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Ruth Pierre, 10, right, and others from the Gordon River Apartments, wait in line to receive a box of groceries to from a mobile pantry on Thursday evening. The Coller County Hunger and Homeless Coalition, partnered with Meals of Hope, St. Matthew's House, Collier Harvest, Capital Grille and the Harry Chapin Food Bank offered a hot meal to the Gordon River Park Apartment community and handed out about 50 pounds of groceries to families through a mobile pantry. The organizations are working to offer these free services to different low income communities each week in Collier County. Researchers at the University of Florida were retained by NCEF to update a child well-being study done in 2005 to see where the nonprofit organization has made inroads to improve the health and quality of childrens lives. The 53-page status report on child well-being was completed this past week, just as this years wine festival is set for Jan. 28-30. The reports findings will be studied in detail over the next few months to decide what makes the most sense for future endeavors, especially with multi-year strategic initiatives. For certain, a hunger initiative is on the horizon, according to John Scot Mueller, a trustee and vice chairman of the grant committee. Lexey Swall/Staff James Klynn has brainstorming session during a Wednesday night get together at his house in Northeast Naples.

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Ruth Pierre, 10, right, and others from the Gordon River Apartments, wait in line to receive a box of groceries to from a mobile pantry on Thursday evening. The Coller County Hunger and Homeless Coalition, partnered with Meals of Hope, St. Matthew's House, Collier Harvest, Capital Grille and the Harry Chapin Food Bank offered a hot meal to the Gordon River Park Apartment community and handed out about 50 pounds of groceries to families through a mobile pantry. The organizations are working to offer these free services to different low income communities each week in Collier County. Researchers at the University of Florida were retained by NCEF to update a child well-being study done in 2005 to see where the nonprofit organization has made inroads to improve the health and quality of childrens lives. The 53-page status report on child well-being was completed this past week, just as this years wine festival is set for Jan. 28-30. The reports findings will be studied in detail over the next few months to decide what makes the most sense for future endeavors, especially with multi-year strategic initiatives. For certain, a hunger initiative is on the horizon, according to John Scot Mueller, a trustee and vice chairman of the grant committee. Lexey Swall/Staff James Klynn has brainstorming session during a Wednesday night get together at his house in Northeast Naples.