The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. announces it will host its annual FISH-N-CHIPS Marina Casino event at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, in conjunction with its 24^th annual El Pescado Billfish Tournament, which will be Oct. 18-20 at Camachee Cove Marina in St. Augustine.

Sponsored by Lexus of Jacksonville and Lexus of Orange Park, the FISH-N-CHIPS Marina Casino event will include casino-style games as well as the unique “Tackle Box,” featuring fun shopping opportunities from local artists who support the Monique Burr Foundation for Children. Tickets are $75 each and will include cocktails provided by Cultivate Wines, Champion Brands and Pepsi, dinner provided by Sysco Foods and Sweet Pete’s, casino-style games, chips to get you started and complimentary valet. At the end of the evening, chips will be exchanged for raffle tickets that can be entered for prize drawings.

All proceeds from the event will help fund programs provided by the Monique Burr Foundation, such as Speak Up Be Safe, a national bullying and child abuse prevention education program that addresses safety from all forms of child abuse, bullying and internet dangers, as well as including tools for parents and school personnel.

For more information about the 2012 tournament, sponsorship opportunities and FISH-N-CHIPS Marina Casino tickets, contact the Monique Burr Foundation at (904) 642-0210 or visit www.elpescadobillfish.com.