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February 2021
NAPLES SENIOR CENTER
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t has been a long time coming, but it finally happened! On Dec. 8, 2020, the Board of Collier County Commissioners gave Naples Senior Center (NSC) the super-majority vote it needed to move ahead with “A New Era for Seniors!” In a four to one vote, commissioners approved the rezoning needed for us to build a 30,000-square-foot, two-story building on 13.7 acres in North Naples. The property is located on the corner of Oakes Boulevard and Autumn Oakes Lane, just one block south of Immokalee Road. Naples Senior Center is working with architectural firm Stofft Cooney for design, and Build LLC for construction. The new Naples Senior Center is being designed with plenty of room for the many programs and activities offered as well as a designated wing for our dementia respite programs on the second floor. Also on the second floor will be
offices for geriatric case management and administration. The weekly “Lunch and More” program will have room for up to 300 attendees. An expanded area for the food pantry will be on the first floor. NSC will continue to offer dementia respite programs on Marco Island. Of particular importance, is that NSC will now have outdoor space for a gardening program and meditation gardens. There will be walking trails and flexible areas for art classes, tai chi and other exercise programs. The property will be surrounded by lush landscaping, and five acres will remain as an undeveloped preserve. Patty and Jay Baker have generously given the lead gift. The Richard M. Schulze Foundation provided a challenge grant, which has been met. NSC also received a gift from the Brookdale Foundation Group and many generous gifts from the NSC Board of Trustees. There are many opportunities to become involved in this exciting project, including naming opportunities. For more information, please contact me at 239-325-4444 or jfaffer@naplesseniorcenter.org. We thank the community for the support!
Temple Shalom events
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emple Shalom offers many virtual opportunities to stay connected. In addition to the events listed below, please visit our YouTube channel, Temple Shalom Naples, for beautiful music from Cantor Donna Azu, and previously recorded programs from Rabbi Adam Miller, Cantor Donna Azu, Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Rabbi James Perman and Rabbi Frank Muller. Follow us on Facebook, Temple ShalomNaplesFL, for informational links and live content. For Zoom links to our other programs and events, please send a request to info@naplestemple.org. Shabbat services - Temple Shalom’s Shabbat services are held via our livestream (found on our website under the Media tab) and Facebook Live on the Temple Shalom Facebook page, Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. Havdalah service - This service is held every Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. live on our Facebook page and interactive on Zoom. Please email info@naplestemple. org for the link.
Saturday Morning Torah Study Held every Saturday at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Please email info@naplestemple.org for the link. Stories of Music, Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m. via Zoom - Facilitated by Cantor Donna Azu, Stories of Music is an adult education project of the Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Each class offers a broad range of musically related topics about the American
Jewish experience through stories of the evolving nature of Jewish music. On Feb. 3, the topic will be, “The Times They Are a-Changin’ (Part 1) Trends and Innovations in Jewish Music.” Please email info@naplestemple.org for the Zoom link. Decade of Distinction Scholar Series Five world-class scholars will interact with us in a series of virtual learning opportunities. Generously underwritten by the Shirley and Henry Kraus Scholarin-Residence Fund, the dates and scholars are as follows: Feb. 9 at noon - Rabbi Sally Priesand, the first female ordained rabbi in North America. Co-sponsored by the Temple Shalom Sisterhood and Men’s Club Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. - Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, a preeminent scholar of ChristianJewish relations, early Christianity and feminist Biblical interpretation at Vanderbilt University. Feb. 24 at TBA - Rabbi Norman Cohen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Midrash, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion March 4 at 7 p.m. - Rabbi Gary Zola, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience & Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati. March 8 at TBA - Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., Chancellor Emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Please email info@naplestemple.org for the Zoom link. For more information, go to www.naplestemple.org or call 239-455-3030.
