http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press The Lee County Soup Kitchen, Meals on Wheels, Faith in Action and Hand & Hearts Montessori Preschool - Press releases and special events Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:52:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 7, 2010) – Sarah Owen, CEO of Community Cooperative Ministries Inc., shares definite similarities with the Energizer Bunny® and the folks at Energizer have agreed. Owen has been named one of the top 10 finalists in the 2010 Energizer Keep Going® Hall of Fame. The Energizer ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=353 Mobile Food Pantry rolls into Cape Coral United Way House on Friday, July 9 at 10 a.m. FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 7, 2010) – Last summer Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. along with a team of community partner agencies, fed more than 20,000 hungry individuals across Southwest Florida through its mobile food ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=351 Women’s event benefiting hungry in our community scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 25, 2010) – A giant martini glass stopping traffic; red-carpeted live auction and stage areas; hundreds of women decked out in to-die-for outfits and plenty of silent and live auction items for every budget. It’s ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=347 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 22, 2010) – Fifteen Target employees from stores across Southwest Florida recently spent a day donating their time to Community Cooperative Ministries Inc.’s Soup Kitchen. The volunteers helped prepare a nutritious noontime meal as well as meals to be delivered by CCMI’s Meals on Wheels drivers. CCMI ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=344 http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100603052 The aisles are full of food — cereals, coffee, pasta and milk — and there’s a place in the back for fresh produce and even cakes. Hungry people can go in and choose the foods they want to feed their families. This is a different model from the bread lines and ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=339 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 15, 2010) – Reading to children increases their vocabulary and helps kids develop into readers. That is why Community Cooperative Ministries Hands and Hearts Montessori Preschool started a new volunteer reading program at the end of each week. Each Friday between 10:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m., the ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=335 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 14, 2010) – Anyone who has met Sarah Owen, CEO of Community Cooperative Ministries Inc., would agree she shares definite similarities with the Energizer Bunny® because she keeps going and going. The folks at Energizer agree and have named her one of the 100 semifinalists ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=332 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 10, 2010) – Now that winter residents have returned to their northern homes, Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. is in need of volunteers to support their numerous programs and services. “Almost 40 percent of our volunteer base is made up of seasonal residents,” said Jon Mayhugh, director of ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=329 http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100606011 Zarifer King was pleasantly surprised when she stepped into the Everyday Marketplace in Fort Myers. “It’s like a grocery store,” she said. “Most of the time you go to a food pantry and they give you things you don’t eat.” King, 30, of Fort Myers, personally selected enough food for her ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=341 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 4, 2010) – Nationally acclaimed speaker, author and leadership coach Dr. Dave Fleming has joined Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. to oversee strategic leadership development and social services for the agency. Fleming writes a popular leadership blog and is the author of a monthly e-newsletter, “leading thoughts,” ... http://www.ccmileecounty.com/press/?p=325