Military Museum’s Casino Night fundraiser set for Oct. 12
Southwest Florida Military Museum & Library is hosting a Roaring ’20s themed fundraiser, Casino Night, next weekend.
“This is one of our largest fundraiser of the year and it is to support the Southwest Florida Museum & Library. We do fundraisers to pay our bills,” Event Coordinator Denise Wood said. “This is an inaugural one and we are going to make it an annual event.”
The event will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at the museum, 4820 Leonard Street. Tickets for the event are $60 per person and includes finger foods and appetizers; one free beer, wine or cocktail and $2,500 in chips to play.
Tickets can be purchased at swflmm.org.
Wood said the event will kick off with a cocktail hour from 6 to 7 p.m. where individuals can view raffles and buy 50/50 tickets.
“The actual playing will start at 7,” she said.
Games will include craps, roulette, black jack, poker and Let It Ride.
“It will be set up like a real casino. The lobby area where they surround you with the games,” Wood said.
A live entertainer will provide background music during the event and a cash bar will be available.
The tables will be closed at 10 p.m. At that time, participants will have their chips replaced with Chinese auction items.
“It is a charity event and we cannot give money, so they get prizes,” she explained. “We have a lot of really nice prizes.”
Last call for the raffle and Chinese auction will be had at 10:40 p.m.
Admission to the Southwest Florida Museum & Library is free. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
“We do have a list of items that we always need to help support veterans,” Wood said.
Items always needed include coffee, tea, paper towels, toilet paper, napkins, paper plates, copy paper, canned vegetables; and cleaning supplies.
They offer a free veterans lunch every Tuesday and all veterans are welcome to attend. This Saturday, Oct. 6, they are serving breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a $10 donation to the museum.
For more information, call (239) 541-8704.