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East Farm Spring Festival, May 7 : Kingston, South Kingstown
Date: 04.22.2011
May 7, 10:00* AM – 2:00 PM. URI East Farm, Route 108.
A day where visitors can find answers to anything from gardening to energy problems. "Green" exhibitors, workshops, entertainment, food, low cost compost bins, rain barrels, and plants grown by URI's master gardeners. Children's activities are a major attraction. Free. Call (401) 874-4453, or visit the URI website for more information.
Locally, deer ticks seem to be having their own spring festival – VERY well attended, too!!! With such high levels of current tick activity, be sure to visit the TickEncounter booth and learn the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your pets against disease carrying ticks.
EARLYBIRD SPECIAL (1st hour only): Thanks to our friends at REI in Cranston, if you bring a pair of your gardening/golf/dog walking shoes to the festival, you can leave them to be treated with permethrin tick repellent (drop them off on your way in and pick them up as you leave). Treatment should last for about a month.
Stand Up Against Lyme : New URI Almuni Affinity Chapter
Date: 04.01.2011
We've launched StandUpAgainstLyme.org, a brand new URI Almuni Affinity Chapter! Our goal is to allow URI Alumni to stand up and be counted against the spread of tick-borne disease. We strongly urge you to visit the new site and submit your story.
How many URI alums have had Lyme disease? Can we join together to help get some relief? Will our collective voices, when bundled with those of thousands of other victims, prompt political action finally leading to solutions to the tick problem? We hope you'll accept this invitation -- to STAND UP and be COUNTED -- as one who has been impacted by ticks and the diseases they carry.
Not URI Alumni? We'd still like to hear from you with any questions you may have or if you're willing to support this cause! If you're not a URI Alumni, this is a brand new initiative and we're still exploring how to best involve people not affiliated with the university.
Receive a free gift when you donate to TickEncounter
Date: 12.23.2010
Get our Thank You gift for supporting anti-tick research, a two pack of tick repellent socks with effective protection through 70 washes. This special offer is made possible through a generous holiday donation from our partners in tick-bite protection at Insect Shield. Wearing tick repellent ... now, as easy as getting dressed in the morning!
Happy Holidays to all from the TERC team, we thank you very much for your support!
New Video : Tick Factoids - Larvae & Nymphs
Date: 12.06.2010
Tick Factoids : Larvae & Nymphs from TickEncounter Resource Center is part one of a three part series full of well-known to lesser known facts about ticks. How many do you think you'll know?
Events: Think TICK... Take Action! Award 2010
Date: 08.17.2010
Lindsey Sanford was the recipient of the Think TICK... Take Action! Award at the 2010 Big Tick Gala. We've put together a video that highlights the award presentation with comments by Dr. Mather and Lindsey.
Also pictured is Lindsey's father, Bob Sanford, whose company hosted a charity golf tournament for a second year in a row generously donating the proceeds to support anti-tick research and outreach at URI’s TickEncounter Resource Center.
Read about why Lindsey received the award this year.
New video: How Do Deer Ticks Become Infected?
Date: 08.01.2010
In the eastern and mid-western U.S., deer tick LARVAE hatch from eggs in late June. Previously engorged female ticks lay an average of 1,500 eggs in May. That makes A LOT of LARVAE!!
Now, in August, the LARVAE begin to attach and feed on anything they can find. Rodents such as white-footed mice and chipmunks are the prime targets for these tiny blood suckers. Rodents also carry pathogens that cause Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, and Human Anaplasmosis. Deer ticks become infected as LARVAE when they ingest these pathogens from rodents along with their blood meal, making August a really important month in the disease transmission cycle.
Events: Big Tick Gala is tonight! Final Silent Auction Preview
Date: 06.04.2010
June 4 has arrived and tonight is the Big Tick Gala! We're looking forward to enjoying a great evening with everyone. We've posted the final items for the Silent Auction so be sure to check them out.
Events: Big Tick Gala Silent Auction preview on Facebook
Date: 05.25.2010
From now until June 4th, we'll be revealing two items per day on Facebook that will be available in our Silent Auction this year. We've got a great lineup so if you haven't purchased tickets yet, there's still time.
Items will range from event tickets, gift certificates for restaurants and popular local stores, art and autographed memorabilia, tick prevention and tick-bite protection packages, summer vacation necessities and trips, and more!
Events: Hidden in the Leaves on RI PBS
Date: 05.11.2010
Hidden in the Leaves will air in its original format on RI PBS this Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Remember to check the new event calendar for up-to-date information on TickEncounter Events.
Hidden in the Leaves, directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Healey Jamiel, is the story of University of Rhode Island entomologist Thomas Mather and his team's efforts to help people see the risks for serious tick-transmitted disease lurking in an increasing number of rural, suburban and even semi-urban landscapes in the eastern United States.
Hidden in the Leaves is also available for purchase on DVD by contacting the TERC Staff at terc@uri.edu. It costs $15 plus shipping. Proceeds help support tick-bite prevention programs.
Events: URI seeks nominations for 2010 'Think Tick, Take Action' awards
Date: 4.27.2010
The University of Rhode Island's Tick Encounter Resource Center, led by internationally recognized tick expert Thomas Mather, is seeking nominees for its annual "Think Tick...Take Action!" awards. The annual awards, which are co-sponsored by WJAR Channel 10, recognize individuals or groups that have demonstrated a significant commitment to raising awareness about ticks and their diseases or have taken noteworthy action to prevent tick-borne disease.
Events: Big Tick Gala June 4, 2010! You're Invited!
Date: 04.27.2010
Friday, June 4, 2010, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
The Botanical Gardens at Roger Williams Park
Hosted By Barbara Morse-Silva WJAR-Channel 10
Keynote Speaker Charles Ben Beard Chief, Bacterial Diseases Branch, CDC
Fun, Food & Tick-Tinis
Silent Auction & Raffle
Think TICK... Take Action! Awards
Interactive Informational Displays & More!
Did you miss the Big Tick Gala 2009? Be sure to check our 2009 recapof this great, annual event. The Tick Encounter Resource Center and NBC10 WJAR were pleased to present two awards at the Big Tick Gala 2009 to Peter Lord and Nate Miller. You can read more about why these two individuals were selected to receive the Think TICK Take Action award. Also, check out photos and summaries from the evenings events!
Contest: Win tick-bite protection from TERC Contest!
Date: 10.02.2009
You could win tick repellent clothing!
The Tick Encounter Resource Center (TERC) “Think TICK...Take Action! Toolbox” is full of strategies for tick bite protection and disease prevention. But there are a lot of other things that people do to try and keep safe. We’re asking “TickEncounter” visitors to share how they keep themselves safe.
In partnership with Insect Shield Repellent Apparel, we're very pleased to announce this brand new contest open to everyone. To enter and have a chance to win, all you have to do is submit your answer to this month’s question.
Check this month's question to participate
New video: The life cycle of Babesia microti
Date: 7.28.2009
Babesia are malaria-like parasites transmitted by blood feeding ticks. Take a look at TERC's 3 minute video on YouTube, demonstrating the life cycle of Babesia microti, starting in the blood of white-footed mice. Follow the parasite as it is ingested by deer ticks, and finally is transmitted to humans through tick saliva.
New video: Animal Planet: Monsters Inside Me
Date: 7.01.2009
Animal Planet interviewed Thomas Mather from our Tick Encounter Resource Center for their series "Monster Inside Me". The show first aired on July 1, 2009 on Animal Planet. Dr. Mather will be included in the episode on Babesiosis.
