{"id":230086,"date":"2026-04-13T18:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230086\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:16:21","slug":"revive-is-back-beach-talk-radio-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230086\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIVE is Back &#8211; Beach Talk Radio News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FASHION-Small.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FASHION-Small.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"FASHION (Small)\"\/><\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society\u2011Friends of the Refuge on Sanibel is bringing back its tradition of trash\u2011to\u2011fashion creativity and environmental action. REVIVE! Trash to Fashion: The Couture Collection builds on the success of two previous Project Refuge programs, once again transforming sustainability into high art to support habitat restoration and conservation education at the J.N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island.<\/p>\n<p>The runway event will take place on Nov. 4, 2026, at Sundial Beach Resort &amp; Spa, followed by curated exhibitions at both the refuge and Tribby Arts Center at Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>More than $10,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to winning designers. DDWS is now accepting designer applications through May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis groundbreaking fashion competition takes a chic, bold, revolutionary approach to conservation and the plastic crisis,\u201d said Angeli Chin, DDWS events, marketing, and grants manager and project leader. \u201cIt encourages the transformation of recycled and reused materials into runway\u2011ready couture while inspiring us to rethink waste, embrace creativity, and champion conservation through art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DDWS invites designers, artists, students, and innovators \u2013 first-time creators to seasoned professionals \u2013 to apply for REVIVE! Organizations that share a commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship are encouraged to join as sponsors and benefit from high\u2011visibility opportunities to align their brand with conservation, creativity, and community impact. Sponsorships directly support refuge programs, youth education, and the long\u2011term health of the region\u2019s wildlife and habitats.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about sponsorship and applying for participation, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/dingdarlingsociety.org\/revive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GO HERE<\/a> or contact Chin at 239-286-5500 or <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/beachtalkradionews.com\/revive-is-back\/mailto:angeli@dingdarlingsociety.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">angeli@dingdarlingsociety.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society\u2011Friends of the Refuge on Sanibel is bringing back its tradition of trash\u2011to\u2011fashion creativity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-230086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230086","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=230086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}