OBX CARES

OBX CARES OBX CARES Day is an Annual Event on Earth Day April 22, at the Outer Banks Brewing Station. OBX CARES, Community for Animal Rescue & Earth Sustainability.

Outer Banks Community for Animal Rescue & Earth Sustainability, OBX CARES, is a Day dedicated to the focus of earth-friendly mindfulness and animal rescue in Dare and surrounding counties. This day represents an assembly of organizations that were created to achieve awareness towards a more compassionate, greener community. A Greener Earth. By becoming proactive in the betterment of our own health

, our animals in need and our community, we take the initiative towards the betterment of our Earth. One that starts with You and your immediate surroundings. Join us each year on Earth Day, April 22nd in the backyard at The OBX Brewing Station for OBX CARES Day. Each participating organization will benefit their own assembly with any products or goods they choose to represent. Proceeds from the silent auction and a suggested 25% from participating crafters will benefit OBX CARES founders, Feline Fix Foundation and The Community Cat Food Bank, CCFB. The Outer Banks Community for Animal Rescue and Earth Sustainability, the Community that CARES, OBX CARES.

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05/29/2026

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Volunteer with Live from OBX

05/18/2026

There was a time when a drive down Highway 12 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks felt less like a road trip and more like slipping quietly off the edge of the known world.

Back before every pocket of coast had vacation rentals stacked shoulder to shoulder and GPS told you where the nearest coffee shop was, Highway 12 felt wild in a way that’s hard to explain now. Long stretches where the dunes swallowed the horizon. Little weathered villages appearing out of nowhere like fishing camps at the end of the earth. Miles where the Atlantic rolled on one side and the sound sat calm and silver on the other like the road itself was floating between worlds.

And then down in Frisco, sitting quietly beside the road like something left behind from another civilization, there was the Futuro House.

That silver UFO-looking house with the oval windows perched up off the ground like it had landed there sometime during a storm in 1972 and just decided to stay.

It never really felt out of place either.

That’s the thing about Highway 12.

It has always carried a certain kind of mystery to it. The kind of road where pirate legends, shipwreck stories, hurricane scars, forgotten motels, wild horses, drifting fog, and strange roadside landmarks all somehow belong together.

The wind sounds older there.

The light changes differently there.

And once you get far enough south toward Hatteras and Ocracoke, the modern world starts fading away behind you little by little until it feels like you’re driving through a place that exists slightly outside normal time.

The Futuro House became part of that feeling.

A weird little piece of Outer Banks folklore that made generations of travelers slow down and look twice.

They claimed it was lost to a fire in 2022, some think it just took of to a different dimension.

Beautiful still.
Haunting still.

But missing one of the strange little landmarks that made Highway 12 feel so wonderfully out of this world. 🛸

04/26/2026

Richer in lifestyle, Ocracoke

If you have to break down, make sure it's near Waves, NC. I've got a new friend in Dale. DALE'S AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE, it's...
04/16/2026

If you have to break down, make sure it's near Waves, NC. I've got a new friend in Dale. DALE'S AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE, it's small town, efficient, quality service that matters. thanks to my fav, Waves Deli, for the referral. you know he's good when your dog can't stop kissing him. Thank you Dale. I 💙 OBX

Happy Birthday Kitty Hawk (ps. you look good for your age!)
04/13/2026

Happy Birthday Kitty Hawk (ps. you look good for your age!)

The Town of Kitty Hawk is turning 45, and you’re invited to celebrate this special milestone with us! Come out to Town Hall for an evening of community, history, and fun as we commemorate our incor…

04/06/2026
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01/28/2026

Artwork drop-off for the 48th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show is this week!

Artwork drop-off will be between 10am and 4pm on Thursday, January 29, Friday, January 30, and Saturday, January 31.

Artists wishing to participate in the show can sign up for a time to drop off their work online here: DareArts.org/frankstickshow.

The show will open in our Courtroom Gallery on Friday, February 6 at 6:00pm. ​The opening reception is free and open to all.

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St Waves Plaza 26006 NC HWY 12 MP41
Waves, NC
27982

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