Naples, Florida – NCH Safe and Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County has partnered with the City of Naples to launch the “Kids Don’t Float! Life Jackets Do!” life jacket loaner program on August 4 at 8:30 am at the…
Since SWIM Central started in March 2012, over 1,685 children have participated, 1,685 water safety lessons have been taught. SWIM Central is possible, thanks to generous donations from the Naples Children & Education Foundation – Founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival and 21st Century Oncology. Water safety lessons…
Naples Daily News “NewsMakers” with Jeff Lytle interviews the Immediate Past Chair and Board Member Dr. Todd Vedder, and Executive Director Paula DiGrigoli about the initiatives and accomplishments of the Coalition. The 30-minute show aired on ABC7 on Sunday,…
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida collected and donated 132 swim suits, these swim suits will be given to underserved children so they can participate in our SWIM Central program and learn water safety. Water safety lessons have been proven to…
It’s time for Fourth of July celebrations – fireworks, a backyard barbecue, maybe a trip to the beach or the pool. Here are wonderful safety tips for 4th of July from the American Red Cross: FIREWORKS SAFETY The safest way…
It is with a great pleasure to inform you that in addition to breaking the record for the most lessons participants throughout the world, we officially broke the Guinness World record for the largest swimming lesson ever conducted – at…
2014 Summer Run4Fun: These free events are designed to give families, especially the children, an opportunity to participate in a structured 8-week summer run. All children who participate for 5 evenings/mornings out of the eight weeks will received a trophy…
We had a great turnout at the 2nd Annual Color Collier Healthy Run. A total of 1,000 participants took part running, jogging and walking in the event, a non competitive family-friendly event. Participants were sprinkled and doused with colored corn starch…
On Friday, June 20th, 2014 at the Sun N Fun Lagoon our Coalition is partnering with many Collier County agencies to host The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL) event from 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. On that day, tens of thousands…
Students from Golden Gate (GGE), Golden Terrace (GTE), Highlands (HLE), Mike Davis (MDE), Parkside (PSE), and Shadowlawn (SLE) elementary schools ran on Thursday, May 8th at Golden Gate HS the last mile of their “Whole Foods Market 95210 Kids on…
