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United Way of Collier County works to advance the common good by focusing on the building blocks for a good quality of life – education, income, health, and safety net services. A volunteer-driven organization, United Way of Collier County partners with hundreds of volunteers and 34 local charities to provide hundreds of human service programs and annually serves over 100,000 Collier residents.
Collier Senior Resources is working to address the needs of older adults and caregivers in our community. Our vision is a community that advocates for and empowers seniors and caregivers.
CSR is pleased to share that the Golden Gate Senior Center is now open at 4898 Coronado Parkway, Naples in the building that is the old Golden Gate library. The Center is open Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm excluding holidays. Please call (239 252 4541) or stop by for a cup of coffee, to visit and learn about the services and programs available.
In addition to Collier Senior Resources (CSR)’s ‘Center Without Walls’ offering a variety of resources for seniors and caregivers. CSR has partnered with numerous local agencies and non-profits to bring a daily hot lunch program for seniors, weekly food pantry, employment assistance for low-income older adults and a multitude of other programs.
Our origins can be traced to the Fall of 1916 when a group of community leaders set aside 300 dollars, and donated lumber from the dismantled Court House, to build the first hospital in Fort Myers. That first hospital, Lee County Hospital, a two story, four room, 10 bed, wooden building was the beginning of community health care in our area.
Today, Lee Memorial Health System consists of four acute care hospitals: Lee Memorial Hospital, HealthPark Medical Center, Gulf Coast Medical Center and Cape Coral Hospital, and two specialty hospitals: Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and The Rehabilitation Hospital. With a total of 1423 beds, and over 1 million patient contacts each year, this makes Lee Memorial Health System the largest public health system in the state of Florida, receiving no direct tax support.
Supported by more than 10,500 dedicated employees and 4,500 volunteers and auxilians, Lee Memorial Health System remains the bedrock of our community by offering acute care, emergency care, rehabilitative and diagnostic services, health and wellness education, community outreach and advocacy programs throughout the five county region. We continue to invest back into our community to improve facilities, add services and extending care to those who need it most – in their own back yard.
In the nearly 100 years since opening our first hospital, our dedication to our community – the people with whom we live and work – has been at the core of Lee Memorial Health System’s mission, values and strategic planning principles.
Lee Memorial Hospital
2776 Cleveland Ave.
Fort Myers, FL 33901
(239) 343-2000
HealthPark Hospital
9981 S. HealthPark Dr.
Fort Myers, FL 33908
(239) 343-5000