Naples Children & Education Foundation

Guadalupe Center students receive free dental screenings

More than 420 students attending Guadalupe Center’s Summer Enrichment Program and Early Childhood Education Program received free dental screenings through a program funded by the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) this summer. One by…

Horses are helping kids heal at the Naples Therapeutic Riding Center

Kids with troubling pasts or disabilities are learning how caring for and riding horses can help them heal. The Naples Therapeutic Riding Center makes it possible, though these children from Youth Haven never dreamed that…

Aug. 012019

Bruce Sherman: A Grand-Slam Career

Bruce Sherman had a career as one of the most successful money managers in the country. The native New Yorker became a Floridian at heart when he moved to Naples in the ’80s, helping the…

Jul. 242019

Wine festivals in SWFL raise millions for kids mental health, but philanthropic gaps show between Collier and Lee

Construction Underway on new Naples Children & Education Foundation Permanent Headquarters Deepening the Organization’s Roots within the Local Community

The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), the founding organization of the highly successful Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF), announced that construction has begun on its 15,000-square-foot permanent headquarters and the community is invited to…

Valerie’s House to help grieving kids in Collier County

Valerie’s House is expanding to Naples to help even more grieving kids. The charity has purchased a home in Naples. The Naples Children and Education Foundation, which is part of the Naples Winter Wine Festival,…

Jun. 182019

Valerie’s House Set to Expand in Collier County

Valerie’s House, which offers support services focused on children who have experienced loss, operates three homes in southwest Florida. They recently received a $100,000 grant from the Naples Children & Education Foundation that’s going to…

Jun. 102019

Best of the Gulfshore 2019

Best gifts to our children: Funding so many causes for kids in need here, the events of the Naples Winter Wine Festival raised just over $16 million in January, followed by nearly $2 million by…