2011 Diamond Volunteer Award Winners Selected
Four non-profits organizations from the southwest Florida area have won the 2011 Diamond Volunteer Award.
Naples, FL, December 13, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The winners of the 2011 Diamond Volunteer Program have been announced and increased to four from last year’s three selected organizations. The four groups were chosen based on their exceptional volunteer dedication and the extraordinary positive influence that the charity has in the local community. They are: Bedtime Bundles, Hope for Haiti, Senior Friendship Centers, and Sunlight Home.
Kelly E. Capolino PA, a local top producing real estate professional, founded the Diamond Volunteer Program in 2009 as a way to honor hardworking volunteers of non-profit organizations. The organizations were selected because of their commitment to their mission of improving life in the southwest Florida community and their dependence on their diligent volunteers.
“The program’s goal is to honor the volunteers of three non-profits, but this year, it was impossible to choose less than the four selected,” said Capolino. “All of the groups are so worthy of this award; there is no way we could exclude one! Therefore, Sunlight Home and Bedtime Bundles will share their reception. Not only do I get the pleasure of meeting these wonderful individuals, but they will be able to learn more about each other as well!”
Each organization selected will be honored at a personal cocktail reception given for 25 of their volunteers/guests. Each of the four selected organizations will also receive a press release written for their organization, photos submitted for press coverage, a radio interview, and a framed Diamond Volunteer award. The receptions will be held during the months of January, February and March.
About The Winners--
About Bedtime Bundles:
Bedtime Bundles, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to identify the needs of migrant children and provide them with basic necessities. Since 2006, Bedtime Bundles has provided migrant children with the bare essentials of food, clothing, blankets, hygiene products, first aid supplies as well as gently used shoes, books, and quite possibly, their only toy, all gathered together and packaged in a pillowcase. For more information about this organization or to make a donation, call 239-393-3415 or visit www.bedtimebundles.org.
About Hope for Haiti:
Hope for Haiti is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1997 with a mission to improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children, through education, nutrition, and healthcare. From mission trips for donors and medical personnel, to delivering supplies and monetary donations, to taking on 1-2 year long special projects, the organization is constantly providing aid to the people of Haiti. Since the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, they have been at the forefront of the emergency response and are committed to the country’s recovery. To learn more about this group or to find information about donations or volunteering opportunities, call 239-434-7183 or visit www.hopeforhaiti.com.
About Senior Friendship Centers:
Senior Friendship Centers is a non-profit network of centers in Southwest Florida with services that meet the needs of people 50 and older, and extend into the community with volunteer opportunities for all ages. Since the early 1970s this organization has led the country in developing innovative, cost-effective approaches to address the health and wellness needs of older adults. The Naples facility opened in 1985 for medical care and dental services were added in 1996. Patients served are low income, living at or near the poverty level; these are uninsured or underinsured individuals who would go without medical treatment were it not for the Clinic. To find out more about Senior Friendships Centers, call 239-566-7425 or go to www.friendshipcenters.org.
About Sunlight Home:
Sunlight Home was founded in June 1994 to help break the cycle of poverty and abuse for pregnant women and teens through a Christ-centered environment. Since then, hundreds of pregnant women and their children have come through the five bed facility to receive support and strength and to be renewed through emotional and physical wholeness and spiritual training. They help new mothers with counseling, job training, schooling and volunteering as well as parenting classes, child birth class, nutrition, prenatal care and the option of adoption. For more information, visit www.sunlighthome.org or call 239-352-0251.
About Kelly E. Capolino:
Capolino, founder of the Diamond Volunteer Programs and an agent with Keating Associates, is a residential real estate “Listing Leader” and “Top Producer” in Naples. She ranked #16 out of 5,000 real estate agents with the Naples Board of Realtors in 2009, excluding foreclosure agents. Her expertise in real estate is far-reaching with extensive knowledge and experience in luxury properties, acreage properties, investment properties, and renovation opportunities.
Capolino’s office is located in downtown Olde Naples on 5th Avenue South. She can be reached at 239-877-6700 or 239-262-6606 ext. 319 or online at Kelly@Naples.net or at www.KeatingRealty.com. To find out more about the Diamond Volunteer Program and the Awards, contact Kelly Capolino’s office.
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Kelly E. Capolino PA, a local top producing real estate professional, founded the Diamond Volunteer Program in 2009 as a way to honor hardworking volunteers of non-profit organizations. The organizations were selected because of their commitment to their mission of improving life in the southwest Florida community and their dependence on their diligent volunteers.
“The program’s goal is to honor the volunteers of three non-profits, but this year, it was impossible to choose less than the four selected,” said Capolino. “All of the groups are so worthy of this award; there is no way we could exclude one! Therefore, Sunlight Home and Bedtime Bundles will share their reception. Not only do I get the pleasure of meeting these wonderful individuals, but they will be able to learn more about each other as well!”
Each organization selected will be honored at a personal cocktail reception given for 25 of their volunteers/guests. Each of the four selected organizations will also receive a press release written for their organization, photos submitted for press coverage, a radio interview, and a framed Diamond Volunteer award. The receptions will be held during the months of January, February and March.
About The Winners--
About Bedtime Bundles:
Bedtime Bundles, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to identify the needs of migrant children and provide them with basic necessities. Since 2006, Bedtime Bundles has provided migrant children with the bare essentials of food, clothing, blankets, hygiene products, first aid supplies as well as gently used shoes, books, and quite possibly, their only toy, all gathered together and packaged in a pillowcase. For more information about this organization or to make a donation, call 239-393-3415 or visit www.bedtimebundles.org.
About Hope for Haiti:
Hope for Haiti is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1997 with a mission to improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children, through education, nutrition, and healthcare. From mission trips for donors and medical personnel, to delivering supplies and monetary donations, to taking on 1-2 year long special projects, the organization is constantly providing aid to the people of Haiti. Since the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, they have been at the forefront of the emergency response and are committed to the country’s recovery. To learn more about this group or to find information about donations or volunteering opportunities, call 239-434-7183 or visit www.hopeforhaiti.com.
About Senior Friendship Centers:
Senior Friendship Centers is a non-profit network of centers in Southwest Florida with services that meet the needs of people 50 and older, and extend into the community with volunteer opportunities for all ages. Since the early 1970s this organization has led the country in developing innovative, cost-effective approaches to address the health and wellness needs of older adults. The Naples facility opened in 1985 for medical care and dental services were added in 1996. Patients served are low income, living at or near the poverty level; these are uninsured or underinsured individuals who would go without medical treatment were it not for the Clinic. To find out more about Senior Friendships Centers, call 239-566-7425 or go to www.friendshipcenters.org.
About Sunlight Home:
Sunlight Home was founded in June 1994 to help break the cycle of poverty and abuse for pregnant women and teens through a Christ-centered environment. Since then, hundreds of pregnant women and their children have come through the five bed facility to receive support and strength and to be renewed through emotional and physical wholeness and spiritual training. They help new mothers with counseling, job training, schooling and volunteering as well as parenting classes, child birth class, nutrition, prenatal care and the option of adoption. For more information, visit www.sunlighthome.org or call 239-352-0251.
About Kelly E. Capolino:
Capolino, founder of the Diamond Volunteer Programs and an agent with Keating Associates, is a residential real estate “Listing Leader” and “Top Producer” in Naples. She ranked #16 out of 5,000 real estate agents with the Naples Board of Realtors in 2009, excluding foreclosure agents. Her expertise in real estate is far-reaching with extensive knowledge and experience in luxury properties, acreage properties, investment properties, and renovation opportunities.
Capolino’s office is located in downtown Olde Naples on 5th Avenue South. She can be reached at 239-877-6700 or 239-262-6606 ext. 319 or online at Kelly@Naples.net or at www.KeatingRealty.com. To find out more about the Diamond Volunteer Program and the Awards, contact Kelly Capolino’s office.
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www.keatingrealty.com
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