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Taste Of Palm Harbor Gets New Date
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Published: January 3, 2009
PALM HARBOR - The Palm Harbor Junior Women's Club will move its fundraising Taste of Palm Harbor food festival from October to February to attract more seasonal visitors and avoid football season.
The Taste of Palm Harbor is one of the signature events in the community's historic downtown district. It draws thousands of visitors to Florida Avenue. The Junior Women's Club turns net proceeds into grants given to local nonprofit organizations.
Chaz Foy, the club's secretary and spokeswoman, said participating restaurants asked for the shift in a date for Taste of Palm Harbor to ensure cooler temperatures.
Holding the 2009 event on Sunday, Feb. 22, during the winter tourist season, will allow many more visitors to sample the Taste of Palm Harbor, Foy said. Organizers and participants also did not want to compete in October with Sunday NFL games, she said.
The next Taste of Palm Harbor will be an invitational event. It will feature about 20 local restaurants, many of which participated in the past, Foy said.
As in past years it will also have artists, crafters, musicians and other vendors.
Since 1996 the club has distributed an estimated $170,000 in grants to organizations that demonstrate exceptional volunteer service in areas of the arts, health, conservation, education and international affairs with in the greater Palm Harbor area.
This year's recipients include Palm Harbor Parks and Recreation, Faith in Action Seniors, Belle of the Ball Prom Project, Palm Harbor Library, Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Boy Scout Troop 26, the American Heart Association, Crystal Beach Youth Center, Palm Harbor Historical Society and Suncoast Animal League. The others are Sutherland Elementary School, Women's Heart Disease Education Conference, John G. Project for Troops, the Haven Adopt a Family for the Holidays, Autism Speaks Program, Old Palm Harbor Main Street and Hospice Foundation of Florida.
This year the grants were in varying amounts, but the club declined to say how much each recipient was given. The club was swamped with requests for grant funds, Foy said.
The Palm Harbor Junior Women's Club, Foy said, is always looking to add members who want to make a difference in the community.
The club meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. The meetings are at Palm Harbor Fire Rescue Station 65, on West Lake Road, off Tampa Road.
Mark Schantz can be reached at 727-815-1075 or mschantz@suncoastnews.com.
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