{"id":412262,"date":"2026-09-27T20:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412262\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:33:10","slug":"united-way-bartender-battle-returns-to-fort-myers-gb-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412262\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way bartender battle returns to Fort Myers | GB Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"United Way bartender battle returns for third year\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6ab53ab28949c.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Vogt serves a cocktail during a previous United Way Bartender Battle. The fundraiser returns Oct. 29 at Bay Street Yard in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades will hold its third annual Bartender Battle from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29 at Bay Street Yard, 2136 Bay St. in downtown Fort Myers. The fundraiser will feature United Way board members serving drinks and competing for the most tips and sales, along with a 1970s-themed Halloween costume contest and live music. All tips and 20% of food and drink proceeds will support United Way programs focused on education, financial stability, food security and health initiatives. Last year\u2019s Bartender Battle raised nearly $38,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melissa Vogt serves a cocktail during a previous United Way Bartender Battle. The fundraiser returns Oct. 29 at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3335],"class_list":["post-412262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-gb-daily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412262","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=412262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}