Prominent wine-based charity event raises more than $7 million

Naples Winter Wine Festival has now raised nearly $220 million since 2001.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:23 p.m. February 6, 2021
Courtesy. Naples Children & Education Foundation CEO Maria Jimenez-Lara
Courtesy. Naples Children & Education Foundation CEO Maria Jimenez-Lara
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NAPLES — The Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, one of the most prominent wine-based fundraisers nationwide, recently announced the results of its first-ever virtual festival. The event raised close to $7.2 million, according to a statement, funds for underprivileged and at-risk children of Collier County.

 

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