Employees from the Fort Myers Beach location of Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille recently helped transform Lakes Park into a Halloween & Fall Festival.
Employees volunteered their time installing decorations along the milelong train track – a project that begins months ahead of the park’s annual Halloween Express and Fall Festival.
Offered Oct. 10-31, the Halloween Express operates weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. and weekends, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lakes Park is at 7330 Gladiolus Drive in Fort Myers.
“Our team members love the celebrations and events at Lakes Park and look forward to helping park employees decorate,” said Ryan Cook, the restaurant’s general manager. “Setting up for the Halloween Express has become an annual tradition for us.”
Doc Ford’s Fort Myers Beach location is also the trail sponsor of the park’s 2025 Scarecrows in the Park, featuring scarecrow displays created by businesses, youth and community groups, schools and individuals. The restaurant is hosting a kick-off dessert party Oct. 10 and is donating lunch to the first-place winner of the People’s Choice Award for best scarecrow.