December 3, 2018
Edison and Ford Winter Estates Making Holidays Brighter for Soldiers
FORT MYERS, Fla. (December 3, 2018) — Edison and Ford Winter Estates is partnering with volunteers from the Cape Coral organization, Holiday 4 Heroes, to collect needed items and mail holiday postcards to soldiers stationed overseas.
The volunteers will be in Santa’s Workshop in the Edison Caretaker’s House on three Tuesday nights: December 4, 11, and 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. The group will offer different activities for children and families, including postcard art. Children and adults visiting Edison Ford can create postcards and Holiday 4 Heroes will mail them to active duty soldiers. Santa will be visiting on select nights. The nightly schedule is available on the website.
Edison and Ford Winter Estates and Holiday 4 Heroes are collecting visitor’s postcards and sending to soldiers stationed overseas.
The group is also collecting items soldiers are in need of, including sunscreen, lip balm, eye drops, hand and foot warmers, travel games, jerky, dried fruit, and gallon zip lock bags. All visitors are encouraged to bring donated items through December 30.
Holiday Nights admission is required for Santa’s Workshop; however, anyone may donate an item for soldiers without purchasing a ticket—a donation bin is located at the information booth. Holiday Nights tickets for adults are $20, teens (13-19) $10, children (6-12) are $2 and Edison Ford members get in free. Guided Holiday Tradition Tours are $30 for adults, teens are $25, children $18 and $10 for Edison Ford members. Inside-the-Homes Holiday Tours are $50. Lee County residents with identification will receive $5 off Holiday Nights admission every Sunday and Monday.
Guided Holiday Tradition Tours will be offered at 6 and 7 p.m. every night and Inside-the-Homes Holiday Tours will be offered on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and on December 21, 22 and 23 (reservations required for Inside-the-Homes Tours). The museum and the botanic research laboratory will be open nightly until 9 p.m. Live music performances include Victorian carolers and a pianist on select nights.
To purchase tickets or view the nightly schedule, visit our website.
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