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Help Keep Tybee Tidy This Weekend at the Beach Sweep!

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Welcome to Tybee Island!

Looking for something to do this weekend? Don’t forget about the Beach Sweep going on  this Sunday! Take a day out of your weekend to help keep your coast clean and Tybee Island tidy! Together, Mermaid Cottages, Tybee Beautification Association, the City of Tybee Island, and the Georgia Conservancy will hold a Beach Sweep March 4th.

We’d love to see you there! Just meet at the Tybee roundabout for the beach sweep on Sunday, March 4th, at 10:00am. We’ll work to clean the beach until about 11:30a.m. Trash bags, grabbers, and gloves will be provided, but you are more than welcome to bring your own gloves if you like! It’s a great way to get active and help the beach we all love so much!

We hope to see you this weekend on the beach!

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Make Plans for The Georgia Conservancy Oyster Roast!

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Roast, shuck, eat, repeat! Who doesn’t love a good oyster roast? Well, you’re in luck; you can join Mermaid Cottages and the Georgia Conservancy at an amazing oyster roast  next weekend! It’s shucking for a great cause!

Join the Georgia Conservancy March 3rd from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. at Captain Butler’s on Whitemarsh Island for the 2012 Oyster Roast! The roast will feature all-you-can-eat McIntosh County oysters, SweetWater beer, and Smokehouse BBQ. Better still? You can relax and enjoy the sweet Southern sounds of local band, Junkyard Angel. All to support the Georgia Conservancy!

This wonderful event is presented by Georgia Power. The 2012 Oyster Roast is a family-friendly event that brings together Georgia Conservancy trustees, members, and friends for great food and good times. You certainly won’t want to miss it!

Tickets go fast, so get yours now! The Members of the Georgia Conservancy price is just $20 per person or $35 per couple. Not a member? No worries, non-members can enjoy the fun at a price of just $25 per person or $45 per couple and, that includes a 6 month membership to the Georgia Conservancy!

The fun doesn’t end after the roast, either. Make a weekend of helping your coast and help us keep Tybee tidy! Together, Mermaid Cottages, Tybee Beautification Association, the City of Tybee Island, and the Georgia Conservancy will hold a Beach Sweep March 4th. We’d love to see you there! Just meet at the Tybee roundabout for the beach sweep on Sunday, March 4th, at 10:00am. We’ll work to clean the beach until about 11:30a.m. Trash bags, grabbers, and gloves will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own gloves if you like. It’s a great way to get active and help the beach we all love so much!

If you want to learn more about the Georgia Conservancy, make sure to check out their website or even follow them on facebook!

Don’t wait, Make plans for this weekend now! Head over to the ticket page and reserve your roast ticket, then get your beach sweepin’ shoes ready! We hope to see you on Whitemarsh Island for a shuckin’ good time!

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Mermaids in Our Midst: Lisa with Plan It Green Designs

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It is very important to us here at Mermaid Cottages that our cottages are as green as possible. Mermaid Cottages aren’t just about cozy, inviting interiors you know! Being green includes our landscaping as well. Planting for our region’s conditions is super important, and our go-to garden expert helps us do it all!

Lisa Watson is the founder of Plan It Green Design, and she is the wonderful person we go to for all things green! Lisa is our garden design consultant. She helps us with our planting and horticulture care and her goal is simple…use renewable, local, and eco-conscious resources while designing outdoor living spaces and gardens.

 

Our Headquarters, Mermaid Manor! Photo thanks to Lisa Watson

Lisa is a gardening guru! She has helped Mermaid Cottages create beautiful outdoor living spaces at our headquarters, Mermaid Manor, as well as our Tucked Inn at Tybee Cottage. We love her philosophy of re-using, recycling, re-seeding, and rethinking design to be as environmentally friendly as possible. Lisa definitely helps us make more sustainable choices for a better future, and we are so proud to count her as a member of the Mermaid Cottages family! Even better, Plan It Green Designs will be at the 2012 Tybee Island Energy and Water Fair this weekend! Make sure you stop by (it’s FREE) and visit the Plan It Green exhibit as well as the other more than 30 exhibits!

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If you need help making you home and garden greener, or just want to learn more about our lovely Lisa, check out her Plan It Green Designs website, give her a call at 843.290.9017, or check her out on the offical Plan It Green Facebook Page!

Thank you for all you do Lisa, for Mermaid Cottages and for our planet!

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Paw4Vets Fundraising Success!

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We had an incredible turn out last Saturday for our Paws4Vets fundraiser! If you didn’t make it, you missed a lot of fun and friendship! Saturday, January 28th, Seaside Sisters on Tybee Island totally “went to the dogs!” We gathered there to help raise money to support Paws4Vets and to help fund the training of one very special puppy. Jimmy, an 8-week old Golden Retriever puppy named after our beloved Jimmy Kelleher of Seaside Sweets, will be trained by the wonderful people at Paws4Vets to be a service dog; he will go on to be the companion of a soldier right here in the Savannah area.

Through the Paws4Vets Assistance Dog Placement Program, our Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members (or their dependents) with physical, neurological, psychiatric, or emotional disabilities can receive Psychiatric Service Dogs, Mobility Service Dogs, and Rehabilitative Assistance Dogs free of charge. All Paws4Vets Assistance Dogs are trained by federal inmates within one of five federal prisons and/or the Paws4Vets Wounded Warrior PTSD Intervention and Assistance Dog Training Program. It’s a wonderful thing, and Mermaid Cottages is proud to sponsor such a great cause!

Saturday was certainly amazing! Paws4Vets founders Kyria Henry and her veteran father, Terry Henry, other service dogs from Paws4People, and soldiers from Ft Stewart and the surrounding area with service dogs came out to celebrate and help in the effort! Mary Kay Andrews was there as well with a fresh haul of wonderful vintage lovelies in tow, and pen in hand, ready to sign books for fans. There was an amazing silent auction full of treasures on which to bid, which included, among other things, a signed copy of Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible!  Mermaid Cottages was there with our Beach Bum Biscuits and tee shirts. The proceeds from the sales of those items, as well as 10% of each purchase made in Seaside Sisters that day, went to the fundraising cause! And, to top it all off, there was a bake sale to end all bake sales. It was a wonderful day!

We were also honored to see GiftShopMag.com and SavannahNow.com feature our fundraiser on their sites! Make sure to head over and read the posts. We are so excited about them!

In all, the fundraising efforts raised $1000 to help Paws4Vets! Thanks to everyone for coming out to Seaside Sisters and supporting this great cause! We couldn’t have done it without you!

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Live Like a Local: Mermaids Make a Difference with Paws4Vets

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Come out with Mermaid Cottages this Saturday, January 28th, 2012 and help us as we expand our Mermaids Make a Difference campaign! This coming Saturday, from 1 PM-3 PM, Mermaid Cottages and Paws4Vets will host a fund raiser at Seaside Sisters and kick off this newest addition to the Mermaids Make A Difference community service programs. Also featured at this special event will be Paws4Vets founders Kyria Henry and her veteran father, Terry Henry, other service dogs from Paws4People, and soldiers from Ft Stewart and the surrounding area with service dogs.

Through the Paws4Vets Assistance Dog Placement Program our Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members or their dependents with physical, neurological, psychiatric or emotional disabilities can receive Psychiatric Service Dogs, Mobility Service Dogs and Rehabilitative Assistance Dogs, free of charge. All Paws4Vets Assistance Dogs are trained by federal inmates within one of five federal prisons and/or the Paws4Vets Wounded Warrior PTSD Intervention and Assistance Dog Training Program.

“Mermaid Cottages has always sponsored puppies to be trained as Guide Dogs and Service Dogs for persons with disabilities and we are now expanding the programs to include dogs specifically trained to serve veterans. Proceeds from the sales of our Beach Bum Biscuits and our Tee Shirts will also go towards sponsoring dogs for our veterans. We are honored to be partnering with Kyria Henry, Terry Henry, and the Paws4Vets program. We invite everyone to come out and support our veterans and their families!” ~Head Mermaid, Diane Kaufman

So come on out to Seaside Sisters Saturday and meet Jimmy, an 8-week old Golden Retriever puppy (named after our beloved Jimmy Kelleher of Seaside Sweets). This fundraiser is being held to sponsor little Jimmy’s training as a service dog for Paws4People. Funds from the sale of Beach Bum Biscuits dog treats and t-shirts go towards the sponsorship of this new furry hero, so we encourage you to shop ’til you drop for a great cause!  This little puppy will be placed as an assistance dog with a veteran or his family in the Savannah area. How exciting is that! Come be a part of something grand, stock up on some yummy dog treats for your special pooch, and honor those that fight for our country, too. See you Saturday!

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