Caring & Sharing of South Walton will hold its Fall Fashion Show, presented by Emerald Coast Hospice Care, at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 21st at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa.
This year’s Harvest Moon Celebration, in its 8th year, will present a series of thoughtfully-curated events including Harvest Moon Yoga, Harvest Moon Dinner and Harvest Moon Social Club over two days beginning Friday, September 26th through Saturday evening September 27th to benefit the Point Washington Medical Clinic (PWMC), a donation-based healthcare clinic serving patients regardless of their financial limitations.
Keep Walton County Beautiful will host this year’s International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at three regional beach accesses: Inlet Beach, Dune Allen Beach and Miramar Beach.
Sinfonia Gulf Coast launches its 20th anniversary season in spectacular style with Cabaret at Seagar’s: An Evening with Bernadette Peters on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood, Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Miramar Beach.
The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) and the St. Joe Community Foundation are turning up the volume at Watersound Town Center this fall with a free, family-friendly concert series on the first Friday of September, October, and November.
Guests are invited to enjoy live music under the stars on September 5, October 3, and November 7 from 6–8 p.m. at The Pavilion at Watersound Town Center, 85 Origins Main St. Each evening will showcase talented regional and national musicians, with additional artists to be announced in the coming weeks.
The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) has added two vibrant new masterpieces to Walton County’s cultural landscape, marking another bold milestone for its Art in Public Spaces program.
Fore Her invites seasoned golfers and novices to bring their clubs and swing for a cause at the annual Golf Outing now in its 13th year, set for Friday, September 26th, 2025 at the Links Golf Club in Sandestin presented by Emerald Coast Hospice Care.
Spring is here and Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) is hopping all around our watershed!
The CBA has a robust agenda of activities for the spring season, dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of our watershed. There are upcoming field trips with local children, extensive water monitoring, and new outreach programs and events for you to be a part of. Time spent outdoors, giving back, supporting our local environment - it doesn't get any better!
We are blessed with a caring and giving community. We have many locals (and visitors) who are eager to lend a hand and donate time and money to local organizations who welcome participation. The SoWal List below has up-to-date info about our local groups and organizations, check with them directly for current needs and events.
It was nearly lost forever, but a few tenacious nonconformists fought for a decade to save their precious beach
By Wendy O. Dixon
It’s Memorial Day, 2009, and local residents and tourists bask in the sun and bury their feet in the sugar-white sands of Grayton Beach. Children splash in Western Lake, trying to catch tiny fish by clasping their hands together. Sandcastles, rainbow-colored umbrellas and a few four-wheel-drive vehicles are sprawled along the shore.
