Party with a Purpose to aid local ministry

Bacchus is hosting its May Party with a Purpose on Wednesday, May 27, from 6 to 8 p.m., to benefit Community Cooperative Ministries Inc.

Each month, Bacchus Restaurant, located at the Bell Tower Shops in South Fort Myers, will be supporting a different local charity through its Party with a Purpose.

"With the hunger issue at the forefront of our community today, Bacchus approached us to say they wanted to help us feed our local residents in need and we are thankful for their support," says Sarah Owen, CEO of CCMI.

The event is open to the public. Guests are asked to bring a bag of non-perishable food items or make a cash donation to CCMI. All who participate will enjoy complimentary appetizers courtesy of Bacchus.

CCMI is the umbrella agency for the Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry, Meals on Wheels, Senior Transportation, the Montessori Preschool of Dunbar and Family and Homeless Services. CCMI serves Fort Myers and the greater Lee County area, including Bonita Springs, Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres. The Soup Kitchen serves a noontime meal six days a week to men, women, and children in a traditional soup kitchen setting.

In addition, CCMI prepares and delivers nutritious packaged meals and beverages for the homebound hungry, offers a food pantry and mobile food pantries that provide emergency groceries to families in need, serves two nutritious meals a day for the children in their childcare center and oversees a backpack

program for local schoolchildren who would otherwise receive little to no food on weekends.

Donations can

also be made at www.ccmileecounty.com or by calling Community Cooperative Ministries Inc., 332-SOUP (7687).