Friday, December 6th, 2019

What’s Happening in December

Sat 14th Carrabelle’s Holiday on the Harbor

11 am-8 pm ‘ish

Volunteer to help us keep this a FREE community event. Celeda

Christie is recruiting help with the activities of the day and
clean-up the following morning. We need help Saturday
11:00am-6:00pm, (shifts available) to help man the tee shirt
booth, bouncy house and trash pick-up. Any amount of time, Shop Small 2nd Chance Drawing! Dec 1st - 14th
increments will help. If enough people sign up for clean up
Drop off Deadline-Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 11 AM – 12 PM
Sunday morning, it can get done in an hour. If you can volunteer,
Did you miss out on winning one of the fabulous door prizes at the Carrabelle
message Celeda Christie on her Facebook page. Thank you in
Chamber's Small Business Saturday event? Well good news!!! Here's another
advance for your willingness to help. Remember this event
can’t happen year after year without community involvement. chance!!! The Carrabelle Chamber of Commerce and our small business
community want to encourage you to continue to SHOP SMALL and DINE LOCAL
all season long so here's a 2nd chance to win great prizes and support our
Schedule will be sent out as soon as
community at the same time. Drop off any receipt showing a purchase of $10 or
finalized-Check our website or Facebook more made between December 1 to December 14 from any of our Small Business
pages for updates. Saturday official stops. Write your name, phone number and email on the back
and leave it at the Carrabelle Chamber office before 12 noon on Saturday,
Dec 4th-April 29th Bingo in Lanark Village’s Chillas Hall every December 14. You can enter as many times as you'd like.
Wednesday starting. Doors open at 6 pm, games start at 6:30 Official Stops:
pm. For more info, call (850) 646-3028. Beach Trader (Gift Shop)
COMMUNITY YARD SALE ON HWY 98 will be held December 5, Beil Chiropractic
6 and 7! "Sales are great on 98". Yard sales galore all along Hwy C-Quarters Marina Store
98! Help spread the word so we can make this the first annual Cal Allen's Coastal Art Gallery & Studio
sale! Do your Christmas shopping OR have a sale and make Carrabelle Beach RV Resort COA Store
Christmas money!! Will be advertised it on the radio and Carrabelle Chamber of Commerce
possibly getting it in the paper! Feel free to make flyers and put Carrabelle Corner (Gift Shop)
them up in your area! Call the Crooked River Lighthouse to Carrabelle History Museum Gift Shop
reserve space 850-697-2732 for Friday or Saturday. Carrabelle IGA
Thurs 5th Santa’s Lighted Golf Cart Parade on St. George Island Carrabelle Junction
5:15 pm-6 pm. Decorate, light up, & join them for this festive Christie's Cottage Living (Gift Shop)
event. Lighting of the Palms & Kid’s Santa Visit 5 pm-8 pm at Crooked River Lighthouse Gift Shop
the SGI Lighthouse Park. Face painting & crafts, food, & visits Elsie's Cafe
with Santa will include a gift & a book for all children! Hosted Fathom's Steam Room and Raw Bar
by the SGI Business Association & the SGI Civic Club. Fisherman's Choice (Eastpoint)
Music As A Second Language will be offered at both the Jackson’s ACE Hardware
Eastpoint (850) 670-8151, and Carrabelle (850) 697-2366 Lost Treasure Vintage Art Gallery
Libraries. This is a 20-week program. Registration end s Martin's House of Coins
December 13th.
Mermaid's Tale (Gift Shop)
Fri 6th A Liberal Dose of Grant Peeples 7 pm at Cat Pointe Music
The Moorings of Carrabelle
in Eastpoint (An intimate Listening Room where emphasis is on
The Old Carrabelle Hotel
the artist & their music). Admission $ 15, BYOB is allowed.
Panhandle Golf Carts
Tickets online: www.catpointemusic.com
Sand Castle (Vacation Rental Home)
Sat 7th Golf Tournament to Benefit Camp Gordon Johnston
Sea Crafter's Emporium (Gift Shop)
WW II Museum at St. James Bay Golf Resort. 9 am. Four-player
Shop By The Sea (Gift Shop)
Select-a-Shot, Captain’s Choice or Team Scramble. For more
St James Bay Golf Club Pro Shop
info, be a volunteer, or sponsorship opportunities, contact Lisa
Two Brothers At The Beach Café
Keith-Lucas at lkeithlucas@gmail.com or call (931- 636-2145.
Two Gulls Gift Shop
Sat 7th Crooked River Lighthouse Hosts Country Market 9 am-1
pm. Featuring vendors from the community with locally made
goods, veggies, baked goods, art & more. Vendors are welcome
to sign up at any time ($10 non-members/Free for members) For
more info, call (850) 69-2732 or carrabellelighthouse@gmail.com
Sat 7th Winter Shorebird Walk with Audubon, Florida 4 pm at
Bald Point State Park, 810 Bald Point Rd., Alligator Point. Park
admission $ 4, meet a parking area near fishing pier. Walk is free
& open to all skill levels.
Thurs 12th Holiday Full Moon Lighthouse Climb at the Crooked
River Lighthouse. 5-7 pm. Hot cider, festive refreshments, & live
music with Afro-Cuban drumming by “Cinco Mas Cervezas”. Cost
is just $ 8. The museum & gift shop will also be open. For more
info, call (850) 697-2732.
Thurs 12th & Fri 13th Santa will be at the Crooked River Grill 5 pm-
8 pm. Call (850) 697-5050 for more info.
Fri 13th Holiday Safari at the Carrabelle Library. 4 pm. Don’t miss
this show! Fun & educational with a variety of animals! Free &
open to the public. Call (850) 697-2366 for more info.
Fri 13th & Sat 14th A Duke Ellington Nutcracker presented by The
Panhandle Players & Pam Nobles Dance Studio 7:30 pm at the
Chapman Theatre in Apalachicola. Tickets available online $ 18 at
www.panhandleplayers.com or at the door $ 20.
Sat 14th Breakfast with Santa 8 am-11 am at the Crooked River
Grill. Kids of all ages invited! Call (850) 697-5050 for more info.

Sat 14th Carrabelle’s Holiday on the Harbor

11 am-8 pm ‘ish
Can’t make it? Watch the Boat Parade Live
on the Carrabelle webcam:
http://www.mycarrabellecra.com/webcam/
Sat 14th Jack & Jill Golf Tournament at St. James Bay Golf Resort.
Scramble format $ 50 per person. For more info or to register, call
the Pro Shop (850)697-9606.
Sun 15th “Sing We Now of Christmas” Concert by the Bay Area
Choral Society. 4 pm at the Trinity Episcopal Church in
Apalachicola.
Wed 18th Concealed Weapons Class 8:30 am-Noon at the Franklin
County Sheriff’s Office. Please call 323-2178 and speak with
Christy to sign up for the course. *This is only the class, state
licensure is an additional cost which you’ll pay at the Carrabelle
Annex Building after class completion.
Wed 18th-NO Chamber Board Meeting scheduled due to busy
Holiday plans. Next meeting will be January 15, 2020.
Sun 15th Bay Area Choral Society’s Christmas Concert: Sing We
Now of Christmas. 4 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 79 6th St.,
Apalachicola. $ 5 donation in lieu of admission.
Sat 21st Crooked River Lighthouse Hosts Farmer’s Market 9 am-1
pm. Featuring vendors from the community with locally made
goods, veggies, baked goods, art & more. Vendors are welcome
to sign up at any time ($10 non-members/Free for members) For
more info, call (850) 69-2732 or carrabellelighthouse@gmail.com
Sun 22nd Happy Hanukkah!
Wed 25th Merry Christmas! (Chamber/Visitor Center Closed)
For More info on any Carrabelle Chamber Member events & activities
See our website www.carrabelle.org under “Things to Do” /Events
Calendar or the Community Calendar
The 10th Annual Franklin County Toy Run was held Saturday, November 23rd.
The toy run is a charity motorcycle ride to benefit the Franklin County Children’s
Toy Project. All of the donations will be used to make sure local children have
Christmas gifts this year. A great turnout of 60 Motorcycles with Police & SGI
Fire Department escorted the riders from Fathom’s Steam Room & Raw Bar in
Carrabelle to Harry A’s on St George Island, all carrying donations and/or toys
for the Franklin County Florida Toys for Tots! Thank-you Harry A’s for hosting the
bike run each year and to all that participated, served, and helped in any way!
From Oyster Radio: Franklin County Commissioners have agreed to apply for a
grant to pay for a major bike trail that would connect Tallahassee to the coast.
The board on Tuesday approved a resolution requesting grant funding for the
section of the trail that would reach from the Carrabelle City limits to the
Ochlockonee Bridge. The Franklin County section would reach nearly 21 miles.
The county would not have to pay any local money for the trail but did have to
agree to provide minor maintenance if the trail is built. That would include grass
mowing and trash removal from the 12-foot wide paved trail. Major
maintenance work would be done by the state. The bike path would be a part of
a 120 to 150-mile trail called the Capitol city to sea loop connecting Tallahassee,
St. Marks, Medart and Sopchoppy and Carrabelle. One day it will even reach into
Georgia. The path would go along state roads as well as use parts of the old
Georgia, Florida, and Alabama railroad. Parts of the path are already complete –
one section along the Ochlockonee Bay is already being widely used.
Construction on the Franklin County section of the trail is likely a minimum of 5
years away.

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