Sanibel Captiva Community Bank is sponsoring a nonprofit education seminar featuring nationally recognized fundraising expert Lynne Wester, providing nonprofit professionals, board members and volunteers from across Southwest Florida with an opportunity to gain practical fundraising insights and strengthen their organizations.
Hosted by the Charitable Foundation of the Islands, the seminar, “The Future of Fundraising Is… What Matters,” will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa.
Wester, founder and principal of the Donor Relations Group, is a nationally respected author, speaker and consultant who helps nonprofit organizations build ...
On Oct. 10, Calusa Waterkeeper’s State of Our Water Quarterly Series will bring together regional conservation organizations, scientists, and the community to explore one of Southwest Florida’s most important and vulnerable landscapes: the estuary at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River.
Shell Point. Iona Cove. Cattle Dock Point. Glover Bight. These features in the mouth of the Caloosahatchee make up one of Southwest Florida’s most significant coastal landscapes, with both ecological and economic importance. The estuary contains some of the region’s last remaining undeveloped shorelines, critical nursery habitat for fish and wildlife, and one of the last remaining high-use ...
The Lee Communities Coalition (TLCC), an alliance of civic and community organizations that united in August 2026 to oppose sweeping changes to Lee County’s Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code proposed with no public input, is continuing to grow as new organizations join the opposition to changes.
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, TLCC announced that the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) has joined as a full member and that 1000 Friends of Florida and Calusa Waterkeeper have joined as organizational advisors. The League of Women Voters of Lee County has also joined as a communications ally to help share news and information about the Coalition’s ...
The Noah’s Ark Thrift Shop opens for another season.
Located at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, the store will be open from 10 am. To 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Operating for more than 60 years, the shop features clothes, jewelry, furniture, decor, art, shoes, books and ...
The first week of September marks an important time for shorebird research and conservation.
Every year, scientists and community members around the world participate in Global Shorebird Counts, leading up to World Shorebirds Day on Sept. 6. SCCF works every day to safeguard shorebirds and has been taking part in these counts since 2016.
With help from partners and volunteers, the SCCF shorebird team surveyed Sanibel, Captiva, Bunche Beach, and other SCCF properties in Fort Myers, counting 3,280 shorebirds and seabirds from 30 species.
Most Abundant Species:
• Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) (pictured above)
• Sanderling (Calidris alba)
• Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus ...
The American Legion Post 123 Sanibel-Captiva recently contributed $2,500 to the Collier-Lee Honor Flights (CLHF).
Accepting the donation were Dr, Stephen Wener and Steve Romaine volunteers for CLHF.
Funds were generated by the Sons of the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, and ...
This coming Tuesday evening, Oct.13, the Sanibel Island Fishing Club will be holding its first meeting of the 2026-27 angling season.
The meeting will be held in the north room of the Sanibel Island Community House, which is located at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL. The meeting gets ...
The first meeting of the year will be on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, from 5:30-8 p.m., at the Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel for the Sanibel Fly Fishers.
Joe Mahler will start off the evening with tips on “How to Read a Fly Box” - become to be an informed consumer and ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) TrophyCatch program is celebrating 15 seasons of trophy bass, conservation and Florida anglers with the launch of season 15 on Oct. 1.
TrophyCatch brings anglers, fishing industry partners, and fisheries biologists together with ...
To the editor:
Another of our island NGOs, FISH, has again bought property for another overly dense and large non-conforming building before obtaining the necessary zoning variances.
Right on schedule the Planning Commission again recommended approval. Again too, this building is ...
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) recently welcomed Abigail Berkowitz as a veterinary assistant at its wildlife hospital on Sanibel Island. Berkowitz joined CROW in July, bringing experience in wildlife rehabilitation and veterinary care.
Berkowitz earned a Bachelor of ...
