"Note to readers: Southwest Florida is known for its beautiful beaches, waterfront estates, ample restaurants and championship golf, but it's also a region full of need."
So writes Dawn Montecalvo in a Q&A with the Community Foundation of Cape Coral, which recently named her to its Top 30 Nonprofit Executives list.
She's right: "Southwest Florida is full of luxury communities with beautiful homes and manicured lawns, but there are also pockets of poverty where families are living in dilapidated, crowded homes and struggling to make ends meet," she writes.
"There is an immediate need for housing, food, and clothingbasic essentials for daily livingbut individuals also need access to quality health care, social services, and education."
So what do nonprofits need this time of year? "Monetary donations large and small help fund programs and services, no matter what cause an organization supports," Montecalvo notes.
"In-kind donations provide organizations with materials and supplies at reduced rates or no cost, allowing nonprofits to redirect funds to other areas of need."
Click for her full Q&A.
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Caroline Diehl is a serial social entrepreneur in the impact media space. She is Executive Chair and Founder of the UK’s only charitable and co-operatively owned national broadcast television channel Together TV, the leading broadcaster for social change runs a national TV channel in the UK and digital platform which helps people find inspiration to do good in their lives and communities.