Parents Night Out – Gulf Shore Life Center – Bonita Springs
Take a break from your daily routine and enjoy some quality time away from the kids. Go on a date night, take some alone time or run errands — whatever […]
Florida Disaster Fund helps Better Together help families
Do you recall us telling you about Jenn Downes, a Better Together host mom, speaking before Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and other community leaders? We […]
Toy drive provides bright holiday to families
Every year, Better Together provides Christmas gifts to the families we serve through the Better Families program, thanks to our generous supporters. For many families, just getting through the day-to-day […]
A touch of kindness
I buckled my children into their car seats after a rainy day of delivering Thanksgiving dinners to families in North Fort Myers. On our way home, my son said these […]
We’re in the community helping, please join us
Heroes reveal themselves in many ways. They are the ones who pluck hurricane survivors out of their homes. But they are also the families who open up their homes to […]
Hurricane Ian: How can you help?
Semi trucks full of supplies are coming daily to our church partners across Southwest Florida. Better Together is leveraging the strength of its team and volunteers to work with churches […]
Angels walk this earth
Guest Blog by Lucretia Marie I had just moved to Lehigh Acres, Florida, with my husband and four children. We were starting off a new journey where we didn’t […]
Better Jobs: Matchmaker for employment
Gavin and Nate | Steven Russell had been to three other job fairs. He’d placed help-wanted ads in print and online. Still, he wasn’t finding the right workers for […]
What it means to be a true neighbor
Heidi and child I recently found a quote that perfectly sums up how I’m feeling about the holiday season: “Markets often persuade us that we don’t have enough. Communities […]
Dignity of Work: Jobs provide more than a paycheck
One Southwest Florida mom is particularly excited this holiday season. For the first time, Lindsy Lind can buy Christmas gifts for her boys with her own money. It’s a great […]
