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Naples Children & Education Foundation awards more than $9 million to help at-risk children
Naples Daily News
The Naples Children & Education Foundation has awarded more than $9 million in grants to almost 40 local nonprofits whose work improves the lives of at-risk children in Collier County.
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Scaling Heights
Gulfshore Life
Anyone in Naples can tell you, the last weekend in January is the Naples Winter Wine Festival weekend. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the streets may not have been buzzing with celebrity chef sightings, but…
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Naples Winter Wine Festival online auction breaks record, raising $678,000
Naples Daily News
The Naples Winter Wine Festival’s seventh annual online auction raised a record $678,000. The 2021 festival, founded by the Naples Children and Education Foundation, comprised an online auction Jan. 22-Feb. 2; an hour-long broadcast on WINK-TV…
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Naples Winter Wine Festival Goes Virtual, Raising $7.2 Million for Children’s Charities
Wine Spectator
The Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF) raised $7.2 million for local charities last week, the highest amount raised by a virtual wine charity auction since the pandemic started. Now in its 21st year, the southwestern Florida event…
read more Feb. 082021
Prominent wine-based charity event raises more than $7 million
Business Observer
The Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, one of the most prominent wine-based fundraisers nationwide, recently announced the results of its first-ever virtual festival. The event raised close to…
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How much did virtual 2021 Naples Winter Wine Festival raise?
Naples Daily News
In its first-ever digital iteration, the Naples Winter Wine Festival raised nearly $7.2 million. The 2021 festival, founded by the Naples Children and Education Foundation, comprised an online auction Jan. 22-Feb. 2; an hour-long broadcast on…
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Feb. 012021Watch: Naples Children & Education Foundation: A Community Comes Together
WINK News
This year, the Naples Winter Wine Festival is going virtual, with opportunities for both patrons and the public to support the Naples Children & Education Foundation’s mission. In the past 21 years, patrons helped raise…
read more Jan. 302021
Collier named state’s ‘most generous county’ ahead of Naples Winter Wine Festival
WINK News
A Southwest Florida county is being named the most generous county in our state for charitable contributions in a study conducted by SmartAsset. Collier County was listed first as Florida’s most generous counties just in time…
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