JOE's WaterSound Beach Community to Host 'Heart-Healthy' Gourmet Food Tasting to Benefit Heart and Vascular Services at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast
Extravaganza will feature health-conscious fare from five top local chefs, plus a silent art auction, an opportunity drawing, live entertainment and dancing
WaterSound, FL. (Oct. 27, 2008) – The St. Joe Company's WaterSound Beach Club will host "A Heart-Healthy Extravaganza," an evening of healthy gourmet cuisine prepared by five of the area's best chefs, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. WaterSound Beach Club is located at 146 Dune Drift Lane, in WaterSound, Fla.
All proceeds will go toward the Sacred Heart Foundation's capital campaign to raise $5 million for heart and vascular services at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Walton County, Fla. The campaign's aim is to provide expanded access to life-saving services at the hospital, meeting a critical need in the community, as heart disease remains the No. 1 killer of Americans nationwide. The foundation has raised nearly $4.6 million to date.
Featured chefs include WaterSound Beach Club's own Chef Bryan Ross, Café 30A Chef Ken Duenas, Alys Beach Resort Caliza Pool Chef Oliver Guapin, WaterColor Resort Chef Wayne Alcaide and Fire Chef Carl Schaubhut. The chefs will use "heart-healthy" ingredients to prepare wholesome, delicious dishes. Wine pairings will accompany the food. In addition to sampling the chefs' creations, guests can bid in a silent art auction and enter a drawing to win a weekend vacation at the WaterColor Inn and Resort or dinner at local restaurants, as well as other prizes. The evening will wind down with live music and "Dancing Under the Stars."
Advance tickets are $125 per person and $150 at the door. Tables for parties of 10 can be reserved for $1,500. Guests with reserved tables will enjoy a champagne reception at 6 p.m. and an advance opportunity to bid in the silent auction. To purchase tickets or to make a donation to the campaign, contact Joan Luchese (jmluchese@bellsouth.net; 850.231.9941) or Marie McKenna (msipp@cox.net; 850.622.2199). Tickets are also available at the following locations: WaterSound Beach Cafe on 30-A, the WaterSound real estate sales office, the WaterColor real estate sales office, Fonville Press at Alys Beach, the gift shop at Sacred Heart Hospital, the Sacred Heart Foundation office or Kitchenique in the Destin Outlet Mall.
About Sacred Heart Health System: Sacred Heart Health System has established itself as Northwest Florida's leader in providing high-quality health care for children and adults. For eight straight years, Sacred Heart has won the National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award as the most preferred health care system in Northwest Florida. Key services at Sacred Heart's 458-bed hospital in Pensacola include a regional heart and vascular institute, children's and women's hospitals, a level II trauma center, a cancer center affiliated with the M.D. Anderson Physicians Network, and a large network of primary care doctors and specialists that stretches from Foley, Ala., to Panama City Beach, Fla. In 2003, the system added Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, a 58-bed community hospital in Walton County, east of Destin. The Sacred Heart Health System also operates the AIRHeart air ambulance service, with two helicopters serving Northwest Florida from bases in Walton County and Marianna. For more information, call 850-416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.
About WaterSound Beach: WaterSound Beach is a 256-acre gated residential community sitting directly on the Gulf of Mexico along Scenic Highway 30-A between Camp Creek Lake and Deer Lake State Park in Northwest Florida's South Walton County. Developed by The St. Joe Company, WaterSound Beach stretches for a mile along the Gulf Coast's crystal white sands and emerald waters, with pedestrian bridges and footpaths linking the community's various neighborhoods, complemented by dramatic dunes and lush natural spaces. At full buildout, the community is planned to include 499 residences. The WaterSound Beach GateHouse, designed by the renowned Graham Gund, features 10 additional residential units, available for rent. Amenities include the private WaterSound Beach Club, with a 7,000-square-foot free-form swimming pool and 14,000 square feet of pool decks; two neighborhood pools; the Dunesider Grille; a yacht pond; the Puttering Park; and Signal Park, which includes a dog park and a kids' playing area. Two miles east of WaterSound Beach is Camp Creek Golf Club, a private 18-hole, par-72 championship course configured by renowned designer Tom Fazio. WaterSound Beach homeowners are eligible to apply for membership at WaterSound Beach Club and Camp Creek Golf Club. For more information, visit JOE.com (keyword: WaterSound Beach).
About JOE: The St. Joe Company, a publicly held company based in Jacksonville, is one of Florida's largest real estate development companies. We are primarily engaged in real estate development and sales, with significant interests in timber. Our mission is to create places that inspire people and make JOE's Florida an even better place to live, work and play. We're no ordinary JOE.
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