{"id":12412,"date":"2015-04-28T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=12412"},"modified":"2015-04-28T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:28:16","slug":"restaurants-signing-up-for-junior-leagues-33rd-annual-taste-of-the-town-deadline-to-reserve-a-spot-is-sept-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2015\/04\/28\/restaurants-signing-up-for-junior-leagues-33rd-annual-taste-of-the-town-deadline-to-reserve-a-spot-is-sept-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants signing up for Junior League\u2019s 33rd Annual Taste of the Town; Deadline to reserve a spot is Sept. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JLFM-logo-.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9612\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JLFM-logo--300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">FORT MYERS,\u00a0Fla. (April 28, 2015) \u2013 Twenty-nine local restaurants have already signed up for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlfm.org\" target=\"_blank\">Junior League of\u00a0Fort\u00a0Myers, Inc.<\/a>\u2019s\u00a033<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Taste\u00a0of the Town.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This year\u2019s event will once again be held at JetBlue Park, the Boston\u00a0Red Sox\u2019s 106-acre Spring Training and Player Development Complex located at 11500 Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers, on Sunday, Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Junior League\u2019s Taste of the Town is Southwest Florida\u2019s original \u201ctaste\u201d event and one of the largest outdoor food and entertainment festivals. The 2014 event attracted nearly 15,000 attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Funds from this one-day annual event benefit the JLFM, whose volunteer mission provides thousands of dollars annually in volunteer services and donations to programs supporting women and children in the region\u00a0including the Junior League\u2019s national program Kids in the Kitchen to help fight childhood obesity, the<em>\u00a0<\/em>ongoing work with at-risk girls in the juvenile justice system, as well as work throughout the community in partnership with many organizations through the League\u2019s Helping Hands\u00a0program, which provides volunteer woman-power to organizations such as Big Brother Big Sisters, the Abuse Counseling &amp; Treatment Shelter, Early Learning Coalition, the Supporting Independent Young Adults organization and many more.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s event raised\u00a0the second highest tally in the history of the event, bringing in $133,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to Junior League Taste Chairs Karen Hutto and\u00a0Shirley Snyder McLaren, interested\u00a0restaurants and vendors have until Friday, Sept. 4 to reserve a spot at this year\u2019s event by\u00a0calling 239-277-1197 or emailing\u00a0<a href=\"file:\/\/\/%2522mailto\/\">totrestaurants@jlfm.org.\u00a0<\/a>Space is limited to 50 restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants who have already committed for the 2015 event include\u00a0Bahama Breeze, Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s, Bice Grand Caf\u00e9, Bubble Room, Burger 21, BurgerQue, Cabana\u2019s Beach Bar &amp; Grill, Connor\u2019s Steak &amp; Seafood, Cru, Doc Ford\u2019s Rum Bar &amp; Grille, Edible Arrangements, Fathoms Restaurant &amp; Bar, Ft. Myers Ale House, Iguana Mia, Kona Ice, LongHorn Steakhouse, Matanzas on the Bay, Marker 92, Papa Murphy\u2019s Pizza, Parrot Key Caribbean Grill, Pho Vinh, Pinchers Crab Shack, Rosalia &amp; Ashley\u2019s Zeppoles, Reuben\u2019s Smokehouse &amp; Catering, Ruth\u2019s Chris Steak House, Stevie Tomato\u2019s Sports Page, Ted\u2019s Montana Grill, Texas Tony\u2019s BBQ Shack and The Melting Pot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t believe the line of people that reached farther than we could see who were waiting to eat our food,\u201d said Arvey Krise, owner of Reuben\u2019s Smokehouse &amp; Catering and\u00a0Taste of the Town\u00a0participant for the past three years. \u201cThis event is an economical way for us to be exposed to 15,000 people from every walk of life from miles around while benefiting a great cause. New customers will come into our restaurant months later and tell us they saw us at Taste of the Town, and that\u2019s why we sign up for the next year before we tear down our booth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Association of\u00a0Junior\u00a0Leagues\u00a0International,\u00a0Inc., the\u00a0Junior\u00a0League\u00a0of\u00a0Fort\u00a0Myers,\u00a0Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit\u00a0organization made up of\u00a0women\u00a0committed to promoting\u00a0voluntarism, developing the potential of\u00a0women\u00a0and improving\u00a0the\u00a0community\u00a0through the\u00a0effective\u00a0action\u00a0and leadership of\u00a0trained volunteers.\u00a0Its\u00a0purpose\u00a0is exclusively\u00a0educational and\u00a0charitable.\u00a0The JLFM is also a granting organization, providing mini-grants to organizations throughout Southwest Florida\u2019s five-county area to programs that create better life outcomes for our area\u2019s youth. JLFM memberships are open to all women aged 21 and older of all races, religions and national origin who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.\u00a0For\u00a0more\u00a0information,\u00a0call\u00a0239-277-1197 or\u00a0visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlfm.org\/\">www.jlfm.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the annual Taste of the Town, call 239-277-1197 or email\u00a0<a href=\"file:\/\/\/%2522mailto\/\">tasteofthetown@jlfm.org<\/a>. For ongoing updates on Taste of the Town, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlfmtaste.com\/\">www.jlfmtaste.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS,\u00a0Fla. (April 28, 2015) \u2013 Twenty-nine local restaurants have already signed up for the\u00a0Junior League of\u00a0Fort\u00a0Myers, Inc.\u2019s\u00a033rd\u00a0Annual Taste\u00a0of the Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[4451,4452,2590,3232,3079,3233,887,4453,3235,3236,4454,3239,3082,3242,2397,4455,4456,3248,3087,80,284,663,4457,4458,2403,4459,4460,4461,3925,3089,3256,3258,3537,3093,4462,4463,3262,3095,4464,3265,4465,3098,4466,1072,4467,1416,1689,4468,4469,909,2161,280,4217,2595,4294,19,2407,4470,3928,3101,3266,3929,3106,4471,3107,2596,3108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}