williams, and Cheyrl Austin.
Fish fritters prepared by Ruth Webb and Todd Ballance also will be featured. Hatteras Island waterman Tall Bill VanDruten is the special guest of honor, and will be roasted by friends, family, and fellow watermen.
Tickets cost $10, and go on sale February 16 at Nedo's, Oden's Dock, and Frisco Rod and Gun. Guests should bring one non-perishable food item for donation to the Hatteras Island Food Pantry to the roast. For the convenience of folks unable to get to a ticket sales location, tickets can also be reserved by calling Lynne Foster at 252-619-0136.
She said guests are encouraged to wear waders (boots) and pearls to the dinner, but are not required to do so.
Waders and Pearls will benefit Day at the Docks, Hatteras Island's annual celebration of watermen that takes place every September. In addition to the Day at the Docks planning committee, Hatteras Connection and Outer Banks Catch are helping organize the event.
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Calling all hat makers, helpers & runners!
.jpg) Sunday, February 27 � 11:30am - 2:00pm, Mighty Wind United Methodist Church, @ First Flight Middle School. As women undergo cancer treatments, many experience the difficult side effect of hair loss. To help maintain dignity and simply keep a head warm, we gather to cut fabric and sew these hats, turbans, bandannas and headbands. We need lots of people to cut out patterns (no experience necessary) and experienced people to sew them together.
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Volunteer Opportunities
 Volunteer at the Beach Food Pantry There are many ways to become involved in helping the Beach Food Pantry. We are open Monday through Friday from 2 pm to 4 pm. If you would like to volunteer to help clients during these hours, please contact a coordinator from a participating church listed on the Supporting Members page
Youth Partnership for Dare County is looking for caring volunteers to tutor at-risk preschool children using the WINGS preschool literacy program. WINGS volunteers will play literacy-based games at least once a week, focusing on memory, comprehension, problem-solving, creative thinking, and decision-making. The typical time spent volunteering each week is 1-2 hours. For more information, please contact Carla Heppert at 252-441-0614 or email her at wings@darekids.org. Children and Youth Partnership is a non-profit organization serving children, youth, and families in Dare County. The Partnership administers the state Smart Start program for Dare County for children birth through age 5 and is a central source of information about activities, programs and resources for children
Children at Play - the Outer Banks Children's Museum is looking for volunteers! We are looking for individuals who would be interested in assisting in building, painting or creating new exhibits. Exhibits are designed to teach and inspire young children in our community. This is a fun and rewarding volunteer opportunity. If interested, please contact us at the museum at 261 0290. Children at Play is a locally founded 501(c)(3) non profit organization.
The Dare Literacy Council is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, administrative tasks, publicity, and tutor/student support. If you have an education background, volunteers are needed to help with assessing students and developing tutor seminars. If you are fluent in Spanish, help is needed communicating with students. The DLC is an all-volunteer organization so as little as one hour is a tremendous boost to helping the DLC continue to serve the community. To volunteer, call Marian at (252) 261-6940, email dareliteracy@gmail.com or visit dareliteracy.orgThe Senior Nutrition's Home Delivered Meals Program serves seniors 60 years or older, homebound and unable to prepare a nutritious meal. The Albemarle Commission needs volunteers to deliver meals to seniors in Manteo and in the beach area, Monday through Friday. If you can share one hour a month to assist with meal distribution, please contact Mary Jernigan at (252)475-5637 at the Baum Center or Sandra Cantrell- Bush at (252)473-9279 at the Dare County Center. 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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Focus on People
with Disabilities
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Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities
 Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a part of the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). VR has been in existence as a government agency since World War I. VR services are provided in most states. VR is primarily federally funded but administered locally by state government.
VR serves working age adults with chronic physical or mental impairments who desire to return to work or who need assistance in retaining their job. VR clients must pass the financial needs test if the client is requesting cost services such as medical treatment or college tuition. This requirement is waived for VR client's who have been determined disabled by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
VR services are free for eligible clients and may include financial assistance for medical needs, physical rehab, and rehab equipment and rehab technology. VR provides funding for training needs including college tuition, vocational training, paid internships, on-the-job training (OJT) and small business development. Other services include professional referral to community based rehab programs for skills training, job coaching, and supported employment services. Finally, VR provides job search and job placement assistance, employment marketing skills classes, vocational assessment and vocational counseling to its clients.
Crucial to VR's mission are North Carolina's businesses who each year hire thousands of individuals served by VR. Because each of our referrals is screened, employers can feel more confident that they're a good prospect for their company, and they benefit from VR's customized follow-up to help make sure the new employee and the job remain a good match for each other.
Screening, job-matching and training can reduce employers' recruitment time and costs. Businesses can benefit-at no cost-from on-site consultations by professionals like our rehabilitation engineers who help ensure that the physical workplace is a good fit for the new employee. They may also enjoy tax incentives for hiring a VR referral.
For further questions about VR services or to schedule an appointment with a VR counselor, please contact the Vocational Rehabilitation office located in Elizabeth City, NC at 252-331-4768.
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New Patient Advocacy Foundation
 The mission of the Patient Advocacy Foundation is to provide effective mediation and arbitration services to patients to remove obstacles to healthcare including medical debt crisis, insurance access issues and employment issues for patients with chronic, debilitating and life-threatening illnesses.
The Outer Banks Office office is here to assist the community of Dare County in
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those services.If a patient has a chronic, debilitating or life threatening illness and needs assistance with insurance issues i.e. underinsured, uninsured, insurance appeals or needs assistance applying for SSI/SSDI; or assistance with job retention issues related to their illness, or with debt crisis related to their condition, a PAF case manager will negotiate, mediate and arbitrate as necessary to try to assist in resolving these issues.
Patients can call 800-532-5274 ext.1286 for the local office here in the Baum Center or they can call the same number without the extension and reach the main intake office in Hampton Va. where their case will then be assigned to a case manager unless they request the Dare County office case manager (Tracey C. Rock, RN) specifically. Patients are welcome to come to the office at the Baum Center as well, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm.
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The Children @ Play
1st Annual Mardi Gras Gala
 Friday, March 4, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Hilton Garden Inn. Mardi Gras mask and Semi-formal attire requested. $50 ticket (Tax Deductible) includes dinner, open bar, & 1 entry into the VIP raffle RSVP to 252-261-0290 to purchase entry and raffle tickets. Complimentary babysitting services on-site with advanced reservation, provided by Pledger Palace. VIP raffle items include: $1000 CASH PRIZE donated by Outer Banks Chrysler Dodge Jeep and 2 night retreat provided by The Hilton Garden Inn. Music provided by: TripleWide, Just Playn Dixieland & Soundwavz Entertainment, Inc. Reduced hotel room rates Provided by The Hilton Hotel. Beer provided by City Beverage & Coastal Beverage and wine donated by Sanctuary Vineyards |
  The 2011 Ride to a Wish will be held on Saturday, April 16th starting at Tyrrell Hall in Columbia, NC. The event promises a full day of fun, food and entertainment! The after party will include food and beverages, kids activities, custom cars, a monster truck, Scuppernong Idol Contest, live entertainment all day culminating in a performance by Frontiers, America's number one Journey Tribute band!
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Our goal this year is to grant four wishes, that's $26,000.00 which is daunting... but WE CAN DO IT!!!! TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE NEED MORE RIDERS AND MORE SPONSORS!!!! Bring one rider with you, if everyone that sacrificed last year and rode with us just brought one rider with them we would be at 60 riders. That opens the doors to a lot more potential sponsors!!! To help towards that end, we have added a 33 mile ride to the 50 and 100 to get more people involved. Motorcyclists Are Welcome!
This year we will be allowing motorcyclists to join in on the 100-mile ride through scenic Tyrell County. Motorcyclists will depart at 2:00 p.m. All bikers are required to pay the same $20 registration fee as cyclists and raise at least $75 in donations. |
Here are summaries of two separate bills that, if they pass, will have a harmful effect on immigrant communities across North Carolina. Learn more about immigrants in North Carolina.
H 11, No Postsecondary Education/Illegal Aliens
H 11 would prevent undocumented immigrants from attending any of the state's universities or community colleges. (Other than in quoting the bill's title, we will not use its offensive term for undocumented immigrants. We do not believe than any of God's children are "illegal," nor are the connotations of "alien" appropriate for anyone created in God's image.) Currently undocumented students are permitted to enroll in both the UNC system and the community college system, but they are required to pay out-of-state tuition (which, being greater than the cost of their education, subsidizes the tuition of in-state students). Not  surprisingly, there are very few undocumented students enrolled. Estimates for the community college system are that they number about 200, out of hundreds of thousands enrolled in the system.
H 28, DHHS to Provide Law Enforcement Information
H 28 would require the state's Department of Health and Human Services to give law enforcement agencies and officers certain personal information on those receiving services from DSS and for whom there is an active investigation or outstanding criminal process. Information to be disclosed would include: full name, date of birth, Social Security number, addresses and phone numbers (past and present), names of family members, and addresses and phone numbers for immediate family members.
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Block Extravaganza
 Friday, February 25th, Sessions available: 9am-10am and 10:30-11:30am. Saturday, February 26th, Sessions available: 9am-10am and 10:30-11:30am. Nags Head Church (Milepost 13). Participation is free! Pre-registration required! Call Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County at 441-0614. Space is limited! Sign up now to participate in this great family event!  Block Play Extravaganza for children ages 8 months to 5 years of age! Come play and learn with lots and lots of blocks including little blocks, big blocks, square blocks, round blocks, wooden blocks, foam blocks, wooden planks and cardboard blocks. Receive information on the stages of block play and tips to help your child learn math and science concepts through play. |
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Literacy Tutor Training Workshop March 12
The Dare Literacy Council is in need of voluntee r 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 or second language skills are necessary. Once trained, tutors will either work one-on-one with a student or in a class situation with small groups. Tutoring takes place at various locations throughout the beach and every effort is made to comply with a tutor's request for time and location.
The Tutor Training Workshop will take place on Saturday, March 12 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 the tutor workbook and lunch is provided. If interested in becoming a tutor, please register as soon as possible by calling (252) 216-7773 or emailing dareliteracy@gmail.com.
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You can help in other ways. Recently the Rotary Club of First Flight Donate $1750 toDare Literacy Council- the donation was a result of a $750 Rotary Foundation District Simplified Grant and the additional$1,000 came from proceeds of First Flight Rotary Clubs Oink & Oyster Roast. The funds will be used to purchase books and workbooks for Dare
Literacy Council who offers tutoring opportunities throughout Dare County and lower Currituck County.
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Scholarship Opportunity
The Women's Association of Duck Woods Country Club has opened applications for its 2011 annual scholarship. The deadline for applications to be received is April 18, 2011. The scholarship is available to a US citizen who is a resident of Dare or Currituck counties, whose post-secondary education has been interrupted or delayed. Applicants must be high school graduates who have completed at least one year of post high school work or college experience. The scholarship is intended for applicants who are seriously pursuing an associates or bachelor's degree. Older applicants are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants may contact Catherine McGrogan, scholarship chairperson at 252-573-9380 or cmcgrogan@charter.net for an application or they may pick up an application at the Duck Woods Country Club at 50 S. Dogwood Trail, Southern Shores.
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