Adult Literacy League

10/19/2026

Ladies and gentlebees, your final three teams competing in this Wednesday's The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee:

🐝Burr & Forman's Hive Achievers, sponsored by Burr & Forman
🐝The West Gators, sponsored by Westgate Resorts
🐝BEE Meyer, sponsored by the Meyer Madhouse

It's the final countdown until the big day! Get your tickets, check out the silent auction and get PUMPED UP to cheer on your favorite team, all in support of a good cause! 💛

www.adultliteracyleague.org/buy-tickets

10/19/2026

Did you catch us on WESH 2 News this morning talking about The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee on Wednesday night? Many thanks to Nancy Alvarez for chatting with us about the event we've all been waiting for! Tickets still on sale for $50 on our website! 🐝📚

10/18/2026

The room will be packed with hometown heroes at this Wednesday's The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee, including:

🐝Better than Autocorrect, sponsored by Big Nova Foundation
🐝Massey Services, sponsored by Massey Services, Inc.
🐝The Write-Offs, sponsored by Orlando Health

Will you be there to cheer on these teams spelling in support of a more literate community?? Tickets are still available! Grab yours here: www.adultliteracyleague.org/buy-tickets

10/17/2026

What does pre-spelling bee prep look like? Take a peek behind the curtain at all the things we've been up to to make sure Wednesday night is worth the BUZZ!

🐝Received a nearly 500-pound donation of Jarritos and Mineragua Mexico, courtesy of our friends at Novamex USA!
🐝Hopped on a run of show call with our esteemed emcees, judges and extra special student speaker!
🐝Pulled up to the Orange County Convention Center bright and early this morning to participate in a mad dash for fresh flowers donated by the International Fresh Produce Association through the 2026 Global Produce & Floral Show floral donation program. We've never seen so many lovely flowers in our lives! The table centerpieces are about to be🔥!
🐝Made stops to Crooked Can Brewing Company's BRAND-NEW brewery in Minneola and 3 Daughters Brewing in St. Pete for b**r and c***r donations!

A whole lot of love is going into this year's inaugural spelling bee...will we see you there? Tickets are still $50 if you haven't snagged yours yet!

BUY TICKETS AND BID ON THE SILENT AUCTION: www.adultliteracyleague.org/buy-tickets

10/17/2026

Have you pledged your fealty to your spelling bee team? Don't go all in just yet, because we've still got plenty of lean, mean spelling teams to announce!

🐝Bee-yond the Grid, sponsored by OUC - The Reliable One
🐝The Bee-lievers, sponsored by Seacoast Bank
🐝The BEE of A Banker Bees, sponsored by Bank of America

With Cogent also competing, will this become the battle of the banks? 👀 Find out this Wednesday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Orlando Science Center!

10/16/2026

We're just getting warmed up with our team announcements for next Wednesday's The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee! Give a warm hive welcome to:

🐝The Powers That Bee, sponsored by Lauren Powers
🐝The BEEtles, sponsored by Forever Friends of the League
🐝The Bee-rristers, sponsored by Nardella & Nardella

Thank you for spelling for the cause of building a literate community! Break a leg, teams! 💛

10/15/2026

🐝 Buzz alert! Thank you to Matthew Palm and the Orlando Sentinel for spotlighting our NEW signature event, The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee, happening next Wednesday, 10/21, at the Orlando Science Center!

Join us for an evening of friendly competition, fun, and community, all in support of adult literacy in Central Florida. 📚✨

Get your tickets: https://www.adultliteracyleague.org/buy-tickets/
Bid in our silent auction: https://www.32auctions.com/bee

See you there! 🐝

The Adult Literacy League, aiding Central Floridians since 1968, has introduced a new signature fundraiser: The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee.

10/15/2026

The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee is just ONE WEEK AWAY, and our spellers are ready to make some honey-sweet history. 🍯

Meet the first three teams that will be duking it out for the win:

🐝 We Cheat: Law Office of Blaine McChesney, P.A.
🐝 Cogent Spellcasters: Cogent Bank
🐝 ESU: Excellent Spellers Unit: ESU Central Florida

Thank you to the Law Office of Blaine McChesney, P.A., Cogent Bank, and ESU Central Florida for sponsoring a team. We’re so appreciative of your support in helping this event BEE a success! 💛

And if you haven't purchased your tickets to watch the competition unfold, you're in luck - we just marked them down to only $50 each. Get yours below before they're all gone!

BUY TICKETS: https://www.adultliteracyleague.org/buy-tickets/

10/14/2026

Bidders, start your engines...🏁

The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee silent auction is officially OPEN!!!

You don't have to be attending the bee to bid. Come on in and browse our impressive selection of tickets, gift cards, memorabilia, experiences and one-of-a-kind items. But act fast, because bidding closes October 21 at 7:30 p.m.!

Happy bidding, busy bees! 🐝

PLEASE NOTE: WHEN YOU PLACE A BID YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO COVER FEES AND ASKED TO ADD AN OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL TIP TOWARD 32AUCTIONS. NEITHER OF THESE OPTIONAL FEES GO TO THE ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ADD ON AN ADDITIONAL TIP OR COVER FEES.

Silent auction 'The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

10/13/2026

Haven't nabbed your tickets to The City BEEautiful Spelling Bee yet? There's still time! AND Bee Arthur (we've decided that's his name as of approximately 3 minutes ago) is here with a deal that's sweeter than honey: he's knocking $25 off the original ticket price! 🐝🍯

Secure your $50 ticket to the spelling showdown of the century next Wednesday night: we're talking bottomless food, w**e and b**r, two hilarious hometown heroes as emcees, and words that'll make our teams shout, "WAIT WAIT I SWEAR THERE'S AN EXTRA T IN THERE SOMEWHERE!"
..and did we mention cheating is allowed, for a price? 👀

Don't miss out on the madness! Get your ticket here: https://www.adultliteracyleague.org/buy-tickets/