The Sizzle Dining program is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of helping local restaurants and raising funds for Blessings in a Backpack for Southwest Florida throughout September.

For every Sizzle Dining meal sold at 140-plus restaurants throughout Lee and Collier counties during the month, $1 will be donated to the charity.

Participating restaurants offer specially curated prix-fixe menus: two-course breakfasts and lunches, and three-course dinners from $19 up to $69. Diners simply browse the event menus at SizzleDining.org and make reservations directly with their chosen restaurants.

Guy Clarke, executive director of Sizzle Dining, hopes to break last year’s record and sell more than 100,000 meals. In 2025, Sizzle Dining restaurants sold a record-breaking 87,483 meals.

Also, those that enroll in their email newsletter are entered into a free monthly drawing to win a $100 Sizzle Dining restaurant gift card.

Blessings in a Backpack of Southwest Florida is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit feeding local food-insecure elementary school children every weekend during the school year.

Along with the website, more information is available by emailing [email protected].