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HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

(Yom HaShoah)

April 30, 7:30 pm, Roanoke Island Festival Park Film Theater

On Yom HaShoah, a world-wide commemoration is held to remember those that suffered, those that fought, and those that died in the Holocaust. Six million Jews were murdered, families decimated. The Outer Banks Remembrance Day Ceremony will include music, readings and international rituals, particularly the "Reading of the Names" of people who died in the Holocaust.* 

Mr. Morris Glass, a Holocaust survivor who lived in several ghettos in Poland and survived the death camp at Auschwitz, at the age of 15,  will

UNC Interview with Mr. Glass

tell his story. Mr. Glass recently celebrated his bar mitzvah - at the age of 83.  This  important rite of passage - was stolen from him by the Nazis, who sent him first to a ghetto and then to Auschwitz, where his mother, father and sisters  were all killed.

 If you are interested in reading a page of names during the presentation, contact walkwithlight@gmail.com. No charge, but please bring a donation for the Beach and Roanoke Island Food Pantries

Car-Cycle-Truck Festival to Benefit Currituck Animal Lovers Assistance.

April 30, 9:00 on. Currituck High School.  Everything from Model A's to custom motorcycles, trucks, street rods, and others!  BBQ by Currituck Barbeque.  Games for kids and adults of all ages.  Radio station 102.5 "The Shark" will kick things off at 9:00 am, followed by DJ Chris McPherson playing  favorites from the '70's to the '90's.  Yard Sale and Swap Meet, art by local prize-winning artist Jackie Zagon.  Proceeds from the Festival will go towards helping The Animal Lovers Assistance League get a new, larger animal shelter in Currituck County.  Entrant set-up and Registration is at 8:00 am. Come and tell your friends!  More information can be found at: www.pets4us.org or by calling 252-232-3122 or 232-3518.  For information, or to register a vehicle, rent a Swap, or Yard Sale spot call: 252-232-3122 or  e-mail bjtrainor1@aol.com  or gsikes@centurylink.net for a registration form.

Joyful Music to Benefit Gem Center and Nags Head Lion's Club Outreach.

Dixie Do Daz 2010 Under the direction of volunteers Gary Clark and Dr. John Sanchez, the First Flight Middle School jazz band, the Dixie-Do-Daz won the 2010 Busch Garden Music Showcase Festival over the weekend of May 15 and 16. Of the five total individual awards given for outstanding performance over the entire weekend (all divisions including high school) members of the seven piece Do-Daz walked away with four.

Third Annual Illuminating Hope Affair 

Because Every Child Deserves a First Birthday.

Sudden Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) with programs of research, education and advocacy. First Candle offers an opportunity to commemorate baby's life in a meaningful way, including memorial contributions, memorial funds, and the national Tree of Hope Monument.  First Candle is one of the nation's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to safe pregnancies and the survival of babies through the first years of life. Their current priority is to eliminate Stillbirth, Sudden Infant De

On May 1, 3-9, the third Annual Illuminating Hope Affair will be held at Aqua S in celebration and loving memory of Elizabeth Redd Lenhart.   

Complimentary beer and wine, superb food from the area's finest local restaurants and eateries, amazing live music, and a silent auction. Tickets are $25.00 for everyone over the age of 12 and can be purchased at Aqua S (252-261-9700) and Children at Play, Inc. (252-261-0290). You can also contact John Lenhart at johnmlenhart@yahoo.com or 252-619-5279. To purchase tickets online, click here! To donate an auction item to The Illuminating Hope Affair, contact John Lenhart at johnmlenhart@yahoo.com. If you're unable to attend the event but would still like to support these efforts, you can click here to make a donation to the Elizabeth Redd Lenhart Memorial Fund.

Coastal Gardening Festival

The Coastal Gardening Festival, Saturday, May 14^th,  from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., at Baum Senior Center. This annual event is sponsored by the Dare Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in association with the Dare County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension.  The theme this year is "Gardening: Green Thumb NOT required".  The Festival offers everything from plants, jewelry and home d�cor to yard art and food. Educational displays and demonstrations address composting, recycling, container gardening, native plants and pruning.  Children's activities include gardening and tours of the Outer Banks Arboretum and Teaching Garden. A raffle will  support the ongoing maintenance and construction in the Arboretum and Teaching Garden. There is no admission fee and brochures for a self-guided tour of the  Arboretum are available on site.   For more information contact Susan Ruiz-Evans at 252-473-4290 or Susan_Ruiz-Evans@ncsu.edu

Food and Clothing Drive to help tornado hit areas.

Older Adult Services, the Dare County Center and Parks & Recreation KDH are teaming up to host a food and clothing drive to benefit Sanford, Hertford, and Bertie county families devastated by the recent string of tornadoes.     

Please drop off donations to any of the locations listed below by Tuesday, May 31^st.  Food donations must be canned or boxed and all clothing must be clean and in good shape.  Drop off locations include; Older Adult Services on Mustian Street in Kill Devil Hills,Parks & Recreation on Mustian Street in Kill Devil Hills, Dare County Center on Marshall C. Collins Drive in Manteo, Parks & Recreation at the Lions Club Center at 1000 Westcott Park Road in Manteo, or the Fessenden Center on Highway 12 in Buxton.  For more information, please contact Emily Karr at 252-475-5638 or Alex Hatcher at 252-475-9273. 

The CCCD has continued to grow in the last six years, and has seen a large percentage growth in the last year.  The CCCD in Frisco, located in the Dare County Satellite building, has doubled its Tuesday evening clinics from bimonthly to weekly.  Together with the other clinics in Kitty Hawk and Manteo, the CCCD has increased provider hours during the past year and has therefore increased patient visits by nearly 31% during that time.  New patient registration from October 2010 to March 2011 for all locations shows a 34% increase over new registrations for the same time period last year. 

In response to its growth and success, the CCCD  is consolidating its Manteo and Kitty Hawk facilities into one centralized clinic to provide better services to its growing number of patients.  The Kitty Hawk and Manteo clinics will close on Friday, April 29. The new clinic, located at 2808 S. Croatan Hwy, Suite A, in Nags Head (at the corner of Barnes and Hwy 158), opens on May 9, will provide care for its existing and new patients.   Potential patients are encouraged to call the CCCD at 261-3041 to help determine eligibility for registration.   The CCCD offers volunteer opportunities for a wide variety of skill sets, and interested volunteers may contact the CCCD at the above phone number.  For more information, all are welcome to visit our website at www.dareclinic.org