August is anniversary month for the Emerald Isle Parrothead Club (14th this year!), and that means it’s time for the annual Island/Sandbar Party to thank all of our members and volunteers for their participation and good works during the last year. The party will be held on Sunday, August 7th from 1PM to 5PM. The location of the event is Pelican Island, which is just off the shoreline of Historic Swansboro and opposite the Swansboro Yacht Club. You’ll know you’ve found the right spot when you see the dock, American Flag and Parrothead Crazies. Hamburgers, Hotdogs, condiments, and paper products will by provided by EIPC as a thank you to our members. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share and of course your own beverage of choice. Music will be provided by Continue reading EIPHC Anniversary Weekend Island/Sandbar Party
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Upcoming Parrot Head fun!
June 25th Saturday – Salty Air Market Fundraiser for Hospice – Hats off to Hospice.
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First Friday PHlocking – July 1st 7 PM – WEAR YOUR PATRIOTIC BEST and let the fireworks begin! Start your weekend holiday fun at the Parrot Head’s “ALMOST 4TH OF JULY” phlocking! The festivities begin at 7 p.m., at the Emerald Club where you can participate in the “Patriot games,” dance your happy feet off, or just relax and enjoy the phlock! Good food and great tunes will be provided. You are welcomed to bring and share a holiday appetizer! Not a member yet? No worries, you can “join up” on the premises. Bring $10.00 and see one of our recruits! Don’t miss this!
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LONGEST DAY WALK FOR ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION
Gentle Reminder to those who plan on walking for this event next weekend. If you can’t walk, please consider donating by going to the link below. Most of us know someone affected by Alzheimer’s. Parrot Head Clubs around the world do fundraisers for Alzheimer’s, lets do the same!
If you are a Parrot Head and plan on walking, please register on the EIPHC team with the link below and also let Susan Smith know so she can schedule your time. If you have not registered but have contacted Susan, please do the registration now and then see if you can get others to sponsor you.
Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Crawl – . The goal of this event is to have a person or several walking the beach from sunrise to sunset in relay fashion. If you are interested in walking on the Longest Day please send an email with preferred time of day and area you want to walk to Susan Smith ( Parrot Head ) at susan.seadreams@gmail.com.
Since the goal of this event is to not only bring awareness to Alzheimer’s but to raise money for research and to provide services to those affected by Alzheimer’s, there are several ways that Parrot Heads can help. First of all sign up with Susan to walk. For every Parrot Head that walks, the Club will donate $10. You can also get others to sponsor you and raise even more money. If you can’t walk that day, you can make a direct donation to the total funds raised by the Parrot Head team instead. Anyone can log onto the Parrot Head Team Page by using his link. http://act.alz.org/goto/EIPHC
Walkers should log on to the site and send information to friends, relatives and neighbors, so they can donate as well. Even if you are a Sea Turtle Volunteer and walk, if you are a Parrot Head, the Club will still donate $10 for each Parrot Head Team member. Last year we had 30 walkers and donated $300. Let’s see if we can top that. All donations go directly to the Alzheimer’s Association.
An added benefit to making a donation is a chance to win a stay at Batten the Breeze courtesy of Emerald Isle Realty. With each donation of $50 or more, you will be entered into a drawing for the 3 day stay.
There will also be a fundraiser at Loon Street Art Studio in Emerald Isle where you can paint a sea turtle hatchling. The class is $50 with $15 donated to the EI Sea Turtle Crawl team.
Hats off to Hospice – volunteers needed
Our own Jack Synan, proprietor of Black Dog Provisions is catering Hats off to Hospice, an event being hosted by Salty Air Market on Saturday, June 25th. This will be a day of music and entertainment in Cedar Point to benefit the Crystal Coast Hospice House. There will be live music, a beer and wine tent, raffles, games and hat contests. Jack is in need of some volunteers that would like to spend some time starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday to help him plate and serve the food he is providing for the event. Contact Jack at (919)697-3794 if you can help him with this worthy event!
Emerald Isle Parrot Head Club Beach Bike Poker Run Results
The weather leading up to the 2016 Beach Bike Poker Run was looking really ominous, but in true Parrot Head style we squashed the rain and kicked out a sunny fun filled day for all. Incredible bike decorations this year; PHolks went all out in creativity and craziness and were rewarded with prizes from generous local merchants for their efforts.
Congrats to winners:
FINS – Renee Synan, Tara Dyer, Jessi Holland, Lauren Bressler
FEATHERS – Julie Armani, Jan Hicks, Jessi Holland, Lorretta Alexander
PIRATES – Paul Rodock, Arthur Armani, Bob Messig, Geneise Messig.
There were great tunes cranked out by our own DJ JD (John Dyer) and after the bike decoration contest and some shirts and other bling shot out to the crowd, we had a record 230 fun loving people ready to party and ride for our charity, Semper Fi Odyssey Kids Camp. We raised $7200 (another new record) that all went to send children of wounded marines and sailors to adventure camp for a week and mentoring for the rest of the year. Partying with a purpose, this event was a great way to give a little back to the families who have given so much for us. After stopping at each of our sponsor sites (Emerald Club, Jackie’s American Grill, Rucker Johns, the Irish Pirate, Sharks Den, Emerald Grill and Flipperz), we all made it back to the Emerald Club in one piece and tallied up poker hands garnered from the ride with the winners being: $300 1st – Angie Stabler, $200 2nd – James Hicks, and $100 3rd – Ana Rita Eason. Congrats!
Raffle winners of lots of great donated prizes were announced, more tunes played, more shirts and bling shot out to the crowd, food put out for grazing, and then Sela Dub up on stage followed by Mike Mixer later on. Anyone who didn’t have fun on this day had to be legally dead! A wonderful charity event with lots of fun laughing people at the Emerald Club with our own Parrot Head new owner, the one and only Matt Morel. Special thanks to the core group of Parrot Heads that stepped up and made this all happen. See all y’all next year!!
First Friday PHlocking – June 3rd 7 PM at the Emerald Club
Now that all y’all have recovered from the Beach Bicycle Poker Run, it is time to get the creative juices flowing again! This Friday’s PHlocking will be getting us ready for summer at the Fair. Yep, we will be having a Parrot Head PHair, just like the county or state fairs! There will be booths where you can try your luck at winning prizes. We are looking for Parrot Heads to dress the part by picking a favorite PHair activity be that a Bearded Lady, pig run, tractor pull, dwarf bowling, biggest cabbage, livestock judging, sheep……??? , rodeo fun….well you get the idea. Hope to see you there…at the PHair!
Emerald Isle Hands Across the Sand
Please join the community as we stand for clean oceans and renewable energy. (see attached flyer) We will gather at the ocean by the Emerald Isle Pier at 11:50. We encourage you to ride your bike or walk but if you drive, the parking fee is $15 and refundable if you are there less than 30 minutes. At noon, we will join hands for 15 minutes. A wonderful opportunity to show your support, bring your kids and grandkids and get them involved early in helping to nurture and protect our Earth.
This event is worldwide and is growing every year. Hands Across the Sand / Land, founded in 2010, grew into an international movement after the BP oil disaster in April of that year. People came together to join hands, forming symbolic barriers against spilled oil and to stand against the impacts of other forms of extreme energy.
- This isn’t about politics – it’s about protection of our oceans and marine life, our coastal environment, our coastal economies our mountains, valleys and meadows.
- The Hands Across the Sand/Land events are aimed at steering America’s energy policy away from its dependence on fossil fuels and towards clean energy. We are drawing an imaginary line in the sand and on our lands, which make for a powerful image to say NO to dirty fuels and YES to clean energy.