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make a donation Mar. 142017
2017 NCEF Grant Awards Ceremony
NBC 2
Grants were awarded to local non-profits at the 2017 NCEF Grant Awards Ceremony on Monday, March 13, 2017.
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Mar. 142017Naples Winter Wine Festival grew from table talk to top charity event
Naples Daily News
The Naples Winter Wine Festival started as a conversation among friends over lunch. Seventeen years later, the annual festival has raised more than $160 million, making it the most successful charity wine auction in the nation.
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Mar. 142017Naples Wine festival awards $12.25 million
Naples Daily News
The reach of the Naples Children & Education Foundation is broadening through its $12.25 million in grants this year to charities and for long-term initiatives to lift up the lives of disadvantaged children.
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Mar. 062017Collier County Gets a Boost From Over $15 Million Raised at 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival
Portfolio
At the close of an exciting afternoon, the tally for the 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s live auction hit more than $15.1 million, bringing the total amount raised since the Festival’s inception in 2001 to…
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Feb. 102017Naples Winter Wine Festival – Living Large and Giving Generously.
Upscale Living
Naples Winter Wine Festival is a weekend to calendar, and many returnees do attend the perennially sold out events. Besides the considerable social cache, comradery, and gourmet food and wine that the weekend affords, the…
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Feb. 092017Naples Winter Wine Festival uncorks another smashing success
Florida Weekly
IT WAS A “BRIGHT SUNSHINY DAY,” INDEED. At the close of bidding, the tally for the 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s live auction hit $15,066,000, bringing the total amount raised since the festival’s inception in…
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Feb. 062017The Ultimate Naples Winter Wine Festival 2017 Recap
Gulfshore Life
There’s a heightened sense of pride among Naples’ wine and food lovers the last week in January, when the star-studded Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF) is in swing. The nation’s largest charity wine auction this year alone…
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Feb. 052017Drinking in the highlights at Naples Winter Wine Festival
Palm Beach Daily News
The annual Naples Winter Wine Festival raised more than $15 million in just over four hours during its live auction last Saturday, including the top single bid of $480,000 for the 2017 McLaren 570 GT. An…
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