Hosted by SWFL Climate & Community Initiative and powered by Hertz, the inaugural SWFL Climate & Community Summit will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Arthrex Conference Center, 1 Arthrex Way in Naples. Postponed following Hurricane Ian, the event is open to the public and features a dynamic [...]
Captiva Cruises reopens on Captiva Island Limited cruises departing from Captiva and Boca Grande Captiva Cruises, a family owned and operated cruise excursion service, has reopened on Captiva Island with limited operations after temporary closure due to Hurricane Ian. In December, Captiva Cruises is operating out of McCarthy’s Marina on Captiva Island, serving only residents, [...]
February 17 event to raise funds for Lee Health Regional Cancer Center Registration is open and sponsorship opportunities are available for the 25th anniversary Minnesota Twins Celebrity Golf Classic at Topgolf in Fort Myers. This year, support for this event series will benefit Lee Health Regional Cancer Center, ensuring families can stay close to home [...]
Gulf Coast Village residents raise $100,000 for employee appreciation fund CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Dec. 22, 2022) – The residents at Gulf Coast Village have raised a record $100,000 in personal contributions for the continuing care community’s employee appreciation fund. Individual checks were gifted to 277 staff members at Gulf Coast Village’s annual associate [...]
The Preserve, a Fort Myers-based continuing care retirement community, has partnered with the Dr. Piper Center to collect new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages now through Dec. 23. Toys can be dropped off at The Preserve, located at 14750 Hope Center Loop in Fort Myers daily between the hours of 8 a.m. and [...]
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County is seeking volunteers to do “whatever it takes” to help youth reach their full potential. The Club has introduced new volunteer opportunities for those ages 16 and older to support members and have a positive impact on the lives of children and teens in Collier County. Seasonal and [...]
The new wellness concept, Active Stretch, launched its pilot location in East Fort Myers. Active Stretch is designed for individuals of all ages and abilities who are looking to increase their mobility and flexibility, decrease pain, reduce inflammation and elevate athletic performance. “Stretching is an incredibly important part of your overall health and wellness,” said [...]
Five Adopt-A-Club sponsors partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County to host festive holiday parties and surprise local youth with toys and gifts. GL Homes, Hertz, FineMark National Bank & Trust, Ocean Church and Suncoast Credit Union provided over 200 children and teens with a memorable experience of a festive holiday party that [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business and Leadership NEXT committees are partnering to co-host a “New Year, New Friend” networking program from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the Gulf Coast Humane Society. The Gulf Coast Humane Society is a private nonprofit animal welfare organization that has served [...]
It’s high season in Southwest Florida. Nonprofit organizations use this period to host black-tie affairs, galas, golf tournaments, conferences and fundraisers. Proceeds from these events generate financial support that fuels their causes and programs year-round. Priority Marketing has compiled a list of our nonprofit and not-for-profit clients’ top events in 2023 for high season, which [...]
Each month, Priority Marketing highlights clients’ earned media coverage in newspapers, magazines, television, radio, blogs and social media. As 2022 winds down, our Public Relations Team compiled a Year in Review. The list includes 22 local news stories from 2022 to read, watch or listen to before the year ends. Nonprofits, businesses respond to Hurricane Ian [...]
Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only fast casual chicken salad restaurant concept, is opening at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 1799 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. In celebration of the grand opening, Chicken Salad Chick is giving away free chicken salad for a year to the first 100 guests. Led by new franchise [...]
Shoeless Joe’s Sports Café is celebrating the holidays with a Christmas Day dinner special served from 5 p.m. to midnight on Sunday, Dec. 25. Shoeless Joe’s will offer a Virginia pit ham with a honey Dijon glaze, served with scalloped potatoes, broccolini and a house salad for $25.99, which includes a choice of red velvet [...]
Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-casual, Southern-inspired chicken salad restaurant, raised $2,740 for Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida at its Family & Friends events on Dec. 5-6, leading up to its grand opening in Estero. Chicken Salad Chick invited families and friends of employees, as well as local first responders and other community members, to [...]
Event caps Holiday Toy Drive to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers collected hundreds of toys and holiday gifts to coincide with the grand opening of its new physical therapy clinic in East Fort Myers. FYZICAL staff and patients from clinics across Southwest Florida generously donated toys, board [...]
The Bobby Nichols-Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation has launched a redesigned website, NicholsCup.org, offering an enhanced user experience while raising awareness of the organization’s mission of serving abused and at-risk children in Southwest Florida. Founded in 2002, the Bobby Nichols-Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation is a group of Fiddlesticks members, who volunteer to organize and run the annual Nichols [...]
Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-casual, Southern-inspired chicken salad restaurant, welcomed guests on Dec. 7 to celebrate the grand opening of its new location at 10151 Estero Town Commons Place in Estero. Leading up to its official opening, Chicken Salad Chick invited local families, friends, influencers and members of the media to sample items from the [...]
Pharmacists Justin Ceravolo and Olivia Simmons of Cypress Pharmacy have recently earned their Test and Treat Certification, expanding the pharmacy’s services to include on-site testing and treatment for various minor illnesses. Ceravolo and Simmons completed 20 hours of self-study and training through the test and treat certificate program, allowing them the ability to run tests [...]
Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-casual, Southern-inspired chicken salad concept, is now open at 10151 Estero Town Commons Place in Estero. In celebration of its grand opening on Dec.7, Chicken Salad Chick hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and gave away free chicken salad for a year to its first 100 guests. Featuring outdoor patio seating, the Estero [...]
Mayhugh Commercial Advisors announces its recent real estate transactions. Chuck Mayhugh sold 11039 Plantation Road, 17 acres of commercial land in Fort Myers. He also sold 15 acres of land on Oil Well Road in Punta Gorda. Chuck Mayhugh and Bryan Burchers sold 6361 Metro Plantation Road, a 9,450-square-foot industrial building in Fort Myers. Chase [...]
JetBlue is helping disaster response nonprofit Cajun Navy Ground Force serve storm-battered communities after Hurricane Ian with the donation of $4,000 to support its ongoing mission in Southwest Florida. In the month after Ian's devastating landfall, Cajun Navy Ground Force served 18,000 families, provided 80,000 hot meals and distributed more than $10 million in supplies [...]
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, is seeking donations of Christmas gifts to aid the nonprofit in spreading holiday cheer to local families across Southwest Florida. Every year with the support of generous donors, Better Together provides Christmas gifts to the families the nonprofit serves through its Better Families program. This season, [...]
AJS Realty Group, which offers sales, leasing and comprehensive property management services for Southwest Florida property owners and tenants, as well as buyers and sellers, has announced the following real estate sales and lease transactions. SALES Bonita Property Investment, LLC: 3,600sf medical condo at 22904 Lyden Drive, Units 1 & 2, Estero, from JDM Development [...]
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, is hosting several events in the month of December that will spread holiday cheer to local families across Southwest Florida who have been impacted by Hurricane Ian. Better Together is rallying community partners and volunteers to present a series of holiday festivities for families living in [...]
A new collection created by Mark Loren Designs based on sea oats will benefit Sanibel Island’s Clinic for and Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), a teaching hospital and visitor education center dedicated to saving wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education and conservation medicine. “CROW was hit hard and had to move animals off the island [...]
Avow Hospice has received a $5,000 grant from Suncoast Credit Union Foundation to provide art therapy groups and camps through Avow Kids for children and youth experiencing loss. The program is run by a board-certified art therapist and entails groups and camps allowing children who have experienced loss to express themselves in ways they may [...]
In an effort to offer mental health support to the community after the hurricane, Vibe Yoga is offering registered yoga teacher training sessions in December and January: 17-18: Hybrid Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher Training 16 - April 2023: Hybrid 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training The hybrid trauma-informed yoga teacher training will be from 8 a.m. to 5 [...]
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County will host its annual Youth of the Year celebration on Feb. 15 in Naples, where the nonprofit will honor 10 inspiring nominees and share their remarkable stories of perseverance, commitment and achievement. Youth of the Year is a premier recognition program that honors student members who exemplify the [...]
Family Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children and families with autism, is continuing its Redefining Autism speaker series with a presentation by renowned autism activist Dr. Temple Grandin on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 4050 Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers. As part of the Redefining Autism series, Grandin will [...]
The Preserve and Hodges University have announced a corporate education partnership that will allow for The Preserve to recruit through the university, offer internship opportunities and serve the university and its students in a variety of additional ways including guest lectures and job shadowing. Recruiting and retaining high-caliber talent are significant challenges faced by employers. [...]
Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance has received a $10,000 grant from the Collier Community Foundation. These funds will support the nonprofit’s mission to help build a safe, affordable apartment rental community in Immokalee for farmworker and other low-income families. The Collier Community Foundation awards annual grants through a competitive application and review process. Selected organizations receive [...]
Lateasha Green has rejoined Child Care of Southwest Florida as the center director at the P.A. Geraci Child Development Center in Fort Myers. With more than 20 years in child care, Green has served six years with Child Care of Southwest Florida as the center director of P.A. Geraci from 2012 to 2017. Returning to [...]
Norman Love Confections has donated $36,074 to Better Together to support the nonprofit in assisting families hardest hit by Hurricane Ian. Following Hurricane Ian, Norman Love Confections created and sold 1,214 #SWFLStrong Florida Boxes online and in chocolate salons with 50% of every purchase going to Better Together, a Southwest Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to serving [...]
Norman Love Confections has hired Yosie Crespo, a seasoned hospitality sales director, to lead the company’s expanding sales team. In her role as director of sales, Crespo will be working with clients nationwide and will be responsible for sales plans, sales growth and community outreach throughout Southwest Florida and beyond. Crespo brings extensive expertise in corporate [...]
Call It Closed International Realty has expanded into New York, the 15th state served by the fast-growing, cloud-based real estate brokerage. The company is actively recruiting real estate agents across all markets, including Yonkers, where the newest office will be located. Founded by Chad and Aprile Osborne, Call It Closed International Realty is the first [...]
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers celebrated the one-year anniversary of its clinic in North Fort Myers by unveiling a new state-of-the-art Audiology Center. The Audiology Center features an experienced team capable of identifying, diagnosing and treating all types of hearing disorders, including hearing loss caused by exposure to loud noises, illness and injury. Audiology joins [...]
Senior Choice at Home and Gulf Coast Village will host a series of informational ‘Dine and Discover’ and ‘Lunch & Learn’ events during the month of December. These events give seniors and their family members an opportunity to learn about continuing care options that will best suit their health care needs. For over 30 [...]
The Collier Community Foundation has awarded a $30,000 grant to help support Guadalupe Center’s nationally accredited Early Childhood Education Program. Guadalupe Center, which recently expanded its Early Childhood Education Program with the addition of two new campuses, provides more than 500 students with access to a safe, high-quality early learning program. The program serves students [...]
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation partnered to host four distribution events for local families impacted by Hurricane Ian. The Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian organization, mobilized dozens of volunteers after the storm and began shipping essential supplies to the region. Volunteers have been meeting one-on-one with [...]
Tickets are still available for United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades’ annual 2022-2023 campaign kickoff on Dec. 14, 2022. The event will be held at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, located on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College. Networking and light breakfast items will be available at 8:30 a.m. The program will [...]
About 200 people gathered Nov. 3 at the Naples Hilton to support Charity for Change, a non-profit social-emotional learning educational organization funded by philanthropy. Guests enjoyed a VIP reception, live auction and “Call for Change” cash call. The Ben Allen Band provided music for dancing and entertainment. The Honorary Event Chair was Brigid Soldavini-Clapper and [...]
Integrity Employee Leasing, one of the fastest-growing Professional Employer Organization (PEO) companies in the nation, has announced recent employee promotions. Margarita Costa has been promoted from business consultant to sales lead and has been with Integrity Employee Leasing since December of 2020. Dawn Newton has been promoted from payroll processor to assistant payroll manager after [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware joined Ace Hardware stores nationwide in helping raise $88,147 to support the American Red Cross’ Hurricane Ian disaster relief efforts. Through its Red Cross Round Up at the Register program, Ace Hardware customers were able to make donations that helped provide hot meals, relief supplies, temporary shelter operations and other post-storm assistance [...]
The Southwest Florida Music Education Center (SWFLMEC) has promoted Vice President Jennifer Clark to executive director at the helm of its groundbreaking music, mental health, and life skills programming for neurodivergent young adults. “Jen has proved a capable leader in the center’s launch, often the most challenging time for an organization,” said Rob Moher, founder [...]
The Guardian ad Litem Foundation, 20th Judicial Circuit, is hosting a fundraising event Jan. 19 at Topgolf in Fort Myers to raise money for programs benefiting children and teens in foster care. Golfing Fore a Great Cause features an evening of golf, entertainment, prizes and a dinner buffet. Topgolf offers a dynamic, technology-driven golf entertainment [...]
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, helped make the Thanksgiving holiday brighter by distributing Thanksgiving meals and supplies to over 100 local families recovering from Hurricane Ian. The nonprofit rallied community partners and dozens of volunteers to go door-to-door in communities highly impacted by the storm to deliver meals and supplies to [...]
“Brews for the Birds” is on tap at the Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs on Friday, Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The goal of the event is to raise money for the continued care of rescued, rehabilitated and non- releasable birds at the 86-year-old botanic and zoological gardens, which is still recovering from [...]
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s RedSnook Catch & Release Charity Fishing Tournament Kickoff Party Oct. 21 raised more than $70,000 to benefit post Hurricane Ian recovery and building efforts. A dedicated fundraiser for Hurricane Ian relief raised more than $45,000 in less than 10 minutes and will receive a match of $25,000 from the [...]
Family Initiative, a nonprofit Cape Coral based charitable organization dedicated to supporting children with autism and their families, is excited to announce the newest member of their board of directors, Margie Mitchell. Mitchell will work alongside 10 board members as well as David Brown and Anjali Van Drie, the co-founders of the organization, to promote [...]
Burnt Store Marina Fitness, Racquet & Pool Club is sponsoring its first 5K Run/Walk for Kids in SWFL, a fundraising event to support the Guardian ad Litem Foundation, 20th Judicial Circuit. The race, which is open to runners and walkers of all abilities, will be held Dec. 11 at Burnt Store Marina in Punta Gorda. [...]
