On Saturday, April 17th, 2010, The Meadows Country Club will be hosting their 14th annual “Meadows Cup”. This Pro-Am Golf Tournament has netted over $600,000 for Easter Seals of Southwest Florida to continue their mission of creating solutions that change the lives for children, adults, and their families through high quality therapeutic, educational, and [...]

Tampa, FL — Outback Bowl officials have completed negotiations with its network partner ESPN with today’s announcement of an agreement to extend its contract for four additional years through the January 2014 game. As part of the new agreement, starting with the January 2011 Outback Bowl, the game will move its kick-off to 1:00 P.M. [...]

On Sunday March 14, The Meadows Tennis Center will host the 2010 “Battle of the Club Professionals”. Sixteen tennis professionals from nine of the area’s top clubs will take part in a doubles shootout competing for $1,000 in overall prize money. The results will determine doubles bragging rights to ” The Best of the Club [...]

The Meadows Cup and the Easter Seals are proud to announce the very generous continued and ongoing support of George Bushong and Sarah Peel, owners of Administrative Concepts and the Four Corners of Excellence. Administrative Concepts and the Four Corners of Excellence have graciously agreed to become the sole presenting sponsors of the Meadows [...]

Southwest Florida – A public and private partnership that included Manatee County Parks and Recreation and Director Cindy Turner, support from Commissioner Donna Hayes, Manatee East Little League fundraising efforts, family and corporate funding, and a final donation from Neal Communities has made Lakewood Ranch Park Opening Day, including a new concession building, both a [...]

SARASOTA, FL – February 19, 2010 – First Step of Sarasota already knows it will rain on their 6th Annual Golf Classic at Lakewood Ranch’s Legacy Golf Club on Friday, April 30, 2010.
No, First Step staff did not attend weather school. In what could be a first in Sarasota, golf balls are expected to [...]

LAKELAND, FL (February 22, 2010) – Participate in the 2nd Annual City of Lakeland Parks & Recreation Indoor Triathlon. This fun challenge is perfect for everyone – from seasoned triathletes to first-timers. Race a 20-minute swim, 20-minute bike and a 20-minute run in the controlled environment of the Kelly Recreation and Gandy Pool Complexes. [...]

The Pittsburgh Pirates will host the first-ever Baseball Basics Clinic for Women from 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 26, at McKechnie Field in Bradenton.
Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
Participants will receive interactive professional instructions in baseball fundamentals by Pirates players, coaches and trainers. On-field instruction will be presented in five areas – hitting, fielding, pitching, catching and [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA (February 11, 2010) – The Navy SEALs will perform a beach landing at North Shore Beach as a warm-up for the much anticipated water polo exhibition game against St. Petersburg’s very own Thunder Water Polo Club. St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster and Thunder Water Polo welcome the Navy SEALs to St. [...]

Your business, group, family or neighborhood association can help send a classroom of students from a downtown Bradenton elementary school to the annual Pittsburgh Pirates vs. State College of Florida baseball game.
The game is at 12:05 p.m. March 2 at McKechnie Field, the first game of the 2010 spring training season.
Sponsorships are available for $200 [...]

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – February 15, 2010 – Kia Motors America and the Southwest Florida Kia Retailers have stepped up to provide transportation for the players in the Transitions Championship on the PGA TOUR®, which takes place March 15-21, 2010 at Innisbrook, a Salamander Golf & Spa Resort, in Palm Harbor, Fla.
“We have been without [...]

Orlando, FL – February 15, 2010 – It’s the premier event for boating enthusiasts throughout the center of the Sunshine State: The 43rd Annual Central Florida Boat Show will take place March 5th-7th at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., the family recreation capital of the world.
More than 500 boats representing over 100 [...]