CHR to hold Celebrity Bartending Night, April Extravaganza
Community Housing & Resources has a fundraiser and community event planned for the month.
CHR’s Celebrity Bartending Night will take place on April 13 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Tutti Pazzi Italian Kitchen, at 1200 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Nonprofit officials will serve as the celebrity bartenders.
They will include Captiva Civic Association Executive Director Emily Hess Ankerson, Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium Executive Director Sam Ankerson, CHR Executive Director Nicole Decker-McHale, F.I.S.H. of Sanibel-Captiva Executive Director Maria Espinoza, BIG ARTS Executive Director Lee Ellen Harder, “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge Board President Bill Harkey, Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Executive Director Alison Charney Hussey and SanCap Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer John Lai.
A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to CHR to support it and affordable housing.
In addition, CHR will host an April Extravaganza on April 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. The community is welcome to celebrate a fantastic season.
Food and dessert will be available courtesy of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, along with a cash bar for beer, wine and sangria. The Chicago Heat will provide live music. Performers of classic rock, doo-wop and blues, it features Grammy Award-winning and seven-time Hall of Fame inductee Jim Freeman, an original member of The Five Satins, known for “In the Still of the Night.”
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