provided to The Santiva Chronicle
The Children’s Education Center of the Islands would like to announce a $3,500.00 grant from The Sanibel Captiva Kiwanis Club to assist in playground improvements following the impacts of Hurricane Ian on the school’s campus.
Due to our island’s ongoing challenges, including standing water, no-see-ums, and increasing temperatures, the school will use these funds to install large playground fans. It will allow students to spend more time learning outdoors, surrounded by nature, while still being protected from these elements.
Additionally, the funds will help add other playground features to improve how the school’s outdoor space functions as a learning space for its students. As CECI celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is grateful to The Sanibel Captiva Kiwanis Club for its longstanding and continued support in educating the next generation of conservationists.
About SanCap Kiwanis
The Sanibel-Captiva Kiwanis Club was formed on May 17, 1973, when 15 local island business people met to organize and create a new service organization. Three weeks later, the club received its charter from the Florida District of Kiwanis International under the leadership of its first president, island attorney Dick Brodeur.
The Sanibel-Captiva Kiwanis Club is an energetic service club of about 90 members that serves the young people of our Island community with scholarships, grants, and community projects — and having fun together along the way. The Sanibel Captiva Kiwanis Club has a long history of supporting island non-profits, including The Sanibel School, Sanibel Sea School, and the Scouts.
About The Children’s Education Center of the Islands
Established in 1974 and preparing to celebrate its 50th year on Sanibel in 2024, The Children’s Education Center is a nature-based preschool that began as a parent co-op at the old Bailey’s General Store location on the bay.
The school moved to its current location on Casa Ybel Road in 1980. Our beautiful five-acre campus remains primarily undeveloped natural land. With the help of the Sanctuary Golf Club Foundation, we have the opportunity to reopen and for our children to continue exploring our sanctuary island’s natural resources.
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