{"id":354507,"date":"2026-07-28T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:46:08","slug":"bell-tower-to-host-a-back-to-school-bash-on-saturday-aug-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354507\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Tower to host a Back-to-School Bash on Saturday, Aug. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bell Tower<\/a> invites families to welcome the new school year with the center\u2019s second annual \u201cBack-to-School Bash\u201d from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1. The event will be held in center court in partnership with the United Way School Resource Center<\/a> and Macaroni Kid of Fort Myers<\/a>. Bell Tower is at the intersection of Daniels Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

The bash will include giant water slides and a high-energy foam party (guests are encouraged to wear bathing suits and bring a towel) along with a live DJ providing music throughout the event. Families can also cool off in the event\u2019s indoor Cool Down Zone, featuring children\u2019s activities and a limited number of local vendors. <\/p>\n

Guests who bring a donation to the United Way School Supply Drive benefiting local students in need will be entered into a raffle for fun prizes. Donations may be dropped off at Bell Tower\u2019s \u201cStuff the Bus\u201d school bus, which will be parked outside of Grimaldi\u2019s and Blue Pointe throughout the Back-to-School Bash. <\/p>\n

Suggested donation items<\/a> include backpacks, lunchboxes, notebooks, binders, pens, pencils, markers and other essential school supplies. The Back-to-School Bash is free of charge and open to the public; no pre-registration is required. Event details and a complete United Way School Supply Donation Wish List can be found HERE<\/a>. To learn more, visit belltowerfl.com\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bell Tower invites families to welcome the new school year with the center\u2019s second annual \u201cBack-to-School Bash\u201d from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-354507","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\/354507","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=354507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}