Sunshine Ace Hardware has promoted Maide Mendez to the role of store manager for the company’s new retail store at Founders Square in North Naples. As store manager, Mendez is responsible for ensuring Sunshine Ace’s new neighbors receive the award-winning customer experience they have come to expect from Sunshine Ace for over 60 years, as [...]
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 [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware will host its 7th Annual Reel in the Sunshine Fishing Expo on Feb. 4 at its retail store in Bonita Springs. Reel in the Sunshine is a free event aimed at recreational and beginning anglers, and features vendor-led product demonstrations, hot-off-the-grill BBQ samples prepared by Sunshine Ace’s grill masters, numerous giveaways and [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware raised $65,835 through a pair of fundraising initiatives to support pediatric health care through Children’s Miracle Network. The first summer campaign raised $6,000 for Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida through in-store donations from customers and employees. The second initiative was part of Ace Hardware’s CMN Bucket Days, a nationwide promotion that [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware helped raise $3,546 through its Back-to-School Round Up. This donation will help purchase new school supplies and classroom materials for students attending Guadalupe Center in Immokalee. During a two-week period in July, customers at Sunshine Ace retail stores in Collier and Lee counties were able to round up their purchases at the register, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware was named among the Best Places to Work in Southwest Florida through a research-driven program that recognizes companies for excellence in the workplace. Best Companies Group first reviewed Sunshine Ace’s company practices, programs and benefits, then conducted an extensive survey that collected employees’ input and perspectives about leadership, culture, job satisfaction, relationships, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware’s spring “Round Up for the Kids” campaign raised $30,639 to support two Children’s Miracle Network hospitals on Florida’s west coast. Customers were able to round up their purchases at the register to support life-changing medical care for children and teens across the region. Donations collected at Sunshine Ace stores in Collier, Lee [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware, in partnership with Farm City BBQ of Collier County, has donated $28,000 to nonprofit organizations with programs and services benefiting Southwest Florida youth. The donation, formally presented on May 6, represents proceeds from this spring’s Big Green EGGfest, a family-friendly celebration of barbecue that included food samplings, grilling demonstrations, live music and [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware raised $52,913.60 in 2021 to help provide world-class pediatric care at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and $28,225 to benefit Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. Total donations raised from all stores equaled $81,138.60. In partnership with Children’s Miracle Network, Sunshine Ace Hardware hosts a series of fundraising campaigns [...]
Anglers from across Southwest Florida are invited to Sunshine Ace Hardware’s sixth annual Reel in the Sunshine fishing expo, which will be held Feb. 12 in Bonita Springs. Reel in the Sunshine will feature interactive seminars and discussions led by local fishing guides, boat captains and fishing product experts. Speakers will share their expertise about [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware raised $18,483 during its Children’s Miracle Network holiday campaign, which helps fund life-changing medical treatments for pediatric patients at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Customers at Sunshine Ace were able to donate by rounding up their purchases or choosing a dollar amount at the register. The Downtown Naples store location raised [...]
Media mogul Steve Forbes will deliver the keynote address during the Resnick-Wynn Family Business Conference in partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University on March 4 at the FGCU campus. The conference, titled “Family Business: Thriving in an Ever-Changing World,” is geared toward owners of multigenerational businesses and offers insight and best practices from dynamic leaders [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware in Largo is hosting a three-day event from Dec. 3-5 to celebrate shopping, small businesses and community support. The free event features special promotions and opportunities to support Children’s Miracle Network and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. Attendees also can enjoy street fare from 5 Buck Truck, a food [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is celebrating the eighth local family to experience home ownership through the company’s thriving partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Collier County. Sunshine Ace participates in Florida’s Community Contribution Tax Credit Program, which provides tax credits and sales tax refunds to participating companies. The incentives encourage businesses to make donations toward community [...]
All 11 retail locations within the Sunshine Ace Hardware family earned Pinnacle Performance Retailing status through “Higher Ground,” Ace Hardware’s strategic growth plan. Pinnacle stores must meet stringent company benchmarks for retail excellence, which includes high customer satisfaction ratings, extensive associate training, quick fulfillment of online orders, growth in business-to-business sales and other criteria. Sunshine [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware raised $3,800 during its three-day Children’s Miracle Network Blue Bucket Days campaign to help provide life-changing medical care for children across the region. Sunshine Ace customers were able to purchase a limited-edition, blue 5-gallon bucket for a $5 donation, and in return, they received a 20% discount on nearly everything they could [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware donated a large shipment of classroom and cleaning supplies to the Boys & Girls Club of Collier County, which is ramping up programs for the fall semester. The shipment measured 82 cubic feet and contained multiple cases of hand sanitizer, wet wipes, facial tissues and drinking straws. “So many people supported Sunshine [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware, in partnership with Leadership Collier, has donated a shipment of YETI coolers to aid Hope for Haiti’s goal of increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine within the island nation. The donation included seven large YETI coolers and 10 smaller YETI coolers, which will be used to store vaccines from the time doses [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has announced new job opportunities at each of its store locations across Southwest Florida, as well as corporate positions. Available jobs include cashiers, sales associates, account executives, maintenance associates, receivers, B2B specialists, inventory coordinator, district manager, floor supervisor and marketing coordinator. “The pandemic helped community members rediscover their passion for grilling, painting, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has announced plans to build a new store in North Naples, the company’s first new location in Collier County in almost 15 years. Located in Founders Square, a mixed-use development at the northeast corner of Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard, the new 20,000-square-foot store will feature commercial paint, grilling and fishing departments, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has renewed its commitment to ensuring the long-term health of Florida’s marine environment by extending its support to Coastal Conservation Association Florida. Sunshine Ace, which has supported CCA for many years, sponsored the organization’s sold-out annual fundraising banquet on May 22. The event included dinner, live and silent auctions, raffle prizes and [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is offering free American flags in advance of Memorial Day to help honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. On Saturday, May 29, the first 250 customers at each Sunshine Ace Hardware store will receive an 8” by 12” flag to display in their homes. [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware stores on Florida’s west coast collected more than $32,000 during a spring fundraising campaign to support Children’s Miracle Network. Through its monthlong “Round Up for the Kids” campaign in April, customers rounded up their purchases to help provide life-changing medical care to children across the region. Donations collected at Sunshine Ace stores [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware’s store location in Golden Gate was honored by Collier County for its exemplary waste reduction and recycling programs. Collier County’s Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) recognizes the recycling efforts of local businesses that implement innovative recycling programs exceeding minimum requirements of the county’s recycling ordinance. Outside of standard cardboard and plastic recycling [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has earned its ninth consecutive honor as a “Pinnacle Performance Retailing” store committed to delivering Ace Hardware’s helpful brand promise. The Pinnacle Performance Retailing designation honors Ace Hardware Corporation’s top-performing stores worldwide based on key performance drivers, including quality, service and convenience. The ultimate goal is to provide a better overall shopping [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware recognized 12 of its top associates through its Core Value Awards, honoring employees who embody the locally owned company’s guiding principles. Associate Julie Puch, who has worked at the Golden Gate store for two years, received the Don Q. Wynn Associate of the Year Award, which recognizes a team member who embodies [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware raised $95,000 for two local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, through a series of successful fundraising campaigns in 2020. The locally owned company has supported Children’s Miracle Network for many years, but for 2020, Sunshine [...]
A partnership between the Wynn family, Naples resident Audrey M. Petersen and NCH Healthcare System resulted in pre-holiday donations of 5,000 turkeys to thank first responders for their heroic efforts during the pandemic. One by one, doctors and nurses lined up with medical and professional staff members on Dec. 17 at Baker Hospital in Naples, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is now offering all 12 paint colors in Benjamin Moore’s Color Trends 2021 palette, including the newly named Color of the Year for 2021, Aegean Teal. The updated color palette includes warm, sunbaked hues that play to the senses. Aegean Teal is a blue-green shade that radiates warmth and wellbeing and is [...]
Just in time for the holiday season, Sunshine Ace Hardware has debuted its new gift shops at stores in Naples and Bonita Springs. The Sunshine gift shop features an expansive selection of items including Vera Bradley bags, Joy Susan handbags, Dune jewelry, Scout totes, Nora Fleming tableware, scented candles, picture frames, artwork, tchotchkes, throw pillows, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware raised more than $37,000 for two Children’s Miracle Network hospitals on Florida’s west coast through the company’s “Round up at the Registers” summer campaign. From July 1 through Aug. 31, Sunshine Ace customers were able to make donations and round up their purchases at the register to support Children’s Miracle Network. Between [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware was named “Best Hardware Store” in Naples for the 18th consecutive year by readers of the Naples Daily News and NaplesNews.com. In fact, Sunshine Ace is the only business to ever earn that honor since the media company introduced its “Best of Naples” readers’ choice awards 18 years ago. Sunshine Ace offers [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware and Crowder Bros. Ace Hardware join independently owned Ace Hardware stores nationwide in earning J.D. Power’s highest ranking for customer satisfaction in 2020. Ace Hardware ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Home Improvement Retail Stores” in J.D. Power’s 2020 U.S. Home Improvement Retailer Satisfaction Study. “This recognition from our customers is truly [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is launching a new summer campaign to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals that provide medical care for youth along Florida’s west coast. From July 1 to 31, customers at Sunshine Ace stores can make donations at the register to support Children’s Miracle Network. Then from July 31 to Aug. 2, [...]
Readers of The News-Press, Naples Daily News and Bonita Banner have voted Sunshine Ace Hardware as the Best Hardware Store through the publications’ 22nd annual Best of Bonita Springs/Estero awards program. Sunshine Ace Hardware won gold in the Shopper’s Paradise category. In addition to power tools, electrical and plumbing supplies, hand tools and an expansive [...]
Customers at Sunshine Ace Hardware and Crowder Bros. Ace Hardware teamed up to raise more than $25,000 for local Children’s Miracle Network hospitals through the “Round Up for the Kids” charitable campaign. Between March 16 and April 30, customers were given the option of rounding up their purchases at the cash register through a new [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has increased its inventory of hurricane supplies and is featuring key items to help customers prepare for hurricane season. The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs June 1 to Nov. 30. Forecasters are predicting another above-average storm season, with as many as 18 named tropical systems. “We have stocked up so you can stock [...]
Customers at Sunshine Ace Hardware can bring a little HGTV magic to their next DIY painting project with the introduction of Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Home paint collection at stores in Naples, Bonita Springs and Largo. Along with her husband, Chip, Joanna Gaines emerged as one of the nation’s trendiest interior design specialists during a five-year [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has partnered with NCH Healthcare System and community physicians to provide care packages to all 5,000 employees of NCH, a collaborative effort that recognizes all health care workers who are helping keep the community safe. To assemble the care packages, Sunshine Ace secured 10,000 rolls of toilet paper and 5,000 bottles of [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has continued its tradition of supporting nonprofits through its annual Big Green EGGFest, even though COVID-19 forced the cancellation of this year’s event. Slated for April 4 at Riverside Park in Bonita Springs, Sunshine Ace Hardware quickly pivoted after Florida issued a “Safer at Home” order. A Virtual EGGFest, held on the [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has responded to a heightened awareness of social distancing and safety precautions by installing safety shields around registers at all of its locations along Florida’s west coast. One of Sunshine Ace Hardware’s core values is “Create Solutions Through Imagination.” The company used this opportunity to challenge store managers and their teams to [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is launching its “Round Up for the Kids” charitable campaign to help raise money for Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida through the Children’s Miracle Network. From March 16 through April 30, customers at any of Sunshine Ace Hardware’s nine locations along Florida’s Gulf Coast can round up their purchases at the [...]
The 3rd annual Sunshine Ace Hardware Big Green EGGFest will bring barbecue-lovers and chefs to Bonita Springs on April 4 as a new EGGhead Grill Master is crowned. EGGFest is a family-friendly celebration of barbecue and the art of grilling on Big Green Egg Grills, and features live music, grilling demonstrations, all-you-can-eat samplings, craft beer [...]
Five experienced fishing captains will lead seminars and share their knowledge of local waterways at Sunshine Ace Hardware’s 5th Annual Reel in the Sunshine fishing expo on Feb. 8 in Bonita Springs. In addition to the expert-led seminars, Reel in the Sunshine also will feature vendor-led product demonstrations, food samples, giveaways, and exclusive offers and [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is inviting anglers from across Southwest Florida, including novices and pros, to its fifth Annual Reel in the Sunshine fishing expo on Feb. 8. Reel in the Sunshine will feature educational, interactive fishing seminars led by local fishing captains, vendor-led product demonstrations, food samples, hourly giveaways, and exclusive offers and discounts available [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware has chosen Children’s Miracle Network as its “primary charity partner” and has begun developing a year-round fundraising campaign to support the nonprofit organization. Michael Wynn, president of Sunshine Ace, made the declaration Thursday during a Lee Health event announcing that Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida has joined Children’s Miracle Network. Donations [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware and Crowder Bros. Ace Hardware are gearing up for the holiday season with an all-new family-friendly event that features cooking tips, product demonstrations and complimentary food samples. A free “Thanksgrilling” party will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 at all nine Sunshine Ace stores in Collier, Lee, [...]
Sunshine Ace Hardware is inviting all Southwest Florida women to its fourth annual Bonita Ladies Night Out: “Heels, Hounds and Hardware” event on Nov. 14. The first 100 women in line will receive complimentary gift bags stuffed with items valued over $100. All attendees will receive a 20% discount on purchases made during the event, [...]
A partnership between Southwest Florida businesses and Meals of Hope is making it easy for area residents to help those impacted by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. Customers at the following stores can make a donation of $1 or more at the register to help provide nutritious, balanced meals to Bahamians in need: Sunshine Ace [...]
Customers at Sunshine Ace Hardware and Crowder Bros. Ace Hardware stores joined a quest to improve local waterways and the economy by donating $9,529 for red tide recovery programs. Over a 17-day period this summer, Ace Hardware associates asked customers if they’d like to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to support Coastal [...]
