{"id":14381,"date":"2016-10-20T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=14381"},"modified":"2016-10-20T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:20:33","slug":"community-foundation-hosts-professional-advisors-receptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2016\/10\/20\/community-foundation-hosts-professional-advisors-receptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Foundation hosts professional advisors receptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (Oct. 19, 2016) \u2013 The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently hosted appreciation receptions for its professional advisors network in Naples and Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Community Foundation President and CEO Sarah Owen welcomed guests and thanked them for their support, guidance and introductions this past year during the receptions hosted at the home of Foundation Chairman Guy Whitesman and his wife, Ilene Saffron, in Fort Myers and the office of Trustee Juan Bendeck, Hahn Loeser &amp; Parks, LLP in Naples.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur professional advisors are instrumental in introducing their clients to us when seeking resources and causes for philanthropy in the region,\u201d said Owen.<\/p>\n<p>The Southwest Florida Community Foundation, founded in 1976, cultivates regional change for the common good through collective leadership, social innovation and philanthropy to address the evolving community needs in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. Last year, it partnered with individuals, families and corporations that created more than 400 philanthropic funds. Thanks to them, the Foundation\u2019s invested $5 million in grants and programs to the community. With assets of more than $93 million, it has provided more than $67 million in grants and scholarships to the communities it serves since inception. The Community Foundation is the backbone organization for the regional FutureMakers Coalition and Lee County\u2019s Sustainability Plan.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Fort Myers, the Southwest Florida Community Foundation has satellite offices located on Sanibel Island, in LaBelle (Hendry County) and downtown Fort Myers.\u00a0 For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"x-webdoc:\/\/4252BBE5-53FE-4D54-899F-0C3C3BAC5958\/Library\/Containers\/com.apple.mail\/Data\/Library\/Mail%20Downloads\/1D0A271F-A6E1-4C78-9D8E-2AA31875EA67\/%22http:\/\">www.floridacommunity.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 239-274-5900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; FORT MYERS, Fla. (Oct. 19, 2016) \u2013 The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently hosted appreciation receptions for its professional advisors network in Naples and Fort Myers. Community Foundation President&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}