Baker Senior Center Naples’ signature Lunch & More program In order to attend lunch a reservation is required by the Friday before. Please call 239.325.4444 to register. Wednesday Lunch & More 11 am – More * 12 pm – Lunch is served September 6 – Doug Williams Piano September 13 – Dottie & Bruce September …
Baker Senior Center Naples is tackling its need for social workers with recruits who know clearly what the job entails. The first year of a new fellowship program that debuted last fall has wrapped up with two master’s degree students who graduated this past spring from Florida Gulf Coast University. The second year of the …
Several seniors living in Moorhead Manor on Bayshore Drive in Naples will soon be celebrating the arrival of their new homes. In a collaborative partnership between the Collier Community Foundation (CCF) and the Baker Senior Center Naples (BSCN), an innovative program to replace the homes of five year-round homeowners will provide relief from the months …
Baker Senior Center Naples and Collier Community Foundation joined forces to help Ian displaced seniors with housing Liz Freeman Naples Daily News The first thing that caught Rose Marie Powell’s attention was the kitchen island. Any day now she will be preparing meatballs and spaghetti, her secret Italian recipe, on the island in her new …
Marie Powell has a new place to call to home. “I’ll tell you I honestly cannot believe that this has happened to me. Did I deserve it? I don’t know,” said Powell. She is one of five seniors getting a helping hand and a new home courtesy of the Baker Senior Center Naples and the Collier Community Foundation. …
Isolation, loneliness and grief are a growing problem in the older population that often leads to depression. To give people another layer of support, the Baker Senior Center Naples is adding mental health caseworkers. Cognitive therapy is one of the wellness programs offered at the Baker Senior Center Naples. When they built this new building, …
Many recent downturns tied to COVID pandemic Liz Freeman Naples Daily News USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA Life in the Sunshine State is not always sunny for seniors. New findings about the quality of life for older adults in Florida validate downturns in recent years, much of it tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early deaths …
By Ken Goldstein, JCRC member I volunteer one day a week … and it’s the most meaningful thing I’ve ever done in my life. I have been a volunteer at the Baker Senior Center Naples’ dementia/respite program. It spans four hours, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., providing services for individuals with early- to …
Posted from Florida Weekly: Baker Senior Center Naples announced the recent appointment two new members of its Board of Trustees. George Kraus is a retired businessman with more than 60 years of experience, most recently serving as co-founder of JBS Associates in Ringwood, New Jersey. Before that, he was the founder of Data Line Corp., …
We are honored to announce that Dr. Faffer has been named as one of “The Naples 100” Collier County Most Influential Business Leaders. >> Click here to see the entire Naples Illustrated issue. <<
The number of homeless individuals in Collier County has gone up dramatically to 703 this year compared to last year’s finding of 462 homeless. The “point in time” count conducted by the Hunger and Homeless Coalition of Collier County provides a snapshot of homelessness where volunteers canvass the community and survey the homeless about what has transpired …