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Grace Place: Post-Irma Update II
Dear Friends, Our hearts go out to all the families affected by hurricane Irma. While the Naples area repairs and rebuilds in the storm's aftermath, many of the families in the Golden Gate community we [...]
Grace Place: Post-Irma Update
Dear Friends, We would like to start by saying we hope your families stayed safe during and after hurricane Irma. We are deeply grateful to report that our staff and their families survived hurricane Irma [...]
Bright Beginnings, Indeed
Dilia first came to Grace Place nine years ago to attend Beginnings 101 classes once a week and to enroll her eldest son Jose, who is on the autism spectrum and was then one year [...]
Meet Our Summer Interns
Name: Henderson Heussner Age: 19 School: Estero High School (Graduated), I will be attending Yale University in the fall Team: School Age Programs Why did you want to intern at Grace Place? I wanted to [...]
AP Leadership Alumni off to Dartmouth
Yefri Figueroa grew up in Golden Gate city. His mother and father emigrated here from Honduras in search of better lives for themselves and for their young children. His family gave up much to come [...]
Educate a woman and you educate a family.
It’s another beautiful morning in Naples, Florida. Celia and I sit on a bench in the Grace Place playground as her three-year-old daughter, Jazmin, runs in circles around us. Our attention shifts as Jazmin begins [...]