Investing in your future is no easy task; sometimes, bills or other expenses can prevent you from achieving your goals. The hard decision to use the money for bills versus things that would help advance your career can be a very daunting task. Thankfully, MicroGrant has provided low-income individuals with an opportunity to apply for a grant [...]
On the third Thursday of every month, you will find a group of individuals at Cornerstone United Methodist Church bagging rice and beans. What started as a small way to help during the pandemic now impacts lives from start to finish. Routines were completely flipped upside down over a year ago as we all faced [...]
Grace Place for Children & Families will be hosting an onsite job fair at 4300 21st Avenue SW, Naples FL on Saturday, July 24 from 10am-12pm. During this time we will be conducting interviews for immediate start positions. Please come out and see us! If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 239.255.7214. [...]
At the start of the year, our middle school students were busy creating kindness rocks. Their intention- to spread kindness and love to our elementary students. Kindness Rocks are rocks or stones that are painted with inspirational messages or sayings. Our students shared words of wisdom and comfort before sharing them with our elementary students. [...]
Meet The Bosschers When Pat and Jim Bosscher made Naples their winter home in 2014, they planned to relax and enjoy the sandy beaches, pristine waters, serene nature preserves, and championship golf courses. But, it wasn’t until they discovered Grace Place through the Missions Fair at their church that they realized there was much more [...]
It wasn’t long after she came to the United States that Emelida met Jesus. She was cleaning houses at the time. He worked as a cook in a little market she frequented for lunch. “He would ask for my number every day,” Emelida recalls with a wide smile. “I resisted at first, but eventually I [...]
I dreamt about my freshman year at Florida State University many times... I never imagined it like this. I envisioned campus life to be a busy social scene, not socially distanced. I figured most of my time in the dorm would be spent sleeping, not staring at my computer screen on virtual classes. I haven't [...]
It gives us great pleasure to announce that following a national search, the Grace Place Board of Directors has unanimously approved the selection of Lära Fisher as our next Chief Executive Officer effective October 19, 2020. The Board and leadership team at Grace Place are confident that Lära is the right person to lead our [...]
We are pleased to welcome Ann Marie Barter as our Grace Place Family Literacy Model® Administrator. Barter joins Grace Place, following nearly six years with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, where she served as the Senior Director of Curriculum and Training. In this role, Barter traveled nationally, developing and evaluating literacy programs to [...]
We are pleased to announce our reopening for early childhood, youth and adult education summer programming. Grace Place summer programs include a nine-week Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) class which began on June 8, a six-week elementary and middle school summer program beginning June 15, a five-week virtual high school program beginning June 15, and a combination [...]
