Pam Griffin
(850) 654-8444
pam_griffin@link.freedom.com
Not one, but four lucky winners will receive one-week stays in a Destin condo at the end of Mission Love Seeds current fundraiser — and it only costs $5.
Each prize package includes a week stay in a condo plus dinners, lunches and other gift certificates.
The drawing will be held Sept. 30.
Barbi Carroll and John Hawbaker with some of "their" kids in the Philippines
Mission Love Seeds has been helping hundreds of families on the Gulf Coast and in the Philippines for many years. Not only do they supply disaster relief, clothing and food, but they also have built two worship centers and numerous water tanks for villages in the Philippines.
But with the economic problems facing everyone, organizations such as Mission Love Seeds are feeling the effects.
“We need funds in the worst way to continue the Lord’s work,” Barbi Carroll, president of Mission Love Seeds, told The Log.
But Carroll’s faith is bigger than the problems of the day, and she knows that the Mission is His and His alone.
“You know what?” she said. “God is so much bigger than all this and He has never let us down. He provides for everything He calls us to do and more. We only do what He asks and He will provide.”
Local businesses have stepped forward to support Mission Love Seeds during their current fundraiser. Many have donated prizes and others will sell tickets in their businesses.
Tickets are available online at www.missionloveseeds.org, at Ace Hardware, 235 Main Street and 11176 Emerald Coast Parkway, at Copy Systems Business Center inside Wal-Mart or call (850) 650-5583.
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The Grand Prize includes a week’s stay at a 2B/2B condo, a fishing trip on the Destin Princess/Destiny, Regatta Bay golf package, use of Destin Limo Service, Destin Activities snorkel trip, Fantasea scooter rental, parasail with Boogie Watersports and one night of babysitting.
Meals include dinners at Harbor Docks, Ocean Club, Osaka Japanese Steak House, Poppy’s Crazy Lobster Bar & Grill, Graffiti & The Funky Blues Shack, Hammerheads Bar and Grille and a dinner cruise aboard Solaris.
Also included in the prize package are meals at Another Broken Egg Cafe, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Jim ‘n Nick’s Bar B Que, Chili’s and Sonic.
The second prize includes a one-week stay at a 2B/2B condo, Indian Bayou golf package, Southern Star dolphin cruise and Destin activities snorkel trip.
Meals include Poppy’s Seafood Factory, TGI Friday’s, Roberto’s Pizzeria, New Orleans Creole Cookery, O’Charleys, Pepitos Mexican Restaurant, Cracker Barrel, Fudpucker’s, Café Bouchee, Fleming’s Steak House and Sonic.
A one-week stay in a 1B/1B condo is included in the third prize with dinners at Longhorn Steakhouse, Fleming’s Steak House and Wine Bar, Fudpucker’s and a glass bottom boat trip at Boogie’s. Gift certificates for Bruster’s Ice Cream, Chick-fil-A and Sonic also included.
The fourth prize also includes a week’s stay in a 1B/2B condo, meals at Tommy Bahama’s, Chick-fil-A and TGI Friday’s and a glass bottom boat trip at Boogie’s.
This article first appeared in The Destin Log Aug. 22, 2009.
