- May 23, 2025
The Grand Haven Woman’s Club will host its second annual Kentucky Derby Celebration and Casino Night on May 3 at 4 to 8 p.m. at the Grand Haven Golf Club.
The evening will include a buffet, cash bar, live race, bourbon tasting, live auction, gift basket, 50/50 raffle and more. Proceeds support many local nonprofit charitable organizations.
Hall of Fame jockey and Palm Coast resident Bill Boland will be the event's special guest. Boland won the 1950 Kentucky Derby at age 16 and is still the youngest jockey to ever win the derby. Boland also won the 1950 Belmont Stakes.
For more information on sponsorship opportunities or to reserve advance tickets at $75 per person, contact Kristina Bracciale at [email protected].
The Grand Haven's Women's Club is a group of over 200 women who volunteer in the community and provide financial support for local organizations. Club members feed the homeless; provide homemade comfort items to women recovering from cancer; donate shoes, clothing and hygiene items to students in need; provide musical instruments to students, food to the Flagler Humane Society, supplies to the domestic violence shelter and financial scholarships to students.