Rudy Bears distributed for children
Rudy Bear teddy bears are given to children involved in rescue operations to help calm them in traumatic situations.
Ron Jones, president of the Contentnea Ruritan Club of Grifton, and David Mooring, Ruritan Zone 4 governor of the Greenville-Goldsboro District, recently presented Rudy Bear teddy bears to the Sandhill Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Chief David Jones accepted on behalf of the Sandhill VFD.
The Wheat Swamp Ruritan Club donated stuffed Rudy Bears to the North Lenoir Volunteer Fire Department to give to children. Mooring and Wheat Swamp Ruritan president J.C. Braxton presented the teddy bears to Jimmy Hill, representing the North Lenoir VFD.
Learn to drive a school bus
The Lenoir County Public Schools Transportation Department is sponsoring a school bus driving course from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 4-6.
Participants must attend all three days and must present a valid North Carolina driver’s license number when registering for the class.
To register, or for more information, contact Denise Swanner, Lenoir County School Bus Garage, at 252-527-7092 or dswanner@lenoir.k12.nc.us.
Library participates in Edge Initiative
The Neuse Regional Library is participating in the soft launch of the Edge Initiative to align its digital and technology services with community priorities. Edge provides new strategies and tools to help libraries advocate for public access technology services that benefit their communities.
“We are honored to be among the first to apply this leadership tool to assess and ultimately strengthen the technology services our libraries provide,” said Agnes W. Ho, director of libraries. “Our library helps meet the technology needs and interests of our community members, and the Edge Initiative will help us ensure our residents have access to enhanced digital and technology services.”
The driving force behind the Edge Initiative is a set of benchmarks that libraries use to assess their public access technology. The Edge Benchmarks Version 1.0 is available at libraryedge.org, and the complete assessment and toolkit will be available to libraries nationwide in January 2014.
Edge empowers library leaders to elevate their strategic planning, shape the story of the library and communicate its value in supporting community goals and initiatives around education, health, economic development and more.
Seven state library agencies are participating in the soft launch, which began this summer: California, Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.
The Edge Coalition is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and led by the Urban Libraries Council, a national coalition of 13 organizations collaborating to help public libraries provide all people with the opportunity to enrich and improve their lives through open access to information, communication and technology services.
For more information, call 252-527-7066, ext. 134.
