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Naples Winter Wine Festival Goes Virtual, Raising $7.2 Million for Children’s Charities
Wine Spectator
The Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF) raised $7.2 million for local charities last week, the highest amount raised by a virtual wine charity auction since the pandemic started. Now in its 21st year, the southwestern Florida event…
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Prominent wine-based charity event raises more than $7 million
Business Observer
The Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, one of the most prominent wine-based fundraisers nationwide, recently announced the results of its first-ever virtual festival. The event raised close to…
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How much did virtual 2021 Naples Winter Wine Festival raise?
Naples Daily News
In its first-ever digital iteration, the Naples Winter Wine Festival raised nearly $7.2 million. The 2021 festival, founded by the Naples Children and Education Foundation, comprised an online auction Jan. 22-Feb. 2; an hour-long broadcast on…
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Feb. 012021Watch: Naples Children & Education Foundation: A Community Comes Together
WINK News
This year, the Naples Winter Wine Festival is going virtual, with opportunities for both patrons and the public to support the Naples Children & Education Foundation’s mission. In the past 21 years, patrons helped raise…
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Collier named state’s ‘most generous county’ ahead of Naples Winter Wine Festival
WINK News
A Southwest Florida county is being named the most generous county in our state for charitable contributions in a study conducted by SmartAsset. Collier County was listed first as Florida’s most generous counties just in time…
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Getting kids adequate vision care
WINK News
Eye care is one of the key areas identified by the Naples Children and Education Foundation for nonprofits to which they contribute. It’s crucially important underserved children receive adequate eye care, among other needs. Joining…
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David Lawrence Center provides mental health care for increasing number of children in crisis
WINK News
Our children are in crisis. The number of local kids held for 72 hours under the Baker Act—a last resort to protect someone from hurting themselves or others—to receive mental health treatment because of suicidal…
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Early Learning Coalition of SWFL
WINK News
One group of unsung heroes during this pandemic is the men and women who care for our children. Dozens of daycares and other groups quickly adjusted to take in the children of doctors, nurses and…
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