Blue Jean & BBQ: Tickets now available 

PRESS RELEASE

Sept. 8, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                CONTACT: Don Ruth

Director, Communications

850-438-9714 or   don.ruth@covenanthospice.org

2nd Annual Blue Jeans & BBQ to benefit Covenant Hospice:

Bull riding competition returning to Milton

Milton, FL – Tickets are on sale now for Covenant Hospice’s Blue Jeans & BBQ Festival and Bull Riding Competition held from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 at Hayes Ranch, located at 5097 Berryhill Rd. in Milton.  Tickets are only $12 prior to the event and $15 at the gate, and children 12 and under are free and eat for only $5.

Blue Jeans & BBQ will feature a family festival from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and will include a Kiddie Korral complete with games, pony rides, face painting as well as a bar-b-que dinner and special prize drawings including a John Deer lawn mower.  The highlight of the festival will be a bull riding competition, which begins at 7:00 p.m.  The competition features riders from all over the east coast with Pro Rodeo Announcer, Mike Creel as the Emcee for the event. 

Proceeds from the event will benefit Covenant Hospice, allowing the not-for-profit organization to continue to provide compassionate care to terminally ill patients and their families.  Save $3 by purchasing your tickets in advance by calling 208-7122 or online at www.covenanthospice.org.  For more information about the festival or for sponsorship opportunities, contact Leah Harrison at 208-7122.

Covenant Hospice is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate services to patients and loved ones during times of life-limiting illnesses.  Since dying is part of the normal process of life, the focus of Covenant Hospice is to enable its patients to live as fully and comfortable as possible.

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