{"id":14050,"date":"2016-05-25T13:59:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=14050"},"modified":"2016-05-25T13:59:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:59:53","slug":"junior-leagues-34th-annual-taste-of-the-town-scheduled-for-nov-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2016\/05\/25\/junior-leagues-34th-annual-taste-of-the-town-scheduled-for-nov-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior League\u2019s 34th Annual Taste of the Town scheduled for Nov. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JLFM-50th-Anniversary-logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14051\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14051\" src=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JLFM-50th-Anniversary-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"301\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FORT MYERS,\u00a0Fla. (May 25, 2016) \u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlfm.org\" target=\"_blank\">Junior League of Fort Myers, Inc.<\/a> will\u00a0hold its 34<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Taste of the Town on Sunday, Nov. 6<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at JetBlue Park, located at\u00a011500 Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers.<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>Funds\u00a0from this one-day event benefit the JLFM,\u00a0whose volunteer mission provides thousands of dollars annually in volunteer services and donations to programs supporting women and children in Southwest Florida. Past funds have supported the Junior League\u2019s national program Kids in the Kitchen to help fight childhood obesity, life-skills training with at-risk girls, programs to support early-learning and childhood literacy, as well as work throughout the community in partnership with many local nonprofit organizations through the League\u2019s Helping Hands\u00a0program.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants that have already committed for the 2016 event include\u00a0Connor\u2019s Steak &amp; Seafood, Fathoms Restaurant &amp; Bar, Kona Ice, Love Boat Ice Cream, Matanzas on the Bay, Mona Lisa Italian Restaurant, PDQ, Ruth\u2019s Chris Steak House, Tijuana Flats and The Melting Pot.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Interested\u00a0restaurants and vendors may reserve a spot at this year\u2019s event by\u00a0calling 239-277-1197 or emailing\u00a0totrestaurants@jlfm.org.\u00a0Space is limited to 50 restaurants, and the deadline to reserve is Sept. 30.<\/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.\u00a0It is also a granting organization, providing mini-grants to organizations through out 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<p>For more information about the annual Taste of the Town, call 239-277-1197 or email\u00a0tasteofthetown@jlfm.org. For ongoing updates on Taste of the Town, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlfmtaste.com\/\">www.jlfmtaste.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jlfmtaste\">www.facebook.com\/jlfmtaste<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS,\u00a0Fla. (May 25, 2016) \u2013 The Junior League of Fort Myers, Inc. will\u00a0hold its 34th\u00a0Annual Taste of the Town on Sunday, Nov. 6\u00a0from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14050"}],"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=14050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}