Naples Children & Education Foundation
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Commentary: Suicide prevention awareness keeps communities safer
Naples Daily News
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.
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Commentary: Lions Club program screens preschoolers for lazy eye
Naples Daily News
A 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…
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Editorial: Collaboration makes Collier ready for children’s future
Naples Daily News
Ask 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…
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Kudos & Kicks: Reviewing the good, bad and questionable
Naples Daily News
With 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 more May. 252017
Immokalee High hosts Nutrition Day
Naples Daily News
The 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…
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May. 192017Dental clinic for kids fills void in Southwest Florida
Naples Daily News
A 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…
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Medical group opens site at mental health center
Naples Daily News
Imagine 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…
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Apr. 292017NCEF, Goldman Sachs Join Forces in Immokalee for Healthy Campus Project
Naples Herald
The 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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