At the close of our 95th anniversary year, we turn our attention, once again, to our community. Henderson Franklin’s attorneys, staff, friends and family volunteered to help two organizations this holiday season, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast and Meals for Hope, Holidays Without Hunger in Naples.

Lee County: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast

On Saturday, December 7, 2019, the firm hosted a party for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast at the IMAG History & Science Center in Fort Myers. Nearly 50 “Littles” had a night at the museum with arts & crafts, delicious pizza, scrumptious cupcakes and an early visit from Santa and his helpers.

Since 1968, Big Brothers Big Sisters has been helping change kids’ perspectives and giving them the opportunity to reach their potential. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast provides one-to-one mentoring relationships to children ages 6-18 years old throughout the Gulf Coast of Florida in Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Hardee, Charlotte, Lee, Hendry and Collier counties. To learn more, visit https://bbbssun.org/.

Sponsors and Community Partners

We greatly appreciate our community partners who assisted us with the Lee County holiday project, including W. Brown and Sharon Thompson of Pizza Fusion, located at 12901 McGregor Blvd., #5 in Fort Myers.

Pizza Fusion restaurants specialize in organic fare free of artificial additives, such as preservatives, growth hormones, pesticides, nitrates and trans fats. The Pizza Fusion brand proudly offers health conscious alternatives. Learn more about Pizza Fusion at http://pizzafusion.com/fortmyers/.

Smallcakes Cupcakery and Creamery, 11150 S. Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers Smallcakes Fort Myers is owned and operated by Don and Tonyia Moyer, a local couple dedicated to bringing a memorable cupcake and creamery experience.

Smallcakes has been featured on the Food Network’s “CUPCAKE WARS”, an appearance on ABC’S hit daytime talk show, “THE VIEW”, and was selected as “Must Try Cupcake Shop” by USA TODAY. To learn more about Smallcakes Fort Myers, visit https://www.smallcakesfortmyers.com/.

Collier County: Meals for Hope Holidays Without Hunger

Members of Henderson Franklin’s Naples office, along with a myriad of community members, participated in the December 14, 2019, meal packing event at North Naples Middle School.

Meals for Hope provides healthy meals that taste good and makes the meal packing process affordable and accessible to sponsors and hosts so that they can feed as many families as possible. They work diligently to source nutritious, non-perishable ingredients from trusted sources and establish long-term partnerships to keep pricing low. To learn more on how you can help or sponsor a meal-packing event, please visit https://mealsofhope.org/.

To view the “behind the scene” photos, please visit our Facebook page.

Our warmest wishes for a wonderful holiday season!