Volunteers who contribute countless hours and dedication to United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades were honored at the organization\u2019s annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast.<\/p>\n
Held May 4 at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers, the event welcomed nearly 250 volunteers, staff, donors and board members in recognition of Volunteer Appreciation Month.<\/p>\n
Awards were presented to individuals and organizations for their dedication to the nonprofit and support of its work in the community.<\/p>\n
The award recipients were:<\/p>\n
United Way Champion Award \u2013 Tom Uhler<\/p>\n
\u201cDay of Caring\u201d Company of the Year \u2013 Mattress Firm<\/p>\n
Community Partnership School Partner of the Year \u2013 FGCU<\/p>\n
Campaign Coordinator of the Year \u2013 Angela Guttery<\/p>\n
Impact Award \u2013 Mary Snell<\/p>\n
Community of the Year \u2013 Grandezza<\/p>\n
United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades Interim President and CEO Hannah Pelle commended the volunteers for their extraordinary commitment, stating, \u201cIt\u2019s because of the passion and countless hours our volunteers devote that we\u2019re able to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the hundreds of thousands we help each year.\u201d<\/p>\n
To learn more about volunteer opportunities with United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades, visit Volunteer.UnitedWayLee.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n About United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades<\/p>\n United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades has raised and distributed more than $272 million since its establishment in 1957, with all funds staying local to support a vast network of partner agencies and community programs. Together, the organization serves the community by nurturing youth, strengthening families, helping the elderly and disabled live independently, and empowering neighborhoods by delivering essential health and human services. Visit UnitedWayLee.org<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volunteers who contribute countless hours and dedication to United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades were honored at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-309428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}