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Local Charities Get a Boost in 2017

Eleven live wine auction events break the $1 million mark.

Naples Winter Wine Festival Highlight The Tunnel of Love Dinner

Apr. 022018

33 Powerful Women Share Their Hopes and Dreams for the Leaders of the Future

“My hope is that the next generation will enjoy the benefits of medical breakthroughs and universal, quality healthcare so that their focus can be on making the world a better place. There are so many…

Mar. 292018

Festival foundation distributes $15.1 million

Forty-seven nonprofit organizations serving children and families in Southwest Florida, including six long-term strategic initiatives that fill fundamental gaps in children’s services, received grants totaling more than $15.1 million as a result of the Naples…

Mar. 272018

Sense of Place: Susan McCurry

Susan McCurry grew up in Iowa, though she has called Naples home for nearly two decades. As a philanthropist supporting many local charities, McCurry most recently co-chaired the 2018 Naples Winter Wine Festival, the main…

Mar. 232018

EPISODE 62 Piero Antinori, Marchese Antinori

Marquis Piero Antinori is Vintner and Honorary President of Marchese Antinori. Mr. Antinori is the patriarch of his family’s wine business in Italy with vineyards in Umbria, Chianti Classico, Brunello, Bolgheri, Napa and beyond. Piero…

Mar. 202018

Naples Winter Wine Festival raised over $15M in January. Here’s where that money will go.

Forty-seven nonprofit organizations in Southwest Florida received grants totaling more than $15.1 million from the Naples Children & Education Foundation. The funds were raised during the Naples Winter Wine Festival in January. The funds support a variety…

Mar. 202018

Naples Winter Wine Festival foundation awards $15.1 million to nonprofit groups

After a successful Naples Winter Wine Festival live auction that raised $15.1 million, the Naples Children & Education Foundation announced Monday the 47 recipients of its annual grants at an awards ceremony at the Bay…