Pop star Hilary Duff arrived at Tice Elementary School on Wednesday with a startling message: Students in Lee are hungry.
The Lee County Soup Kitchen, Meals on Wheels, Faith in Action and Hand & Hearts Montessori Preschool - Press releases and special events
Food Pantry supplies running low
5 Mar 2009 Author: mcreative In: General InfoDonations needed to keep up with growing demand.
March 5, 2009 (FORT MYERS, FL) –With an unemployment rate that has jumped swiftly from 6% to 10% in recent months, and foreclosure rates the highest in the nation, Lee County is on the front lines of feeding the “new hungry”.
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CCMI doing its part to feed local school children on weekends
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Sam Galloway’s 6th annual Soup Kitchen Benefit Photos
4 Mar 2009 Author: mcreative In: General Info
Southwest Florida comes out to support CCMI at the 6th Annual Soup Kitchen Benefit Go to News-Press.com or http://is.gd/lLjz
to see the photos.
Stay on track for homeless
4 Mar 2009 Author: mcreative In: General InfoFrom News-Press.com
Thanks to rising unemployment and foreclosures, the face of homelessness is shifting from the stereotypical street people to newly displaced families. Read the rest of this entry »
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Galloway Benefit Sold Out
27 Feb 2009 Author: mcreative In: General Info
February 27, 2009 (FORT MYERS, FL) – This year’s Sam Galloway and Friends Soup Kitchen Benefit has sold out. The event will be held Tuesday, March 3 at the Galloway Family dealership located off Boy Scout Road in Fort Myers. Over 600 guests will be in attendance to help raise money and support Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc. (CCMI).
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Business is down, but local charities still need help
23 Feb 2009 Author: mcreative In: General Info
Sam Galloway 6th Annual Soup Kitchen Benefit to be held March 3
February 23, 2009 (FORT MYERS, FL) – In a recent interview for Dan Rather Reports, local businessman Sam Galloway, Jr. reported his dealership has experienced a 64 percent decline in sales over the past four years. But that isn’t stopping him from once again hosting his annual Soup Kitchen benefit in support of Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc. (CCMI).
CCMI Montessori Preschoolers to Ride on Galloway Ford Parade Float
17 Feb 2009 Author: mcreative In: General Info
Patriotic themed float to be a part of the Grand Parade on February 21.
February 13, 2009 (FORT MYERS, FL) – A number of local children will get a bigger treat than watching the 71st Chico’s Charities Edison Festival of Light parade on Saturday, February 21. A lucky handful of students at Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc. (CCMI) Montessori Preschool in Dunbar have been invited to ride on Galloway Family of Dealerships’ float.
Noble Jewelers Hosts Fundraiser
17 Feb 2009 Author: mcreative In: General InfoClick here to view the article.
Noble Jewelers will conduct a gold exchange fundraiser through Feb. 21 as a fundraiser for Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. A percentage of all proceeds from gold and silver that is brought in to the Fort Myers store at 11601 S. Cleveland Ave. will be donated to CCMI.
For more information, contact Noble Jewelers at 275-1034.
Junior ROTC to hold Spring food drive for CCMI
17 Feb 2009 Author: mcreative In: General InfoKick-off event to be held February 18 at 3pm
February 17, 2009 (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 February 18 thru March 18, 2009.
They gathered for a glimpse
11 Feb 2009 Author: mcreative In: General Info
Outside the Community Cooperative Ministries Soup Kitchen, Pedro Sanchez, 36, sat on a picnic bench facing the street. Health care was on his mind. He had been driving a delivery truck, taking tomatoes to local restaurants, when he got into a serious car accident two years ago. Now Sanchez has a prosthetic leg, but no regular doctor to see.
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.