At the Naples Botanical Garden on a soggy Sunday, 20 agencies received checks totaling $6 million collected during the Naples Winter Wine Festival.
The Naples Children and Education Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010, bouncing back after a down year in 2009, and distributing the grants that serve as a lifeline for many nonprofits in Collier County.
Federal Programs Related to - Education, General/Other
Programs that provide opportunities for people in the community to acquire the knowledge, skills, desirable qualities of behavior and character, wisdom and general competence that will enable them to fully participate in and enjoy the social, political, economic and intellectual life of the community. Home-Based Education; Home Education; Home Schooling
Federal Programs Related to - Children & Youth Services
Programs that provide a wide variety of informational, social and supportive services for children and youth. Adolescent Services; Child Welfare; Children's Social Services; Children's Services; Kinship Care; Youth Services
Vandana Shiva, a scientist and environmentalist known for her activism against GMOs, globalization, and patents on seeds and traditional foods, co-founded Navdanya.
Foundation disburses $6 million raised at wine festival to 20 agencies