2022 SUNDAY NIGHT – TRIBUTE CONCERT SERIES We are excited to announce the return of the Sunday Night Tribute Concert Series for 2022! Join us for 8 amazing concert performances from February through April. We have an eclectic choice of Tribute bands that celebrates the music of each legendary band or artist! ABOUT Our Tribute […]
Naples is a beautiful city and we have to be careful about the way houses look. We need to guard against ugly, garish designs. Let’s start at the top and outlaw shiny roofs. You know, the ones made of metal that reflect too much sunlight. That was the gist of an actual, albeit brief, policy […]
Education creates endless possibilities and opens doors to life-changing opportunities. However, not every child has equal access to a high-quality learning environment, especially in Immokalee. That’s why Guadalupe Center embarked on a monumental, transformational campaign to expand its educational offerings within the rural, impoverished Collier County community. The first phase of that expansion, the Monaghan […]
Working in collaboration with Collier County Public Schools (CCPS), the AAUW Greater Naples Branch will offer 250 5th grade girls enrolled in CCPS schools a STEAM program including two hands-on experiment kits, safety goggles, a book titled Girls Think of Everything written—and autographed for the girls—by Catherine Thimmesh, and links to professional videos of prominent […]
by Lauren Speirs Linda Mizeur has been snow birding to Bonita Springs from Saratoga, New York for 14 years. She’s been coming to The Naples Players since the very beginning of her time in Florida. “I have to be involved in theatre, that’s my life. I was born and raised in a suburb of Kansas […]
by Stacy Vermylen Her story is achingly familiar and tragic at best. A victim of childhood sexual assault, the young girl suffered from forced sexual activity by those familiar to her and dominance by others. She lost any innocence before reaching the tender age of 10. Years of fear, abandonment and hopelessness characterized her teens, and […]
When born, muscles do not have strength. The fetal position in the womb has the backside flexed forward while the abdominal area is shorter. There are normal developmental milestones that occur after birth. The bobbing of the head in an infant is the inability to hold the head up using muscles. Within the first year […]
I am excited to announce that the renovations have been completed for the NCH Baker Downtown Hospital Emergency Department. This expansion project was generously funded through the support of local philanthropists. Thank you to the following donors who helped support this project by providing lead gifts, Homer and Pat Scoville, Sandra and Alan Gerry, Donald […]
The Naples impact on Florida Gulf Coast University’s School of Business keeps growing. It is named for the Lutgert family that developed Park Shore, Naples High School alumnus Chris Westley is its dean and the executive who helped build and manage both Ritz-Carlton resorts in Naples is blending the hospitality administration program at FloridaGulf Coast […]
I am a Travel Advisor and I have a confession to make. Travel is not easy these days. There are hoops to jump through, formsto fill out, apps to upload, and vaccinations and Covid tests required. But travel is worth it. Worth the pain for the gain. Worth the risk for the reward. The airport […]