by Karen Coney Coplin Next month, this column will celebrate its 5th anniversary! Since 2010, I’ve written about wonderful and caring people and organizations. Most of these charitable organizations have “sticks and bricks” locations in our city or nearby. This month, my subject takes a slightly different path as I focus on an organization, or […]
We live in the wealthiest county in Florida. However, we are remarkably lacking in fundamental resources for seniors and those caring for a critically ill loved one or friend. “Collier Senior Resources (CSR) has been working actively over the past four years to bring agencies together and open the Golden Gate Senior Center to meet […]
The Naples Winter Wine Festival will open on Thursday, January 22nd at 11am with the first-ever Krug Champagne Tasting Seminar and Luncheon hosted by Olivier Krug himself, the sixth generation head of the celebrated French House of Champagne. The tasting will provide guests with a rare opportunity to taste some of the world’s most prized […]
by Kelly Merritt t seems like so little – $50 a year. But to one Naples organization it means so much. And the value of such a contribution cannot be measured. It only costs $50 to become a member of the Latchkey League Foundation, but membership is an entry into the most exclusive invite list […]
f you’re pressed for time nothing can save the day better than dry shampoo. That is of course if you use it correctly. Keep it off the scalp. It’s important to know that dry shampoo is to be applied to the roots NOT the scalp. Applying to the scalp can cause your head to become […]
by Clay Cox I am very happy to announce that Kitchens by Clay is celebrating its 15th year of business here in Naples, Florida. We are so pleased with how successful we have been in building our business. I look back at the philosophies we decided to incorporate in order to create a consistent formula […]
The holidays have started and Thanksgiving is now behind us. Some spent the time with family and or friends and others choose to work because their family was not local. There is nothing like a traditional turkey dinner with all of the fixings; then there is the dessert portion where many people try at least […]
by Councilman Bill Barnett Today is November 2nd, and as I write this December article for Life in Naples I find myself reflecting the many years that I have been writing articles month after month, year after year. As I finish each article and just before I hit the send button to send my article […]
There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you,” writes best-selling author Jim Butcher. “There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.” “Skin hunger” is […]
by John S. Cox, CCE, CEcD, IOM President & CEO Systemic change and multi-generational sustainability don’t happen in vacuums or by accident. Both are achieved by communities, which are, among other things, aspirational, intentional and relational. Communities which care about and self-determine their futures aspire to be better than they are, are intentional about becoming […]