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Holiday Gift Wrap Fundraiser

Join in this fundraiser to help raise money for a number of NIH patients and their families.  The event will employ over 100 volunteers who will gift wrap holiday gifts at White Flint Mall, Rockville.  All proceeds will be donated to the Children’s Inn, Special Love and Friends of the Clinical Center.  Our goal is to raise $15,000 for the charities.  The Holiday Gift Wrap will operate during the busiest shopping days: December 3 - December 24 from 11:30am-7:30pm.  If you are interested in volunteering please contact Heidi Grolig at 301-402-0193 or groligh@mail.nih.gov.  

 FOCC Holiday Bazaar

The R&W is working to bring back the Holiday Bazaar that benefits the Friends of the Clinical Center.  This popular event is typically held in November from 10am-3pm in Bldg. 10.  The R&W and FOCC are working on finding a new location this year since the previous location is no longer available.  The bazaar will offer local vendors crafts, jewelry, clothes, etc.  This is a great opportunity to get some of your holiday shopping done while benefiting a great cause.  The Friends of the Clinical Center is a private, nonprofit, charitable organization located in Bldg. 10 that provides emergency financial aid to NIH patients and their families.  You can contribute to the organization in many ways including the CFC #85994.  If you are interested in participating in the Bazaar as a vendor email Heidi Grolig at the FOCC groligh@mail.nih.gov. More details about the event will be available in the upcoming R&W newsletters.   

Trick-Or-Treat With the CFC

Come for the Food, Prizes, Treats, & the Joy of Giving!

Grab your Halloween costume, this year we encourage you to dress as your favorite star or whatever you like but be creative, and join us on Thursday, October 30th from 11:30-1:00pm for Nightmare on Center Drive, a CFC event.  The festivities will be held on the patio of Bldg. 31 with Hard Times Café and Ben & Jerry’s on hand for lunch.  Visit and meet new friends, have lunch, and trick-or-treat at the charity tables while learning what the organizations can do for people in your community.  Local participating charities include our very own Special Love/Camp Fantastic, Friends of the Clinical Center, The Children’s Inn at NIH and The Foundation for the NIH.  Other local CFC charities will also be here so come out and learn how YOU can help the charities help others.

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and PUMPKINS
Available at the Bldg. 31 Farmers Market

The market has resumed!  Although in modified form, the market hopes to draw more vendors as we spread the word.  Fresh produce is available on Tuesdays from 10:30am - 1:30pm on the Bldg. 31A Patio.  The hope is that with enough support and interest, several local farmers will return to become part of a large fall market and then even larger in May 2009.  Licking Creek Bend Farm, from Needmore, PA, will start, featuring heirloom tomatoes, yellow and white peaches, fall apples and pears, squash, fall squash, plums, pumpkins and other seasonal produce.   The farm, started in 1972 as a diaspora kibbutz, was one of the original farms that participated in the market and is expected to be joined by other farms, once enough interest and support has been established.  LICKING CREEK DOES NOT PROVIDE NEW PLASTIC BAGS, SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING RECYCLED OR CLOTH BAGS (AND EXTRAS FOR FOLKS WHO FORGET!).  Come and show your support and walk away with some great seasonal produce.  Join us Tuesdays in October 10:30am - 1:30pm.  Hope to see you weekly for your fruit and veggies.

11th Annual Bethesda Row Arts Festival

Shopping, Music, Food and More!

 

You are invited to join us on Saturday, October 18th from 11am – 6pm and Sunday, October 19th from 11am – 5pm for a wonderful fall weekend of shopping, food, music and more! 

Each October, the streets of Bethesda Row are transformed into an outdoor art gallery of spectacular fine arts and crafts. This year many of the world's finest arts and crafts will be presented.  The Festival, underwritten by Federal Realty Investment Trust, features the work of 180 leading artists and crafters from the Mid-Atlantic and around the country.  On display will be the finest in: ceramics, drawings, fabrics, glass, graphics, jewelry, metalwork, paintings, pastels, photography, printmaking, sculpture, wood and mixed media.  The Festival has been recognized as one of the top 200 fine art shows in the United States by Sunshine Artist magazine, and the event will benefit the NIH Charities.  Festival activities will include an Art Sale benefitting the Charities, a Poster Sale, artist demonstration tent, children’s art activities, live acoustic stage performances, street performers, and high-quality outdoor food vendors.  The Arts Festival will also continue its commitment to the Arts through the Bethesda Row Arts Festival Scholarship.  In 2008, the Festival will award a scholarship to an Artist pursuing a Master of Art in Teaching degree from the Corcoran School of Art + Design.  The outdoor event is held rain or shine on Bethesda Row located on Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues, and Elm Street, east of Arlington Road. The festival is an easy walk from the Bethesda Metro station and 15 minutes from downtown Metrorail stops. Numerous free parking garages (#49 and #57) are conveniently located.  For more information, visit www.bethesdarowarts.org.  We hope to see you there!

Mobile Mammography Screening at NIH
Begins November 6th  

The George Washington Breast Cancer Center will be visiting NIH for our 2008 Fall Mammography Screening.  All NIH employees, their families, contractors, visiting scientists and others associated with NIH are eligible to participate. 

The screening dates are as follows:

Bldg. 10 (Lot 10H)                                              Nov. 6 
EPN/EPS (Parking Lot behind Complex)              Nov. 19
Rockledge (Visitor Parking behind RKL One)           Nov. 20
Neuroscience Center (Behind 6001Executive)         Dec. 2
Bldg. 45 (Front of Building)                                  Dec. 4

The van will be on-site from 9:30am - 3:45pm taking prescheduled appointments.  Each screening is conducted by a female technologist, and a board certified radiologist specializing in mammography will interpret the films.  Appointments should take approximately 20 minutes.  Most insurance companies will cover the cost (approx $350) of the screening.  To see if your insurance is accepted or to make an appointment, call 202-741-3252 and leave a message with your name and phone number.  The GWU Breast Care Center will call you back and schedule your appointment. 

 Who is Eligible?

Any woman IS eligible if she meets the following:

  • She is age 35 or older

  • She is not pregnant

  • She does not have breast implants                     

  • She does not have any prior history of breast problems

  • She is not having symptoms such as a lump in either breast or unusual breast pain

  • She has not had a mammogram within the last 12 months

Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this screening should contact Julie N. Harris at the R&W, 301-496-6061 and/or the Federal Relay 1-800-877-8339 or email harriju@ors.od.nih.gov.  Requests should be made at least 10 days in advance of the appointment.  For more information about mammography, breast cancer, or other types of cancer call the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER or see www.nci.nih.gov.


Books Are Fun Book Fair
1st Floor Lobby of Bldg. 31

Books Are Fun will be holding a book fair in the first floor lobby of Bldg. 31 from Wednesday, October 15th to Friday, October 17th.  Come to the Book Fair and shop in the convenience of your workplace.  You can save up to 70% off retail prices on an incredible selection of books for all interests and ages, as well as fine gift items.  You can choose from a large selection of sports, educational and children’s books. This will be the last book fair of the year so stock up on holiday gifts now! The book fair will take place from 8am – 3pm Wednesday and Thursday and from 8am – 2pm on Friday.  Comments regarding the book fairs are appreciated.  Please contact nihrw@mail.nih.gov with your thoughts.