{"id":108055,"date":"2026-01-06T20:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108055\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:59:08","slug":"fish-to-host-monthly-luncheon-with-speaker-sanibel-captiva-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108055\/","title":{"rendered":"FISH to host monthly luncheon with speaker &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FISH of Sanibel-Captiva will hold its next Friendly Faces Luncheon on Jan. 13 at 11 a.m. at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p>The featured guest speakers will be America\u2019s Boating Club of Sanibel-Captiva members Joanne Heroy Giller, Ed and Mary Holden, and Pat Schmidt. They will share highlights for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>The club is known not only for boating education, but also for creating a community of friends who enjoy life on and around the water. Originally formed in 1975 as the Sanibel-Captiva Power Squadron, it is a welcoming place where members gather to learn, swap stories, take part in day and overnight cruises, and enjoy boating-related activities together. Members are not required to have a boat to take part. The club offers national-level courses through the U.S. Power Squadrons, while also providing local programs tailored to the unique waterways of Sanibel and Captiva.<\/p>\n<p>The complimentary lunch will be provided by The Great White Grill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriendly Faces is one of my favorite ways to start the year,\u201d FISH Senior Services Director Erika Arnowitz said. \u201cWe get to sit down together over a good meal, catch up after the holidays and learn something useful at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Bergstrom, with the RE\/MAX Realty Group, is a partial sponsor for the luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations are required by Jan. 9.<\/p>\n<p>To make a reservation or for more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlyfacesjanuary.rsvpify.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/friendlyfacesjanuary.rsvpify.com\/<\/a> or contact Arnowitz at 239-472-4775 or erika@fishofsancap.org.<\/p>\n<p>To reach FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2026\/01\/fish-to-host-monthly-luncheon-with-speaker-14\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FISH of Sanibel-Captiva will hold its next Friendly Faces Luncheon on Jan. 13 at 11 a.m. at The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-108055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}