Sarasota Residents and Visitors Invited To Attend the Inaugural Fall for Sarasota Showcase

September 19 – Sarasota

The newest community event of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce event, Fall for Sarasota, includes a Community Celebration Showcase at CORE SRQ on Friday, September 23^rd. The Showcase will include over thirty company tables, complimentary food, music, photobooth, and a bar.  Fall for Sarasota volunteers and the public are invited to gather at CORE SRQ to make new business connections, explore products and services at company tables and eat, drink and dance in the gym!  All are welcome to attend the showcase for only $5 including two free drink tickets (for ages 21+).  Children age twelve and under are free accompanied by an adult. 

The full schedule includes:

·         Noon Fall for Sarasota Kick-off Rally and Lunch at CORE SRQ

·         1 – 3 p.m. Volunteers at local nonprofits projects

·         3 – 5 p.m. Community Celebration Showcase at CORE SRQ

Company tables at the Showcase include:

·         Sam’s Club

·         99 Bottles

·         Bank of England Mortgage

·         Bank OZK

·         Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Inc., 

·         Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties

·         Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.

·         Community Foundation of Sarasota County

·         CORE SRQ

·         Donors of Distinction

·         Glory Days Grill

·         Goodwill Industries- Manasota, Inc.

·         Main Street Creamery

·         Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers

·         MÜV by Verano

·         Nothing Bundt Cakes

·         Observer Media Group

·         Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc.

·         SouthTech

·         Southwest Waste Services

·         Stacey’s Sandcastle Cookies, LLC, 

·         State College of Florida Foundation

·         SunCoast Blood Centers 

·         Sun King Brewery Sarasota

·         The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature

·         The Florida Center for Early Childhood

·         The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

·         Tidewell Foundation, Inc.

·         True Payroll Integration (TPI)

·         Trulieve

Showcase features include:

·         Two grand prizes will be announced at 4:30pm.  The first is two roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines.  Also, two tickets to the Tampa Bay Rays game on Sunday, September 25th in the Rays Club, which includes all you can eat and drink (beer, soda & wine).  These tickets will be for a 1:10 p.m. game against the Toronto Blue Jays.  You must be present to win either of these grand prizes.

·         SunCoast Blood Centers will have their Blood Mobile onsite.  Anyone who donates blood receives a free admittance to the Showcase.

To register and questions:

·         Tickets to the Showcase will be sold at the welcome desk to CORE SRQ.  Cash or credit card accepted.

·         For more information on volunteering, or questions about Fall for Sarasota please contact kmonti@sarasotchamber.com or visit the website www.sarasotachamber.com.