Volunteers

Growing up in Iowa, Lois Schleuter moved around quite a bit in the United States before settling in Indiana to be closer to family. There, she taught music to young students and eventually elevated her career to teaching music education courses at the university level. During the winters, she and her husband would go to Naples for a few months where she caught traction of the Naples Winter Wine Festival through the newspaper. Curious to know more, she signed up to be a volunteer. Fast forward fifteen years, Lois has fallen in love with volunteering with NCEF and the Naples Winter Wine Festival. It has even encouraged her to volunteer as a transporter at their local hospital back in Indiana.  Every year, she is excited to meet new people and discover and witness the opportunities NCEF provides for the underprivileged and at-risk children of Collier County. Her favorite NCEF memory involves an invitation assembly where she demonstrated her talent for tying beautiful bows and earned herself the role of designated bow tyer. 

If Lois could have any superpower, she would love to fly to be anywhere whenever she wanted at any time. She would use these skills to complete a few things off her bucket list: travel with her family to Alaska, sightsee in Norway and return to New York City. As a music teacher, Lois has aced many different instruments, but her favorite ones to play are piano, oboe, clarinet and guitar. 

Lois’ favorite quote to live by is “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt