Women’s Foundation Awards Collier Senior Center Grant

Women’s Foundation Awards Collier Senior Center Grant

Women’s Foundation Awards Collier Senior Center Grant Women’s Foundation of Collier County awarded $385,000 in grants to local nonprofits dedicated to supporting vulnerable senior women and empowering women and girls. Listed below are the recipients and the...

celebrating seniors (News–Press oped 9/21/25)

Globally, the population of older adults is projected to reach 1.5 billion by 2050, universally shifting socioeconomic, cultural and health care systems in the process. This October 1st, International Older Persons Day, let’s celebrate the richness seniors add to our...

Supporting seniors facing the holidays alone

For most adults, holidays come wrapped in memories of long-held traditions, family gatherings, high expectations and some melancholy from navigating the hustle and bustle of the season along with life’s changes.  Unfortunately for seniors, the tendency to experience...

Living with loss during the holidays

  Facing the holidays can be a challenge under the best circumstances, but the transient aspect of Southwest Florida compounds the isolation many of us feel during a season focused largely on family. Grieving a loved one deepens feelings of separation and...

Valentine’s Day activities featured on wink news

Click on image above to watch Wink News Story. (February 13, 2023 – Wink News – Paul Dolan) To ensure nobody spends Valentine’s Day alone, the Collier Senior Center in Golden Gate hosted Valentine’s bingo. Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love, but...