Volunteers Needed!

Searching for something to do in your spare time?

The Friends of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge are always looking for a few good residents to help out with any of their activities and events. You can work the informational center at Prime Hook, lead a kayak trip or help build duck blinds and/or bird watching towers.

MS - Bike to Bay 2008 25th Anniversary

To support a cure for MS please log onto www.msdelaware.org.

As many of you know, MS is uncured at the present time. There are over 400,000 people in the US with MS. To support a worthwhile charity and get a little exercise, register for the Bike to Bay movement on September 27th & 28th, 2008. Below is a sample of the info that is posted on their site.

While the cause (etiology) of MS is still not known, scientists believe that a combination of several factors may be involved. Studies are ongoing in the areas of immunology (the science of the body’s immune system), epidemiology (that looks at patterns of disease in the population), and genetics in an effort to answer this important question. Understanding what causes MS will be an important step toward finding more effective ways to treat it and—ultimately—cure it, or even prevent it from occurring in the first place.

Habitat for Humanity

I was fortunate to have served as a volunteer and a board member for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity earlier in the decade. It is a truly worthy cause made up of loyal volunteers who indeed do make a difference.

I had the opportunity today to sit down at Habitat’s new office/ReStore complex in Georgetown with one of my oldest friends, Kevin Gilmore, the Executive Director of SCHFH, to learn all of the things that have taken place within the organization in the last few years. And of course, I brought along my video camera… Read more