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Lee Commissioners extend toll waiver on Sanibel Causeway

Fort Myers, FL, Sept. 5, 2023 – The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to extend the suspension of tolls on the Sanibel Causeway to include Sunday, Sept. 17, Saturday, Sept. 23, and Sunday, Sept. 24, in support of the Island Hopper Songwriter Fest...

Noted Contemporary Painter Leoma Lovegrove Provides Cover Art for GCWA’s Hurricane Ian Anthology

FORT MYERS, FL, Aug. 7, 2023--Gulf Coast Writers Association Inc., Southwest Florida’s 28-year-old meeting ground for writers, editors and their associates, announced today that Leoma Lovegrove, internationally known artist, has painted the artwork for the cover of Storm Stories—Hurricane Ian, its anthology of personal...

READINGPALS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR

Give students individualized attention and the best likelihood of success United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades is recruiting volunteers for the United Way ReadingPals program to read with PreK to 2nd graders at 12 school sites in Lee County.  ReadingPals offers volunteers an opportunity to build...

Cape Coral Caring Center Celebrates New Location 

As the pandemic exacerbates food insecurity across the country, Cape Coral Caring Center is working to support residents disproportionately impacted by the problem right here in Cape Coral.   Something they have been doing since their inception.   "The clients we see just need a lift over the...

Florida Lions Eye Clinic receives United Way grant

The United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee Counties has awarded a $27,500 grant to the Florida Lions Eye Clinic. The funding will support optometry and ophthalmology staffing, a mobile eye clinic and monthly eye screening events. The United Way orchestrated an additional $20,000...

Community Cooperative announces PB&J drive

Community Cooperative is asking businesses and the community to help support a Peanut Butter & Jelly collection drive through April 21. Peanut butter and jelly are some of the most frequently requested items at mobile food pantries because it is kid-friendly, shelf-stable, and protein-rich. Community...

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