'Soundside Splendor' raises much needed funds for Children's Home Society

ABOVE: Honorary Chair Chef Jim Shirley chats with diners Katrina and Marty Medve, Cheryl Fromularo and Mary Fromularo. Chef Shirley prepared the multi-course cuisine for the fundraiser.

"A Sunday of Soundside Splendor" was hosted at Portofino Island Resort on Sunday to raise funds for the Children's Home Society of Florida.

Exclusive tastings of fine champagne and reserve wines from the Stacole cellars were paired with the cuisine of Chef Jim Shirley.

Children's Home Society was established to serve vulnerable children and their families in the Panhandle area providing a wide array of programs. Each program is designed with one goal mind: to protect children through preserving and strengthening families.

Cynthia Blacklaw, Executive Director, Mary Adams Board Chair for 2007, and Perrie Renfroe Edgar Board Chair-elect are all Gulf Breeze residents.

ABOVE LEFT: Mark Lee and Abby Offerdahl toast a worthy cause. LEFT: Beach residents, Dr Steve Hendrix and Karen Hendrix enjoy the fine evening at Portofino. RIGHT: Breezers Nelson and Judy Bradshaw, Holly Jurnovoy and Barry Cole help raise funds. Photos courtesy Cheryl Kees Clendenon