Caring and Sharing held a very successful Chili Cook-off at Juana’s Pagoda’s this past Sunday that raised more than $2,500. The proceeds will be used to help provide meals for area families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. This year was their best-to-date with 26 participants in the competition (22 chilis and 4 salsas) and 179 tasters.
Christin Stephens loves to run and thought it would be a great idea to combine that love with Pink Pirates’ efforts to raise awareness and money for the battle against breast cancer.
Juana’s Pagodas on Navarre Beach is hosting its third annual Oktoberfest Saturday and could potentially draw its biggest crowd yet because of the other events taking place the same day.
An event of potentially epic proportions for Navarre, Country on the Sound, fell short of the imagined goals set by event planner and owner of Navarre Water Sports, Greg Britton. But overall, he and others were pleased with how the first-year event turned out. “We couldn’t have asked for better talent or a better group of people to work with,” Britton said.
The Pink Pirates of Navarre celebrated their official ribbon cutting as the newest members of the Navarre Area Beach Chamber Monday, Oct. 6. The ceremony took place just five days before the group celebrates October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month at their second annual event entitled “Pinktoberfest.”
The board of directors for the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council voted in favor of recommending two of the three interested applicants to the Board of County Commissioners to fill two seats being vacated on the board. They also voted to approve $32,000 in funding for organizations who submitted applications to receive grant money for events taking place next fiscal year.
The Santa Rosa County Visitor Information Center has been designated an official Florida Certified Tourism Information Center by VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s official tourism marketing corporation. The VISIT FLORIDA Certified Tourism Information Center is a program by VISIT FLORIDA which recognizes visitor services facilities around the state that provide facilities and promote travel in the county and throughout Florida. The Santa Rosa County Visitor Information Center is located in Navarre Park located at the foot of the Navarre Beach Bridge on heavily traveled U.S. Hwy. 98. The center not only promotes visitor opportunities in the county but is an important connector with our neighboring Northwest Florida counties.
The second annual Krewe of Karibbean Dead Pirate 5K held on Saturday, was Navarre’s first color run. With approximately 130 runners, emphasis was placed more on fun than competition. As is expected at a color run, participants were doused with color all along the course.
