Bell Tower Shops
U.S. 41 and Daniels Parkway
Fort Myers
Bell Tower Shops
Deck the dogs with bows and holly
Bell Tower Shops celebrates HOWLidays Yappy Hour & Bowl Stroll
Four-legged friends and their owners will celebrate the season at HOWLidays Yappy Hour & Bowl Stroll at Bell Tower Shops on Friday, Dec. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Returning to the shopping center’s newly renovated Center Court, the event is free with beverage proceeds benefiting the Gulf Coast Humane Society.
“HOWLidays participants will enjoy the all new bigger and better Center Court,” said Amy Fletcher-Smith, Bell Tower’s director of marketing. “Besides offering more space, we have new furnishings, awnings and landscaping.”
Owners are encouraged to dress their dogs in festive holiday attire. Santa will be on hand to capture the moment in photos. The Southwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m.
Shoppers and their canine companions will enjoy the “bowl stroll” throughout the shopping center where colorful dog bowls will identify 37 merchants who are pooch-friendly. Dogs must be leashed.
The mission of the Gulf Coast Humane Society is to provide humane care for surrendered animals in Southwest Florida by offering refuge, providing medical care and facilitating an adoptive home. GCHS is a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization serving the area. For more information, visit www.gulfcoasthumanesociety.org.
The dog-friendly Bell Tower Shops is an open-air lifestyle center, located at U.S. 41 and Daniels Parkway, with 40 retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue and The Fresh Market, nine restaurants and Bell Tower 20 Regal Cinemas. The center’s sidewalk garden setting of lush landscaping, splashing fountains and covered walkways makes it a popular gathering place. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the center. To learn more, log onto www.TheBellTowerShops.com, or call 239-489-1221.
Pooch-friendly merchants include:
Ann Taylor
Bacchus
Banana Republic
Bath & Body Works
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bistro 41
Blackhawk Café
Blue Pointe Oyster Bar & Seafood Grill
Brookstone
Caché
Clarks
Crü
Designer Delight
Draper’s & Damon’s
Eyetopian
Francesca’s Collections
Gap/GapKids
Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry
Mayors
Mimi’s Cafe
Olde Florida Gallerie
Patchington
Portfolio Gallery
Saks Fifth Avenue
Soma Intimates
Sunglass Hut
Swim ‘n Sport
Talbots
T.G.I. Friday’s
The Cheshire Cat Fine Toys
The Mole Hole
Trader Rick’s
Victoria’s Secret
Vitamin World
Wallaby Trading Co.
White House | Black Market
Williams-Sonoma
To learn more, log onto www.TheBellTowerShops.com, or call 239-489-1221.
Elephant Bar
Edison Mall
Fort Myers, FL
Elephant Bar
The Elephant Bar, located at Edison Mall, is giving 20 percent of its proceeds from lunch and dinner on Friday, Dec. 11 to Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida. Junior Achievement’s purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
To participate in the program, an Elephant Bar flyer must be presented with the check. To receive a copy of the flyer, contact Junior Achievement at 239-225-2590 or cstarnold.ja@sfwdb.org. The fundraiser will held the second Friday of each month through 2010.
The Elephant Bar, open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., features bold Pan Asian cuisine and popular recipes from around the world.
Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement provides in-school and after-school programs for students which focus on three key content areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. In 2009, more than 9,500 students in Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties will be reached and taught the “economics of life.” Today, 138 individual area operations reach 4 million students in the United States, with an additional 5 million students served by operations in 120 other countries worldwide.
For additional information about Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida, contact Victoria Stephan at 239-225-2590 or visit www.jaswfl.org on the Web.
Junior Achievement
239-225-2590
cstarnold.ja@sfwdb.org
