9th Annual Flats Invitational Redfish Challenge returns August 30th-31st at Cape Harbour Marina

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. - Aug. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- The event kicks off at The Marina at Cape Harbour at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 30, with dinner, an open bar, live music, raffle and Texas Hold Em’ poker tournament. The fishing tournament begins with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 31^st with a kids’ fishing tournament from 10 – noon featuring Ronald McDonald. The first 100 children to pre-register receive lunch with Ronald at noon. Live and silent auctions, dinner and awards begin at 5 p.m. Lodging is available at The Resort at Marina Village.

 

All net proceeds from the event will be split between RMHC of Southwest Florida and The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation. Proceeds from the kids’ tournament will also benefit the Cape Coral First United Methodist Church. We have raised over $375,000 in the past 8 years of this tournament.

 

Since 1996, more than 2,000 families from Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Glades and Hendry counties, as well as other states and countries, have found a home away from home at The Ronald McDonald House® in Ft. Myers while their children are undergoing medical treatment. Additional thousands are served by The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® and by grants and scholarships awarded to deserving individuals and organizations in the five-county region.

 

The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that provides support to the four Cape Coral Municipal Charter Schools. Those schools are Oasis Elementary, Oasis Middle, Oasis High School and Christa MacAuliffe Elementarty. The Foundation’s mission is to assist the City of Cape Coral Municipal Charter Schools in their quest to provide students with a unique learning experience in preparing them for success and participation in our community as responsible and productive citizens. Support from the Foundation includes scholarships, teacher recognition programs, mini grant programs and capital contributions.

 

The event’s co-chairpersons are Tim Frederic, a second-generation owner-operator of eight McDonald’s®restaurants in Southwest Florida and RMHC advisory council member, and Mitch Williamson, owner of SP Designs, who once stayed at The Ronald McDonald House when his son was born premature.

 

Registration is $275 per angler prior to August 28, and $325 per angler thereafter. To register or for more information, contact Mitch Williamson, (239) 424-8060 or Jessica Boles (727) 415-6700.