{"id":235431,"date":"2026-04-17T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235431\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:01:08","slug":"ding-darling-opens-new-lifestyles-store-beach-talk-radio-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235431\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ding\u2019 Darling Opens New Lifestyles Store &#8211; Beach Talk Radio News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ding-Small.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ding-Small.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"ding (Small)\"\/><\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge has opened a branch shop to its flagship Refuge Nature Store at the J.N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u201cDing\u201d Darling Lifestyles Store resides within the Home by Rachel Pierce shop at Heart of the Islands shopping center, 1626 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel Island. It opens Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and carries a stylish, elevated inventory of eco-friendly home accessories, jewelry, beach attire, and \u201cDing\u201d Darling logo wear.<\/p>\n<p>Same as the flagship store at the refuge Visitor &amp; Education Center, all profits from the Lifestyles shop benefit conservation education, wildlife research, and habitat restoration at the refuge.<\/p>\n<p>The Refuge Nature Store continues to carry nature-inspired books, clothing, jewelry, art, and other gifts, open Saturday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. DDWS also operates ShopDingDarling.com for 24\/7 online shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so grateful for this partnership with Rachel as we regroup after Hurricane Ian destroyed our former Periwinkle Way shop,\u201d said DDWS executive director Ann-Marie Wildman. \u201cIt gives us opportunities to expand our philanthropic retail offerings and in-store social events, such as our Grand Opening Sip and Shop on Friday, April 17. The public is invited from noon to 4 p.m. to become acquainted with our Lifestyles store. Rachel has graciously offered to donate 10 percent of her sales during that time frame.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge has opened a branch shop to its flagship Refuge Nature Store&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,8208],"class_list":["post-235431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-email13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235431","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=235431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}