Cypress Cove Events
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 […]
October 28, 2022

Cypress Employee Disaster Fund Reaches $300,000 Milestone

FORT MYERS, Fla. (October 28, 2022) Cypress Cove’s Community Advancement office announced today their successful ongoing campaign to raise funds for employees following the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. Initiated with the support of Cypress Cove Residents Council immediately following the storm, $300,000 was raised by October 28. Additional donations are expected. “Cypress team members […]
October 17, 2022
Pearl's Closet at Cypress Cove

Pearl’s Closet Was a Life Saver

A Glance Back story written by Cypress Cove Resident Donna Miceli It usually takes some time for new residents to find and explore Pearl’s Closet, but for Maude Scolaro the need for the items available there was almost immediate. On the day she was due to move into her apartment, she got a call that […]
October 6, 2022
McKnights Tech Awards

All Cypress Family of Companies Recognized in National Tech Award Program

Cypress represented in every division of the awards program FORT MYERS, Fla. (October 6, 2022) All three of the Cypress family of companies have been recognized in the 2022 McKnights Tech Awards, each in a different division and category. “We are so thankful for the vision, guidance and continued support from our Board of Directors […]
September 13, 2022
Melody Desilets, Community Advancement Officer

Cypress Cove Welcomes Community Advancement Officer

FORT MYERS, Fla. (September 13, 2022) Cypress Cove has welcomed Melody Desilets as their new Community Advancement Officer. Desilets will work closely with leaders and team members across the Cypress family of companies and community at large to strategically plan and execute a growing, comprehensive planned giving and fundraising program. She will be responsible for […]
September 6, 2022
Cypress Cove Resident Life Manager Wendy Post

Women In Leadership – Wendy Post, Resident Life Manager

We continue our Women in Leadership video series with a few words from Resident Life Manager Wendy Post. Wendy shares her experience building a career at Cypress. Resident Life Manager Wendy Post graduated from not one, but two, leadership programs in 2022 — Leadership Lee County and LeadingAge Florida Leadership Academy. Wow! Congratulations, Wendy!