The Lee County Soup Kitchen, Meals on Wheels, Faith in Action and Hand & Hearts Montessori Preschool - Press releases and special events
CCMI’s Everyday Marketplace opens
16 May 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
Grand opening of S.W. Florida’s first comprehensive client choice pantry
scheduled for June 3 – National Hunger Awareness Day
FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 17, 2010) – In the summer of 2009, Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. began creating a sustainable customer choice-centered model for long-term hunger elimination. Today that model is coming to fruition with the opening of the Everyday Marketplace located adjacent to CCMI’s Soup Kitchen at 3429 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in Fort Myers.
CCMI wins top PR award
21 Apr 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
The Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) recognized the best public relations, communications and marketing efforts in Southwest Florida during the past year at the 2010 Local Image Awards banquet. The event was held on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 inside the Paragon Flight Training Hangar at Page Field in Fort Myers, Fla. The Local Image Awards competition is conducted annually to recognize outstanding public relations programs in Southwest Florida and to encourage and promote the development of public relations professionalism in our area. Winners demonstrate the very best examples of innovation, planning and design.
The Grand All Image Award, FPRA’s highest onor, was given to Sarah Owen of CCMI (Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc.), Melinda Isley, APR and Lucy Costa of Promotional Incentives for their work on the “NoFood4You” public service program. This project also won an Image Award in its category and a Judges’ Award for maximizing results with a minimal budget. Read the rest of this entry »
CCMI adds new board members
20 Apr 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 20, 2010) – Three new members have been appointed to the board of directors for Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. CCMI is the umbrella agency for the Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry, Meals on Wheels, Senior Transportation, Montessori Preschool and Social and Homeless Services.
Beelicious Foods presents donation to United Way
19 Apr 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 19, 2010) – Beelicious Foods, a project created by Community Cooperative Ministries Inc.’s Montessori preschoolers, presented a check to Cliff Smith, president of the United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades on April 19.
CCMI’s Montessori preschoolers established the fictitious company, Beelicious Foods, after receiving a grant funded by the Junior League of Fort Myers. Grant funds enabled the school to purchase ingredients and tools to make healthy snacks from scratch as well as crafts including bracelets, picture frames and holiday ornaments. Proceeds from the sales of these items are being donated to the United Way. CCMI is a United Way agency.
CCMI kicks off Do Something campaign
22 Mar 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
March 19, 2010 (FORT MYERS, FL) – At the recent Sam Galloway Jr. & Friends 7th Annual Soup Kitchen Benefit, Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc. (CCMI) launched their Do Something Twenty Ten campaign.
“With so many options available to help our neighbors and community in need, doing nothing is not an option,” said Sarah Owen, CEO of CCMI. “Do Something is our campaign to encourage everyone, young and old to take ownership in helping our community. Doing anything is better than doing nothing.”
Junior ROTC once again to hold Spring food drive for CCMI
16 Mar 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
March 15, 2010 (FORT MYERS, FL) – Lee County’s 13 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs will hold a month long food drive to benefit
Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc. (CCMI) from April 12 thru May 14, 2010.
FGCU Women’s Golf Volunteers at CCMI
13 Mar 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
The Florida Gulf Coast University Women’s Golf Team spent February 12 volunteering at Community Cooperative Ministries Inc.’s (CCMI) Soup Kitchen and Montessori Preschool. The members helped prepare meals to serve over 200 of the area’s hungry and homeless residents for the day and helped the Montessori students with projects and learning.
Standing up for the needy: Editorial
4 Mar 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
THE NEWS-PRESS EDITORIAL • NEWS-PRESS.COM • MARCH 4, 2010
Soup Kitchen gets help
3 Mar 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
Galloway event raises $800,000
Little Caesars Love Kitchen a hit
1 Mar 2010 Author: mcreative In: General Info
About CCMI
Community Cooperative Ministries (CCMI) was incorporated in 1984, and has long been a driving force in the Fort Myers community, providing food to homeless and nearly homeless, as well as emergency groceries and affordable childcare to the working poor. In July of 2006 the agency expanded its mission and outreach to Lee County by merging with agencies that had historically provided home delivered meals to the homebound hungry (Meals on Wheels), and transportation services to the frail elderly (Faith In Action) and The Soup Kitchen. This merger created an agency that is able to provide comprehensive, unduplicated services to the homeless, nearly homeless, homebound, seniors and children more effectively, more efficiently and with greater compassion than at any other time in the former agencies histories.