Form a team! Wear costumes! Drink beverages! Help animals!
That’s right, on Saturday, Jan. 25, the Key Colony Beach Community Association is hosting the fourth annual Coconut Crawl. It’s a fundraiser for the Marathon campus of the FKSPCA. Participants start at Key Colony Beach City Hall between the hours of 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., then set out to hit five nearby (walking distance) watering holes, collecting a poker hand along the way in whichever order tickles their fancy:
Sparky’s Landing
Island Fish Company
Causeway Pizza
Key Colony Inn
Cabana Club
The stroll, or crawl depending on the beverage intake, ends at the Glunz Ocean Beach Club and Havana Jack’s Restaurant and Bar, which has donated the venue and food for the awards ceremony.
“We actually will give out six cards, so you can make the best hand out of five,” said organizer Gail Cortelyou. The prize for best hand, sponsored by the KCBCA, is $500. Awards will also be given out for best costume (“We encourage costumes!” Cortelyou said) and best team spirit. New this year will be a scavenger hunt.
“We’ll hand out a piece of paper with about 40 questions on it that our fun-loving friends can find the clues to along the way,” she said. The winner of the scavenger hunt will also take home a prize.
Organizers hope to top their 100-plus crowd from 2019, and raise even more money for the local animal shelter in 2020.
“We are so grateful to the Key Colony Beach Community Association,” said Tara McFarland, the Marathon shelter director. “We are always amazed by the generosity of the Middle Keys and Key Colony Beach residents.”
Besides sponsorship by the local restaurant and bars, Promotions Guy has donated the T-shirts. Area businesses have put some swag in goodie bags that will be passed out at registration. Register on the day of the event ($35), or register in advance at kcbca.org ($30 members / $35 non-members) or swing by the Key Colony Beach post office on Thursday, Jan. 23 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. For more information, or to register in advance, visit kcbca.org.
