2025 Auction Lots

Early Learning | Healthcare | Hunger | Mental Health | Oral Health | Out-of-School Time | Vision

In honor of our 25th anniversary, we pay homage to the past 25 years of accomplishments, celebrating the profound impact we’ve had on the lives of countless children. As we reflect on our history, we eagerly look forward to the future. The Naples Children & Education Foundation is as committed as ever, and we are charging full speed ahead!

Move forward with us. Make a difference with us. Embrace the challenge with us! Share our 2025 vision of funding all seven strategic initiatives with a focus on the wellbeing of the whole child and support the continued success of our collective impact projects.

Everyone who bids on this lot will be a winner, but the biggest winners will be the underserved children of Collier County.

Your contributions will significantly impact the nourishment, healing and education of underprivileged and at-risk children in Collier County by aligning with NCEF’s holistic approach. By addressing the multifaceted needs of these children, your efforts will help provide comprehensive support systems that ensure their overall wellbeing. This includes enhancing educational opportunities, supplementing feeding programs and offering essential vision, oral and mental health services. Recognizing that a child’s development hinges on their education, health, nutrition and emotional stability, our aim is to create a nurturing environment where each child can thrive.

By focusing on the whole child, we can foster the growth of resilient, capable and productive adults who will contribute positively to their communities. 

This holistic approach underscores the necessity of all our initiatives—Early Learning, Healthcare, Hunger, Mental Health, Oral Health, Out-of-School Time and Vision—by providing children with the comprehensive support that wraparound services offer.

Each of NCEF’s collective impact models and initiatives provide the most fragile children with the tools they need to succeed academically and thrive. Help us continue NCEF’s blueprint for success and transforming our community.

Join us in helping our most vulnerable children for the next 25 years. Your contribution has far-reaching and long-lasting effects: when our children grow into healthy and successful adults, they give back to the community in countless ways. With your generous donation, you’re helping to fund the future for all of us.

Be Part of the Solution

Here’s how your contribution will make a difference:
$100,000 provides 20,000 children nutritious food to take home during the weekend to ensure they do not go hungry
$50,000 provides a year of after-school programming for 50 children
$25,000 provides 278 children with two pairs of eyeglasses (one for home and one for school)
$10,000 provides mental health assessments for 80 children in need
$5,000 provides literacy materials for 1 early childcare center
$1,000 provides 15 children with dental sealants to prevent decay

Here’s how this unique auction lot will work:

Your registration packet includes five cards that display your paddle number. Four of the cards display a specific dollar amount on one side and a signature line on the reverse side. The fifth card displays a write-in area for you to choose the amount with a signature line on the reverse side.

Following the auctioneer’s call to action, every paddle holder has the opportunity to drop one (or more) of the signed cards into the bucket provided by volunteers as they move from table to table through the tent.

Dig deep, bid high and help us make a difference: It’s ALL for the Kids!

Donor

The Caring Patrons of the 2025 Naples Winter Wine Festival