Get your minds out of the gutter. Not because of the hot ladies, but because of where the money goes. The calendar costs $12, and 100% of that gets split evenly between 12 Tampa Bay charities.
Seminole Hard Rock issues open calls to any charity in the area to apply, and they cull the list from these. This year they chose Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay; Make-A-Wish Southern Florida; Humane Society of Tampa Bay; JDRF Tampa Bay Chapter; Best Buddies Tampa Bay; Heels to Heal, Inc.; Tampa General Hospital Foundation; The Stano Foundation; Guardian ad Litem Foundation of Tampa Bay; Making Strides Against Breast Cancer; Liberty Manor for Veterans, Inc.; and No Fret Guitar Camp.
(Editor's note: No Fret Guitar Camp is the best name ever)
Each charity has its own page (well, alongside one of the calendar girls). The Seminole Hard Rock chooses the calendar girls from its team members, and has for 13 year running. This year, they shot the girls in Ybor over the course of four days. You'll see glimpses of The Ritz, The Orpheum and The Attic.
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This article appears in Nov 8-15, 2018.