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Fort Myers Beach t-shirt sales help raise $19k for laid off workers

Posted at 7:51 PM, Apr 01, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-01 19:51:48-04

Fort Myers Beach leaders are selling "We are Fort Myers Beach" t-shirts.

They say all of the proceeds will provide grocery gift cards for hospitality workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus epidemic.

So far, the community has helped to raise $19,000.

Organizers have distributed 75 gift cards, and 230 hospitality workers have applied to get help.