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The 2015 reunion for
former Wrightsville
Beach lifeguards. PAINTING THE TOWN PINK
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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH REUNION
THE Wrightsville Beach lifeguard
reunion is expanding this year.
The 2018 event, scheduled to
begin at 1 p.m. Nov. 3, has been
reborn as the “Friends of Wrightsville Beach
Reunion,” celebrating not just lifeguards but surf-ers,
watermen, and “all businesses located on
Wrightsville Beach, Harbor Island, and Intracoastal
Waterway areas,” organizers say.
The reunion is “for everyone who partook in
the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and beyond to share stories
and honor the lifeguards, surfers, watermen and
waterwomen that we knew and know.”
The event takes place at the Wrightsville
Beach Museum of History’s new building, the
Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage, the 1924-era house
that was moved onto the town’s historic square
in January 2018. The auxiliary facility is undergo-ing
renovations to provide more exhibit space
and to house the Waterman Hall of Fame.
At the 2017 reunion, the lifeguards dedi-cated
a plaque on a refurbished lifeguard stand
with the names of friends who had died over
the years. For 2018, a surfboard with the names
of deceased surfers who rode the waves at
Wrightsville Beach will be dedicated at the new
building.
Festivities include live music, and a silent
auction to benefit the museum.
— Simon Gonzalez
WILMINGTON is turning pink in October as local breast cancer aware-ness
organizations put on various fundraisers for the cause.
It will begin with the New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Foundation’s Pink Ribbon Project Luncheon on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the Wilmington Convention Center. More than 600 guests are expected, and all
proceeds go toward the Pink Ribbon Project, which the
Foundation says helps more than 1,200 uninsured women
annually with mammography screenings as well as funding
for any additional diagnostics that may be required.
The 5K Run for the Ta Tas takes place Oct. 6 starting at
7:30 a.m. at Mayfaire Towne Center. The money raised will
be donated to the Pink Ribbon Project, Love is Bald, and
Going Beyond the Pink.
The Pretty in Pink Foundation will host its annual Wine,
Women & Shoes event from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at
University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Burney Center. Vendors will sell food, wine, shoes and
more to benefit the foundation. Tickets start at $100 and sponsorships start at $500.
And, during
the entire month
of October, the
Harbor Island
Garden Club will
promote aware-ness
for breast
cancer and cel-ebrate
the brave
women and
men who have
fought the disease
through its annual
Pink Ribbon tree
and Plant It Pink Garden located at Harbor Way Gardens in Wrightsville Beach. The pink flow-ers
in the garden are expected to reach their peak during October. — Maddie Driggers
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