Strictly Living Magazine

02/29/2024

Going back to the basics, learn how to hunt.

Would you like to join the waitlist for this event? As participants cancel their registrations for this event, customers on the waitlist will be automatically registered on a "first-come, first-serve" basis.

01/23/2024

Funds available for Fayetteville nonprofits

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The city of Fayetteville’s Economic and Community Development is actively seeking proposals from local nonprofits to help the city address homelessness,
mental health, youth engagement and violence interruption.

Proposals should address key community issues which support the activities identified in the 2020 – 2024 Consolidated Plan.

Each year, the city receives funding to support eligible activities through the Community Development Block Grant (CDGB), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), and Housing
Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA). Nonprofits selected will provide eligible activities to serve low- and moderate-income residents.

The application portal can be accessed at
FayettevilleNC.gov/ECD. Applications are due Jan. 28.

Four public meetings will be held starting Feb. 13 and residents will have an opportunity to provide feedback and review the drafted Annual Action Plan. Following are the
meeting dates and locations:

Massey Hill Recreation Center on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.

Smith Recreation Center on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m.

Westover Recreation Center on Feb. 28 at 6 p.m.

EE Miller Recreation Center on March 7 at 7 p.m.

Residents are encouraged to attend to provide feedback on proposed programs and services.

Economic & Community Development

12/30/2023

HHOL is having a Clothes Closet Purging,
tomorrow 12/30/23
(11-1). Everything is FREE and must go.
All Things Are Possible
DECEMBER 30th; 11AM-1PM
601 Ramsey Street - Fayetteville , NC 28301
(910) 847-0137

11/09/2023

You are cordially invited to attend A Conversation with Mrs. Jane Elliott (Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Experiment, 1968), Tuesday, November 14th, 6pm - 8pm, at the Methodist University Huff Concert Hall. The Community Collaboration will host Mrs. Elliott, who will celebrate her 90th birthday this month and speak to us live by Zoom. The event is FREE to the public. If you have a question you would like to ask Mrs. Elliott, please message it to me NLT the 13th. You may RSVP by scanning the QR Code. This is an in-person event.

11/03/2023

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Office: 910-323-2409
Website: www.FSENC.com

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10/26/2023

Traveling this year, but still want to volunteer with Operation Turkey? Check out our 18 volunteer locations across the US. Come volunteer in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Florida! Learn more at OperationTurkey.com/locations

10/24/2023

10/24/2023

We are looking for volunteers for our Kids Zone November 23rd 8 am to 12 noon
(Open to suggestions to projects)
Projects to create for our seniors and coloring.
(Prefer current or retired teachers)

Sign up here: www.OperationTurkey.com/volunteer

For more information email [email protected]

07/20/2023

Ladies and Gentlemen if you ever wanted to make a difference in your community, you have an opportunity to do it now. The city of Fayetteville is now taking applications for all boards that are available, please click the link below:

The Fayetteville City Council has established 26 boards and commissions, 23 of them are open to applications from Fayetteville citizens. The volunteers who are appointed to the boards and commissions serve as the link that connects the public to its governing body and serve as advisors who make re.....

06/22/2023

Dance boot camp does your daughter have what it takes?

05/19/2023

Next year will be the 150th Kentucky Derby. We need to acknowledge how the Black history of horse racing has been erased.

On this day in 1875, 19-year-old Oliver Lewis rode a horse named Aristides to first place in the very first Kentucky Derby.

Learn your history.

03/31/2023

Hook and Reel
1498 Skibo Rd
Fayetteville, NC
(910) 920-4252

Hours of Operation
Sunday 11am-10pm
Monday 11am-10pm
Tuesday 11am-10pm
Wednesday 11am-10pm
Thursday 11am-10pm
Friday 11am-11pm
Saturday 11am-11pm

If you love hard shell seafood this is the place for you…
Crab Boils, Lobster, Oysters, Shrimp, etc…
The do have a few sandwiches called Po’Boy Baskets. You can mix and match you seafood choices.

For those of you that love you and chicken wings they do have a chicken wing basket on the menu.

Located across the parking lot of Walmart and Sams Club, right next door to Residency Inn by Marriott Hotels. It is not fine dining but it is fine eating. You will love the atmosphere, the restaurant is clean and the staff is amazingly helpful and pleasant. If you haven’t been there, take a little time and visit this establishment. I njoy your crabs, lobster, oysters, mussels and more. Have a little of whatever it is that you like.

03/20/2023

It is always exciting when we find out more about our black history. Isn’t it just beautiful

02/02/2023

Do you love crisp clean clothing? I found this home remedy to be super efficient and easy to make. Enjoy

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02/02/2023

Xavier University of Louisiana is the only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States, XULA is a private, liberal-arts based, co-educational institution offering 40 undergraduate majors, five master’s degree programs and a doctor of pharmacy program. More than one-half of its 3,1...

02/02/2023

What an excellent way to start off Black History Month

01/27/2023

The Community Awards is on February 15, from 11am-1pm at the Botanical Gardens. Tickets are $25 and will have to be purchased at our office (225 Ray Ave, Suite 100) by 2/8 because there will be none sold at the door.
All funds raised determine how many $1000 scholarships we will award this year.

Tickets must be purchased no later than 8 February 2023
225 Ray Ave,
Suite 100
Human Relations Department
Dione Curtis
Diona Curtis, Administrative Specialist
Office: (910) 433-1698

01/03/2023

January 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation

Enlarge The Emancipation Proclamation (page 1) Record Group 11 General Records of the United States View in National Archives Catalog Español President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamat...