https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Heights Foundation. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:50:36 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/494555 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Volunteers from Riverside Church built a wheelchair ramp for an elderly Harlem Heights homeowner who sought assistance through the Heights Center’s Family Advocacy program. The Center’s programs had previously helped the woman, who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, to alleviate flooding in the front of her home. Supplies for the wheelchair ramp were provided with financial support from Riverside Church and [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/494555 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/490181 Thu, 09 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Donation will support completion of medical clinic. Gulf Harbour Memorial Foundation donated $15,000 to the Heights Foundation to complete the foundation’s medical clinic. The clinic will provide access to quality health care for low-income, uninsured residents of Harlem Heights and surrounding communities. The clinic will be located at the Heights Center, 15570 Hagie Drive in Fort Myers, and will be run by Lee [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/490181 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/487483 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Teaching Kitchen to Provide Workforce Training Programs The Pierce Family Fund donated $25,000 to the Heights Foundation to purchase a commercial hood, fire suppression and exhaust system for the Heights Culinary Center. The Culinary Center will be a commercial teaching kitchen, located within The Heights Center—a 14,000 square- foot facility for education, opportunity and enrichment in the Harlem Heights [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/487483 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/471543 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:00:00 -0500 The ribbon cutting of the $5.8 million, 14,000-square foot Harlem Heights Cultural Arts and Community Center will take place on Thursday, February 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Center, located in the Harlem Heights community at 15570 Hagie Drive in Fort Myers. The event is free and open to the public. The Heights Foundation supports the Heights Center, a place for education, opportunity, and enrichment. The [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/471543 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/466772 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:52:45 -0500 Non-profit finds Mark Loren gem in box of Norman Love chocolates and auctions for $10,000 at annual fundraiser. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/466772 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/467473 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Caryn Clark, Orv Curry and John Grey have been elected to the Heights Foundation Board of Directors. Each serves a three-year term beginning this month. The Heights Foundation supports the Heights Center, a place for education, opportunity, and enrichment. The Center’s mission is to promote family and community development, support education, health and wellness, and provide the benefits of enrichment, expressive [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/467473 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/461487 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Donations Sought for Annual Heights Community Toy Drive [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/461487 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/459378 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:00:00 -0500 January 16 event benefits School Success programs for at-risk children in Harlem Heights. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/459378 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/455397 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:00:00 -0500 The Heights Foundation received a $10,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support the Heights Center culinary program. The program will empower low-income adults to gain economic self-sufficiency through foodservice job training and social enterprise. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/455397 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/454038 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Heights Foundation Seeks Donations for Thanksgiving Outreach Organizations and Individuals are asked to Contribute. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/454038 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/452222 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:00:00 -0400 “Celebrity” waiters served up food, fun and ‘Rock and Roll’ at the Heights Foundation’s Celebrity Waiter Dinner hosted by Yabo Restaurant on Monday, October 15. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/452222 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/445366 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:00:00 -0400 “Celebrity” waiters will serve up food, fun and "Rock and Roll" at the Heights Foundation’s Celebrity Waiter Dinner hosted by Yabo Restaurant on Monday, October 15 from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. Local musicians will fill in as wait staff and compete for tips that inspire bidding wars among guests - including an opportunity to sit in with the band. Funds raised will benefit School Success [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/445366 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/436278 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:00:00 -0400 The Heights Foundation welcomes Jim Sanger in his new position as Chief Operating Officer of the Heights Center, a $5.8 million Cultural Arts and Community Center in the Harlem Heights neighborhood. Sanger will oversee all facilities, human resources, accounting and day-to-day operation of the Center. When complete this winter, the Heights Center will be a place for education, opportunity, and enrichment – building [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/436278 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/429564 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:00:00 -0400 The Heights Center has secured $1.5 million in New Markets Tax Credits investments (NMTCs) to finish the construction of the $5.8 million Cultural Arts and Community Center in the Harlem Heights neighborhood. Construction resumed on Friday, July 20. When complete this winter, The Heights Center will be a place for education, opportunity, and enrichment – building strong, self-sufficient families. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/429564 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/424912 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:00:00 -0400 The Heights Foundation is seeking businesses, churches and organizations to provide school supplies for the Foundation’s annual outreach program. The August 2nd event provides supplies for nearly 400 low-income children living in the Harlem Heights neighborhood. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/424912 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/423250 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:00:00 -0400 Construction on Cultural Arts and Community Center will Resume in Early July [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/423250 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/379138 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Local “celebrity” waiters were loud, unruly, and even outlandish at times, but they did the job serving up food and fun at the Heights Foundation’s Celebrity Waiter Dinner hosted by The Roadhouse Café December 5 in Fort Myers. The event raised more than $17,000 to benefit the School Success programs and Annual Fund of The Heights Foundation. Local community leaders filled in as wait staff in [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/379138 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/331908 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:00:00 -0400 The 2010 Class of the Chamber of Southwest Florida’s Leadership Lee County program led the way to kick off the final phase of fundraising for The Heights Foundation in its mission to restart construction on the Harlem Heights Cultural Arts & Community Center. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/331908 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/300839 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:00:00 -0500 The Harlem Heights Cultural Arts and Community Center sits unfinished. But, a gift of $250,000 from The Kleist Foundation will bring the building one step closer to completion. When construction began on the Center in 2009, the plan was to finish the building quickly and put it into use, serving the Harlem Heights community, but the effects of a sluggish economy changed that plan. As funding dried up, construction slowed. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/300839 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/293639 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:00:00 -0500 At last December’s Dinner Under Construction, an event honoring the late Bruce Gora, one of his former clients, Chico’s FAS committed to a $10,000 donation to the building fund. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/293639 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/293041 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:27:43 -0500 Supporters and friends of the Heights Foundation gathered to “Love Your Neighbor,” on Jan. 19 at the home of Nancy and Bill Merriam in the community of Gulf Harbour in Fort Myers. Guests enjoyed an exclusive evening of decadence and delight featuring area restaurants and wine distributors with special guest Norman Love Confections and their fabulous chocolate creations. Event chairs Peggy Mannix and Karen [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/293041 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/291861 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:00:00 -0500 John and Mary Jo Boler, part-time Sanibel Island residents, made a $1 million donation to the building fund for The Heights Foundation’s Community and Cultural Arts Center last week. The gift puts the organization just $1.2 million away from being able to complete the $6.5 million building project. The Heights Foundation works to help transform the lives of those living in the Harlem Heights neighborhood, the [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/291861 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/277664 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:00:00 -0500 Dinner Under Construction, a private event to benefit the building fund for the Harlem Heights Cultural Arts and Community Center, brought together 100 friends of the late Bruce Gora at the site of the architect's last unfinished work. Hosted by Carolyn Gora and The Heights Foundation, the dinner raised $145,000 to name the art gallery in honor of Bruce. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/277664 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/245767 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Provident Jewelry, Norman Love Confections team up for an evening of baubles, bubbles and bon bons to raise money for new center. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/245767 Heights Foundation https://www.pr.com/press-release/243658 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Local “celebrity” waiters were loud, unruly, and even outlandish at times, but they did the job serving up food and fun at the Heights Foundation’s sold-out Celebrity Waiter Dinner held June 14 at the Sunshine Seafood Cafe & Lounge in Fort Myers. The event raised more than $10,000 to benefit the family development programs of The Heights Foundation. Local community leaders filled in as wait staff in [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/243658 Heights Foundation