June 23, 2023
222 scholarships have been awarded since 2018 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 26, 2023) Cypress Cove’s scholarship committee has awarded a total of $44,000 in fall 2023 educational scholarships to 22 employees and employee dependents of the Cypress family of companies. The recent scholar selections mark 222 total scholarships awarded since the program’s inception in 2018. […]
June 19, 2023
Virginia’s Addiction to Exercise Benefits Cypress Cove Residents By Cypress Cove Resident Donna Miceli “It’s hard to know how many hours of walking and exercise Virginia Hanley has totaled through her lifetime.” Thus began a story in the Spring 2015 issue of Cove Currents that officially introduced Virginia to Cypress Cove residents, many of whom […]
May 30, 2023
These wellness profiles are just a few examples of residents who enjoy Cypress Cove’s wide variety of wellness programs, amenities and offerings to stay active and healthy. We hope they will inspire you to stay active in all the dimensions of wellness! Rich Slomkowski is a former professional baseball player, PE teacher, athletic director and […]
May 19, 2023
Cypress Cove has hired a Director of Inspiring Rehabilitation and Wellness Integration to oversee all rehabilitation and wellness services. Diana Rippl, MSPT, NCPT, OCS is an experienced health care manager, physical therapist, and wellness director. She has served Southwest Florida in several roles at Lee Health as well as a busy outpatient orthopedic center. Prior […]
May 10, 2023
If Louise Echols had to choose a theme song, the perfect choice would probably be “I’ve Been Everywhere,” which was made popular by singer Johnny Cash. Louise literally has been everywhere—every state in the union, every continent in the world, and, at last count, 124 countries. As if that weren’t enough, she has been to […]
May 9, 2023
Enjoy this beautiful tribute written by Cypress Cove resident Donna Miceli in 1974 when she was writing a weekly column for a local newspaper in Buffalo, New York. Donna is a contributing writer and editor for Cove Currents magazine, a quarterly publication for residents. When I was a baby, Mother was a blurry, disembodied face; […]
May 8, 2023
FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 8, 2023) – Cypress Cove luxury life plan community in Fort Myers, Florida has partnered with TriCore Wellness in neighboring Naples, Florida to expand and optimize resident health and wellness programming. TriCore Wellness provides hybrid wellness solutions for private clubs and communities. They specialize in operations, programming, and staffing. TriCore employs […]
May 1, 2023
FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 1, 2023) Mary Franklin, executive director of Cypress Cove luxury life plan community in Fort Myers, has been named a Spirit Award honoree in the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards, a joint program of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care. The program, in its fifth year, […]
April 21, 2023
Nick’s vocational goal was to become a master technician in automotive, diesel and heavy equipment. As a teen, he spent his free time working on cars and studying automotive videos. But in the blink of an eye, Nick’s future was in jeopardy when he was in a car accident that left him with a traumatic […]