Community Briefs 8/7/24

Elks seek sponsors for Oct. 2 golf event

The Elks Golf Outing for Veterans is seeking sponsors and players for its fundraising event set to begin at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, at The Rookery Golf Club near Milton. Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540 of Lewes will donate proceeds to Sussex County organizations supporting veterans. For more information, email CapeElksGolf@icloud.com.

Boating safety class set Aug. 10 in Millville 

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-09 is partnering with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to present a Delaware Boating Safety Class from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10, at Evans Park Community Center, 32517 Dukes Drive, Millville. Those who successfully complete the course will receive a Delaware Safe Boating Certificate by mail. (The certificate is required for boaters born on or after Jan. 1, 1978).

All materials for the class will be provided at registration. Cost is $20 per person. Sign-in starts at 7:30 a.m. Preregistration is required. To register or ask questions, email Roy Zimmerman at rzimmyuscgaux@gmail.com.

Super Smash Bros. contest set at library Aug. 10

Rehoboth Beach Public Library will host the Ultimate Super Smash Bros. Tournament from 11 a.m., to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10, at 226 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach. Local competitors will face off in a bracket-style matchup. The tournament will be open to all ages and skill levels, though players must register online to participate. Every character, from Bayonetta to Zelda, will be unlocked and available to use. Several game stations will be set up for participants to enjoy while waiting for their turn at the controller. Registration is free but mandatory; sign up online at rehoboth.lib.de.us. There will be 24 seats open to competitors; family and friends are welcome to attend as spectators and do not need to register.

What is Your Voice school supply drive runs thru Aug. 10

The GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club is collecting school supplies for more than 75 youngsters in the What is Your Voice program. 

Now through Saturday, Aug. 10, donations may be dropped off on these members’ front porches: Terry Yates, 17277 Venables Drive, Senators community, Lewes; and Kathy Cochran, 37495 Washington St., Rehoboth Beach

Items requested include Crayola colored pencils, markers and crayons; Sharpie highlighters; loose-leaf college-ruled paper; spiral notebooks; composition books; children’s and adults’ scissors; Elmer’s glue sticks; Avery binders and binder dividers; pencil pouches; backpacks sized for high school, elementary and middle school girls and boys; personal-size hand sanitizer; and tissue boxes.

What is Your Voice is a nonprofit corporation that provides holistic crisis care and intensive aftercare for women and children in Sussex County who are survivors of domestic violence. 

Club members’ goal is to help set up these students for a successful school year by providing all needed supplies for the first day of school.

To learn more, go to whatisyourvoice.com and gfwcZwaanendael.org.

UUSD to meet Aug. 11

The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware will hold a service at 10 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 11. Guest speaker Leika Lewis will present “A Blessing for Exhausted Pigeons.” “For millennia, mystics from many traditions have navigated seasons of uncertainty with the help of contemplative practice. This service will explore the practical ways we collectively and individually create spaces of calm to navigate times of turbulence,” said Lewis. For more information, go to uussd.org.

Israel UMC to host VBS Aug. 12-16

Emotions for Health workshop set Aug. 14

HealTree will present Emotions for Health from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 1632 Savannah Rd, Suite 10, Lewes.

Emotions have frequencies. Thoughts are not esoteric vapors of nothing; they are physical, tangible phenomena in the body that can affect an individual’s emotions, actions and behaviors. Creating real change happens when people work to shift their frequency on a cellular level. Workshop participants will learn to connect to their personal power through emotions and create changes in their health and day-to-day living.

A practicing transformation coach for more than 20 years, workshop facilitator Alexis Brown initially pursued a career in medical science as a histologist. Often called microscopic anatomy and histochemistry, histology allows for the visualization of tissue structure and characteristic changes the tissue may have undergone. Fascinated with scientific research on the mind-body connection, Brown developed a lifelong passion for examining how the subconscious profoundly affects overall quality of life.

To sign up and learn more, go to healtree.co or call 302-827-4683.

Overfalls happy hour set Aug. 14 in Lewes

The Overfalls Foundation’s monthly happy hour will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, at Lewes Canalfront Park.

Attendees can savor a beer or a glass of wine, enjoy the opportunity to see the ship, and meet some adoptable four-legged guests from Humane Animal Partners.

Both the ship and the store will be open to the public during happy hour. There is no charge to attend, but donations are always appreciated.

Weather cancellations will be posted on the Overfalls Foundation website, overfalls.org, and on its Facebook and Instagram sites.