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🌱 Holiday donation drive seeks food, blankets and toys

Avon, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Avon! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Holiday donation drive seeks food, blankets and toys
  • Buxton health fair offers flu shots and family support Thursday
  • Tiny art fills Buxton motel rooms for tonight’s scholarship fundraiser

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Thursday: Some sun with a shower, temps: high: 68, low: 53.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Seaside Vacations 4th Annual Holiday Drive Trifecta to support Outer Banks Seniors, Children, and Families in Need (outerbanksvoice.com) — Seaside Vacations is collecting food, new blankets and unwrapped toys through December 1 to support Outer Banks families, children and seniors. Its announcement names Avon as a drop-off location but lists a Buxton office address, so donors should confirm the island collection site before bringing contributions.
   

2. Community Health Fair scheduled for Nov. 12 at Fessenden Center in Buxton (islandfreepress.org) — Beach Pharmacy of Avon will offer flu booster shots for adults 65 and older at Thursday’s Community Health Fair in Buxton. The November 12 event runs from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Fessenden Center, with diaper giveaways and help with advance care planning also available.
   

3. Tiny Art Show returns to Buxton on Nov. 11 to benefit local art scholarship (islandfreepress.org) — Community art sessions at Heart Space in Avon helped prepare for tonight’s Tiny Art Show in Buxton, where miniature originals will sell for $20 each. Running from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Swell Art Gallery, the fundraiser benefits the Wayne Fulcher Art Scholarship Endowment, with artwork displayed in three donated motel rooms.
   

4. Pea Island N.C. 12 Sandbag Work Takes 4 Weeks: When Do 2 Lanes Return? (deeparrival.com) — Drivers traveling between Avon and the mainland face signal-controlled, one-lane traffic on N.C. 12 near the Pea Island Visitor Center. Sandbag installation began November 6 and is expected to take about four weeks, with second-lane paving afterward. No date has been set for restoring two-way traffic.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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