NEWS & MEDIA
2026 NEWS & MEDIA
- Collier Senior Center Announces New Senior Center Director, August 3 2026
- Collier Senior Center raises $500,000, Naples FL Weekly, January 1, 2026
2025 News & Media
- Women’s Circle of Southwest Florida Announces 2025-2026 Grants; 8 Grants Total $154,000 PR Newswire and Fox 40, October 10, 2025
- Women’s Circle of Southwest Florida Announces 2025-2026 Grants; 8 Grants Total $154,000Finance, October 14, 2025
- Collier Community Foundation granted $20,000 to Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate to support its general operations and technology needs; Caught in the Act of Kindness, e Bella Magazine, October 2025
- Collier Senior Center Awarded Women’s Giving Circle Grant for Mental Health Program, Coastal Breeze, October 23, 2025
- Naples Woman’s Club Awards $105,000 to Local Charities, Adapts New Style of Giving, Naples 2Night Magazine, November 2025
- Supporting seniors this holiday season, Naples Daily News, December 13, 2025
- Silent Nights: Support for holiday isolation in seniors and older adults Bonita Florida Weekly, December 15, 2025
- Golden Gate senior center raises $500,000, The Naples Press, December 25, 2025
- Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate is Expanding, Greater Naples Leadership December 2025
- Collier Community Foundation Grants Boost Collier Senior Center Operations
- Celebrating Seniors (News–Press OpEd 9/21/25)
- Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate Welcomes Four to the Board of Directors (Press Release 4/14/25)
- Support for Seniors (Naples Press OpEd 2/19/25)
- Community efforts boost support for Collier County seniors (Naples Press 2/14/25)
2024 News & Media
- Collier Senior Center – Golden Gate Fact Sheet (Coastal Breeze 12/26/24)
- Ensuring a festive season for seniors (OpEd Naples News 12/22/24)
- Interview with Esther Lully – Bob Harden Show (Audio Clip 9/20/24)
- Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate Awarded Moorings Park Grant to Support Seniors – Press Release (8/29/24)
- Interview with Esther Lully – Bob Harden Show (Audio Clip 6/28/24)
- Disaster Preparedness Presentation – Press Release (6/4/24)
- Collier Senior Center-FPL Partnership Ensures Seniors are Hurricane Prepared – Press Release (5/31/24)
- McNaghten Joins Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate Board of Directors – Press Release (5/30/24)
- Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate Awarded Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Grant – Press Release (5/8/24)
- Marco Island Eagle – Letter to the Editor (4/30/24)
- Powered by Connection – Letter to the Editor (4/16/24)
- SWFL 100 – Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate to host free Mini Health Fair April 9 (4/2/24)
- News Press – Letter to the Editor (3/27/24)
- Sen. Rick Scott Hosts Roundtable Focusing on Issues Facing Florida’s Seniors (2/4/24)
- News-Press – Celebrate Your Independence Letter (1/26/24)
- Florida Weekly – ‘Transform Seniors’ Lives’ benefit for Collier Senior Center at Naples Sailing & Yacht Club (1/25/24)
- The Naples Press – Camaraderie, friendship fill Collier Senior Center (1/5/24)
2022 - 2023 News & Media
ARCHIVED NEWS
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...
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...
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...
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 loneliness.
How do you handle paradise lost? Allow yourself to experience the full-range of emotions, from the joy of the season to the despair of loss. Feeling is where healing begins.
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...
Esther Lully on Bob Harden Radio Show
Senior Center Director Esther Lully, speaks with Bob Harden on The Bob Harden Show. The two discuss programs, services and ongoing activities at the...
Tatiana Fortune on the Bob Harden Radio Show (10/22/21)
Senior Center Director Tatiana Fortune, MSW, speaks with Bob Harden on The Bob Harden Show. The two discuss programs, services and ongoing...
Golden Gate Senior Center — worthy of support
Naples Daily News - Letter to the Editor Jim Barton, Collier Senior Resources Published September 30, 2021 With the added isolation and stress of...
Collier Senior Resources Receives $45,000 Grant for Life Saving Services
Collier Senior Resources (CSR) at the Golden Gate Senior Center – a nonprofit organization working to address the needs of Collier County’s older...
Collier Senior Resources Receives $25,000 Grant for Mental Health Program
Collier Senior Resources (CSR) at the Golden Gate Senior Center – a nonprofit organization working to address the needs of older adults and their...