Entries by LifeInNaples

Waterside Shops’ 2018 Coins for a Cause Program to Benefit Avow Foundation 

NAPLES, Fla. – 1/18/18 – Waterside Shops, the Gulf Coast’s premiere shopping and dining destination, is pleased to announce that Avow is the center’s 2018 Coins for a Cause program recipient. “When you make your wish and toss change into the fountains at Waterside Shops, you’re helping make miracles happen in our community,” explains Anne […]

Live & Learn with John Hopkins Medicine

Join Pelican Bay Hosts David and Rena Rutstein, and Leo and Judy Zickler, for a Reception and Q & A session with a renouned thoracic surgeons from The John Hopkins Hospital BREATHE EASY Surviving Survivorship Hear from John Hopkins Medicine faculty Stephen Cl. Yang, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development […]

David Lawrence Center Announces Co-Chairs and Honorary Co-Chairs for 50th Anniversary Puttin’ on the Ritz with a Twist Gala

David Lawrence Center, Collier County’s only comprehensive, not-for-profit mental health and addiction recovery treatment center serving children, adults and families, is pleased to announce that husband and wife philanthropic duos Jill and Michael Basden and Joyce and Bill O’Meara will lead the 50th Anniversary Puttin’ on the Ritz with a Twist Gala committee. This signature, […]

Sidewalk Maddness

Early one morning I was riding my bike and slowed down to enter a multi-use pathway. A pedestrian pointed his cell phone at me as if to take my picture and yelled, “You’re supposed to WALK your bike on the sidewalk.” He was mistaken, but it was a good indicator that season is upon us […]

An experience that changed MY LIFE

by Marquis Hilaire BCHS Battlion Command Sergeant Major It was really early, so I was pretty tired. Despite my exhaustion, I was really excited to face the day. Early mornings and flying were never really my cup of tea, but today was different. Today, I was going to Washington D.C. Not just I, but seven […]

TO HELP COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has a new tool in the fight against illegal drugs. The White House’s Office of National DrugControl Policy recently announced that Collier County would be designated as part of the South Florida’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Investigations Captain Thomas Storrar said the Sheriff’s Office applied for the designation, […]

Programs, Tours and Events at Rookery Bay Reserve

Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center is open9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday year-round, withspecial “Science Saturdays” on the last Saturday of everymonth. Enjoy the two-story visitor center, art gallery, giftshop, nature trail with viewing platform and more. Themed naturalist programs are offered daily on topics such as manatees, sharks, sea turtles, Estuary Encounter […]