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Golisano Children’s Hospital micro-preemie Ellie O’Neal named 2020 Child Artist
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2020) – SWFL Children’s Charities’ 2020 Child Artist, Eleanor “Ellie” O’Neal was born at just 23 weeks gestation, weighing only 1 pound, 3 ounces. A “micro-preemie,” Ellie was born while still inside her amniotic sac, which likely protected her during her unexpected, early arrival. “You picture yourself holding your newborn…
Shell Point’s 2019-2020 Fine and Performing Arts Series presents ‘Stradi-Various’ Jan. 23
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2020) – Shell Point Retirement Community continues the Southwest Florida Symphony installation of its 2019-2020 Fine and Performing Arts Series with a performance of “Stradi-Various” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23 at The Village Church on The Island at Shell Point, 15100 Shell Point Blvd. in Fort Myers. Tickets…
Women in Business to highlight personal safety, active shooter training at Jan. 8 networking event
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 3, 2020) – The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Committee will host its January networking meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at Zoomers, 17455 Summerlin Road in Fort Myers. This month’s topic will cover personal safety and awareness when in public locations. Attendees…
Target Roofing replaces roof on Regatta high-rise in Naples
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 3, 2020) – Target Roofing & Sheet Metal has completed a full reroof project for The Regatta at Vanderbilt Beach, a luxury waterside high-rise community in North Naples. Regatta is a multi-building residential community with a pair of 12-story towers that feature sweeping views of the Gulf of Mexico, as well…
Shell Point’s Medical Breakthroughs & Discoveries speaker series welcomes Dr. Gary Small of UCLA on Jan. 14
Free community health care program to address memory and brain health FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 3, 2020) – Shell Point Retirement Community kicks off its fifth annual 2020 Medical Breakthroughs & Discoveries series on Jan. 14 with a presentation by Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of…
Siberian State Symphony Orchestra To Perform In Fort Myers January 27
FORT MYERS, FLA., January 3, 2020– The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra will perform in Fort Myers January 27, as part of the Fort Myers Community Concert Association season. “The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra is including Fort Myers on its eight-week U.S. tour,” said Fort Myers Community Concert Association President Mary Lee Mann. “The orchestra has…
SCARED SCRIPTLESS COMEDY LAB TO PERFORM JAN. 11TH AT THE LABORATORY THEATER OF FLORIDA!
FORT MYERS, FL (December 30, 2019) — Scared Scriptless Comedy Lab returns to The Laboratory Theater of Florida! With the previous five performances completely sold out, Scared Scriptless has added a January 11th performance. Doors open at 7 pm for a night of hilarious antics, musical comedy, and on-the-spot jokes. Every facet of the uproariously…
SWFL Children’s Charities, Inc. pledges $3 million to establish SWFL Children’s Charities Eye Institute at Golisano Children’s Hospital
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 30, 2019) – For children in Southwest Florida suffering with serious eye conditions, their world is blurred or totally shrouded in darkness, impacting their education, family and social lives. Think of all the childhood experiences they are missing each day due to impaired vision. Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and…
Lee County Port Authority, Dan Creighton present $25,000 grant to Child Care of Southwest Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 27, 2019) – Child Care of Southwest Florida was on the receiving end of a “pay it forward” donation involving a generous local developer and a government agency. At this fall’s Law and Order Ball, hosted by the Rotary Club of Fort Myers South, Creighton Construction & Development Founder and CEO…
eadership NEXT casts light on water quality at Captains For Clean Water on Jan. 14
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 27, 2019) – Captains For Clean Water, a grassroots nonprofit organization advocating for Florida’s water quality will host the Jan. 14 session of Leadership NEXT, a monthly program for advancing business professionals. Captains For Clean Water was founded in 2016 by a group of fishing guides and outdoorsmen from Fort Myers…