On March 12, customers of the Longboat Key J. McLaughlin store stopped by to sip, shop and support local nature rescue organization Save Our Seabirds at the month s first Sip and Shop.
Store manager Melanie Dale tries to host a Sip and Shop event every weekend during the busy season. The organization of the week sets up a table to educate passers-by about their work, and 15% of the day s sales go to them, as well. The March events will follow the theme of Women s History Month, and Cyndi Seamon kicked it off by representing Save Our Seabirds. Instead of International Women s Day, as a company we re doing International Women s Month, Dale said. Pretty much what we re doing is celebrating strong women in the community and all the contributions they make.