Scoops and Treats to host blood drive Sunday

Scoops and Treats at 229 Del Prado Blvd., N., suite 6, will be hosting a blood drive Sunday, Jan. 24, from 1- 6 p.m. Look for OneBlood’s Big Red Bus.

All donors will receive a $10 eGift Card. a long-sleeved T-shirt, and a Scoops and Treats coupons for a free pint of ice cream. In addition, all donors receive a wellness checkup: COVID-19 antibody test, blood pressure, temperature, iron count, pulse and cholesterol screening.

Appointments are encouraged. Please visit www.oneblood.org/donate-now and use the sponsor code #62236.

Scoops and Treats, which features ice cream, fudge and smoothies, is open Monday through Friday, 5-10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 3-10 p.m. For additional information, call 239-5470-2670.

LCEC welcomes Bullock as director of finance and accounting/chief financial officer

LCEC recently welcomed Sarah Bullock as its director of finance and accounting/chief financial officer. In this position, Bullock will be responsible for directing the fiscal functions of LCEC in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, various other regulatory and advisory organizations and in accordance with financial management techniques and practices appropriate within the utility industry.

Bullock joins LCEC from the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation where she served as the regional vice president with relationship and portfolio management responsibilities for 60 electric distribution cooperatives in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Prior to CFC, she held financial management and accounting positions with Pedernales Electric Cooperative in Texas, Chugach Electric Association in Alaska and Otero County Electric Cooperative in New Mexico. 

Bullock has dual masters of business administration in accounting and finance, and a bachelor of science in business administration, all from Colorado Technical University. She is also a member of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Sunshine Ace Hardware raises $95,000 for Children’s Miracle Network during 2020

Sunshine Ace Hardware raised $95,000 for two local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, through a series of successful fundraising campaigns in 2020.

The locally owned company has supported Children’s Miracle Network for many years, but for 2020, Sunshine Ace designed the nonprofit as its “primary charitable partner” in alignment with the national Ace Hardware initiative. Fundraising campaigns included multiple “Round Up for the Kids” charitable campaigns, the Blue Bucket Days campaign and a fundraising lunch at the Fifth Annual “Reel in the Sunshine” fishing expo. As a corporation, Ace Hardware has raised more than $122 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals since becoming a corporate partner in 1991.

To provide the best care for children, Children’s Miracle Network hospitals rely on donations and community support because Medicaid and insurance programs do not fully cover the cost of care. Children’s Miracle Network raises funds to support common childhood afflictions like asthma and broken bones, or fight bigger challenges like birth defects and cancer. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals provide comfort, treatment and hope to millions of sick children. In fact, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals treat one in 10 children in North America each year. Each day, its network of hospitals treats 16,000 children with trauma, 935 children with diabetes, 2,218 children with cancer, 925 babies in newborn intensive care units and 2,329 children for surgeries.

Family-owned and operated since 1958, Sunshine Ace Hardware is one of Florida’s largest family-owned home improvement retailers. The Naples-based company operates nine locations in Collier, Lee, Charlotte and Pinellas counties, as well as two Crowder Bros. stores in Manatee County. Sunshine Ace offers three convenient options to shop: in-store, curbside pickup and online with home delivery.

For operating hours and locations, please visit SunshineAce.com.

Millennial Brewing to host Fair Food Street Fest today

Millennial Brewing Company is celebrating four years in business with a Fair Food Street Fest today, Jan. 22, from 5-10 p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 23, from noon to 10 p.m.

Eight local food vendors will serve carnival foods, such as funnel cakes, fried Oreos, churros, walking tacos, Philly cheesesteaks, German-style pretzels, deep-fried mac and cheese, salchipapas, hot dogs and much more. Vegan options will include corn dogs, chicken and waffles, and sloppy joes, just to name a few.

Live music will be featured on both nights of the festival — first by Jeff Lyons and then by Brian Jackson and the Po Boys Duo — from 7-10 p.m.

In additional to Millennial Brewing’s house-made beers, full cider menu, wines and cocktails, founder and CEO Kyle Cebull is also introducing nine never-before-seen beers: Cotton Candy Gose, Birthday Cake Oatmeal Stout, Huckleberry Gose, Barrel-Aged Black Currant Berliner, Strawberry PB Berliner, Banana Walnut Pancake Sour, Millennial Oatmeal Stout, Lime Time Gose and Meyer Lemon Gose

The event, at 1811 Royal Palm Ave. in Fort Myers, is the first of its kind since the COVID pandemic began. Therefore, Millennial Brewing will adhere to the latest CDC guidelines with highly sanitized facilities and by encouraging staff and patrons to wear masks at all times.

As always, the festival will include free entry and parking as well as a family- and pet-friendly atmosphere.

For additional questions, call Millennial Brewing at (239) 271-2255, or visit the microbrewery’s Facebook page – @MillennialBrewing. And to take advantage of beer pickup and delivery by Millennial Brewing, visit SWFL.Beer.