The 7th Annual PAWker Run to benefit the Frances R. Willis SPCA of Dorchester County will be held on Saturday, September 11 at the Dorchester Shrine Club at 2150 Beech Hill Road.

Registration is $20 per person with extra hands at $5. Registration includes free t-shirt, goody bag and BBQ Plate lunch with dessert. The 100-mile Run through the Lowcountry will have 10 stops with 5 mandatory, including the Frances R. Willis SPCA.

When bikers return, they will have a BBQ Plate lunch with dessert, a 50/50 drawing and drawings for door prizes. Cash prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and worst hands.

T- Mobile Limited of Moncks Corner is the event Sponsor.

For more information, call 843-871-3820 or email frwspcagrants@hotmail.com or visit www.summervillespca.com

location: Dorchester Shrine Club--2150 Beech Hill Rd.

contact: Bob Jones

phone: 843-871-3820

cost: $20

Country Western Dinner and Dance @ Berkeley Shrine Club-Moncks Corner Sponsored by Berkeley Shrine Club Ladies September 11, 2010 Music by: Diamon Back
$15 per person
Cash bar/Door Prze
Doors Open 7PM
Dinner 7:30-8:30
Dance 9PM

location: Berkeley Shrine Club-Moncks Corner

contact: Helen Dixon/Effie Puckett

phone: 870-5127 / 670-7768

cost: 15.00

The Charleston Regional Alliance for the Arts is dedicated to the shared realization of a dynamic and thriving arts community by serving arts organizations in the region of Charleston, SC with resources and best business practices. Acting as a catalyst and facilitator for Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, the Alliance envisions an engaged community that is fully expressive, creative and inspired by the arts.

“OPEN” is a multi-disciplinary event, open to the general public featuring the abundance of artistic and cultural offerings in the tri-county area. This arts expo includes a cultural marketplace of interactive arts booths, performance stages, multi-media presentations, a family fun arts corner and an open-air courtyard of vendors, street performers and more.

Event Goals
“OPEN” is the very first big project of the Alliance created to raise awareness and widespread participation in the arts. The event will feature arts organizations and support their marketing and promotional ability with training. The Alliance will introduce “A Ticket to the Arts” coupon book enticing new audiences to experience the arts.

Event Information
Evening Event
What:      VIP cocktail party to experience brief (15 minutes or less) performances, interactive displays
by chosen arts groups through a Juried Competition (judged by local journalists) with a visual arts installation, appetizers and a signature drink
Who:     Patrons of the Arts (past or present) invited by the Alliance
When:     Friday, September 10 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Where:     Memminger Auditorium
        Day event
What:     Open-air fare with interactive booths, art infused F&B vendors, street performers, multiple corners/stages for 5 minute performances, interactive activities and/or multi-media presentations
Who:     Open to Public (Mainly for New Audiences)
When:     Saturday, September 11 from 10 - 3 PM
Where:     Indoor/Outdoor of Memminger Auditorium


Participating art organizations include:

•    Taylor Music Group
•    Chamber Music Charleston
•    Charleston Concert Association
•    Brad Moranz
•    North Charleston Performing Arts
•    Office of Cultural Affairs
•    Creative Spark
•    YO ART
•    Redux Contemporary Art Center
•    Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
•    Charleston Fine Art Dealers Association
•    Charleston Ballet Theatre
•    Buen Ache Dance
•    Theatre Charleston
•    South of Broad Theater
•    Charleston Youth Company
•    PURE
•    Deuce Theatre
•    Charleston Stage
•    Sheri Grace Productions- Midtown Theatre
•    American College of the Building Arts
•    Carolina Storytelling Network


Contact: Jessica Solomon Bluestein at alliance4arts@gmail.com
Media Contact: Vladia Jurcova Spencer of Stylee PR & Marketing, vladia@styleepr.com or 843-345-3275

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3137 on the Isle of Palms is hosting their 11th Annual Golf Tournament at the Wild Dunes Harbor Course on Sunday September 12th at 1pm.  The cost for this Captains Choice tournament is $75 per player, which includes food and drinks during the tournament, resort golf, a beach front bbq dinner after the tournament and prizes!  You can sign up and pay at VFW Post 3137 on the IOP, which is located next to the Windjammer.  Hole Sponsors are needed as well, with only a minimum of $100 needed to be a Sponsor.  Please contact Darrin Voke at dvoke.post3137@yahoo.com if questions.

location: Wild Dunes Harbor Course

contact: Darrin Voke

phone: 843-693-4108

cost: $75

Come support Childhood Cancer Awareness Day and be one of the 25 lucky teams to play at the exclusive Cassique Golf Course.

Monday, September 13, 2010

12 noon shotgun start.

Includes fees, cart, lunch, dinner, award ceremony, bar, contests, prizes, and much more.

For player registration or to become a sponsor, please conatct the Ascend Foundation by calling 843-225-4055, or email jessica@ascendfoundation.org.

- Benefiting the Ascend Foundation

Location: Derry Patterson Wingo School of Nursing Auditorium

Saturday programs run from 9:30am to 12:30pm. This is a mini-First Look event. Plan to meet with an Enrollment Counselor, view an Admissions and Financial Aid presentation, take a campus tour, and participate in a Q&A discussion with current students to learn more about CSU. Saturday Visits start at the Nursing Building Auditorium. Call to RSVP, 800-947-7474.

1st PRIZE - $1000 GUARANTEED!

PLUS – Lady and Youth Angler Prizes,
Door Prizes, Raffles, and More!

ELIGIBLE SPECIES: REDDRUM (SPOTAIL BASS) TROUT (SPECKLED/ WINTER), SHEEPHEAD, & FLOUNDER

CAPTAINS MEETING - Thursday September 16, 2010
VFW Post 10624
1411 Stuart Engel’s Blvd
(Old Georgetown Road next to Wal-Mart at US 17 & I 526)
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
7pm – 8:30pm

*Free wings while it lasts!*   

$40 entry fee / person (Includes a T-shirt and 2 dinner tickets)

For more info contact:
VFW Post 10624 – (843) 884-0062
Or 843-209-2832 (leave a message if no answer)
Or E-mail luden0mar@aol.com
Or E-mail holsclaw_robert@yahoo.com

On Sunday, September 19th, the exclusive Cassique course will serve as the site for the 15th annual Sea Island Habitat Golf Benefit.  The golf benefit has been one of our most important fundraising events, and this year’s goal will be to fund an entire home for an area family in need--a $60,0000 goal!  We hope that you will be able to attend.

As always, this year’s event promises to be fun and offers players:
-- A Round of Golf at Cassique (including cart)
-- Boxed Lunch from Newtown Farms
-- A chance at a $90,000 Hole-in-One
-- Free Nike Shoe Tee-Gift
-- Beat the Pro Contest with LPGA Professional Laura Diaz
-- Cook-Out after event from Cassique
-- Great prizes, contests, fun and more!

Sponsorship opportunities are still available and individual non-sponsor tickets are $275/person.  This event has sold out every year so make sure you register early!  For more information on the event or to register, please contact Molly Coffey at 843-768-0998 or outreach@seaislandhabitat.org.  Thanks in advance for your continued support of this important cause and we'll see you on the course!

Habitat Blessings,

Molly Coffey

Thank you to our current sponsors: Kiawah Island Club, Island Life, Nike Golf, Newton Farms, Coca Cola, Lee Distributors, Breckenridge Brewery, and Rick Hendrick Imports.

The Tri-County chapter of Blue Star Mothers of American is hosting its 2nd annual fund raising dinner in support of Operation Christmas Stocking (stockings for our troops serving in the war zones).

September 18, 2010. 6:00 PM
American Legion Post 166 located at 116 Howe Hall Rd Goose Creek.

BBQ and all the 'fixings'.  $8.00 in advance/$10.00 at the door! We'll have music, a guest speaker, door prizes and a silent auction.

Contact: Tri-County Blue Star Mothers and Families - tricobluestars@hotmail.com

American Legion Post 166 in Goose Creek