Published Articles

Apr. 262017

Volunteers spend the day in Immokalee planting fruit trees

Nearly two dozen people who normally spend their days in offices traded computer screens for shovels Tuesday. Bankers, lawyers, office workers and veterans worked side by side for the day as volunteers planting fruit trees…

Apr. 252017

Naples Winter Wine Festival announces 2018 theme; dates

The organizers of the Naples Winter Wine Festival are already gearing up for next year’s event and named Naples Children & Education Foundation Trustees Becky and Lewie Card, Susie and David McCurry, and Kathy and Dan Mezzalingua as co-chairs.

Grant will help foundation help Immokalee’s youngest readers

True to its name, the Naples Children & Education Foundation recently awarded $200,000 for children’s education to The Immokalee Foundation. The grant was among the awards given to local charities and long-term initiatives for underprivileged…

Out & About

Matching skills with her beliefs for the NCEF

Maria Jimenez-Lara’s life’s work has corresponded perfectly with her personal beliefs. The CEO of the Naples Children & Education Foundation, Mrs. Jimenez- Lara has spent almost her entire 25-year professional career working for nonprofit organizations.

Naples Winter Wine Festival Ranks #1 Again on Wine Spectator’s List of Top Charity Wine Auctions

The Naples Winter Wine Festival has once again topped Wine Spectator Magazine’s list of the highest-earning charity wine auctions in the country, marking the 11th time the Festival has earned this illustrious title since its…

Wine festival awards $12.25 million in grants

Thirty-four of the most effective nonprofit organizations in Collier County, as well as five long-term strategic initiatives that fill fundamental gaps in children’s services here, received grants totaling more than $12.25 million as a result…

Collier Nonprofits Cash in: NCEF Donates $12.25 Million to Local Charities

The Naples Winter Wine Festival continues to give back to strong local charities. This year’s edition produced more than $12.25 million in grants, which were distributed last week to 34 local nonprofits in Collier County,…