Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for local seniors and their families, announced that it has further broadened its experienced leadership with the appointment of supporters Lucinda H. Stebbins and Dr. Sunil Pandya to its Board of Trustees. “The addition of these two experienced individuals to our board …
Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, announced the appointment of Prentiss C. Higgins as Board Chair. A long-time Naples Senior Center supporter, Higgins spent nearly 40 years in the design, manufacture and marketing of analytical instruments. Prior to his retirement, Higgins was Chairman and Chief Executive …
A group of seniors who lived through the Spanish Influenza, World War II, the Holocaust, and now the COVID-19 pandemic have rolled up their sleeves. On Friday, Feb. 26, at the North Collier Regional Park, five centurions got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Over a period of just six weeks, the Naples Senior Center helped …
Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, has been awarded a $15,000 grant from The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida. These funds will be used to support the growing Just Checking and Case Management programs for local seniors. The Naples Senior Center is the only human …
The seventh anniversary of Give Where You Live Collier generated 2,593 donations, including 1,932 made online, and raised a total of $6,446,656 — over $763,000 more than last year’s total of $5,683,085. The event has brought in over $31 million since its inception. Hosted by the Community Foundation of Collier County and the Richard M. …
The Naples Senior Center has helped register 150 of the most vulnerable seniors in the SWFL community for the COVID-19 vaccine who are unable to register themselves. The seniors are all over the age of 80 and do not have the technology or cannot book appointments on their own. Volunteers at the Naples Senior Center …
Joseph Innes has tasted danger and flirted with risk before in his 101 years. The North Naples resident flew 35 missions over Nazi Germany during World War II as an Air Force navigator aboard B-17 bombers. “We dumped a lot of tonnage of explosives,” he recalled of the perilous forays above enemy territory. So confronting …
Life in Naples magazine recently published an article about the impact Naples Senior Center has on its clients and the community. Click below to view the entire flipbook magazine. The article about Naples Senior Center can be found on page 58. Life In Naples – February 2021 Flipbook
When the vaccine against COVID-19 became available last month, 86-year-old Ginny LaPlaine knew she would not get an appointment “I don’t use a computer,” the Naples resident said. “It was all so foreign to me.” Vaccine appointments for people 65 and over in Collier County must be made online, whether through the state Department of …
The Naples Senior Center has helped register 150 of the most vulnerable seniors in the SWFL community for the COVID-19 vaccine who are unable to register themselves. The seniors are all over the age of 80 and do not have the technology or cannot book appointments on their own. Volunteers at the Naples Senior Center …
More than 100 Collier County seniors received a renewed dose of hope and help. The over-80 crowd doesn’t have access to technology or the ability to book their own appointments, but they were able to get their shot in the arm with some help. Cars were full of some of the most vulnerable in the …
If we’ve all learned anything from 2020, we are social beings who often don’t cope well with isolation, something so many of our older family members deal with even when there isn’t a pandemic. But the Naples Senior Center, dedicated to making sure our loved ones don’t feel alone as they age, has gotten the spot …