United Way Resiliency Hub opens new Cape Coral location

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - April 18, 2025 - PRLog -- The United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades counties invites the public to the ribbon-cutting ceremony of its new Cape Coral Resiliency Hub at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The new site, located at 1499 SW Pine Island Road in Cape Coral, will be co-located with the Goodwill Community Resource Center (CRC).

"In March, Goodwill was invited for this CRC location to become a Resiliency Hub and was happy to have it added to the local directory of UW Resiliency Hubs," states Angela Hemstreet, Director of Employment Services for Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida.

UW Resiliency Hubs serve as a one-stop-shop where individuals and families can receive wrap-around social services from multiple community organizations. They have provided 524,000 services in Lee, Hendry and Glades counties, and in times of disaster, serve as distribution sites for tarps, water and other emergency needs. Additional social service agencies are also expected to take up residence at the new location.

Visitors are invited to tour the new Hub and learn more about the services offered. Refreshments will be served at the ribbon-cutting ceremony and key stakeholders will make remarks.

About Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida is a nonprofit organization committed to serving people with disabilities and disadvantages by offering life-changing opportunities to achieve independence. They have been providing services to people with disabilities and disadvantages since 1966 in five counties of Southwest Florida: Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Glades & Hendry counties. For more information on how Goodwill SWFL positively impacts the community, visit www.Goodwillswfl.org

About United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades

United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades has raised and distributed $232 million since being established in 1957.  All money raised in the United Way campaign stays in the local community to help support the local human service network. United Way Partner Agencies and initiatives include: Dr. Piper Center, Literacy Council Gulf Coast, Family Initiative, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center, and United Way 211, to mention a few. These agencies serve a diverse range of needs in our community such as nurturing children and youth, strengthening families, meeting critical needs like helping the elderly and disabled live independently, and empowering communities by bringing health and human services to neighborhoods.