Click to read the article about a paper-folding exercise during a creativity workshop at the Naples Senior Center. Read the article.
Dear Friends, Thank you for being among the 76 donors to JFCS of Southwest Florida and the Naples Senior Center through the Give Where You Live 2016 program. Because of your support we raised $254,450! These dollars will enable us to continue to empower individuals and families by giving them tools to address life’s challenges. …
Please give where we live and support your Naples Senior Center! a program of JFCS of Southwest Florida Questions? Don’t hesitate to call the center at (239) 325-4444! JFCS thanks you for your support!
KUDOS: The doors opened to 88 participants in January 2014 and, in less than two years, membership grew to more than 800. Click here to read more ….
Below is the Naples Daily NewsMakers broadcast about the expansion of the Naples Senior Center. The program aired on November 22. After viewing the introduction you can find the JFCS segment beginning at the 10:46 mark.
JFCS of Southwest Florida invites you to join us as we raise the curtain to reveal ….. The newly expanded Naples Senior Center Thursday, December 3, 2015 • 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Naples Senior Center • 5025 Castello Drive • Naples, FL R.S.V.P. by November 23 Wine & Hors d’oeuvres will be served.Complimentary valet …
We want to say “thank you” to so many friends in the community who contacted us as a result of a recent national TV news feature. ………… Click here to read the entire Thank You letter.
Paul Goldblum and Mary Novello lean in so close when they talk, the orange sleeve of his shirt brushes up against her shoulder. Maybe they’re sharing a secret — each of them slipping out the quiet, snickering kind of laugh only friends use during private jokes. But it’s more likely they’re shifting closer together to …
Considering that Florida has long been considered the country’s gold standard destination for retirement living, it’s surprising that Naples’ senior community did not have a place it could use for socialization and resources until about a year and a half ago. Instead, services were cobbled together through several agencies. The elderly often went without the …
Larry Graham, a Naples Walmart store manager, visited the Naples Senior Center as guest speaker on Wednesday for 140 seniors enjoying lunch and entertainment. The Naples Senior Center is the grateful recipient of a $25,000 Walmart Foundation grant to fund the weekly luncheons that fight hunger as well as loneliness. The Naples Senior Center was …
PBS recently published a photo essay on their website presenting a more in-depth look into the lives of the Naples Senior Center members featured in this story. As one member says, “Without them (JFCS) we would be starving”. Please take the time to look at both stories. I know you will feel good about the difference we …
Nearly one in six senior citizens face the threat of hunger in the United States. Charity and food stamps reach some of these vulnerable Americans, but limited resources and isolation mean many are struggling without receiving help. It’s been called one of the longest-lasting and cruelest effects of the great recession. Millions of senior citizens …