Backup Documents 09/09/2025 Item # 4APROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Sizzle Dwing, a nonprofit 509(a)(2) organization, supporting Southwest Florida
restaurants, encouraging local tourism, and benefiting Blessings in a Backpack Southwest
Florida, is celebrating nine years of boosting our local economy while benefiting area
causes; and
WHEREAS, Sizzle Dining champions 127 local restaurants, their staff and the greater community by
promoting a dine -with -purpose fundraiser offering special menus during Sizzle Dining
month from September 3rd through September 30th; and
WHEREAS, Sizzle Dining helps servers earn more to feed their families, allows dishwashers to get
more hours, increases sales for the local produce farmers and more; and
WHEREAS, Sizzle Dining provides valuable support and funding to Blessings in a Backpack Southwest
Florida, which in turn provides food and nourishment to elementary school students
throughout the school year; and
WHEREAS, Sizzle Dining has become an invaluable nonprofit organization making a positive impact
on the Southwest Florida community, helping to drive foot traffic to local restaurants
during September, a traditionally slower time for hospitality, and with its Blessings in a
Backpack initiative, helping to ensure children don't go hungry;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Conunissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that September 2025 be designated as
SIZZLE DINING MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 9th Day of September 2025.
Board of County Commissioners
Coll r County, Fl0
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Burt L. Saunders, Chairman