My Perdido

Chili Cook Off

Peridido Bay UMC Community Center Site for Chili Lovers

When :November 5, 2011    11 am - 2 pm

Where:Perdido Bay Community Center on Innerarity Point Rd

What: All you can eat - $10.00!

The Perdido Bay UMC youth will host the event with big screen TVs set up for the games of the day and a wide variety of dishes for the chili gourmets of the area.  If you are a chef of reknown bring a pot of your favorite chili (enough to serve 12). The judges will taste and award 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, plus there is a "People's Choice" award. If you would like to enter sign up sheets for entering the contest are located in both buildings on the Perdido Bay UMC campus, or respond to this email and we will put your name on the list.

 

 

 

Pre-Sale tickets will be available Wednesday nights at the Community Center  .  Come on out... eat some chili & watch the game!!

 

GREAT STRIDES TRAIL RIDE

Event to benefit Cystic Fibrosis to take place in Fairhope this weekend.

Check out the great raffle prize donated by one of your Perdido area neighbors Capt. Jim Stone

 

RAFFLE: Winner receives (2) 8-Hour Walk-On Deep Sea Fishing Trip aboard the Charter Boat                 "EMERALD COAST"  

 

Everything for the trip will be provided including rods and reels, bait, and license.  All you need to bring is food and beverages and be ready to have a GREAT TIME!

For more details call 1-877-211-1687

In Honor Of Mullet Toss Weekend on Perdido Key

WHAT IS A MULLET?

A mullet is one of the more popular and plentiful fish indigenous to this area.
It is the only fish with a gizzard and is said to possess mystical properties.  Known as bait fish on the east coast and a local delicacy here.

WHAT IS A MULLET TOSS?
A Mullet Toss consists of individuals on the beach throwing a mullet,
from a 10-foot circle in Alabama across the state line into Florida. 
Not to mention a great excuse to throw a weekend long party,
with lots of fun activities, great music and food!
This year's event will feature local celebrities tossing out a few fish
at Noon, each day (Friday, Saturday & Sunday). 

WHY TOSS A MULLET?
A contribution for each fish flung will go to Local Youth Charities., including local school education and prevention program from the Community Drug & Alcohol Council, Inc. (CDAC) which offers programs, community support and collaboration to address drug and alcohol abuse, tobacco, mental health issues and violence — both in the home and on our streets. 

Each year, with your help, we raise and contribute over
$20,000 to our local charities, especially youth organizations.

WHEN DOES THE ACTUAL TOSSING OF THE MULLET BEGIN?
Noon Friday, 10:00 a.m.  Saturday & Sunday
Celebrity Tossers at High Noon Friday, Saturday & Sunday

ARE THE MULLET ALIVE?
No

WHAT HAPPENS TO MULLET AFTER THE MULLET TOSS?
We feed them to the birds.

HOW MANY PEOPLE USUALLY COME TO THE MULLET TOSS?
Several Thousand over the course of the 3 day weekend

WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR TOSSING A MULLET?

• Will be tossing one whole mullet (approximately 1 lb.) across the Florida/ Alabama state line.
• Must submit registration form at the beach.
• $15.00 Entry Fee.  You will receive our Interstate Mullet Toss T-Shirt.
• NO gloves or sand on mullet allowed.
• Mullet will be picked out of the water bucket.
  After you throw, retrieve your mullet and toss it back into the bucket. - THANK YOU!
• Mullet will be thrown from a 10' circle down a designated alley.
• No stepping out of circle during your throw and follow through or you will be disqualified.
• Throwing your mullet out of bounds is an automatic disqualification.
• DON'T MISS!  One chance only to qualify for finals.
• Six finalists in men's and women's divisions each day


See all of the details for Mullet Toss Weekend Here

Walking For Wheel Chairs

Local Teens to Hike Around Perdido Key for Charity

For the fourth year in a row, a group of local kids will circumnavigate the soft sands of Perdido Key…on foot. But trudging 33-miles around the Key is not just a Spring Break fling. These 15-year-olds are on a mission to raise money to buy wheelchairs for disabled children.

The Walk for Wheelchair began in 2008, when best friends, Teal Garth and Chandler Morales, made the trek around the Key in three days. Since then they have enticed more friends to walk with them and  have raised more than $20,000 for Bayside Medical Missions of Fairhope, Alabama. The non-profit organization transports wheelchairs to children in Ecuador who have cerebral palsy and other debilitating diseases.

 "These kids spend their entire lives in the back room of the house,” said Dr. Fellers, an orthopedic surgeon, who started the organization. “Now they can get out of the house, go to school, and be a part of society.”

 While many kids are focused on Spring Break fun, Teal and Chandler will be circling Perdido Key for the fourth time. The walk begins at the Florida/Alabama state line on the morning of April 25 and ends there the evening of April 27. A celebration will ensue at the Flora-Bama Restaurant & Bar.

 This year, the two freshmen at West Florida High School, have enticed a growing group of friends to participate.  “Some of them have done the walk before,” Teal said, “but we have a few who are trying it for the first time. It’s hard but I’m sure they can make it.”

  “There was a huge rain storm the first night last year,” Chandler said, “and our campsite at Fort McRee got totally flooded. The weather got better the next day and we were able to walk.” 

 While they have not visited the children in Ecuador, they plan to travel to South America this year to help deliver the chairs themselves.  “We were invited to Ecuador,” Teal said, “but we couldn’t go last year. I really want to go this time so we can get to know the kids we’re helping.”

Those interested in donating can email blairgarth@cox.net and a pledge form will be sent back to you.  Or call 850-492-6805. All donations are tax deductible.

 For more information and a news report from WEAR TV, Google the term “Teal Garth WEAR” or go to www.YouTube.com and search “Walk Around Perdido Key” for some video clips from past years.

Perdido Springfest and Fair

Many of our neighbors are deeply involved in our youth programs and none are more dedicated than those in the Perdido Bay Youth Sports Association.  They are putting on a first of its kind event and want to see you at the Perdido Springfest & Fair March 22-26^th. 

Open 6pm Tuesday – Friday (corrected from 3:00pm) and Open 3pm Saturday with full-blown fair rides, live entertainment, concessions, games, petting zoo, pony rides, vendors,  etc...  There has never been an event like this in Perdido before.  We want to help make it possible for everyone in the community to come and enjoy themselves.  Admission is free.  Parking is free.

 

$5 OFF  SUPER COUPONS HERE

Santa Claus-Airborne on Perdido Key

Flora Bama site for parachuting St. Nick

Santa Claus will parachute to the Flora-Bama Lounge & Package compliments of the Emerald Coast Skydiving Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18. This is a yearly family event  with donations going to the less fortunate . Weather permitting, Santa will swoop from the skies with a bag of Christmas presents. In case of inclement weather, Santa will arrive on a firetruck.

Festivities begin at noon with a tree trimming party, free eats, hot drinks and kids' Christmas music sing-a-long. Take a nonperishable food item for the local food bank and receive a free beverage or $5 in Bama Bucks good for all food, beverages and souvenirs or on any holiday gift package at the Flora-Bama Package Store across the street at the Silver Moon Lounge.

If you did not know ( I can't imagine who doesn't know) the FloraBama is just where you thought it would be....on Perdido Key Dr right on the border between Alabama and Florida.

For more info call 850-492-0611 or 251-980-5118.

4th Annual Perdido Key Martini Festival

Entertainment, food, art and MARTINIS

 
Unlimited samples should get your attention but line up your ride home before you attend the 4th annual Perdido Key Martini Festival   There will live music, local artists, and plenty of food vendors to help you weather the indulgence. 

One of the real attractions will be the Gulf Coast Bartender Competition that draws all of the local mixologists and a fair share of the big names within driving distance.  Prizes and trophies will be presented to the winners.  Here is an entry form if you want to get in the fun.

Best news is that this is a fund raiser for the local charities who sell tickets for their cause.  Click on any of the links below to contact a charity and learn how you might help by your ticket purchase.

Perdido Bay Youth Sports Association Relay For Life Covenant Hospice Jef Bond Kidney Foundation Escambia County Sheriffs Dept. Big Brothers Big Sisters

Rotary Club Kiwanis Optimist Shriners Sons of Italy YMCA Pink Stilettos

 

March Of Dimes Fundraiser October 5th

Dimes...Dogs ...Dollars 

Envision Perdido, the local Perdido Key area citizens' group, is helping promote the March of Dimes event at the poker room at the Pensacola Greyhound Track on Dogtrack Rd just minutes for the Key.  For more information on how you can be a sponsor or attend the event please call:

Lizzie Ragland  850-619-4263 for tickets

Vicki Campbell  850-449-1196 for sponsorships

 

Perdido Bay and Habitat for Humanity

Perdido Key Area Residents Habitat Volunteers

Although few of the Habitat for Humanity homes are built in our area we have a dedicated group of volunteers who travel to the other sites around Pensacola.  Many are associated with the Perdido Bay United Methodist Church and the PBUM Community Center.  Recently a team went to a home on to paint and complete some of the interior finish work.Pensacola Habitat for Humanity builds houses in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties for low-income families.  Habitat homeowners must help build their homes, must pay a mortgage and must learn to maintain their homes.  PBUMC has helped sponsor houses and PBUMC members, especially our Youth, have helped frame, paint and  landscape houses. We schedule a church wide workday each quarter. Several members volunteer individually at  the Re-store, at the business office, on committees and on constructions sites.
There is something to do at Habitat 6 days a week.  

Contact: Ed Hancock
cbhandcock@bellsouth.net
After 5PM 497-8497
Learn more about Pensacola Habitat at www.pensacolahabitat.org

Weekend Highlights from Perdido Key

Relay for Life and Mullet Toss Rained on but Successful

The estimates were that 100,000 people participated in the Gulf Coast's Greatest Beach Party but I am not sure who had time or the wits about them to take a count.  It was as wild as ever, mostly just good, clean, fun although there was the handful of over-served patrons in the mix as usual.  Mullet Toss is like nothing else.   We locals patiently endured the traffic along Perdido Key Dr. but avoided the state line by 2-3 miles in either direction where stand still traffic was the norm for the 4 day event that started Thursday night.   We were pleased to see our businesses flourishing even with the threat of rain all day Saturday and intermittent showers until the big one rolled in about 6 PM.  That thundershower cleared the area for an hour or two.

All ages took a shot a tossing the dead fish across the state line. All this is in support of charity by the way if you did not know.  A great shout out and thanks to the folks of the Flora-Bama Lounge and Package for hosting these last 26 years.

Here are some pictures published on PNJ.com and more here PNJ.com2

 

Relay for Life was forced to postpone the events planned for Saturday due to the storms that passed through but even so managed to reach their goal of $60,000 raised for cancer research.  Many from my church, Perdido Bay United Methodist, particpated in the walk as both survivors and in memory of those who have succumbed to the desease.  The awareness campaign and the sense of fellowship amongst survivors and families affected by cancer are just two of many benefits that come out of this yearly worthwhile event.There is a nice article in the Pensacola News Journal here.