September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Sept. 10 was World Suicide Prevention Day. Nationally and globally, these demarcations have provided opportunities to raise awareness that suicide is a major preventable cause of premature death.
read moreA preschool screening program aims to eliminate lazy eye (amblyopia) in all Collier County children. This unique program is sponsored by the Naples Lions Club and supported by donations from the Naples Children & Education…
read moreAsk any local resident or frequent visitor what makes Collier County a special place and you’ll likely get some common responses. There’s the weather, miles of public beaches and resplendent sunsets. Collier has outstanding restaurants…
read moreWith the school year ending and summer swimming season upon us, the focus on water safety for kids by organizations such as the NCH Safe & Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County is to be…
read moreThe teachers at Immokalee High School are often trying to be more than teachers. They work with young people in the poorest part of Collier County, including some who have a family that can’t afford…
read moreA lone tear sat on his cheek. Five-year-old Andrew Tran tried mightily to be brave. The strange man’s blue-gloved fingers flashed in front of the boy’s face. He put pieces of metal in Andrew’s mouth…
read moreImagine finishing an appointment with a mental health counselor and walking a minute or two to a different building for a primary care visit. The convenience is possible because the Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida…
read moreThe Naples Children & Education Foundation has some powerful friends coming to the rescue. Earlier this week, representatives from Goldman Sachs devoted a day of volunteer work at the FSU Healthy Campus, one of NCEF’s…
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