SUZY DORR

• Naples Players Diamond Jubilee dazzles supporters Published 03/24/2013 at 10:10 a.m.

  More than simply meeting high expectations, the 60th anniversary celebration bedazzled the nearly 300 celebrants who descended on the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club to honor the Naples Players on March 18.

• Rookery Bay Batfish Bash fundraiser a natural salute to nature Published 03/24/2013 at 9:15 a.m.

  Rookery Bay knows what a batfish is and they've been both celebrating it and helping to support their cause, every year.

• Conservancy of Southwest Florida goes appropriately wild in new quarters Published 03/17/2013 at 4 a.m.

  Some 430 attendees came out March 7 to get a first look at the newly remodeled Conservancy of Southwest Florida quarters and support its environmental cause.

• Hope for Haiti issues passports to future for country's neediest Published 03/17/2013 at 4 a.m.

  Hope for Hait continued its mission to bring education and aid to families in that poverty-stricken neighbor with its most successful fundraiser to date.

• Stargazing at noon: UAC awards its top honors in Naples Published 03/10/2013 at 7:22 a.m.

  The United Arts Council had such a response to this year's popular "Stars in the Arts," the event sold out.

• Nautical-themed Bucket List Bash full of fun and fervor Published 03/10/2013 at 7:17 a.m.

  The American Cancer Society called it a Bucket List Bash, and there really were dreams come true among its auction prizes.

• Shelter for Abused Women & Children's 13th annual signature luncheon focuses on females Published 03/03/2013 at 10:01 a.m.

  Shoppers poured into the two-day Designer Boutique in the Plaza Ballroom on Feb. 22 at the Ritz-Carlton, Naples, where the Shelter for Abused Women & Children’s annual Mending Broken Hearts with Hope fundraiser drew about 700 supporters.

• Feathers & Friends fundraiser joins Everglades supporters Published 02/17/2013 at 4 a.m.

  There were no feathers this year. But there were plenty of friends to support the Audubon "Feathers and Friends" fundraiser.

• Blind climber touches hearts at Youth Haven's Healing fundraiser Published 02/10/2013 at 4 a.m.

  Youth Haven supporters gathered to support Collier's dhildren in need last week.

• Annual Christmas celebration at Naples' Palm Cottage a merry fundraiser Published 12/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Love was palpable, mutual admiration obvious when a record mix of 184 Neapolitans and newcomers mingled at Palm Cottage, the venerable house museum built in 1895 and long home to the Naples Historical Society, for its annual fundraiser.

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