Priority Marketing\u2019s\u00a0June\u00a02026\u00a0Client Headlines Report recaps news stories you should read,\u00a0watch or hear before the month ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each month, the firm\u2019s award-winning\u00a0Public Relations Team<\/a>\u00a0combs through hundreds of local,\u00a0national\u00a0and international news headlines featuring stories about clients. This includes newspapers, magazines, television, radio, blogs, social\u00a0media\u00a0and websites.\u00a0<\/p>\n Our Client Headlines Report\u00a0below\u00a0summarizes some of the many important stories that were published or aired in\u00a0June\u00a02026.\u00a0<\/p>\n BOOKMARK IT:\u00a0Client News Feed<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Rescue operation finds 21 missing, endangered children\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0National Child Protection Task Force\u00a0led a confidential, multi-agency Missing Child Rescue Operation that\u00a0located\u00a021 endangered missing youth across Lee,\u00a0Collier\u00a0and Hendry counties.\u00a0Dozens of local law enforcement, government agencies and nonprofits joined the effort, including\u00a0A.N.A.\u2019s Friends,\u00a0Children\u2019s Advocacy\u00a0Center\u00a0and\u00a0Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital. Priority Marketing provided event management services for the three-day operation and\u00a0coordinated a news conference to announce results.\u00a0<\/p>\n WINK:\u00a021 missing kids rescued across Lee, Collier and Hendry counties<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a021 missing and endangered children rescued across Lee, Collier and Hendry counties<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort Myers Beach Observer:\u00a0Rescue operation recovers 21 missing young people in Lee, Collier and Hendry counties<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The News-Press:\u00a021 missing, endangered children rescued in SW Florida recovery effort<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Florida Catholic:\u00a0Catholic Charities part of regional anti-human trafficking rescue mission<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n WGCU:\u00a021 missing and endangered children rescued in SWFL multi-agency effort<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Coastal Breeze:\u00a0Missing and Endangered Children Rescued<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Lake Okeechobee News:\u00a0Missing Child Rescue Operation rescues missing and endangered children<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Cancer treatment center hits patient milestone\u00a0<\/p>\n Southwest Florida Proton\u00a0in Estero\u00a0\u2013 the first cancer treatment center on Florida\u2019s west coast to offer proton therapy \u2013\u00a0reached\u00a0its\u00a0100-patient milestone\u00a0just four months after opening. To treat\u00a0additional\u00a0patients,\u00a0the center expanded\u00a0operations from eight to 14 hours daily,\u00a0which translates to\u00a028-42\u00a0patients per day. It could expand to 16 hours daily this summer, more than six months ahead of\u00a0projections.\u00a0<\/p>\n Business Observer:\u00a0$80M SWFL high-tech cancer treatment center reaches patient milestone<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulfshore Business:\u00a0Southwest Florida Proton treats 100th patient<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Community steps\u00a0forward\u00a0to help nonprofits\u00a0<\/p>\n Facing a fundraising shortfall,\u00a0United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades\u00a0partnered with Priority Marketing to educate the community about the impact of the nonprofit\u2019s annual fundraising\u00a0initiative. The firm\u00a0helped\u00a0launch\u00a0a campaign,\u00a0One\u00a0in a Million, and executed\u00a0a news conference in which a variety of community leaders shared messages encouraging support, including a\u00a0$250,000\u00a0commitment from\u00a0the\u00a0Lee Health Foundation.\u00a0Fundraising efforts continue into the summer.\u00a0Secure online donations can be made\u00a0at\u00a0UnitedWayLee.org\/Donate<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sanibel Captiva Island Reporter:\u00a0We can all be \u2018one in a million\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Florida Weekly:\u00a0A million reasons to give<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The News-Press:\u00a0United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades seeks help to close funding gap<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulfshore Business:\u00a0Fort Myers employees raise $25,764 for United Way campaign<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n WINK:\u00a0United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades faces $1.6M shortfall<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a0United Way works to close $1.3 million gap to support Gulf Coast nonprofits<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Lake Okeechobee News:\u00a0United Way asking for community support to fill funding gap<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Summer sparks reminder about fertilizer\u00a0use\u00a0<\/p>\n Lee County\u2019s Fertilize Smart\u00a0guidelines\u00a0encourage residents to avoid the use of fertilizer from June 1 to Sept. 30 in unincorporated areas.\u00a0Each year, Priority Marketing partners with Lee County to remind residents\u00a0about the ecological impact of nitrogen and phosphorus found in fertilizers. Summer\u00a0rain\u00a0can send dangerous\u00a0pollutants into local waterways.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a0Lee County\u2019s Fertilize Smart initiative aims to protect waterways<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n WGCU:\u00a0Lee County guide to fertilizer alternatives helps protect local waterways<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n North Fort Myers Neighbor:\u00a0Lee County reminds residents that fertilizer restrictions run from June 1 to Sept. 30<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Florida Weekly:\u00a0Lee County educates residents on the impacts of runoff<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Contractor launches off-island retail project\u00a0<\/p>\n Benchmark General Contractors\u00a0broke\u00a0ground\u00a0on\u00a0Midpoint Gateway Retail Center, a\u00a07,500-square-foot multi-tenant retail development in Cape Coral. Designed by\u00a0GMA Architects and Planners, Midpoint Gateway will have\u00a0space for five businesses, bringing them\u00a0closer to the communities and neighborhoods that will support them. Benchmark has focused most of\u00a0work in recent years on\u00a0hurricane\u00a0recovery\u00a0on Sanibel and Captiva, so the project\u00a0represents\u00a0an expansion onto the mainland.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cape Coral Breeze:\u00a0Construction of Midpoint Gateway Retail Center gets under way; expects to be leasing by year\u2019s end<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n