Get ready for Sizzle Dining restaurant specials

By Staff | on August 31, 2023

Guy Clarke is the founder of Sizzle Dining, which offers restaurant specials in September that benefit Blessings in a Backpack SWFL. COURTESY PHOTO

Enjoy dining specials in September and help a charity that feeds children in need.

Sizzle Dining, a three-week-long celebration of food and community, will take place Sept. 7-27 at restaurants across the region.

All proceeds from the event will benefit Blessings in a Backpack SWFL, a program that feeds children in need on the weekends while they cannot access meals at school. The event includes specials at over 50 participating restaurants across Collier and Lee counties that will donate $1 from each meal directly to Blessings in a Backpack.

“We are honored to be able to partner with Blessings in a Backpack for this event again this year,” Sizzle Dining founder Guy Clarke said in a news release. “The work they do to support the children in our community is outstanding and we are happy to be able to donate our proceeds to their organization.”

The event includes restaurants from Cape Coral to Marco Island.

To choose where to dine, visit sizzledining.com, pick your city and look through the menus of restaurants listed in that area, make reservations and head to the restaurant. No passes, tickets, vouchers or coupons are required. Simply visit any one of the participating restaurants throughout the 21-day event and order from the Sizzle Dining menu.

Two-course lunches start at $19 or $29 and three-course dinners start at $29, $39 or $49. Price depends on location, but a dollar from each meal purchased goes directly to Blessings in a Backpack SWFL.

“Being a part of Sizzle Dining each year is a huge benefit for our organization,” Cecilia St. Arnold, executive director of Blessings in a Backpack SWFL, said in the news release. “We sincerely appreciate what Guy and the restaurants do for this event, and encourage the community to dine out knowing that Sizzle Dining supports our children.”

During the week, many young students are fed by federal government programs through school meals. A leader in the movement to end childhood hunger, Blessings in a Backpack ensures these children receive nutritional meals over the weekend during the school year. Every Friday afternoon, each child receives a backpack filled with nutritious, kid-friendly, ready-to-eat items. They return the backpacks on Monday, and each is filled and ready for the next weekend. A donation of $130 will provide meals for 36 weekends for one school-age child. Blessings’ goal this school year is to feed over 7,000 school children. Info: swfl blessingsinabackpack.org.

For more information on Sizzle Dining, or to become a participating restaurant, visit sizzledining.com. swfl.blessingsinabackpack.org/ or via mail at P.O. Box 61402 Fort Myers, FL 33906. All contributions are tax-deductible. ¦

Lobster served at the Boathouse on Naples Bay, just one of 50 Sizzle Dining participating restaurants across Collier and Lee counties. COURTESY PHOTO

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