Cypress Cove Events
May 4, 2020

Cypress Cove Residents Donate to Employee Cause

(Fort Myers, FL – May 4, 2020) – Residents of Cypress Cove, known for their generosity and support to many Southwest Florida causes, gave employees of their HealthPark Florida Life Plan community a reason to smile this week – raising about $140,000 for the Employee Disaster Fund. Residents began adding to the emergency fund just […]
July 22, 2019

Cypress Cove Organization Reaches Donation Milestone

Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida’s volunteer group – Caps for Kids – has reached the momentous milestone of completing its 20,000th cap for use by a child undergoing surgery at nearby Golisano Children’s Hospital. “I’m so very pleased to be part of this meaningful moment of giving,” notes Caps for Kids chair Audrey Blomquist. “It […]
October 30, 2018

Residents and Employees Join Alzheimer’s Event

On October 27, Approximately 50 residents and employees of Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida joined more than 650 Southwest Florida community participants in their show of support for the fight against Alzheimer’s during the Alzheimer’s Association (Gulf Coast Chapter) Walk to End Alzheimer’s event at Fort Myer’s Centennial Park. The Cypress Cove community, a major […]
October 26, 2018

Cypress Cove Hosts Joint Student Program Event

Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida and Shell Point Retirement Community hosted a partnership program Friday introducing selected and interested Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) students to career opportunities within Southwest Florida’s senior living communities. The first-of-its-kind joint program was the brainchild of Lee FP President Doug Dodson (whose organization oversees development of the Cypress Cove […]
October 10, 2018

New Cypress Cove Scholarship Offered for Lodge Staff

An educational scholarship fund named in memory of former Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida resident, Anne Tatler, has been formed for employees of the Life Care community’s skilled nursing facility, The Lodge at Cypress Cove. Barbara Lewis, daughter of Anne Tatler, Tuesday announced the program’s initial scholarship fund gift of $10,000 in her mother’s memory […]
October 8, 2018

Sight Issues Don’t Limit Cypress Cove Resident’s Giving

The lights in Lionel Cornell’s Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida apartment often flickers on at 3 a.m.  The retired Fort Myers school psychologist slowly scoots into his workshop (a converted second bedroom), grabs a colored pencil and begins to tediously color a pre-sketched drawing. It’s difficult, time-consuming work for Lionel, considering that his vision’s color […]
July 18, 2018

Cypress Cove Introduces Unique Camp for Kids

It’s summer camp time for tens of thousands of children throughout the United States. And Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida – not wishing to be left behind in the summer camp craze – hosted on July 7 a unique one-day summer camp for children of employees and grandchildren of its Life Plan Community residents. The […]
December 14, 2017

Cypress Cove Donates More Than 500 Toys

Over 500 toys, given by residents and staff of Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida, were gifted Thursday to the Heights Center and Gladiolus Learning and Development Center for their annual toy drive.  The gifting of the toys occurred during a brief ceremony on Cypress Cove’s life plan community. The toy drive and gifting program has […]
December 5, 2017

Caps for Kids Surpasses 18,000 Milestone

Imagine a 7-year-old facing first-time surgery and waiting to be called at Golisano Children’s Hospital. Even though Mom is there, he’s scared and his stomach is churning, afraid the operation will hurt, afraid of having to go it alone. Then the nurses bring out a hatbox filled with colorful cloth caps. The fabrics are printed […]