Page 28 - South Mississippi Living - October, 2015

COASTNOTES
Follow yellow brick road to Toast to the Coast
Toast to the Coast is one of the most anticipated events of the year on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Benefitting Coast Episcopal School, this year’s fundraiser takes place Oct. 16 with
the theme, A Night in the Emerald
City. Attendees will follow the yellow brick road to an outstanding evening
at the van Meerland estate on Scenic Drive in Pass Christian. Patrons will be welcomed at 6 p.m. and the gates to the Emerald City will open at 7 p.m.
“There’s no place like Toast to the
Coast for an elegant evening of music, food, fun and art,” said Shauna Johnson with the event committee. “We’ll have more than 30 restaurants and wine stores represented and entertainment by The Bucktown Allstars.”
There will also be silent and live auctions and art exhibits. The Invitational Art Show celebrating Gulf Coast artists will be judged by Kevin O’Brien, director of the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. Children in the Arts will be judged by Doug Myatt, curator
of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. For the first time, Toast to the Coast
will hold an online and mobile auction which will open on October 9. To purchase tickets or donate online, visit www.TheToastToThe Coast.com.
Toast to the Coast
October 16
635 E Scenic Drive, Pass Christian, MS www.TheToastToTheCoast.com
story by Lynn Lofton
story by Lynn Lofton
It’s time for Moonlight Masquerade to raise funds for the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence. The event is set for October 23, 6 to 10 p.m., at the Redding House in Biloxi. Just in time for Halloween, the theme is Moonlight Masquerade at the Haunted Mansion.
Attendees are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes, but may instead show up in business casual attire.
“We have a goal of $40,000,” said Sandra Morrison, executive director of the Center. “Funds raised from Moonlight Masquerade are used to
support our emergency domestic violence shelter program and prevention education programs, and to raise awareness of domestic violence in the community.”
The Center’s crisis line is staffed 24-hours, seven days a week by trained volunteers. Services are free and confidential.
Moonlight Masquerade
228.435.0074
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