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Local Scholarships Deadlines
 Virginia Dare Business and Professional Women's Club will be awarding scholarships to women, age 25 or older, who are US citizens and reside in Dare or Currituck Counties, in the amount of $500 - $1500. Applicants must have financial needs and established career goals. The application and all supporting documents must be submitted by April 12, 2012.
The Instructions and Application can be downloaded from our web site at www.outerbanksbpw.org by clicking on the scholarship link.
Women's Association of Duck Woods Country Club's 2012 Memorial Scholarship - applications are due April 1 - now being offered to area students in need who
wish to return to college. WADWCC provides a program monthly and reaches out to the community throughout the year. Contact
Nena P. Teller, Scholarship Chair,
Women's Association of Duck Woods Country Club 252-255-1120
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Community Services Collaborative to Meet in Buxton
 The Community Services Collaborative, a program of the Outer Banks Relief Foundation, will meet at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on Friday, March 23, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Collaborative coordinator Patty McKenna, Collaborative steering committee member Tess Judge, and Outer Banks Relief Foundation director Chris Kelley will talk about the Collaborative and the 2-1-1 help line.
The Collaborative is an inititative to facilitate collaboration among Outer Banks helping organizations and maintain up-to-date community service information for the public.
Please RSVP to Patty McKenna outerbankscollaborative@gmail.com or 252-255-0530..
The Fessenden Center is located at 46830 Hwy. 12 in Buxton.
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Volunteer
Opportunities with details now online.
 Sponsors needed for To help with the upcoming After Prom Party beginning on April 28, 2012.The ip levels vary from $1000 to as little as $5. Please contact us to learn about the many levels and benefits of After Prom Party sponsorship.To become a sponsor or for more information, or contact
Volunteers needed for Flying Pirate Half Marthon. April 21-22. lots of fun opportunities for you to sign up for. Join the fun, see old friends, make new ones and get a new cool t-shirt!
Pridefest: volunteers, sponsors and vendors (food and merchandise and other nonprofits). All donations to are now tax deductible. June 14 thru 17 / .
Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 18, seeking volunteers to assist along the parade route to help keep the units moving and offer directions. Contact Mary Ann Newman 252-441-4116
CORE is looking for volunteers with management and business experience to counsel business startups and on going businesses in need of advise. Provide counseling once a month or more. A Recruitment Luncheon, Noon, March 23 at Western Sizzle in KDH. Email rakmeck@aol.com or call 252-261-8213
The Guardian ad Litem program in Dare County is looking for volunteers to train to advocate for abused and neglected children in the court system. Call Ricki Tillett at 252-475-5587 or main office in Elizabeth City 252-331-4755
 National Lung Cancer Partnership Volunteers to distribute lung cancer information, fund raising for the cause and attending events. Cathy Haldas, haldas@centurylink.net
252-453-6000
Animal Shelter at 475-5620 Volunteers under the age of 16 must be accompanied / supervised by a parent or guardian. Corrie Smith, - OB SPCA
spcaevents@embarqmail.com
Monthly Mobile Food Pantry: Volunteer Third Friday of each month at 5:30. Volunteers are needed beginning at 5:00. Rev. Bettie Francis at 473-3881.
nteer aboard the Elizabeth II. Various opportunities are available at RIFP. Call (252) 475-1500 for more information.
Dare County Friends of Youth mentoring program. Volunteers A minimum of eight hours a month with a youth for at least one year. l Program Coordinator Bonnie Bennett at 475-5753 or Program Assistant Jennifer Wooten at 475-5754. Visit Site for link to volunteer application, etc. Food Bank Volunteers in administrative, intake (working with our clients), warehouse (food sorting and packing), special projects (mailings). Volunteer information / orientation every Monday at 3:30 PM and every Wednesday at 9:00 AM. Contact Ms. Laura at 335-4035, Extension 105.
Kids' First: Volunteers needed to let groups or churches know we are available to speak at their meetings or other events. Fundraising. Board and Committee members. Contact Kids First at (252) 338-5658. Dare County Community Garden Gardeners are needed to help draw up and outline the layout of the garden, planting the seeds and tending the garden. Contact: Kaitlyn hudgkm8@wfu.edu or (252) 489-1743.
. Hands of Hope. Volunteers help support cancer patients including transportation, meal preparation, care for the caregiver, patient companionship, running errands and publicity and promotion including speaking at churches, community events and healthcare screenings. Marie Neilson, Volunteer Coordinator marie.neilson@theobh.com Phone: 252-216-9400
The Outer Banks Hospital Volunteer in Operating Room from 6am-10a.m. Monday thru Friday. Liaison between the Operating Room staff and the patient's family and friends. Director of Volunteers, Kathy Tate at ktate@theobh.com or call 449-5675 Help protect and preserve the wild horses of the Currituck Outer Banks. Volunteers in stores, sanctuary patrol. volunteering in our mission related stores or for sanctuary patrol. Help kids of all ages create works of art. Have horse experience? Help with on and off-site horse activities. Contact: Karen McCalpin MANE & TAILL Volunteers: help provide educational programs for children and adults with special needs to learn horseback riding. Horse experience is not necessary, Email or call 489-1774 The Nature Conservancy, NC Chapter, Volunteer to help restore oyster reef in the Pamlico Sound. Contact: Kate Murray,(252) 441-2525 www.nature.org/nhw Community Care Clinic. Volunteers: Wide variety of skill sets. Contact: 261-3041
Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County: Caring volunteers to tutor at-risk preschool children using WINGS preschool literacy program. Contact Carla Heppert at 441-0614 or wings@darekids.org.
Chicamacomico Station. Volunteers: full or part time docent, gift shop, or handson services such as electric, plumbing, painting, carpentry, restoration; professional services such as accounting, advertising, marketing, design & display, fund-raising, etc. James Charlet 996-0493, or: clss@embarqmail.com.
Children at Play - the Outer Banks Children's Museum: Volunteers for music, art and science time with children. {lay children's songs or help with a science project. Assist with art projects. 261 0290 and ask for Alyssa. Children @ Play is located at MP 4.5 in Kitty Hawk.
The Dare Literacy Council: Volunteers: fundraising, administrative tasks, publicity, and tutor/student support; to help with assessing students and developing tutor seminars. Contact: Marian at 261-6940, or dareliteracy@gmail.com or visit dareliteracy.org
The Albemarle Commission's Senior Nutrition Home Delivered Meals Program. Volunteers to deliver meals to seniors in Manteo and the beach area, Monday through Friday. one hour a month assisting with meal distribution, Audrey Holland at 252-426-7093 x 230 or your local senior center; beach area 252-475-5637 or Manteo 252-475-9279.
Respite Care: Volunteers, partnering church or civic / Community. Tracy Bell, Volunteer Coordinator at 475-5057
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Bullying
There are two major documentaries out on Bullying. One is 'Bullied', distributed by Tolerance.org free to schools. Bullied is a documentary film that chronicles one student's ordeal at the hands of anti-gay bullies and offers an inspiring message of hope to those fighting harassment today. It can become a cornerstone of anti-bullying efforts in middle and high schools.
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Bully: D irector Lee Hirsch started filming The Bully Project in 2009, At its center is the family of Tyler Long, a 17-year-old who had just recently hanged himself in a closet when filming started. It follows his anguished parents as they launch a community discussion of bullying in the wake of his death that it certainly appears the school doesn't want to have (they organize a town hall meeting, and plenty of kids and parents show up, but nobody from the school or the district). Bully will open in select theaters March 30th. The MPAA decided to give Bully an "R" rating, which will prevent many teens from seeing it.
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And finally - although not a movie on Bullying, an book - soon to be released movie, The Hunger Games, Rated PG 13. The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. published by Scholastic. It is about a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive. Collins says the idea for the brutal nation of Panem came one evening when she was channel-surfing between a reality show competition and war coverage. "I was tired, and the lines began to blur in this very unsettling way."
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I listened to this book last week. And it is indeed unsettling. Children killing Children, the ultimate televised survivor game. I understand this book is required reading in some of the middle schools. No offensive language, but it raises fundamental questions about the nature of human beings, society, and the disconnect between compassion and 'the other'. If your child is reading it, I recommend you read along. It is a conversation you will want to have.
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211 is Coming. Is your group included?
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Medicine Drop Off - Keep Our Waters Safe - March 22
 Northern Outer Banks residents can do their part to keep our coastal waters, citizens and fish drug free.
The Dare County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with North Carolina Sea Grant, theN.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island, will host a community medicine drop-off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 22. The event will be held at the aquarium at 374 Airport Road in Manteo. Sheriff's deputies will be on hand to collect the medications.
This effort will allow community members to dispose of unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications in a way that will not contaminate the water supply.
The unintended consequences of disposal of unwanted medicines represent an emerging concern for the aquatic environment and public health," says Sara Mirabilio, fisheries specialist at Sea Grant's Manteo office and event co-organizer.There is growing concern that flushing drugs may impact the coastal environment. The presence of these pharmaceuticals in our waterways have the potential to cause reproductive, behavioral, immune system and neurological problems, as well as cancerous tumors, not just in fish and shellfish, but also in birds, amphibians, reptiles and other coastal wildlife," Mirabilio adds.n.
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First World Book Night in
the Outer Banks
World Book Night is an celebration designed to spread a love of reading and books. To be held in the U.S. as well as the U.K. and Ireland on April 23, 2012. It will see tens of thousands of people go out into their communities to spread the joy and love of reading by giving out free World Book Night paperbacks.
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211 is Coming. Is your group included? continued
Who should participate?
Since my husband is the Albemarle District Commissioner, I checked to see if Boy Scouts should be included. Sure Enough. 211 has a service tree, a taxonomic scheme to classify community services. I searched Boy Scouts and found they were listed under
Individual and Family Life
Social Development and Enrichment
Youth Development
Programs that provide opportunities for children and youth to participate in a wide range of recreational, cultural, social and civic activities through memberhsip in ....
If you are confused about where you belong please Contact Patty McKenna.
211 will only be as good as the information included.
If you are interested in the upcoming implementation of 211 Services in Currituck or other northeastern North Carolina counties, please contact Patty McKenna or nancy@obxcommongood.org
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First World Book Night in
the Outer Banks
The Island Book store is coordinating this effort in the Outer Banks. The store in Kitty Hawk will prepare FIVE boxes of 20 copies of the same book. [The book selected will depend on availability of the World Book Night organization]. Givers will be responsible for any expenses incurred in picking up their carton and distributing the books. Authors are foregoing royalties to make this possible, and American book publishers, the American Booksellers Association, Barnes Noble, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, Ingram Book Company, UPS, and a dozen printers and binders have paid for the production and shipping.
Non-profit groups who would like a box of books to distribute can contact Island BookStore. The five boxes will be reserved on a first come, first serve order. Please contact Meaghan Beasley, 252.255.5590, islandbksobx@yahoo.com
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