Event Title: Celebrate! Kids First
Date: Saturday, April 18th 2009
Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Waterfront Park Pavilion. Downtown Elizabeth City
Admission: FREE
Contact: Courtney Cottrell @ Kids First (252) 338-5658
Website: www.kidsfirstcac.com
Kids First Child Abuse Treatment Center invites you to be a kid for a day! Celebrate Kids First will feature live entertainment and tons of activities for kids and adults of all ages, including Hop on Pop "bounce house," face painting, dance contests, and "Field Day" races for kids and adults! The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be on-hand with "Coastie," the water-safety boat, and Elizabeth City Fire Department will be providing child car seat safety checks. The entertainment lineup will include performances be the Northeastern High School Jazz Band, Bobby Plough, Chuck Hodges, and popular E-City Band "Further Adieu". Bring a chair to enjoy music! The event is FREE and open to the public, there will be food and drinks available for purchase. This event is sponsored by Albemarle Hospital; Alliance Nissan; Gateway Bank & Trust; Frank P. Hiner, Attorney at Law; The TCOM Employees of Elizabeth City; and Hop on Pop Bounce Houses. Please come Celebrate! with us!
Kids First Child Abuse Treatment Center is a non-profit organization serving seven counties in Northeastern North Carolina. We provide counseling, medical examinations, forensic interviewing, and family advocacy for child victims of physical and sexual abuse and their non-offending caregivers. A nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center, Kids First served 284 new clients in 2008, while at the same time saving taxpayers over 80% versus the cost of private practitioners. April is Child Abuse Awareness Month, and Celebrate! Kids First was created to raise awareness for Kids First's goal to give those who have been victimized the chance to reclaim their childhoods. Please join us as we celebrate the positive impact we can make on children's lives.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
8th Annual Juneteenth Festival
Contact Name: Lenora Jarvis-MackeyRiver City Community Development Corporation
501 East Main Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Contact Phone: (252) 331-2925
Contact Email: rivercitycdc@rivercitycdc.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2009
The past often provides hope and inspiration for today. This weekend, people from across the Albemarle area will gather to remember the past and to celebrate the present during the 8th Annual Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 20, 2009. The festival, which is presented by River City Community Development Corporation will be held from 12 noon to 9:00 pm at Waterfront Park in Elizabeth City.
Organizations and communities across the nation celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate June 19, 1865, which is the day slaves in Texas received the news that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all slaves. Unfortunately, the news reached Texas 2 ½ years after President Lincoln signed the document on January 1, 1863.
The multicultural celebration at Waterfront Park in Elizabeth City will feature crafts, ethnic foods, entertainment, health screenings, novelty items and special fun for children of all ages.
History of Juneteenth — "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free." When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the slaves in Texas did not receive this news until June 19, 1865 ... 2 years, 5 months, and 18 days after the Proclamation became law. There are several stories told as to the reason this information never reached Texas. The most often told is that of an African American ex-Union soldier, who was personally sent by Lincoln to deliver the Proclamation in Texas, leaving Washington, DC on the official date of the Proclamation – January 1, 1863. But the messenger was riding such a slow mule, that it took him 2 ½ years to reach Texas.
After the war ended, Federal troops were ordered to go out and enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. A regiment led by General Gordon Granger was sent to Galveston, Texas and arrived on June 19, 1865 to enforce the freeing of slaves in Texas. Thus June 19th was born. Over the years, people began calling this celebration of freedom Juneteenth. The first celebration of Juneteenth took place in 1866 and has grown larger than ever. In addition to massive amounts of food, a main part to the celebration is the re-reading of the Proclamation, followed by speeches and songs (usually spiritual), remembering the struggle to be free. And that’s what Juneteenth is all about: freedom. Not just from slavery in America, or the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, but freedom to learn one’s roots; freedom to join in one’s community, making it richer and stronger.For more information about the Juneteenth Festival, call River City Community Development Corporation at (252) 331-2925 or email at rivercitycdc@rivercitycdc.org or visit our website at www.rivercitycdc.org. Vendors and Entertainment is needed.
2009 EC Business Expo
The Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce & COA Small Business Center present
Elizabeth City
2009
Business Expo
Our Rivers Run to Your Success
We Encourage You & Your Employees to Join us on Your Lunch Break for this Great Networking Opportunity!
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
10:00 am – 3:30 pm
K.E. White Center on ECSU Campus
1704 Weeksville Highway
Admission is FREE for dropping your Business Card at the Door!
This also puts you in our special drawing!
Come Support your Fellow Chamber Members and see the latest products and services that they have to offer!
252-335-4365 / www.elizabethcitychamber.org
Friday, March 20, 2009
Downtown Spruce Up Day
Please plan to meet at the City Wine Seller at 8:30 am on Saturday, March 28th to do a spring spruce up of our downtown. We will be picking up trash, planting flowers and pruning in the downtown area from Water Street to Road Street so bring your gloves and gardening tools and trash bags. Everyone is invited to participate, so bring a friend. Hope to see you there.Debbie Tatum Sauls, Chairman
Elizabeth City Downtown, Inc.
1961 Rivershore Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27907
252-331-0338
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Pottery Madness
College of the Albemarle
Ceramics Cooperative
March 26, 2009
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
COA Student Center
Come early to get the best selection of pottery and food.
Food individually priced or buy a platter and drink for $5.00.
Proceeds go to ceramic supplies and field trip gas.
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