FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
Since 1955, the Naples Garden Club has conducted a House and Garden Tour of outstanding homes and gardens in Naples, which is our major fundraising project. The funds are used for civic beautification and improvement grants and the newly established fellowship at FGCU’s Kapnick Center.
A Heartfelt Thanks from Our Newest Endowed Fellowship Recipient
We recently received this heartfelt letter from our Endowed Fellowship recipient, Heidi Stacy. She is so thankful for our support and is close to graduation because of our help. In her letter she states:
“…I think it is great that folks and organizations like you find it worthwhile to make a contribution to another person’s success, it is very admirable. It is my personal philosophy that things like this help to build better communities, which aligns with my long term goals. It is difficult to imagine that someone else would want to help another person when there is no direct payout. Perhaps you’ve been in my shoes before and understand the difficulty of juggling school, work, and family obligations? Either way, the impact of your contribution is substantial….”
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Our First Endowed Fellowship Recipient
Kimberly Pierce, a graduate student at FGCU and the first recipient of our Naples Garden Club Endowed Fellowship at FGCU, gave an outline of her research at our April meeting. Kimberly is studying in the Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences, concentrating in Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology. She was very enthusiastic about her project to develop a science and technology-based lesson plan for undergraduate non-science majors. It will incorporate native plant identification at the Naples Botanical Garden, introduction to survey methods with a GPS and subsequent mapping applications with a geographic information system (GIS). Although specifically designed for use with Environmental Biology classes at FGCU, this three-stage activity will be broad enough in scope to be applicable to other courses at FGCU, other universities, and potentially to non-university groups visiting Naples Botanical Garden.