The Cancer Support Community Delaware is joining hands with The Salvation Army Creative heARTs Program, the Rehoboth Beach Boys & Girls Club and Delaware Hospice to present Renew Your Palette…Art for the Mind, Food for the Soul.

This collaborative event celebrating four unique organizations and the healing power of creative arts will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 9, at the Cancer Support Community in the Medical Arts Building of the Beebe Health Campus, 18947 John J. Williams Highway, Suite 312 in Rehoboth Beach.

In its third year, this special event will feature local artists who have been affected by cancer and artists from the Salvation Army Creative heARTs Program, the Rehoboth Beach Boys & Girls Club Pegasus Artworks Program and the Delaware Hospice New Hope Program. Along with the works of art on display and for sale, there will be culinary demonstrations by local chefs from the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel, Robert Peck Catering, Sprouting Chefs and Big Fish Grill.

A highlight of the event will be the presentation of the inaugural Renew Your Palette Inspirational Life Award. The award recognizes artisans who have overcome adversity to achieve success. The 2013 recipient of the Inspirational Life Award will be Rehoboth Beach contemporary jewelry artist and gallery owner Heidi Lowe.

Admission to Renew Your Palette…Art for the Mind, Food for the Soul is free and open to the community. For more information about this event, contact Lily Gosnear at the Cancer Support Community Delaware, 302-645-9150, lgosnear@cscde.org or Christy Cugno at The Salvation Army, 302-934-3730, Ext. 111, christy_cugno@use.salvationarmy.org.

More information about Cancer Support Community Delaware is available at www.cancersupportdelaware.org.

More information about The Salvation Army Creative heARTs Program is available at www.salvationarmypendel.org/DDP.

More information about the Boys & Girls Club of Delaware is available  at www.bgclubs.org.

More information about Delaware Hospice is available at www.delawarehospice.org.