Cypress Cove Events
January 31, 2023
Cypress Cove Resident Bety Russel President's Volunteer Service Award

FY2022 President’s Volunteer Service Awards

54 Cypress Cove residents recognized for 100 hours or more of volunteer service FORT MYERS, Fla. (February 1, 2023) Cypress Cove luxury life plan community recognized 54 residents who volunteered a total of 16,521 hours on campus during the 2022 fiscal year at a brunch held in Edison Hall on January 31, 2023. Led by […]
January 24, 2023

Cypress Cove Awards 18 Scholarships to Employees and Their Dependents Totaling $36,000

200 scholarships have been awarded since 2018 FORT MYERS, Fla. (January 24, 2023) Cypress Cove’s scholarship committee has awarded a total of $36,000 in Spring 2023 educational scholarships to 18 employees and employee dependents of its South Fort Myers luxury life plan community. The recent scholar selections mark 200 total scholarships awarded since the program’s […]
January 16, 2023
Cypress Cove Security Manager Stephen Boone

Security Has Our Backs

By Cypress Cove Resident Marcia Goldberg Stephen Boone, our security manager, begins his explanation of the department’s work by saying it’s there to “ensure the safety and well-being of our residents, visitors and employees.” And ensure they do, according to residents’ surveys, which rate Security highest of all our departments! There are 114 eyes watching […]
January 2, 2023
Cypress Cove Team member Promotions graphic

Congratulations to Our New ADONs!

Danielle Schaaf, RN has been promoted to Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) in our Assisted Living (AL) neighborhoods, The Inn and The Cottage. She has worked at Cypress Cove since 2013, starting as an LPN. She became an RN and served as a care plan coordinator, then a supervisor. Danielle is certified in wound care, […]
December 26, 2022
Cypress Cove Joy for All Pets

Generous Joy for All Pets Donated

The Cypress Cove family was thrilled to receive a generous donation of 15 Joy for All pets from Bob Oden and Sandy Greenberg in loving memory of their mother, Florence “Floss” Oden. The robotic companion pets include dogs, cats and a red cardinal Walker Squawker! They have been thoughtfully paired with residents in healthcare who […]
December 12, 2022
Heights Gift Drive 2022 - bikes

Cypress Cove Donates 600+ Gifts to The Heights Foundation/The Heights Center

FORT MYERS, Fla. (December 12, 2022) Cypress Cove residents celebrated their 12th year of holiday support to The Heights Foundation/The Heights Center’s annual holiday gift drive by donating more than 600 toys and gifts for children of the Harlem Heights community. Team members from Cypress Cove, Cypress at Home, Cypress Living and Cotton Global Disaster […]
December 9, 2022
Janet Prior

Resident Profile – A Glance Back: Janet Prior, Pioneer and Ultimate Volunteer

Janet Prior and her husband Charlie moved into Cypress Cove on April 12, 1999, just one week after opening day. As she told Lucinda Henry in a 2012 Cove Currents article, “It was one of the best decisions we ever made. We had a big extended family right from the start.” Now, 23 years later, […]
November 1, 2022
Cypress Cove resident Marsha Addis

The Multi-Talented Marsha Addis

By Cypress Cove Resident Robert Runck Marsha Addis is a busy woman, and always has been. Here at Cypress Cove, she is a member of the Staff Scholarship Committee, Vice-Chair of the Technology Committee, Chair of the Opera Society, and occasional member of the Cove Currents staff. She is also secretary for the DEF-3 district. […]
October 28, 2022
Employee Disaster Fund Donor Jennifer Felt

Cypress Cove Resident Presents $5,000 Matching Gift for Employee Disaster Fund

At the same time the call for help went out for Cypress team members in need via the employee disaster fund, Cypress Cove resident Jennifer Felt was working with her financial advisor to determine how to best utilize her first required minimum distribution from her individual retirement account (IRA). She learned that by gifting charitable […]