25th Annual Christmas Carol Sing Tuesday
Celebrate the holidays and help feed the hungry by singing at the 25th Annual Christmas Carol Sing sponsored by the Galloway Family of Dealerships.
The Christmas Carol Sing will be Tuesday, Dec. 8, at First Presbyterian Church, 2438 Second St., in downtown Fort Myers, between Lee Street and Royal Palm Avenue.
Admission is free, although organizers request voluntary donations of at least two cans of non-perishable food for The Soup Kitchen, and a voluntary cash donation, if you can.
Because of the overwhelming popularity of the event, three sing-alongs are planned at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The doors will open 30 minutes prior to show time.
Community Cooperative provided food and other services to 10,250 people last year with the help of partner agencies, including the Harry Chapin Food Bank and United Way.
Community Cooperative was started by First Presbyterian Church in 1984 to help alleviate hunger and suffering in Lee County. The church has continued to support its ministry there by providing volunteers in The Soup Kitchen, Community Markets, and delivering hot meals to home-bound seniors.
Hymn Sing organizer Sam Galloway, Jr., has made feeding the hungry part of his life’s work.
“Our community has done so much to help our neighbors, but we need to do even more. If we each just gave the equivalent of what we would spend on a meal either at home or in a restaurant those few dollars could feed a family of four for an entire week.” Galloway said.
Galloway said cash donations are especially needed because Community Cooperative can buy five times as much food for the same amount of money that residents spend at local grocery stores.
Residents who cannot attend any of the Christmas Carol Sing performances may donate canned goods at either the Galloway Ford dealership on Boy Scout Drive or the Coconut Point Ford dealership on U.S. 41 in Estero or mail donations to Community Cooperative, P. O. Box 2143, Fort Myers, FL 33902
The Christmas Carol Sing is a festival of holiday music and family fun. This year’s 90-minute performance will feature the First Presbyterian Church Choir, soloists and other guests singing favorite holiday carols with audience sing-a-longs.
There is a strong rumor that Santa Claus will be making a surprise visit for the “children in all of us.”
For more information, call First Presbyterian Church at (239) 334-2261 or visit www.fpcfortmyers.org.