Charitable Notes

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Thanks to a partnership with the Collier County Junior Deputies League and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, all fourth-grade students are enrolled into the Junior Deputy program.

Avow Hospice is excited to announce a new children’s bereavement center in Collier County. Aunt Janet’s House will now combine all Avow Kids services into one place.

Summer is here, and many children aren’t getting their school lunches. Food pantry shelves need to be filled, to help lower-income families make it through the summer. Kraft Heinz employees helped Meals of Hope fulfill this need.

During the academic year, school meals provide children with two healthy, nutritious meals for breakfast and lunch. However, not having that resource each day during the summer can place additional budget demands on some families.

The Southwest Florida Community Foundation opened its annual call for Community Impact Grant applications. The application period runs June 3-July 31.

In honor of its ongoing relationship with the Benison Center, a World Vision satellite distribution center that provides critical support services to Immokalee families, Pathways has dedicated a new Benison Center Family Room.

I was inspired by a peer at Naples High School, just before Small Business Week. Sophomore Morgan Vickaryous spends her free time making and selling hair accessories through Instagram.

For the past 19 years, Felicia Jackson has been learning and growing alongside her students. She has always had the desire to learn more but did not dare to dream of that possibility until now.

Did you know that 33 percent of Collier County residents are living in poverty, trying to meet basic needs? Others who live paycheck-to-paycheck are one major incident away from being destitute.