The 10th Annual Flats Invitational Redfish Challenge

FORT MYERS, Fla. - May 20, 2014 - PRLog -- The 10^th Annual Flats Invitational Redfish Challenge is coming back for its 10th anniversary on August 29^th-30^th. The Charities for this year’s event will be The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation and The Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) of Southwest Florida.

The event kicks off at The Marina at Cape Harbour at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 29, with dinner, an open bar, live music, raffle and Texas Hold Em’ poker tournament. The fishing tournament begins with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 30^th with a kids’ fishing tournament from 10 – noon featuring Ronald McDonald. The first 100 children to pre-register receive lunch with Ronald at noon. Live and silent auctions, dinner and awards begin at 5 p.m. Lodging is available at The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village.

All net proceeds from the event will be donated to The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation and The RMHC of Southwest Florida. Proceeds from the kids’ tournament will also benefit the Cape Coral First United Methodist Church. We have raised over $400,000 in the past 9 years of this tournament.

The Cape Coral Municipal Charter School Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that provides support to the four Cape Coral Municipal Charter Schools. Those schools are Oasis Elementary, Oasis Middle, Oasis High School and Christa MacAuliffe Elementarty. The Foundation’s mission is to assist the City of Cape Coral Municipal Charter Schools in their quest to provide students with a unique learning experience in preparing them for success and participation in our community as responsible and productive citizens. Support from the Foundation includes scholarships, teacher recognition programs, mini grant programs and capital contributions.

Since 1996, more than 2,000 families from Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Glades and Hendry counties, as well as other states and countries, have found a home away from home at The Ronald McDonald House® in Ft. Myers while their children are undergoing medical treatment. Additional thousands are served by The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® and by grants and scholarships awarded to deserving individuals and organizations in the five-county region.

This year’s chairpersons are; Tim Frederic, a second-generation owner-operator of eight McDonald’s®restaurants in Southwest Florida and RMHC advisory council member, Mitch Williamson, owner of SP Designs & MFG, and Charter School Foundation board member,  and their new partner, Kyle Potts from Tow Boat US, Charlotte Harbour a local native to Pine Island.

Registration is $275 per angler prior to August 25, and $325 per angler thereafter. To register, visit http://mcflatsinvitational.com/ For more information, contact Kyle Potts (239) 223-2025 or Jessica Boles (727) 415-6700.