Labor Day-Updates from the Daufuskie Island Front Porch News

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Our Labor Day issue is online and in print around the island!

Have you been looking for a great plumber or handyman but been unable to find one? Do you have one that you would highly recommend? Lost your dog? Are you in need of a golf cart, or piece of furniture, or looking sell or buy one but would rather not deal with barge and delivery costs involved in getting it here? Looking for a reliable babysitter? Hosting a garage sale or fundraising event? We are recommending a website that is strictly for Daufuskie Island residents and property owners.
While we print stories and items of interest quarterly and send out weekly email blasts detailing time sensitive news, our readership has grown significantly and only some of our content is solely for residents. Additionally, we receive far too many classified requests to accommodate them all in the weekly blast.
We would like to encourage our readers to sign up on nextdoor.com where a Daufuskie Island account has been set up. This is an online network for sharing useful information, available only to people with verifiable addresses on Daufuskie Island. Please consider signing up and posting helpful information on this site.

We are updating and expanding our website directory. If you would like to have your business or organization listed in our directory send your information to info@daufuskieislandfrontporch.
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From Bloody Point:
Labor Day Sunday Fun-day at Bloody Point
Join us this Sunday for brunch from 11AM - 3PM, including a $6 Bloody Mary Bar, followed by a poolside cookout from 12PM - 5PM featuring poolside drink service, and $10 Frozen Drinks. Our Sunday night special will be Fried Chicken Night. Call 843-341-5522 for reservations.
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From Melrose on the Beach:
Greetings From Melrose Resort.  Please join us this weekend for a great Labor Day Celebration- Friday night  - Low Country Boil/Oyster Roast with music by Positive Vibrations,  Saturday is Prime Rib Night at the Beach Club, and Sunday we celebrate Labor Day with an amazing "cook out" buffet from 5-8PM with music by The Horan Brothers.
Join us Tuesday, September 9th from 6-8PM at the Melrose Beach Club and "meet the managers", we have a lot of new faces at Melrose, and would love for you to come by, say hello, enjoy some delicious complimentary appetizers and a cash bar, and let us know what YOU would like to see in the way of special events and services. We look forward to seeing you there!
Wednesday, September 10th Melrose Golf Club is hosting a Calloway Format 18 hole golf tournament. Entry fee is $40 for Melrose Members, Firemen, Teachers and the Military, and $50 for guests. Price includes golf, prizes and lunch!  Call 843-422-6963 for details!
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From the Bat House Project:
Please let us know the following:
1. If your bat houses have any occupants
2. Where the bat house is located
Email nolfilighthouse@aol.com
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From island resident Melissa Davis:
I recently signed up to help take care of injured or orphaned wildlife with the DNR. If anyone knows of an injured/needy animal or non-venomous reptile on this island, please contact Melissa Davis at 706-829-3149 or email me at melissasp33@aol.com.
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From the Old Daufuskie Crab Company:
Over the Labor Day holiday in addition to the regular menu we will also be featuring an outdoor cookout with a southern style barbecue, Low Country Boil, and hand-dipped ice cream stand.
Entertainment:
Saturday August 30th; The Horan Bros.  2-8PM
Sunday August 31st: Danielle Hicks and The Eight Ohm Resistance 2-8PM
Monday September 1st: Danielle Hicks and The Eight Ohm Resistance 1-6PM
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Daufuskie Farmers Market 
Saturdays 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Public dock parking lot next to Marshside Mama’s.
Vendors welcome.
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Best regards,

Paula Nickels
Editor, The Daufuskie Island Front Porch
www.daufuskieislandfrontporch

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