{"id":10749,"date":"2012-07-22T23:06:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=10749"},"modified":"2012-07-23T20:57:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T01:57:27","slug":"celebrity-waiter-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/07\/celebrity-waiter-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Waiter Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Byron Donalds, Candidate for US Congress, singing “Lean On Me”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Greater Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce held its first Celebrity Waiter Dinner. In prior years, Lehigh Community Service was the lead agency that hosted this fundraiser.<\/p>\n

The purpose for this fundraiser was to support the Chamber Scholarship fund.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme was \u201cParty Like A Rock Star,\u201d held at Hodges University in Fort Myers. The programs music was from a local band, Hidden Agenda, and dinner music was from Sean Bright.<\/p>\n

The celebrity waiters for the evening were: Marcia Brooks, Dean of Students Hodges University; Matt Caldwell, State Representative Dist 79; Ron Cutis, Captain at the Lee County Sheriff Office; Linda Doggett, Candidate for the Clerk of the Circuit Court;\u00a0 Byron Donalds, Candidate for US Representative Dist 19; Larry Hart, Candidate for Lee County Tax Collector; Ray Judah, Lee County Commissioner Dist 3; Frank Mann, Lee County Commissioner Dist 5; Rea Nicely, Executive Director at Lehigh Community Services; Joe Pearson, Chairman of the Board of Directors Greater Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce; Mary Rawl, Executive Director at the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium; and Nathan Stout, Commissioner ECWCD Seat 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The night was full of laughs and fun. Miller and Nicely sang \u201cI\u2019m a Little Teapot\u201d to Byron Donalds singing \u201cLean on Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eugen Borosch made a $200 donation and got Stout, Judah, Mann and Caldwell singing Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville (see photo below)<\/p>\n

The grand price raffle was won be Bill Sheehan. The prize is a week’s vacation at Dover House on the east coast of Florida courtesy of Ruth Anglickis and Landex.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the songfest was Pearson, singing \u201cSexy And I Know It\u201d as dollar bill donations were stuffed in his pant’s pockets and his shirt.<\/p>\n

Donalds won the best singing as Doggett was honored as the worst singer of the night. Both received a bag of monkey bread.<\/p>\n

As the night ended Chamber members as well as guests were dancing to Hidden Agenda.<\/p>\n