2024-25 School Year

Meeting 6: April 23, 2025

Our meeting today was at the Rundown Cafe, with a special guest, Robin Vermillion. She is the Social Worker at FFMS, and had a lot of information about our community and the way that they work with students in the school. She also asked us about our ideas for helping kids, as well. Very good info!We also heard about results from the 2025 State Convention, about volunteer opportunities, and the Sweet Treats coming up for teachers at the end of the school year. We finished our meeting by a large raffle...for which many were pleased!

NCRSP 2025 State Convention

These four representatives of our Dare County Unit for 7a of NCRSP had a blast in Durham for the 2025 State Convention! Juli, Connie, Francine and Linda F. attended and told about their experience over the weekend!

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Meeting 4: February 26, 2025

Linda White is recognized as the Top Volunteer of 2024, by Linda Foster, Community Service Chair for the Dare County Unit of NC Retired School Personnel. (Submitted to the The Coastland Times, February 28, 2025)

December 4, 2024: Meeting 3
Holiday Treats for Area Food Pantries

The Dare County Unit of NCRSP was present at the Blue Moon Restaurant for their holiday celebration and donation event. They generously donated $1100.00 to area food pantries. As well, Francine Kennedy and Lynda Wood helped brighten their spirits by commandeering the raffle! Thank you, all!

October 24, 2024 Meeting 2

Our second meeting this year took place at The Dunes Restaurant, for which they stayed open , just to serve lunch to US! Thank you to this venue for your support of Dare County Schools and Retired Staff!

Juli Perkins, President, spoke to us about Region 7-A and the meeting that she, Linda Foster, Mary Blythe, and Francine Kennedy attended last week. A "Brag Board" was shown, with the highlights of Dare County Unit's 2023-24 year. Committee Chairs went over their information, as well. Lynda Wood told of her trials in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as she has a house in "the mountains". She also gave information on how members may give to specific agencies who are helping the people of Western Carolina.

Next meeting will be on December 4 at noon: place to be determined! Watch for news HERE!

Photos from the 7-A Regional Meeting: Here, Juli has been honored as a long time President, and Chairman of the Memorials Committee; Linda Foster was honored as our 2023 Top Community Service Volunteer, and Francine Kennedy picked up a prize, too!

New Members!

Brag Board!

September 25, 2024 Meeting 1: Welcome back!

Welcome Back to the 2024-25 School Year! It was lovely to see all the Retired Teachers at our meeting today at Tortuga's Lie Restaurant in Nag Head. Thanks goes out to Francine Kennedy for finding this gem of a place! In fact, Francine and Lynda Wood took over Carol Spark's long-time position as Raffle Coordinator, and they did a marvelous job with their new status.

Juli Perkins, President, conducted a business meeting, with information about the school year coming out. It was good to see retired friends again!

Food For Thought: Initial Meeting

Our first trip to Food For Thought was held this morning, September 19. Mary Blythe, Juli Perkins, Francene Kelly, Maureen King, Linda Foster and Sue Ward were present, helping out Linda White (who was putting all the helpers and food together!)

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DCS Convocation

We were invited by Superintendent Steve Basnight, to join along with our working colleagues and welcome ALL back to the classroom for the new school year.

Sweet Treat Delivery

The Dare County Unit of North Carolina Retired School Personnel returned to their schools with a basket of Sweet Treats for the DCS teachers and staff who are presently finishing their school year. Retired Teachers felt that these individuals deserved much more than a piece of candy, but rewarded their service with these baskets filled with luscious chocolates, carmels, peppermint and fruit flavored morsels, nevertheless! “Have a fabulous Summer Break” were the thoughts going out to all DCS Employees.

Thanks to all these members who came together to "Treat" these "Sweet" staff members:

Juli Perkins, Connie Outten, Francine Kennedy, Mary Blythe, Karen Morgan, Linda White, and Sue Ward.

Two Meetings:
Including the Last of the School Year

Our April 24th meeting occurred at a very excellent restaurant for the cuisine: the Blue Moon Beach Grille. However, it was not a good place to have our meeting, as the background noise was very difficult to navigate. Our May 12 meeting was at Mulligan's Bar and Grille, which gave us a chance to say our "good-byes" for the summer, just as we used to do when we were working at the school system!

March 11,2024: Workshop on
CPR and AED Readiness

Dare County’s Retired School Personnel have been interested in adding to their knowledge about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and Becky Strickland took the lead in making this happen: she was able to ask the Kitty Hawk Fire Department to help out in this endeavor. CPR is a lifesaving technique that is useful in emergencies when a person’s breathing or heartbeat has stopped. CPR, as well as the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator) is used in public domains where cardiac arrest may occur. They also taught about giving first aid for a choking victim, or using the Heimlich maneuver. The 9 members of Dare County’s NCRSP (and 2 husbands) learned much about these techniques, and noted that they would now be able to help, or even take charge, in an emergency situation. Thanks go out to KHFD members: Deputy Chief Jasper Rogers, Captain Antons, Captain Zach, Lieutenant Reynolds, Firefighters Tobi Wild and Brian Ireland: very interesting and extremely informative.

February 27, 2024: Spring is Coming #5

We had our February meeting today at Mulligan's Grille: we shared information on several items. These included:

Next Tuesday is NC Primary Election Day, and early voting is going on right now.
Barbara White notes that our group has a Delta Zeta Spelling Bee Team, consisting of herself, Francine Kennedy, Pam Lucas, and Carol Sparks. Come and watch this spectacular event!
Becky Strickland has shared a CPR Class on March 11, 4-6 pm at KHUMC Church - and we are all invited to attend. Many have signed up already, and reminder notes will go out soon.
Linda Foster told about a program that takes sneakers, and turns them in - and the collection is a money-maker (for uniforms) for women cheerleaders that have graduated from the schools' special education classes.
Jo Voigt talked about plastic collection, for creating benches in KDH parks.
Connie Outten talked about a Zoom yoga class that many have been taking - come join!

After this informative meeting, and a wonderful luncheon - the meeting ended with a super raffle for our educational scholarship program.

January 24, 2024: "Cool" Meeting # 4

The January meeting was an informative one! Juli, Maureen, Linda F. and Sue gave out info about more Covid Tests, Capital One security, how to get online for deposits and other banking details, Go365 (it benefits your health - and gives rewards), Air Tags (which keeps track of your luggage and other personal items) and the importance of having a class in CPR (which Becky is in the process of arranging). All aspects were very interesting! And Juli was one of the beneficiaries of the Raffle today!

December 6, 2023 Holiday Meeting 3

Our holiday meeting was a success, both in a social-bonding term and in monetary terms. Francine Kennedy welcomed Tamara Warren, who gives assistance and support to seniors, helping them age in place with dignity and independence. She gave much good information, telling about her ability to make seniors happy in their homes. As well, we talked about the local Food Pantries, and took up a collection for the holiday gift that we will present to them: according to a very quick count, we raised over $1000 today. Linda Foster also presented Jessica Loose with a gift from the Region 7A meeting, which recognized her as the DC Unit's Volunteer of the Year 2022. Happy holidays to all who were here, and all the rest of you, helping out in the many ways you can!

October 25: Meeting 2

Our meeting was divine! And delicious, too! (Thank you, Plaza Azteca Ristorante...) There were 22 members attending, and had a business meeting chaired by Juli Perkins. We focused on this year's schedule, health concerns, and of course, our meeting was followed by Carol Spark's famous Scholarship Raffle...All in the name of educating our High Schoolers that are dipping their foot in the Education waters of college!

(And even though our sweet server took 8 pix, we STILL didn't get everyone PERFECT in one of them!)

December 6, 2023 Holiday Meeting 3

Our holiday meeting was a success, both in a social-bonding term and in monetary terms. Francine Kennedy welcomed Tamara Warren, who gives assistance and support to seniors, helping them age in place with dignity and independence. She gave much good information, telling about her ability to make seniors happy in their homes. As well, we talked about the local Food Pantries, and took up a collection for the holiday gift that we will present to them: according to a very quick count, we raised over $1000 today. Linda Foster also presented Jessica Loose with a gift from the Region 7A meeting, which recognized her as the DC Unit's Volunteer of the Year 2022. Happy holidays to all who were here, and all the rest of you, helping out in the many ways you can!

October 25: Meeting 2

Our meeting was divine! And delicious, too! (Thank you, Plaza Azteca Ristorante...) There were 22 members attending, and had a business meeting chaired by Juli Perkins. We focused on this year's schedule, health concerns, and of course, our meeting was followed by Carol Spark's famous Scholarship Raffle...All in the name of educating our High Schoolers that are dipping their foot in the Education waters of college!

(And even though our sweet server took 8 pix, we STILL didn't get everyone PERFECT in one of them!)

First Meeting of
the 2023-24 School Year

We got together at Plaza Azteca Mexican Restaurant, and had a splendid time focusing on our tasks for the year. Started by meeting all of our officers and committee chairs , as well as making a donation to the Lahaina group of retired teachers, who had lost so much in the recent fire in Maui. We heard about Dare to C.A.R.E., who did cardiovascular screenings on some of our members, and they are hoping to screen more. Linda Jernigan, our newly retired teacher, was also welcomed into our group. This is a great start to our new year!

Joining the Dare County Schools Convocation

We were at the Convocation: DCS brought teachers and staff in at FFHS - with a marvelous speaker, George Couros. It was good to be able to see teachers and staff we have been close with. (and thank you for this pic, Carol Sparks!)

Scholarship Recipients Class of 2023

The Dare County Unit of NCRSP was pleased to present scholarships to members of the Dare County Class of ‘23. Here, Mary Blythe, Scholarship Chairperson, conveys scholarships to several of the Seniors who plan to major in Education. Funds have been collected all during the NCRSP’s year, and yielded $500 to assist each student during their future years in college.

Kierianna Berry (MHS), Briana Lee (MHS), Thomas May (FFHS), Stella Bryson (FFHS); Not pictured, Charlotte Ernst (FFHS), Mary Kathryn Stroud(FFHS)

February 22, 2023 Meeting

Great meeting for the Dare County Unit: 15 members of our group met at 3 Tequilas Restaurant. Although we missed our President, our Vice-President took over for her today. Excellent information given and we thought about a way to make our group more "known" to other Retired School Personnel that don't know about us.

Winter Wonderland Meeting: January 25, 2023

Our January meeting was an informative one: Carol Sparks chaired the group today, speaking about IRA distributions for those over 72; Barbara talked about the Community Spelling Bee team that our group is part of (and needs Bee-sters to make up a 4-person team); we all spoke of our GO365 Reward successes; Linda F. reminded all to keep up with their Community Service calendars - and said our Chapter reward was going to Jessica Loose this year. The NCRSP convention will be on March 8-9 - and anyone wanting to be involved either virtually or in person, may call Juli ASAP and let her know!

Holiday Meeting: December 7, 2022

Our November-December Holiday Meeting was a good one! We had 22 members attending at 3 Tequilas Mexican Restaurant - and we all had a great time being together.

October 26, 2022
Celebrating Fall

Starting Another New School Year: 2022-23

The Dare County Unit of NCRSP is back in business for the school year, 2022-23. Our first meeting was held at Three Tequilas Restaurant in Kill Devil Hills, NC. Our intrepid President, Mrs. Juli Perkins, conducted the meeting, with 22 in attendance. She introduced the officers: Vice-President, Carol Sparks; Secretary, Connie Outten; and Treasurer, Barbara Hardy. Each of these persons, and other Committee leaders spoke on their committees' progress during this Business Meeting. One interesting way to turn good health into a gift card, is to join Go 365 Humana https://www.go365.com online! Juli then told of Memorials that were given from our Unit, in memory of Steve Basnight, Jr. and Braxton Hall, who passed away earlier this year.

The Dare County Unit was happy to get together and eat a wonderful lunch, served by The Three Tequilas Restaurant: they look forward to meeting there again on October 27, at noon.