October is National Seafood Month, and there’s new coalition in the Golden Isles to educate residents and visitors about the overall health benefits – especially for the heart – of eating seafood at least twice a week. Among the local leaders stepping up to join the area’s seafood industry giants, King & Prince Seafood and SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood Co., in the “Love Your Heart, Eat Your Seafood!” campaign are City of Brunswick Mayor Cornell Harvey; M.H. “Woody” Woodside, President of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce; popular radio personality Beth Walters; Leslie Hartman, Executive Director of Safe Harbor Children’s Center; attorney and avid runner Laura Roberts, Chef Dave Snyder, Owner and Executive Chef of the Halyard Restaurant Group; and Chef Johnny Carino, Corporate Chef of King & Prince Seafood. The local heart-health initiative is part of a larger national effort facilitated by the nonprofit Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising awareness about the health benefits of a diet rich in seafood. A multifaceted marketing campaign is planned for October to engage Golden Isles residents and visitors during National Seafood Month. For more information about the Seafood Nutrition Partnership, and to take the Healthy Heart Pledge, visit seafoodnutrition.org.
