Are you ready for a ‘Nite Out’

Event to raise money for Alabama Masters Games trip

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ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — Are you ready for a “Nite Out”? It’s happening from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 at the PZK Hall, 19733 Alabama 104, Robertsdale.

Tickets are $10 each at the door with dinner plates costing $10 each, to be served from 6:30 to 8 p.m., or as long as meals last. Dinner includes an entrée, choice of tea, coffee or water, and a dessert.

Live entertainment for the event will be provided by “Bruti.” Tickets for a 50/50 pot drawing will also be sold during the event.

The event is B.Y.O.B. Adult beverages are allowed with proper I.D. Small coolers are allowed.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the George P. Thames Adult Activity Center’s Alabama Masters Games team. This year’s Alabama Masters Games will be held Oct. 7-10 in Valley.

Every year the adult activity center takes a group to participate in the games. Last year’s group included 12 participants, who brought home eight medals, including three gold.

According to the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission Website, the Masters Games of Alabama is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles for active adults age 50 and over through social, mental and physical activities.

They were developed in Oxford in 1989 to provide adults age 50 and above an opportunity to maintain an active lifestyle by participating in a variety of events. Each year, between 600 and 800 participants and volunteers from across the state participate in the games.

This is the 14th straight year participants from the Thames Center participated in the games, sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging, also locally by the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission.

The Thames Center represents District 7, which includes Baldwin, Mobile, Escambia, Conecuh, Washington, Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox and Monroe counties. Participants also attend locally from Orange Beach, Saraland, Chickasaw and Mobile.

The Thames Center serves Robertsdale, Loxley and Silverhill in Central Baldwin. They also have participants from Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Elberta and Malbis.