Saint Paul Catholic School will hold their fourth annual Chef's Challenge from 6:30-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 11 at Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox Place. Decide "whose cuisine reigns supreme" when two of the area's top chefs battle in Pensacola's own "Kitchen Stadium." Chef Blake Rushing of the new Elise Restaurant will face off against Chef Jim O'Brien of O'Brien's Bistro in a local version of the popular Food Network series, "Iron Chef America." Dr. Brent Videau of Cardiology Consultants will serve as Master of Ceremonies, and judges include Chef Herr, PJC culinary director, Chef Irv Miller of Jackson's and Chef Bruce MCadoo of Segar's in Destin.
Tickets are a $50 donation per person, and include drinks, appetizers, silent auction, live music and the main entertainment event. All money raised will benefit Saint Paul Catholic School. Tickets are limited and available at Distinctive Kitchens, Saint Paul Catholic School or by calling Liz Hamrick at (850) 444-9127.
For more information on this event or the school, call (850) 436-6435 or visit www.stpaulcatholic.net/school.
Northwest Florida Blood Services and WEAR ABC 3 will hold the annual St. Patrick's Day Blood Drive on Friday, March 12th at the WEAR studio located at 4990 Mobile Highway from 7am to 6pm. Blood donors will receive a special St. Patrick's Day "Share Luck & Life" t-shirt and enjoy tasty sandwiches donated by SUBWAY. Each year WEAR ABC 3 holds several blood drives throughout the Florida Panhandle to help support patients, friends and families in local hospitals during the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Traditionally, there is an increase in blood needs during holiday and celebration dates that must be met. Special blood types needed at O Negative, B Negative and A Positive.
Joining the WEAR ABC TV 3 St Patricks Day Blood Drives are:
Thursday, March 11 from 8am -4pm - North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview
located at 127 Redstone Avenue Senior Circle Classroom
Friday, March 12 from 7:30am to 3:30pm - Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast
located at 7800 West Highway 98 in Destin
Saturday, March 13 from 11am to 4pm - Santa Rosa Mall Food Court
located at 300 Mary Esther Cut-off in Ft Walton
Blood donors are eligible to donate at the age of 16 with a parental or guardian consent form. There is no upper age limit. Blood donors must weigh 100 pounds, be in good health and present a picture ID. Northwest Florida Blood Services provides blood and blood components to 25 hospitals across the Florida Panhandle. There is no substitute for blood. Only you and friends in our community can help patients in need in our hospitals. Plan a blood drive for your company, club or organization by calling Donor Recruitment at 850-473-3853 and be a hero. Share Luck & Life and give the gift of life so others have a chance. Learn more about your community blood center at the website www.nfbcblood.org.
The Santa Rosa County Fair is ready and waiting for all our old and new sponsors and vendors to be a part of the 2010 Fair happening March 30th through April 4th. Let the Fair become a part of your business. The Fair will be held during Spring break. Plan your spring break vacation and become a part of YOUR County Fair!
Some of the events will include a Bookmark Contest, Poster Contest and Exhibit Books. Get your best Crafts out of the closet and show them off. We want to highlight your photos, canned goods, perfect pickles, afghans, paintings and so much more. We have plenty of space for all of them! Your Blue Ribbon is waiting.
The Santa Rosa County Fair is again honored to host the Largest Easter Egg Hunt in the County! The hunt will take place April 4th at 2:00 PM in the soccer field located on the Fair grounds at East Milton Recreational Park. Bring your Best Easter Basket to enter the Best Basket contest and use it to collect your Easter Eggs and the secret prizes in each EGG!
Santa Rosa County Fair is also looking for the PERFECT PICKLE! The 4th annual AUNT BEE'S PERFECT PICKLE CONTEST will be held at the Fair on Wednesday March 31st, judging at 7 PM. Judges will be looking for the best home-made pickles which had to be canned in the last 12 months, in our area. Only jars of cucumber pickles- dill, sweet, bread & butter, ETC - may compete. Judges will taste the pickles Wednesday night. Ribbons and bragging rights will be awarded! Bring your pickles to the fair office at East Milton Park on March 29-31 before 7 PM . To register contact manager@srcfair.com or 850-623-1115.
You can find all the information regarding the contests, events and entertainment schedules online at www.srcfair.com.
First Call for Help serves 35,000 annual callers, directing people to the health and human services they need, while providing friendly and empathetic listeners to people in distress. In 2008, we expanded our service to 7 counties in NW Florida and extended the program to include weekend hours.
Before FCFH, when a family was evicted, they had to leaf through the yellow pages and call shelters until they found one who answered their phone, had beds available and accommodated children. With FCFH, one simple phone number can provide a family with the name, number and hours of operation for all of the shelters that fit their needs, while also acquiring information on food and clothing assistance. FCFH exists to answer these questions and ones like it, providing referrals and assistance to families in crisis.
United Way of Escambia needs your votes to bring the valuable service of 2-1-1 to Northwest Florida. United Way has begun these efforts with the First Call for Help program. First Call for Help is a contestant for a $50,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh Everything program. The projects with the most votes will receive funding. To vote for First Call for Help, go to www.refresheverything.com/211nwflorida.
With your vote, First Call for Help will:
1. Be available 24/7. Crisis cannot be confined within the hours of 8AM-5PM; neither should FCFH's services.
2. Get new digits. 2-1-1 is an easy to remember number that will make FCFH available from any area code, on any phone for free.
3. Grow to include all of NW Florida. This will provide 2-1-1 coverage to 10% of the state of Florida.
If you would like a daily reminder to vote, email Stacey Williams at Stacey@unitedwayescambia.org with the subject line remind me.
FOR MORE DETAILS visit www.fcfh.info.