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Jul. 262024News Briefs
Florida Weekly
The Naples Children & Education Foundation announced that Angelo Auriana will be saluted as Chef de Cuisine at the 25th annual Naples Winter Wine Festival.
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May. 152024Naples Winter Wine Festival to mark 25 years in 2025
WINK News
When the Naples Winter Wine Festival takes place on January 24-26, 2025, it will mark a special milestone — 25 years of helping at-risk and underprivileged children in Collier County. And boy, oh boy, are…
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May. 152024A Silver Jubilee Celebration for The Naples Winter Wine Festival
Haute Living
In the heart of Naples, a celebration is brewing, marking a quarter-century of generosity, compassion, and remarkable impact. The Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF), an annual testament to philanthropy, will dazzle attendees once again on…
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May. 022024‘An Evening with Jay Wright’ Experiences in Leadership event
Florida Weekly
The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, and sponsor UBS Private Wealth – The Matina Group presented “An Evening with Jay Wright,” an intimate event where the former…
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Apr. 252024NCEF, FGCU reopens Early Childhood Development Center
Florida Weekly
The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), the founding organization of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, has collaborated with the Florida Gulf Coast University College of Education to fully renovate, reopen and operate an Early…
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Apr. 252024FGCU teams up with Naples foundation to create nurturing day care environment for local kids
ABC 7
Toys, books and playgrounds sound like a paradise for children, but for parents, finding a good day care is a scavenger hunt. A good day care is hard to find.
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Apr. 222024“Classrooms of beautiful smiling faces:” New Collier option for early childcare
Fox 4
Supported by a $2 million renovation & Naples Winter Wine Festival donations, a new Early Childhood Development Center in East Naples aims to address the shortage of early childcare facilities.
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Apr. 222024FGCU cuts ribbon on Early Childhood Development Center in East Naples
Gulfshore Business
Over the past five years, 40 child care centers have closed across Southwest Florida, said Diana Cheshire, Florida Gulf Coast University’s dean of the college of education.
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