‘Beacon Blast’ huge success
Special to The Eagle
pineisland@breezenewspapers.com
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, the Sandy Hook restaurant was filled to capacity. The food was great, the atmosphere and service was even better, but a full house on a Wednesday night in August? What could draw such a huge crowd on a sultry summer night? Charity of course!
Nicole Lauber McQuade of the Sandy Hook, who is also a board member for the Beacon of HOPE and a Matlacha Hooker, developed this truly unique event for the community to once again show its support for a good cause. McQuade expertly created a new drink called the “Beacon Blast” which was served with part of the proceeds going to the Chrissy Frahm GED program. You could order your cocktail in a Kiwanis Tervis Tumbler for an additional cost. Over 90 island tumblers were sold.
Peggy Cozad and Scarlett Petroff, with the help of Cathy Frahm and Betsy Haesemeyer, crafted four beautiful baskets that were raffled off through out the evening. Kiwanian John Cammick was lucky enough to be a winner and took home a gorgeous island basket complete with a bottle of wine, and a PICC island cookbook.
The tremendous support of the community for this event was evident as you looked around the room. Members of the Matlacha Hookers, The Beacon of HOPE, Pine Island Community Church, Kiwanis, not to mention staff from Pine Island Elementary and the Pine Island Restaurant Crawl, were all in attendance.
Frahm was an amazing young woman and her spirit and character are embodied in what this program will do for the people of the island. The Chrissy Frahm GED program provides the required study books, tutoring, and aid for the cost of the GED exam.
For more information about this program, contact the Beacon of HOPE at 283-5123.