Naples Children & Education Foundation

Oct. 082018

2019 Naples Winter Wine Festival will expand access to mental and behavioral health care for at-risk children in Collier County by targeting Mental Health as this year’s Fund a Need

Citing the urgent need for expanded access to mental and behavioral health care for at-risk children in our community, the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) announced that it will target Children’s Mental Health for…

Oct. 072018

An upscale Florida auction yields millions for local preschool programs

Since 2001, the upscale auction, part of Collier County’s annual Naples Winter Wine Festival, has raised more than $176 million for local children’s nonprofits, including dozens that benefit the children of Immokalee’s farmworkers, according to…

Aug. 152018

Valerie’s house receives $75,000 NCEF grant

Valerie’s House has received a second grant in the amount of $75,000 from the Naples Children & Education Foundation that manages proceeds from the Naples Winter Wine Festival. Valerie’s House provides children and their families…

Aug. 132018

Why Leaders Need Self-Reflection

Jul. 262018

Immokalee Readers gets a big boost from NCEF

Roberth Webster has a favorite series of books — they’re about Pete the Cat. Like many of his classmates in The Immokalee Foundation’s Immokalee Readers program, Roberth was behind his grade level in reading and…

Jul. 182018

University of Florida College of Dentistry offered free clinic

Faculty and resident students at the University of Florida’s College of Dentistry, NCEF Pediatric Dental Center, funded through the Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, recently spent two weeks…

Jun. 142018

Guest Column: Immokalee Foundation receives strategic initiative partnership award

A recent strategic initiative partnership award of $358,550 to The Immokalee Foundation from the Naples Children & Education Foundation will go far in helping Immokalee children in their young academic development and enable them to…

Kudos & Kicks: Reviewing the good, bad and questionable

Kudos With the school year ending and daily highs in the 90s returning, more children will turn to the water to cool down. That puts more kids at risk of drowning. Thankfully, in Collier County there…