{"id":404731,"date":"2026-09-19T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404731\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:52:13","slug":"rainbow-bridge-pet-memorial-opens-in-swfl-to-honor-lost-pets-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404731\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Bridge Pet Memorial opens in SWFL to honor lost pets | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A new memorial dedicated to honoring beloved pets will be unveiled at the Alliance for the Arts during Family Fun Day Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Bridge Pet Memorial, created by Southwest Florida resident Gabrielle Bolen, provides a peaceful space for pet lovers to pause, reflect and remember the companions they have loved and lost. Inspired by the beloved Rainbow Bridge poem<\/a>, the memorial offers a place where visitors can leave collars or tags in honor of their pets, creating a living testament to the enduring bond between people and animals.<\/p>\n

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The memorial was brought to life through a community effort, with local businesses, professionals and individuals donating materials, services, landscaping and labor to help make Bolen’s vision a reality. What began as one person’s idea has become a lasting community memorial.<\/p>\n

The grand opening ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 as part of the Alliance’s Family Fun Day. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

The memorial is located at the Alliance for the Arts at 10091 McGregor Blvd. in Fort Myers.<\/a> Whether remembering a pet recently lost or honoring the memory of a companion who has been gone for years, the space offers comfort, connection and a place to celebrate the love that never fades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A new memorial dedicated to honoring beloved pets will be unveiled at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[26183,160923,1684,209,211,210,28,897,160926,100405,160922,160925,2965,160924,160927,1521],"class_list":["post-404731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-alliance-for-the-arts","tag-animal-loss","tag-animals","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-florida","tag-fort-myers","tag-gabrielle-bolen","tag-humans","tag-organisms","tag-pet-ownership-in-japan","tag-pets","tag-rainbow-bridge","tag-rainbow-bridge-pet-memorial","tag-southwest-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404731","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=404731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}