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Guadalupe Center students receive free dental screenings

More than 420 students attending Guadalupe Center’s Summer Enrichment Program and Early Childhood Education Program received free dental screenings through a program funded by the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) this summer. One by…

Horses are helping kids heal at the Naples Therapeutic Riding Center

Kids with troubling pasts or disabilities are learning how caring for and riding horses can help them heal. The Naples Therapeutic Riding Center makes it possible, though these children from Youth Haven never dreamed that…

Aug. 012019

Bruce Sherman: A Grand-Slam Career

Bruce Sherman had a career as one of the most successful money managers in the country. The native New Yorker became a Floridian at heart when he moved to Naples in the ’80s, helping the…

Jul. 242019

Wine festivals in SWFL raise millions for kids mental health, but philanthropic gaps show between Collier and Lee

Construction Underway on new Naples Children & Education Foundation Permanent Headquarters Deepening the Organization’s Roots within the Local Community

The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), the founding organization of the highly successful Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF), announced that construction has begun on its 15,000-square-foot permanent headquarters and the community is invited to…

Jul. 122019

Naples Winter Wine Festival prepares for 20th anniversary, announces chef and vintner list

Saskia de Rothschild — yes, that Rothschild, the one whose family wine company Bloomberg calls “one of Bordeuax’s great wine empires” — will join the Naples Winter Wine festival for the first time as its…

Jul. 112019

Naples Winter Wine Festival announces 2020 star-studded chef and vintner line up

The Naples Winter Wine Festival has announced their January 2020’s star-studded line up of chefs and vintners. It includes Thomas Keller, Emeril Lagasse, Charlie Palmer, Piero Antinori, Ann Colgin, and more. This year, Chateau Lafite’s…

Jul. 112019

2020 NWWF unveils roster for its milestone anniversary

The Naples Winter Wine Festival announced that the 2020 Honored Vintner will be France’s acclaimed Saskia de Rothschild of Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite and Chef de Cuisine will be Chicago superstar Sarah Grueneberg of…