After 36 years of serving the community from Bonita Beach Road, the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs is moving its Christmas Tree Tent to downtown Bonita Springs.
Starting at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 28, you can find over 500 Fraser fir and Noble trees, plus wreaths and poinsettias for sale at 10450 Ragsdale Street, right at the intersection of the Ragsdale Street and Old 41 Roundabout—just south of Sugarshack and behind For Heaven Shakes Ice Cream Shop.
The tent will be open from 10 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, and from 4 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on weekdays.
The Rotary Club of Bonita Springs raises funds for community projects by selling more than just Christmas Trees, Wreaths, and Poinsettias.
Since it started in 1978, the 75-member club has given over $3 million to local organizations, focusing on Education, Children, The Elderly, Food Insecurity, and Disaster Relief.
Supported organizations include Meals of Hope, Bonita Springs Assistance Office, Café of Life, FK Incorporated, local elementary, middle, and high schools, Gift of Life (which provides international pediatric heart surgery), the Wheelchair Foundation, Wonder Gardens, Wounded Warriors of Collier County, and the YMCA of Bonita Springs. The club also offers scholarships to students at Bonita Springs and Estero High Schools.
The Rotary Club of Bonita Springs gathers for breakfast every Thursday morning at Spring Run Golf Club. For more details or to get an invite to a free breakfast meeting, check out BonitaSpringsRotary.org or call 239-572-2339.
Grumpy Goat Coffee Thanksgiving tasting event
AEON Regenerative and Aesthetic Medicine is stepping in as the wine sponsor for Grumpy Goat Coffee’s Thanksgiving Sips & Bites free tasting event happening from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20.
You can find the Grumpy Goat Coffee roastery at 28280 Old 41 Rd., Unit 11, Bonita Springs. This tasting event is open to everyone. Guests will have the chance to meet their local master coffee roaster along with other local artisan food and drink experts, all while enjoying samples of their delicious creations in a relaxed, happy hour vibe.
Other exhibitors at the event include The Hoppy Homestead, Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies, Olde Naples Chocolate, and Liberty Cove Interiors, who will be offering free tastings of gourmet coffee, wine, craft beer, cookies, sourdough baked goods, cheeses, chocolates, and artisanal Italian tapas.
For more info, check out grumpygoat.com.
Craft fair in Estero
The Cascades at Estero residential community will be hosting their annual Holiday Craft Fair, selling homemade crafts, pottery, fabric, yarn, etc., and baked goods from their resident and club vendors on Nov. 15.
A wide variety of local vendors will also be there. It’s from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Clubhouse Ballroom, 9400 Cascades Isle Blvd., Estero.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Now You Know: Rotary Christmas tree tent finds new home after 36 years
Reporting by Will Watts / Naples Daily News
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