One of the island events that both residents and guests eagerly look forward to each year is “Taste of the Islands,” the annual fundraiser for the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) that has wowed supporters for the past 38 years.
Taste of the Islands is typically held on a Sunday in November featuring a dozen or so restaurants showing off their best culinary creations in a festival-styled setting. This year, however, the event will be moving into island restaurants and lasting throughout the month of November.
“Taste of the Islands needed to be ‘reimagined’ this year. We couldn’t have it in the park, so we needed to be creative,” said CROW’s Executive Director Alison Charney Hussey. “Everyone has had a pretty rough year, so we are excited to be able to encourage diners to come to the islands, to visit the restaurants themselves all while helping to raise money for wildlife and keeping our community healthy.”
Each participating restaurant will be offering their Taste items to showcase their cuisine throughout the month of November, where a portion of proceeds will be donated to CROW.
Additionally, on each Sunday throughout the month, the CROW tent and Animal Ambassadors will travel to different Taste restaurants to be featured in their weekly “CROW Crawl.”
In lieu of an admission to the event, participants can purchase a “Taste Passport” with a listing and map of participating restaurants. Each restaurant will stamp or punch the passport so patrons can track their progress. Only passport holders will be eligible to vote for their favorite restaurant to win the coveted ‘People’s Choice Award’ and be entered into a drawing for fabulous prizes, including vacation stays and gift certificates. Passports will be available for purchase at CROW, at participating restaurants, or online for pick up.
For more information about 2020’s “Taste of the Islands,” call 239-472-3644 or email [email protected]. As always, we appreciate your support of CROW as they continue to provide the highest quality care and treatment of injured, ill and orphaned wildlife.
