{"id":9553,"date":"2013-04-09T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2013-04-09T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:13:08","slug":"local-philanthropists-to-host-2nd-annual-3-wishes-event-to-benefit-local-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2013\/04\/09\/local-philanthropists-to-host-2nd-annual-3-wishes-event-to-benefit-local-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Local philanthropists to host 2nd Annual 3 Wishes event to benefit local charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/3-Wishes-logo-2013.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9554\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/3-Wishes-logo-2013-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 9, 2013) \u2013 Local philanthropists are once again planning to raise money for three local nonprofits this fall.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Event chairs Michele Eddy and Lori Sampson-Wilson announce that the second annual 3 Wishes event will take place Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 from 6 p.m. to midnight, at the Sidney &amp; Berne Davis Art Center in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is \u201cThe Cave of Wonders\u201d and will include a captivating progressive dinner where guests will move through a marketplace, a sultan\u2019s palace and finally on to the Cave of Wonders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited to be holding our 3 Wishes event at the Sidney &amp; Berne Davis Art Center,\u201d said Eddy. \u201cWe are creating a signature event that will bring awareness to our three local children\u2019s charities, supported by a giving community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event should be a \u2018must-do\u2019 on anyone\u2019s event calendar,\u201d said event co-chair Sampson-Wilson. \u201cWe will have an extraordinarily memorable experience for our attendees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norman and Mary Love, of Norman Love Confections, have embraced the event and have joined as committee members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be a part of such a unique event benefiting three amazing charities,\u201d said the couple. \u201cWe look forward to transforming the Cave of Wonders into a scrumptious culinary evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At last year\u2019s event, more than 30 guests enjoyed a three-course progressive evening hosted by Michele Eddy, Gary King and Rose O\u2019Dell King along with Norman and Mary Love. More than $30,000 raised was divided equally among three local charities: Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital of Southwest Florida, the Ronald McDonald House of Southwest Florida and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southwest Florida. Local chefs and restaurants provided food for the evening including Hemingways (Chef Justin Fleming), Sea Salt (Chef Fabrizio Aiello) and Norman Love Confections (Chef Norman Love).<\/p>\n<p>According to Sampson-Wilson, this year\u2019s goal will be to have all donations given back to the charities and costs covered by sponsorship dollars.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event or sponsorships, contact Michele Eddy at 239-450-2798 or Lori Sampson-Wilson at 239-850-6697.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 9, 2013) \u2013 Local philanthropists are once again planning to raise money for three local nonprofits this fall.<\/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":[561,562,563,564,565,566,29,567,568,308,569,570,571,572,573,16,574,575,576,577,19,578],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553"}],"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=9553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}