The Multicultural Centre of Southwest Florida raised more than $6,000 at its second annual Brunch for Backpacks event at The Edison Restaurant on June 19, in Fort Myers, providing more than 550 Lee County elementary students with new backpacks and other school supplies.

Special guests at the fundraiser included city of Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson, Dr. Constance Jones, Nanci McGovern, Sharon Merchant, Miguel Fernandez, Tom Scott and Miss-A-Miracle (mascot of the Fort Myers Miracle baseball team). Event sponsors included Woman’s Life, GoldHelps.org and The Edison Restaurant.

For more info, visit www.MulticulturalCentre.org or call 239-561-7345.

Cindy Highsmith Myron, LMT, CBP, a massage therapist and Reiki master at Health & Harmony Center, in Fort Myers, has obtained BodyTalk certification from instructor Jeanne Ellis in Delray Beach.

By encouraging the body’s own healing processes, BodyTalk is regarded as a simple, quick and effective way to try to improve emotional disorders, phobias, headaches, arthritis, injuries, chronic pain, allergies, viruses, infections, stress and
other ailments.

Myron also teaches Reiki at the Rainbow Lotus Room, in Fort Myers, and will provide BodyTalk there, as well.

Locations: Health & Harmony Center, 15951 McGregor Blvd.; Rainbow Lotus Room, 2025 Fowler St. For a limited time, she is offering $10 off Health & Harmony’s usual one-hour price of $73 for all three services. For more info or to make an appointment, call 239-297-7574, visit www.CindyHM.MassageTherapy.com or email [email protected].