March 17, 2023
By Cypress Cove Resident Donna Miceli For someone who claims she never had a “career,” Joan Winokur has lived an extremely busy life filled with a wide variety of interesting and creative experiences— involving both working for pay, and volunteering. “This is what happens when you haven’t had a career and need to find ways […]
March 2, 2023
FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 2, 2023) Cypress Cove residents and team members joined forces with The Heights Charter School to participate in the annual Read Across America program. The program aims to promote literacy among children by encouraging them to read and providing them with access to books. The Cypress participants, some of whom are […]
February 13, 2023
By Cypress Cove Resident Robert Runck If Cypress Cove had a travel championship, Dick and Mona Lee Davis might well be titleholders. To see why, read on. The Davis couple were high school sweethearts. Their first date was to Dick’s junior prom. After graduation Dick joined the Navy, serving four years aboard a submarine, the […]
January 31, 2023
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 […]
December 26, 2022
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
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 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
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
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 […]
