The Barefoot Lifestyle Committee was formed in November 2017, when a group of approximately 25 residents from both the single and multifamily communities met at the Barefoot firehouse. The goal was to foster more interaction and communication between the two communities. We became a sanctioned committee under the BRRA in early 2018. Many of the original founders remain on the Committee. We also coordinate with the Cabana Committee and with Chelsea at the Resident’s Club to hopefully avoid overlapping events.

Our first event was a Meet & Greet at Putter’s Pub, in the back room. It was a stunning success with attendance at 130, the most we could take. The attendees were evenly divided between single family and multifamily residents.

Since that time, we have steadily increased activities and events for all residents. Two areas that the Lifestyle Committee committed to were the Annual Golf Cart Parade, and the Barefoot Yard Sales. The Committee took over the planning and execution of the parade, in order for all residents to participate. It had previously been limited to single family residents. Each year we have had more and more multifamily residents take part in the parade.

For the Yard Sales, The Lifestyle Committee committed to registering and placing signs for the multifamily communities and has seen a steady increase in participants from those areas. The Committee is also responsible for registering residents from the Dye Estates for these two activities.

The Lifestyle Committee also took the Pelicans Baseball Liaison under their leadership and attendance has grown over the years.

Since 2018, some of the events and activities have been:

• Barefoot Queen Cruises
• Murder Mystery Dinners at House of Blues and at Riga Tony’s
• Shows at the Comedy Cabana
• Meet and Greets at Putter’s Pub and at the Cabana
• Valentine’s Happy Hour at the Cabana
• Annual Online Pet Costume Contests for Halloween
• In person Pet Costume Parade at the Cabana
• Santa at the Cabana
• Friendsgiving at the Cabana
• Italian Ice Day at the Cabana
• Howl at the Moon Party and Contest at the Cabana
• Yard Sales
• Golf Cart Parade
• Collecting Hawaiian Shirts for Deployed Soldiers
• Pelicans Suites, Games, and Annual BBQ
• Annual Trip to Brookgreen Gardens Night of a Thousand Candles
• Beach Clean-ups
• Bingo Pizza Party
• Pickleball Round Robin Tournament (in May 2024)
• Monthly Men’s Luncheons
• Supporting Barefoot Caring Council Events such as Food Drives, Book Drives, School Supplies, Christmas Angel Tree, and the Annual Online Auction to benefit Teen Angels

I’m sure I am forgetting some of our events! We have been working hard at finding some new and different events for our neighbors.

The Committee welcomes thoughts and ideas from the community. You can reach out through the website. Once you are logged on, use the pull-down menu to select BRRA ORG, click on BRRA COMMITTEES, click on LIFESTYLE COMMITTEE, then scroll down to SEND A MESSAGE.

Thank you,
Barbara Anderson
Single Family Co-Chair
Lifestyle Committee