Orange Beach Garden Club offers three great reasons to attend its 34th annual Game Day and Salad Luncheon: food, fun and philanthropy. The club's premier event takes place Feb. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Orange Beach Event Center.
"You can't beat the food. You can't beat the camaraderie. You can't beat the prizes. And you can't beat the ways in which this event gives back to the community," said Garden Club President Virginia Burkhalter.
Attendees will enjoy 50 homemade salads including the event favorite chicken salad and a wide variety of homemade desserts and cookies. Some of the treats will be baked by Orange Beach Expect Excellence culinary students.
Bring your best game face for a friendly exchange of wits at Bridge, Gin, Scrabble, Dominoes and more. Participants are encouraged to put together a group of gamers. For those without a group, there are opportunities to pull up a chair and join an ongoing game.
"Gaming is free for the price of admission and is a participant option that is not required to attend," said Burkhalter.

The giveaways include a chance to win more than 100 gift certificates and various prizes donated by local proprietors. Six raffle tickets cost $5. Eight grand prizes include fishing gear and golfing adventures. Three grand prize tickets cost $10.
Proceeds from the event go to support several community programs and the Orange Beach schools.
"Of the $8,000 annually raised, $2,000 goes to scholarships," said Burkhalter. "Plus, the Garden Club presents every high school, middle school and elementary school teacher in Orange Beach, 52 in all, with monetary gifts totaling $2,500, awarded in appreciation of the ways in which they shape the lives of the youth of our community."

Game Day also supports:
· The Police Department Benevolent Fund

· Christmas family donation
· Backcountry Butterfly Garden
· Light up Orange Beach winner
· Orange Beach Arbor Day
· Orange Beach Cemetery maintenance
· Meals on Wheels
· Orange Beach Wildlife Center
· Orange Beach Elementary School Junior Gardener Program

Tickets to the event are $25 per person and are available for purchase at The Emporium located at 25405 Perdido Beach Blvd, Suite 20, Orange Beach. For more information call 251-979-5308.