{"id":13121,"date":"2015-09-29T15:49:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T19:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2015-09-29T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T19:49:28","slug":"junior-league-announces-sustainer-reunion-at-the-calusa-nature-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2015\/09\/29\/junior-league-announces-sustainer-reunion-at-the-calusa-nature-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior League announces Sustainer Reunion at the Calusa Nature Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FORT MYERS,\u00a0Fla. (Sept. 29, 2015) \u2013 The Junior League of Fort Myers, Inc.<\/a> invites all of its current and past sustainer members to a Sustainer Reunion to benefit the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium, located at\u00a03450 Ortiz Ave\u00a0in Fort Myers, on Oct.15 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re kicking off the League year with a Sustainer Reunion at the Planetarium at the Calusa Nature Center,\u201d said Sustainer Chair Lou Pontius. \u201cThis will be a great kickoff to the Junior League\u2019s 50th\u00a0Anniversary. All current and past JLFM sustaining members are invited to join us.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Pontius, the Junior League was instrumental in the establishment of the Nature Center back in 1973.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter much planning and grassroots fundraising, the Nature Center was set to become a reality thanks to the Junior Welfare League \u2013 now the Junior League of Fort Myers,\u201d she said. \u201cThe suitcase museums that were constructed to be displayed in schools prior to the museum\u2019s construction are now on display at the Nature Center \u2013 some 45 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pontius added that the Junior League has a long history of supporting the Nature Center in various ways and was also responsible for moving the Iona House from near McGregor Boulevard to the museum site. General meetings were held at the Iona House, and it also housed the Gulfshore Delights cookbook office.<\/p>\n

The price to attend the Sustainer Reunion is $25 per guest with proceeds supporting the Nature Center. Reservations are requested by Oct. 12 by emailing Becky Antonucci at\u00a0otr1957@aol.com.<\/p>\n

Since 1966, the Junior League of Fort Myers has contributed more than one million volunteer hours to community projects and programs.<\/p>\n

Through the decades, the JLFM has made major contributions to Southwest Florida to support a wide variety of community needs, including founding the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium (1973), the Volunteer Service Bureau \u2013 Volunteer Action Center \u2013 now known as Volunteer Center (1992),\u00a0Teen Court (1992) and the Women\u2019s Resource Center (1996). It has also been active in feeding the hungry in the five-county area through the food drive at the annual Taste of the Town, mentoring teenage girls in foster care, supporting self defense for women, preparing women to re-enter the workforce, creating a listening library for cancer patients, preserving historic architecture, supporting the Ronald McDonald House, distributing holiday food baskets, organizing holiday gift drives, providing gender-specific programming to teenage girls in juvenile justice, supplying backpacks to children in Harlem Heights Community and more.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Association of\u00a0Junior\u00a0Leagues\u00a0International,\u00a0Inc., the Junior League of Fort Myers, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit\u00a0organization founded in 1966 and 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.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0more\u00a0information about the Sustainer Reunion,\u00a0call\u00a0239-848-6014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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