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Deuces Wild!

By Staff | Jan 20, 2009

Break out your lucky coins, troll dolls and horseshoes because Vegas is comin’ to town! Raising funds for local charities, the Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club has organized its very own Casino Night, Saturday, Feb. 7, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Fort Myers Beach Shrine Club on San Carlos Boulevard.

For $40, come experience and enjoy the all-inclusive thrill of the casino as you play blackjack, roulette and craps for charity now two reasons to gamble with the $10,000 you’ll be given to kick off the evening (play money)! For an additional $50, gamblers can enter into the Texas hold ’em tournament, where prizes will be awarded in pre-paid cash cards.

During the casino benefit, guests will be welcomed to enjoy the heavy hors d’oeuvres and appetizers, including sandwiches, hot meatballs and cocktail sausages, fruit and cheese platters, dessert trays, chips and dip, hand-popped popcorn and plenty more.

And as Pilot Club member Nancy Mulholland puts it, “alcoholic drinks will be available for suggested donations as well, thanks to Bruce Cermak, one of our sponsors, who we’re so very thankful for.”

Other beverage donations would be happily accepted, as well. If interested in donating beverages for the affair, be sure to contact Cheryl Hohmann at 765-9482 or Donna Raymond at 463-1839.

During the evening, gamblers will have the chance to take their winnings and enter into six separate prize packages, receiving a raffle ticket for the Chinese auctions for every $5,000 they turn in (in play money).

So far, prizes will include a 5,500-watt, 10-hp Briggs and Stratton home-sized portable generator (valued at $700), vacation options to various condos and resorts, a golf package, a boating and fishing package, a spa package, a restaurant gift package and an entertainment package.

Other side raffles during the night will include 50/50 raffles and a wine wagon raffle (a wagon full of succulent wines).

Throughout the enchanting evening, DJ Tom Maio will mix a variety of music.

Seeking prize package donations

Since plans are still early and in the works, the club is seeking donations to fit into the certain categories of prizes they’re offering during the party: Golf, Spa, Entertainment, Fishing and Restaurant.

If you’d like to donate an item for the club’s benefit, feel free to contact Cheryl Hohmann at 765-9482 or Donna Raymond at 463-1839.

Sponsorships

Four levels of sponsorships are available to join:

Ace: $350, recognized as a table sponsor with displayed logo on a table tent; recognized in the special program, as well as follow-up articles and thank-yous to the community.

King: $200, recognized as a table sponsor with displayed logo on a table tent; recognized in the special program, as well as follow-up articles and thank-yous to the community.

Queen: $100, recognized in the special Casino Night program, as well as follow-up articles and thank-yous to the community.

Wild card: $25 to $99, recognized in the special Casino Night program, as well as follow-up articles and thank-yous to the community.

“All of the proceeds go to our foundation, the Pilot Foundation of Fort Myers Beach, and we support charities that help with brain-related disorders and brain damage,” Nancy said. “We do some things with the Beach School called BrainMinders, as well as the kindergartner’s butterfly garden, which is very educational for the kids. We’ve also supported Ruth Cooper, Lee County Mental Health and the Alzheimer’s Foundation.”

About the Pilot Club

The Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club is a chapter of Pilot Club International, a global organization of executive, professional and business leaders working together to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.

In addition to annual contributions to the International division of Pilot, at a local level the club supports St. Vincent DePaul, Alzheimer’s Foundation, Project Lifesaver, various youth programs on Fort Myers Beach, the Fort Myers Beach Library and Elementary School, camp scholarships for Ostego Bay, Estero Island Historic Society, quarterly beach cleanup programs, and assists with Keep Lee County Beautiful Coastal Clean Up days.