COOKIE EXCHANGE

Veeda Bybee’s Book: A Few of My Favorite Things: Recipes Inspired by Family Friendly Musicals, will transform your kitchen into a culinary theater. Sing, dance, musical meals, movies, musicals, Sound of Music  

You made it through a school-time pandemic; you’ll make it through this! Expert tips on how to create successful school day mornings. Golden Rule Day, jokes, advice

Dr. Grazyna Pajunen, a renowned biohacking coach and author of BIOHACKING A Way to a BETTER YOU: Look and Feel Better Than You Did 10 Years Ago—covers topics: stress reduction, cutting-edge anti-aging therapies, neurological natural mental health enhancements, wearable tech, AL advances and trends 

Respite:  body imagine issues, bully, trouble at home, social media attacks, suicide, “I am not enough”—Libraries 

The Soccer Tournament hosts a TST Mixed! Hope Solo, Wrexham Red Dragons, Steven Fletcher—Target Score Time, May 27-June 1, 2026, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. 

Larry Freeborg, business transformation coach, shares relief though his company Stepping Through the Gate and his book, Always At Choice: Strategies for Moving on After the Death of a Spouse or Life Trauma –pain, grief, loss, tragedy

Catherine Aponte, psychologist and author of “A Marriage of Equals,” explores and advises on beating the holiday blues in a way you may not have thought of before. Catherine did graduate work in Clinical Psychology at Duke University, and her husband, also a psychologist, served on the Department of Psychiatry faculty at UNC. 

More than 130 college scholarships administered by the North Carolina Community Foundation are now open for applications, including Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarships. -Education, tuition,  

History, favorites, the 129 AD ‘Angels Hymn,’ Forbidden Carols, Laurelyn Dossett sings and talks about her composition for the NC Symphony. Non-Profit—recycle Christmas Tress to save the dunes-Surfrider Foundation--Oldie but Goodie Repeat-somethings may not apply 

How to bake for, attend, and host a successful cookie exchange, prizes, preparation, invitations, set up, cookie recipes, tips from Joan Baumer/ Crepe Cakerie will have sugarplums dancing in your head.