The 3rd Annual Italian Fest is being presented by Southwest Florida College!

The Rotary Club is hosting an Italian Fest on the campus of the Alliance for the Arts, (corner of McGregor Blvd and Colonial Blvd, Fort Myers) on Sunday October 3rd from 11am - 5pm.

Admission is free and there will be fun for the entire family.

Attendees will be able to enjoy Italian fare from a variety of the area’s finest restaurants. Featuring: Sasse’s, University Grill, Pizza Fusion, Mario’s Meat Market, Mastello Ristorante, LaMotta’s.

For the cooks there will be a “The Best Homemade Marinara Contest” featuring celebrity judges with prizes for the winners. For entry information contact Cherry Robson at 332-8158 or email office@rotaryfortmyers.org

The mission of Southwest Florida College is to provide an education to individuals that will enable them to pursue successful careers and lead enriched lives.

During the Italian Fest event, Southwest Florida College will spotlight one of their programs every hour. From 11 AM to 12 noon, Allied Health will get the spotlight! Come and get your informational hand-out about personal health records and participate in the Italian Bowling Game (Bacci). From 12 noon to 1 PM, Arts and Sciences and the Education Department will conduct Italian story telling and will be teaching everyone how to create pasta bookmarks. The Legal Studies department will present a crime scene display and will be taking fingerprints from 1 PM to 2 PM. The Information Technology department and the Design Studies Department will partner up from 3 PM to 4 PM to present a DVD Toss game, showcase fabric samples and play "Identify the Identity" where you will have a chance to guess the logo.  Freshman Studies will have "Frisbees for Freshman from 4 PM to 5 PM and the Southwest Florida College Rotaract club will be assisting all day, so be sure to ask them more about membership.

Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.

The Rotary Club of Fort Myers is the Southwest Florida’s oldest and largest Rotary Club chartered in April 1st, 1922 with 180 members.

Southwest Florida College is an accredited, private institution of higher learning that is listening to employers and providing its students with lifetime placement assistance in today’s most demanding career fields. The college is located in Fort Myers, Tampa, Port Charlotte and Bonita Springs. The Institute of Interior Design is also located within the Bonita Springs campus. For more information, call toll free 888‐279-2342 or visit www.swfc.edu.