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SANIBEL Sanibel flower shop reopens in Estero in time for Mother’s Day Floral Artistry Studios, a Sanibel flower shop wrecked by Hurricane Ian, is opening its doors again just in time for Mother’s Day, but in a new location.
LEE COUNTY Sister Corps helps rebuild SWFL homes destroyed by Ian Sister Corps, a group of women that travels to help people rebuild after natural disasters, just spent nearly two weeks in Southwest Florida helping people who are still without homes seven months after Hurricane Ian.
ESTERO Best Buddies to hold Friendship Walk fundraiser in Estero Inclusion without limits is the message for 2023’s Best Buddies Friendship Walk, which takes place on Saturday morning.
ENGLEWOOD Englewood women sew dresses to help little girls in need Women in an Englewood community devastated by Hurricane Ian have been sewing up a storm to help little girls in need while working to rebuild.
FORT MYERS FGCU students bond with assisted living residents in memory care A group of students from Florida Gulf Coast University makes biweekly visits to residents in the memory care unit at Canterfield of Fort Myers, and everyone benefits.
IONA Caring for first responders’ mental health in Hurricane Ian’s wake Since Sept. 28, when Southwest Florida’s first responders and dispatchers took thousands of heartbreaking 911 calls, there has been a big focus on those first responders’ mental well-being.
IMMOKALEE Harry Chapin Food Bank feeding Southwest Florida’s rural communities In a survey from No Kid Hungry Florida, 26% of moms and dads said they are worried that everyone in their households won’t have enough to eat. Even in Southwest Florida’s rural communities like Immokalee, communities that grow and harvest a lot of the produce we eat, people say they can’t get that nutritious food […]
ESTERO Married snake wranglers remove 2 rattlesnakes from Estero front yard One homeowner living in Estero’s Stoneybrook community found a pair of huge rattlesnakes this week, and a married duo of snake wranglers had to take them away. Taylor and Rhett Stanberry, who in December caught an albino boa constrictor in Naples, went out to remove the eastern diamondbacks, a species of rattlesnake not uncommon […]
SOUTH FORT MEYRS 85-year-old determined to rebuild south Fort Myers home damaged by Ian After the devastation left behind by Hurricane Ian, many in Southwest Florida were faced with the difficult decision of packing up and leaving or staying behind to rebuild. It was a dramatic fork in the road from a simple this-or-that choice, no matter how old you are. When WINK News first walked into Paul Riederer […]
FORT MYERS Dogs featured on Pet Pals spending holidays with new SWFL families Throughout 2022, WINK News featured nearly two dozen adoptable pets during its Pet Pals segment during morning broadcasts, and many found their forever homes shortly after. WINK caught up with the new families of two such dogs who will be spending their first Christmas together. Nine-year-old dog Bear was featured on Pet Pals in […]