Hodges University and Hodges Connect, the workforce initiative of the University’s Professional Education and Training department, celebrated the March 2021 Emergency Medical Technician class with a pinning ceremony on March 12, 2021. A pinning ceremony is a graduation to recognize the ...
Blessings in a Backpack SWFL, along with Millennial Brewing Company recently held the inaugural ‘Brews for Blessings’ family fun block party at the downtown Fort Myers brewery. The fundraising event garnered tremendous support and excitement from the community and raised $20,000 to ...
A dozen students from the School District of Lee County are competing this week in The State Science & Engineering Fair of Florida 2021. The District saw public school students sweep the top awards at the 2021 Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Regional Science & Engineering Fair. The ...
Following judging on Feb. 25, the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge announced the winners and finalists of the eighth annual “Ding” Darling-Theodore Cross High School Photography Contest at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel. Due to COVID ...
Three Cape students named ‘Do The Right Thing’ winners Three students were honored as “Do The Right Thing” award recipients this week for their good deeds. Command staff with the Cape Coral Police Department’s Community Services Bureau visited the students’ schools to present them ...
Kassandra Cooper has dreamed of being a music teacher her entire life and, perhaps, even teaching alongside her parents in the community she loves. This past week, the North Fort Myers High School student took a huge step toward that dream by becoming one of two students to receive a Golden ...
Last year, the North Fort Myers High School Drama Club was getting ready to put on its rendition of the classic musical “42nd Street” when the pandemic forced the show to be cancelled. This year, with all the sets and costumes and choreography ready, it made sense to give the musical ...
The Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida is seeking the community’s help in raising money for its scholarship fun, which currently has a match donor. Twenty scholarships have been provided since 2015 to students of Haitian descendent who are ready to graduate from Lee ...
Cape residents inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: * Christi Iverson of Cape Coral at Nova ...
As seventh grade student Karina Delagarza filled Blessing Bags with donated toiletry items, she couldn’t help having mixed emotions. On one hand she felt like she was doing something significant to help those less fortunate, but on the other hand she was sad that there are so many who are ...
