{"id":341378,"date":"2026-07-15T21:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/341378\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:14:31","slug":"ddws-accepting-donations-for-school-items-sanibel-captiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/341378\/","title":{"rendered":"DDWS accepting donations for school items &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2026-27 academic year approaches, the \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) is collecting contributions to purchase backpacks and essential school supplies for students in the surrounding communities. Every $25 donation covers a backpack and supplies for one child. The deadline for donations is Aug. 1. To donate, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wl.donorperfect.net\/weblink\/WebLink.aspx?name=E54182&amp;id=38\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wl.donorperfect.net\/weblink\/WebLink.aspx?name=E54182&amp;id=38<\/a>. Checks can also be mailed to \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society, P.O. Box 565, Sanibel, FL 33957, with \u201cbackpacks\u201d written in the memo line. For more information, contact DDWS Program Coordinator Claire Keeley at claire@dingdarlingsociety.org or 239-896-0972.<\/p>\n<p>To reach REFUGE\/DDWS, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2026\/07\/ddws-accepting-donations-for-school-items-2\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the 2026-27 academic year approaches, the \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) is collecting contributions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-341378","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\/341378","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=341378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}