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Essential Life Skills for Military Families
Essential Life Skills for Military Families is a new 12-hour workshop for Military Reserve or National Guard couples (married or unmarried, dating, or engaged). The fun 3-hour sessions will help couples deal with the unique challenges of being a citizen solder family. Topics include developing healthy and resilient relationships, managing finances and routine legal issues. An additional workshop is available addressing parenting together and apart. The classes will be taught by East Carolina Universities Essential Life Skills for Military Families team. The course starts May 13th at ECU from 6-9:30 PM and the contact person is Catherine Smith Family Life Educator. She may be reached at 252-737-1850. For additional information see the Essential Life Skills for Military Families Website: http://www.militaryfamilylifeskills.org/ Project funding was provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Hearing Accessibility Conference
May 31st from 10am - 3pm
Garner United Methodist Church in Garner, NC
Registration required by May 23rd
Contact John M. Crowe 919 759-2146, 919 922-2146 or drcrowe@nccumc.org
Almost every congregation in our state is likely to have members who miss out on full worship experience because of hearing loss. Statistics show that one out of ten people have significant hearing loss. Their communities may have people who are unchurched for the same reason. To help churches reach them, the NC Conference United Methodist Committee on
Disability Concerns is sponsoring "A Conference on Hearing Accessibility" on May 31 at Garner UMC in Garner from 10 am until 3 pm.
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Sickle Cell Walk
Bishop Rosie S. O’neal and Koinonia Christian Church (KCC) will host a 5k (3.1mile) run/walk and 1 mile fun walk, for Sickle Cell. This event will show support to their Assistant Pastor, Rev. Anthony Hutchins and others in the Sickle Cell Community.
Sickle Cell is a genetically inherited disorder that affects the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to various parts of the body which causes fatigue, susceptibility to infection and painful episodes or crisis, which can occur in different parts of the body including the lungs, brain and kidneys. In the US alone, at least 70,000 people are affected by this disease. About two million Americans have Sickle Cell Trait and approximately 500 people die of the disease each year. More than 4,000 people in NC are affected by Sickle Cell according to the Department of Public Health.
The event will be held June 14, 2008 from 8:30am-10:30am at the City Hotel and Bistro ( http://www.cityhotelandbistro.com/) located on Greenville Blvd, in Greenville, North Carolina. Registration is available online at www.kccfamily.com/walk4sicklecell, at Koinonia ( Greenville), and on site the day of the event from 7:30am-8:15am. Pre-Registration is $20 and ends on May 30. After that Registration will be $25. The race begins at 8:30am sharp.
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3rd Annual Tar River Arthritis Walk
3rd Annual Tar River Arthritis Walk
October 11, 2008
Greenville Town Commons
1st Street, Greenville, NC
Registration starts at 9:00 AM
Walk starts at 10:00 AM
Presented by Carolina Arthritis Center
Co-Chairs Dr. Betty Harmon and Dr. Kyle Harner
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