Souper Bowl Food Drive
The Knights of Columbus are holding their 16th annual food drive Feb 5th 2012. All types of canned goods and other nonperishable foods are welcome.
Food may be dropped off at St. Mary of the Assumption church at 7200 Lancaster Pike
1/6/12 - 1/6/12
Auditions
Auditions for Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Main Street, Odessa, DE on Thursday, Jan 5th @ 6:30 p.m. Prepare 16 bars of music. Show dates are March 29, 30, 31 and April 1. Call 302-561-0180.
1/6/12 - 1/29/12
Georgetown SPCA Events
1/5-Thursday
SPCA Volunteer Orientation
5:30pm-6:30pm
SPCA
22918 DuPont Hwy
Georgetown
For more information-302.856.6361
1/7-Saturday
SPCA Adoption Event
10:30am-12:30pm
Rehoboth Concord Pet
Route 1 behind the SeaShell Shop
Rehoboth
For more information-302.856.6361
1/21-Saturday
SPCA Adoption Event
10:30am-12:30pm
Rehoboth Concord Pet
Route 1 behind the SeaShell Shop
Rehoboth
For more information-302.856.6361
1/28-Saturday
SPCA & Poker/Blackjack Night
6pm-Midnight
Route 1-Beach Plaza across from Safeway
Rehoboth
For more info: 227.3760
Girl Scout Cookie Sale
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
Girl Scouts Will Go Door-to-Door to Start Taking Cookie Orders
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay will go door-to-door to begin taking orders for Girl Scout Cookies starting Saturday, January 7, 2012. This year local Girl Scouts will offer the six varieties – Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Do-si-dos and, new this year, Savannah Smiles in honor of the Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary. All Girl Scout Cookies are free of preservatives and have zero trans fats. Cookies are $4.00 per box.
Cookie booth sales will begin on Friday, February 10, 2012, at local businesses throughout the Delmarva Peninsula. Girls are also taking donations of Girl Scout cookies for Operation Taste of Home and local community groups. The Operation Taste of Home cookies will be donated to our Armed Forces and local agencies, such as food banks and pantries, blood banks, cancer centers and youth programs.
Individuals interested in purchasing Cookies or donating to Operation Taste of Home can call the Cookie Hotline at 1-800-YUM-YUM2. To locate a cookie booth sale in your area go to www.GSCB.org.
The Girl Scouts Cookie Program is about more than just great tasting cookies. The program has a lasting impact on girls’ lives by helping them to build life skills such as leadership, money management, decision-making, teamwork, and goal setting. The benefits of the Cookie Program have been hailed by many of today’s businesswomen, who cite selling Girl Scout Cookies was their first step toward successful careers.
All of the proceeds—every penny—from a local Council's cookie activities remains in the area where the cookies are sold. This revenue is used to benefit girls, some of it directly by remaining in the Girl Scout troop treasuries, and some of it indirectly by funding Council-led programs for Girl Scouts. Each year, over 9,000 Girl Scouts from the Delmarva Peninsula participate in the Cookie Program, selling over one million boxes of cookies to the community.
A leading advocate for and expert on girls, the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay builds girls of courage, confidence and character by providing personal leadership development and programs that teach skills for the real world. The Council serves approximately 15,000 girls in grades K-12 across the Delmarva Peninsula. Approximately 5,000 adult volunteers support the Council in various mentoring and leadership positions. To learn more about Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay, visit www.GSCB.org or call 1-800-341-4007.
Valentines for Vets
The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards will perform during the 3rd Annual Valentines for Veterans Concert: A Veterans Appreciation & Welcome Home Celebration at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. This free concert is sponsored by the VA Maryland Health Care System, Help Hospitalized Veterans and FOX 45. For tickets, call the Meyerhoff Box Office at (410) 783-8000. All tickets are general admission and are free of charge, with a limit of two tickets per caller.
1/6/12 - 1/17/12
Martin Luther King Day at DE Museum of Natural History
30-second version:
Special activities will highlight African Americans' contributions to biology on Monday, January 16 at the Delaware Museum of Natural History -- in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Hands-on crafts and games about peanuts, sea urchins, and other curiosities pay tribute to scientist George Washington Carver and others. More information at 302-658-9111 or D-E-L-M-N-H DOT ORG. Sponsored by Exelon Power.
1/6/12 - 1/20/12
Department of Education forums
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS
--Public can learn more about state’s federal flexibility application at evening meetings in each county ---
The Delaware Department of Education will host a public meeting in each county to share and seek public feedback on the state’s accountability flexibility proposal.
In September, President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced flexibility from some provisions of the No Child Left Behind act in exchange for aggressive state-led reforms. Eleven states submitted applications during the first round this fall, and Delaware is among 30 expected to file in the second round in February.
The state’s draft proposal was posted earlier this month online, but the meetings will give Secretary of Education Dr. Lillian M. Lowery the opportunity to explain the provisions to the public and to collect feedback that will inform the state’s final submission.
The meeting times and locations are:
6 p.m., Wed., Jan. 4 at the James Gilliam Conference Center, 77 Reeds Way, New Castle.
6 p.m., Wed., Jan. 11 at Kent County Government Building, Room 220, Dover.
6 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 19, Sussex County Government Building, The Circle, Georgetown.
1/6/12 - 1/6/12
SPCA Volunteer Orientation
1/5-Thursday
SPCA Volunteer Orientation
5:30pm-6:30pm
SPCA
22918 DuPont Hwy
Georgetown
For more information-302.856.6361
