VDAY: The Vagina Monologues

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RoanokeFestival Park, March 30, 31, April 1. 7:30 pm. The 2011 performances of 'The Vagina Monologues', will benefit the Women and Girls of Haiti as well as local organizations that work with Women and Girls. The doors open at 6pm, with food and beverages available. Additionally, there will local artists and organizations Marketplace...a portion of all sales goes to VDAY Haiti and Dare County women and girls groups. The performance will begin at 7:30pm sharp.

What is V-Day?

V-Day is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sex slavery.

Currituck BackPack for Kids Nutrition Program

Sponsored by Currituck County 4-H in Partnership with The Currituck County Sheriff's Department and Currituck County Schools. Feeding America, North Carolina ranks as the second-worst state in the nation when it comes to children under 5 lacking regular access to nutritious food and as 10th-worst for children of all ages.  Weekends are a critical time for low-income children, as they have access to fewer food resources, such as the free school lunches they receive during the week.

Feeding America BackPack Program

Through the NC 4-H Hungry to Help Project, 4-H'ers across the state are making a difference and helping change these statistics by feeding children.  Friday afternoons twice monthly during the school year, kids discreetly and confidentially will be provided a food filled backpack to ensure they have something to eat during the weekend. Backpack food programs have shown to increase attendance, decrease behavior problems, improve concentration abilities of students and improve student academic achievement.
Each child receives enough food for six full meals.  Through this program, we can reach children at-risk of hunger in a safe and easily accessible setting.

There are many ways that you can help:  If you would like to donate food for the Backpacks for Kids program,  All food must be kid friendly, ready to eat and easily opened by children without assistance. County drop-off points include Cooperative Extension Center, Currituck County Sheriff's Dept,  and Lower Currituck Food Bank. (regular business hours please). Suggested items include:  Ready to eat tuna or chicken meals, Macaroni & Cheese, Granola or protein bars, Pull-top fruits and vegetable,  Small boxes of raisins and juice. To donate money, send checks to Currituck Extension Foundation with "Backpacks for Kids" on the memo line. Ellen Owens, Extension Agent 4-H Youth Development, 120 Community Way, Barco, NC  27917. This is an all volunteer effort with no over-head costs. All donations go entirely to the children and the purchase of food. If you would like to organize donations or for more information contact Ellen Owens, 252-232-2262, ellen_owens@ncsu.edu.

Community Health Assessment of Dare County

Over the past year, the Dare County Department of Public Health and Healthy Carolinians of the Outer Banks have completed a comprehensive Community Health Assessment of Dare County. This assessment provides information about what residents in our community live with and die from, and sheds light on areas that need to improve in

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order to positively impact the health status of our community. Healthy Carolinians of the Outer Banks is a partnership as well as a process. The Partnership is coordinated by the DareCounty Department of Public Health with representation and input from over 20 local organizations and agencies. The Healthy Car

Assessment Summary

olinians process supports our community in mobilizing peopleand resources to address community health challenges identified in the Community Health Assessment.  While you can get the entire assessment and the summary online, CommonGood will publish summary selections for coming weeks.


Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse has shown up as an area of concern for our community in the preceding two cycles of Community Health Assessments (2002 and 2006) and remains an area of concern despite efforts to address substance abuse within our community. Ninety three percent (93%) of respondents believe alcohol abuse is a health problem in Dare County and ninety (90%) surveyed believe drug abuse is a problem. The 2010 Community Health Assessment also identifies that seventy five percent (75%) of high school students reported use of alcohol and fifty percent (50%) reported use of marijuana. While our community has  demonstrated a commitment to addressing this concern, much work remains to be done.

Economic Challenges
It's no surprise that the stalled economy is having significant impact nationally and within our state, and Dare County is no exception. The cost of living in Dare is higher than North Carolina with monthly average housing costs among Dare County homeowners at $1,702 which is $480 a month more than North Carolina's average. Renting in Dare County is $296 more a month on average compared to North Carolina. Annual income levels in Dare County are over $3,000 higher compared with the State, but the accommodations & food services industry, which employs the largest percentage of the workforce at twenty three percent (23%), is also the sector with the lowest average annual wage per employee at $17,449 a year. The higher cost of living combined with lower wages make for a difficult time making ends meet for many. Additionally, unemployment has grown steadily since 2007, from around five percent (5%) to a high of over fourteen percent (14%) in 2010.
The overall poverty rate in Dare County at nine percent (9%) is fifty nine percent (59%) lower than the State rate of fifteen percent (15%). Sadly, Dare County's children, especially young children, bear a disproportionate burden of poverty with twelve percent (12%) of our children under age eighteen living in poverty and twenty percent (20%) of our children under age six living in poverty. A significant sixty nine percent (69%) of respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement that there is "plenty of economic opportunity in Dare County".

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Duck and Wine Festival Benefit Local Groups

April 30th from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Chefs from 20 local restaurants compete with delicious duck dishes and wine is paired with each dish.   Tickets to the event are $28.00 per person.  Tickets sell out fast.  You can check out the event at www.coastival.org.   

Rare opportunity to see me (Nancy) dressed up as a full-bodied bottle of wine.   

Chicamacomico is on Search & Rescue Mission

The Historic Site is searching for volunteers.  Rescue is needed.

The regular ones would be weekdays from 10:00 to 5:00 for June, July and August.  Six of our eight buildings open to the public and need full-time docents to staff them informally. Volunteers are also needed for programs and to help at the Gift Shop.  It is not necessa

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ry to commit to a full five hour day; any time donated is helpful. You do not need extensive knowledge; the basics come up quickly.  The site is very interesting and our visitors are equally interesting.  Everyday is different, fun and rewarding.  There is nothing else like it.   

 

Other volunteers are needed for technical services such as electric, plumbing, painting, carpentry, restoration as well as professional services such as accounting, advertising, marketing, design & display, fund-raising, etc.  And there are  projects that can be done at home or off-site such as distribution of posters, research, inventories, errands, phone calls etc. associated with Special Event preps such as the August 4 Centennial.       Contact Information: James Charlet, Historic Site Manager, (ph) 996-0493, Email: clss@embarqmail.com.