Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, announced that it has received $1.4 million from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. The funds are earmarked for the organization’s new permanent home, which is currently being built in North Naples. Construction began on the 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building in …
The David Lawrence Center says there are about 20,000 people with Alzheimer’s in Southwest Florida, a disease that affects not only the person living with it but those around them. Alzheimer’s is a disease that gradually causes people to lose their memory. It’s a hard reality for caregivers who have to watch their loved ones …
As rent prices skyrocket, two organizations are helping some of the most vulnerable people in our community find a home. The Hunger and Homeless Coalition of Collier County said in the first quarter of this year, there were 65 seniors without a home, and that number is growing. “We’ve had maybe 10 to 12 a …
While the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has so far gotten off to a slow start, this is no time to let your guard down and local residents should continue with their storm preparations. That was the message conveyed recently by WINK Weekday Morning Meteorologist Nash Rhodes to a group of veterans at Naples Senior Center. …
Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for local seniors, has earned an $80,000 grant from the Women’s Foundation of Collier County through the Collier Community Foundation. These funds will enable the center to partner with other agencies and build a bridge between struggling seniors and the social service …
Cone Communications Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors and their families announced that it has further broadened its experienced leadership with the appointment of former finance and administration senior executive Davey Scoon, CPA to its Board of Trustees. Scoon’s 35-plus year business career has included senior …
An excerpt from the Florida Weekly article “The Spirit of Volunteerism”: Some nonprofits need volunteers to fulfil multiple roles, as has Alan Horowitz in the eight years he’s volunteered with the Naples Senior Center. The center enriches the lives of 1,400 seniors in Collier and southern Lee counties by providing social services, including dementia respite …
Nearly two dozen members of Naples Senior Center had the opportunity to revive their childhood memories and experience new stories about their baseball heroes during a private tour of the baseball exhibit at The Baker Museum at Artis- Naples. The exhibit “Baseball Heroes: Works from the Jay H. Baker Collection” offers unique access to one …
Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for local seniors and their families, announced the appointment of supporters Thomas P. Felke, Ph.D., MSW and Karen Heithoff to its board of trustees. Mr. Felke is associate dean for academics in the Marieb College of Health & Human Services at Florida Gulf Coast University. He …
Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors and their families, announced the recent appointment of Chloe M. Goldstein as its Director of Development Operations. In this role, Goldstein will assist Naples Senior Center’s President/CEO in enhancing overall philanthropy, particularly in the areas of special events, planned giving …
Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for local seniors and their families, announced that it has been selected by Winn Dixie store management at 4849 Golden Gate Parkway to benefit from its Bloomin’ 4 Good Program during the month of April. It is an innovative program that works …
The astronomically high rent prices are forcing seniors are out of their homes. Collier County had the highest rent price increase in the country, and now it’s taking a toll on some of our most vulnerable neighbors. They see themselves as the forgotten population in the affordable housing crisis. Seniors say they have aged out of …