Mark your calendars! The Estero Historical Society recently announced a fundraising event slated for Feb. 26 featuring jazz singer Maggie Worsdale.
Worsdale will perform a collection of Patsy Cline’s songs, interwoven with stories from the singer’s life.
The event will feature a cash bar. Tickets are $30. Proceeds support the Estero Historical Society’s mission to save the 1916 Alvarez/Smith home. The event will take place at Country Creek.
Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Shoe drive for Laces of Love
Preferred Travel & Company and Laces of Love will provide more than 100 local school children a new pair of shoes.
Preferred Travel asked advisors and staff to donate new shoes with 118 collected. The shoes were provided to Laces of Love, which handled distribution.
“We are thankful to Preferred Travel for their generous donation of new shoes which will benefit dozens of children in need in our community,” said Jeanne Nealon, the co-founder of Laces of Love. “By collaborating with community partners like Preferred Travel, our non-profit organization has been able to provide more than 300,000 kids with new shoes in Southwest Florida over the past 18 years.”