Priority Marketing\u2019s\u00a0August\u00a02026\u00a0Client Headlines Report recaps news stories you should read,\u00a0watch\u00a0or 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 media and websites.\u00a0<\/p>\n Our Client Headlines Report\u00a0below\u00a0summarizes some of the many important stories that were published or aired in\u00a0August\u00a02026.\u00a0<\/p>\n BOOKMARK IT:\u00a0Client News Feed<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort Myers welcomes sweet addition to culinary scene<\/p>\n Sweet Melissa\u2019s Restaurant\u00a0celebrated a milestone moment\u00a0marking its\u00a0relocation from Sanibel to Fort Myers following Hurricane Ian.\u00a0A proud member of the regional business community, Sweet Melissa\u2019s welcomed local leaders and chamber members\u00a0to experience the chef-driven, farm-to-table dining destination firsthand.\u00a0Guests\u00a0sampled bites from the restaurant\u2019s seasonal menu before\u00a0a\u00a0ceremonial ribbon\u00a0cutting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sanibel Captiva Islander:\u00a0Sweet Melissa\u2019s celebrates with ribbon-cutting<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Florida Weekly:\u00a0Society: Sweet Melissa\u2019s Restaurant ribbon cutting ceremony<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Santiva\u00a0Chronicle:\u00a0Sweet Melissa\u2019s Marks New Chapter in Fort Myers With Chamber Ribbon-Cutting<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a0\u2018Gulfcoasting\u2019 at Sweet Melissa\u2019s with Chef Melissa Donahue for Sizzle Dining<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Local business\u00a0prepare\u00a0residents for height of hurricane\u00a0season\u00a0<\/p>\n August and September are peak periods during the Atlantic hurricane season,\u00a0and several\u00a0Priority Marketing\u00a0clients\u00a0stand ready to help the community get back on its feet after a storm.\u00a0Preparation is\u00a0incredibly\u00a0important, and representatives from\u00a0Sunset Air & Home Services,\u00a0Lloyd Roofing\u00a0and\u00a0Sunshine Ace Hardware\u00a0were\u00a0recently\u00a0on television and in print offering\u00a0helpful\u00a0tips\u00a0to\u00a0local\u00a0residents\u00a0and businesses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a04 tips to prepare your home\u2019s AC for hurricane season in Florida<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Naples Press:\u00a0Double-check weak spots in your storm prep<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a0Select hurricane supplies are now tax-free year-round in Florida<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Books,\u00a0balls\u00a0and\u00a0bracelets\u00a0bring awareness to nonprofit\u00a0<\/p>\n A.N.A.\u2019s\u00a0Friends\u00a0is among a\u00a0surge\u00a0of local nonprofits\u00a0driving impact across the community. In recent weeks, CEO Jessica Kaestner has published a\u00a0children\u2019s\u00a0book,\u00a0visited a TV station and radio station for back-to-back interviews,\u00a0lent her voice to draw support to vital charitable causes and\u00a0partnered with a\u00a0pair of youth-led nonprofits\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Athletes Activating Champions & Empowerment\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0pickleball\u00a0clinic\u00a0and\u00a0Kidz\u00a0Care 4\u00a0Kidz\u00a0for a bracelet-making fundraiser.\u00a0The media push resulted in\u00a0additional\u00a0awareness to A.N.A.\u2019s Friends mission of supporting local children who have experienced\u00a0abuse,\u00a0neglect\u00a0or abandonment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a0Fort Myers nonprofits host pickleball day for kids and teens<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n WGCU:\u00a0A.N.A.\u2019s Friends helps kids and foster families through difficult times<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n WGCU:\u00a0Supporting\u00a0children in\u00a0foster\u00a0care<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Florida Weekly:\u00a0Local Southwest Florida girls turn creative talents into donations for A.N.A.\u2019s Friends<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Cape Coral Breeze:\u00a0A.N.A.\u2019s Friends CEO publishes book chronicling experiences of children in foster care<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n A\u00a0multi-agency\u00a0collaboration at\u00a0Collaboratory\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0merger between the\u00a0Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce\u00a0and Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce added a new partner with the organization\u2019s recent move to\u00a0Collaboratory\u00a0in Fort Myers, where community leaders, chamber members, nonprofit partners and business professionals gathered for a ribbon-cutting\u00a0to commemorate a new chapter focused on strengthening partnerships and expanding opportunities throughout Southwest Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n Business Observer:\u00a0Greater Fort Myers Chamber opens new HQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulfshore Business:\u00a0Greater Fort Myers Chamber moves headquarters downtown<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The News-Press:\u00a0Collaboratory welcomes Fort Myers, Sanibel business networks<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The News-Press:\u00a0Fort Myers, Sanibel chambers of commerce move downtown at Collaboratory<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Florida Weekly:\u00a0Greater Fort Myers Chamber celebrates new headquarters at Collaboratory<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n SWFL proves\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0\u2018One in a Million\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n This spring,\u00a0United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades\u00a0announced it had a $1.6 million shortfall in its annual campaign.\u00a0After launching its \u201cOne in a Million\u201d campaign,\u00a0generous\u00a0donors, businesses,\u00a0partner agencies, community supporters and\u00a0foundations \u2013\u00a0including an impressive $250,000 gift from\u00a0Lee Health\u00a0through the\u00a0Lee Health Foundation\u00a0\u2013\u00a0stepped up to fund\u00a0critical programs and services that serve thousands of\u00a0local\u00a0individuals and families.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0WGCU:\u00a0\u2018One in a Million\u2019 campaign helps local United Way close funding gap<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Pine Island Eagle:\u00a0United Way reaches its fundraising goal<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulfshore Business:\u00a0United Way reaches $11.5M annual campaign goal<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Cape Coral Breeze:\u00a0United Way reaches goal<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Educators, students return to the classroom\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Nearly 200,000\u00a0students\u00a0returned to school in August\u00a0across Southwest Florida as public, private and charter schools began the 2026-27 academic year.\u00a0Among those with successful openings were\u00a0The\u00a0School District\u00a0of Lee County, which educates more students than Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties combined,\u00a0earned media coverage for its partnership with the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office that is using citations from drivers illegally passing stopped school buses to fund\u00a0new transportation software. Meanwhile,\u00a0Nova Classical STEM Academy\u00a0opened\u00a0its\u00a0doors and became the\u00a0first school in the world to integrate a Classical education foundation with STEM-enriched, project-based learning.\u00a0<\/p>\n WINK:\u00a0Lee County school bus camera citations funding new student routing software<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The News-Press:\u00a0What will be different Lee County schools this year?<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Gulf Coast News:\u00a0686 drivers issued citations for passing stopped buses in Lee County during first school week<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n SWFL Family Magazine:\u00a0Why public school has worked for our family<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n