Fort Myers News

The kids so enjoyed the soccer clinic!

There were given a chance to show their athletic skills. They had the most fun during the warmup drills where they were divided into two groups and competed!

The loosing team had to do push-ups. Even the mentors played!

Chicktime Rocks!

April Update:

A big shout out to our wonderful workshop leader, Nancy, for putting together such an awesome workshop!

Everyone had a blast!

But boy the Inflatable Insane Obstacle Course ~5K sure wiped us out!

#fun  #exhausted

March Update:

Laughter and competitiveness filled the room as the teens tested their knowledge with trivia questions and their drawing abilities with Pictionary. So much joy in the room.

Join us next month. We would love to have you!

February Update:

Special thanks to Delia for leading our February workshop. The kids had a wonderful time painting duffel bags. They were so creative and each bag was unique and beautiful.

We can’t thank our volunteers enough for being there and lending a hand to our awesome kids!

We will see you next month for Game Day!

January Update:

Our Tennis Workshop was INCREDIBLE!

It’s just so humbling to see how the kids receive all our workshops~ but  they seem to especially love our Tennis Clinic! It may very well be one of our favorites, too!

Special thanks to workshop leader, Sal D’Sarro! He continues to be one of Chicktime Fort Myers biggest supporters! In addition to leading our January workshop, he donated two tennis racquets to Chicktime ! Thanks to Janice for helping with the lessons too! We could not of done it without you!

We can’t wait for our February workshop~ Hope you will join us!!

December Update:

The teens were definitely in the Christmas spirit at our December Chicktime Workshop!

They had fun eating Christmas goodies, decorating mugs for Christmas gifts and ornaments to hang on the tree!

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a blessed holiday season!

What an awesome time at Chicktime December!

The teens were definitely in the Christmas Spirit!

They had fun eating Christmas goodies, decorating mugs for Christmas gifts and ornaments to hang on the tree!

We wish everyone a very merry and blessed holiday season!

Chicktime November was very interesting and such an informative topic for the teens.

Our awesome speaker, Sal D’Sarro, discussed budgets, credit scores, balancing a checkbook and loans!

The teens learned a lot and we are so grateful to Sal for supporting Chicktime !

We are busy planning our next workshop scheduled for December 2nd. Details coming soon! Please join us!

Chicktime Ft. Myers will not be hosting our regularly scheduled workshop with the Florida Baptist Children’s Home. Instead, we invite you to come take part in another amazing event that is happening in our community on October 7th. We will be walking for Autism and raising awareness.  We hope you have a spooky-good October and we’ll see you back at the children’s home in November!

September Update:

Chicktime Ft. Myers is so grateful to Dr. Brian Byrnes, from Fort Myers Technical College ~ FMTC! He shared valuable information to the teens regarding career paths at this technical college. Dr. Byrnes inspirational presentation gave the teens options for a bright future.

Join us next month as we serve with our community at the local Autism Walk. Let’s raise awareness together!

August Update:

Thank you to Robbie~ our fabulous event leader ~ for letting us CREATE and EAT our own pizza!

They were delicious and we had sooooooo much fun!

#PizzaIsSoYummy!

July Update:

We had such a blast at our Fourth of July Celebration!!!

We worked hard at tye-dying our Red/White/Blue t-shirts!

Can’t wait to see the results next month when we come back for Chicktime August!

It’s funny how Chicktime works! You go to be a blessing and turns out you are blessed!!

June Update:

This month the teens learned about fitness and nutrition. Carolyn led the workshop and provided some delicious, nutritious snacks! Charlie educated us about making healthy food choices and the teens also enjoyed working out. Thank you so much Carolyn and Charlie for putting this awesome workshop together for us!!

May Update:

Thank you so much to Amelia for setting up our scuba lessons!

And thank you Rachel, our amazing instructor! We greatly appreciate your time and your expertise.

The teens had a fantastic time and many of them overcame their fear of the water.

April Update:

Thank you to everyone who attended Chicktime April! We took the children on a nature hike this month and had a wonderful day! We got to check out the birds, fish, turtles, and even alligators! We are loving our outdoor time with the kids =}

In an effort not to overwhelm the children’s home, please click on the invite above to RSVP for Chicktime April!!

March Update:

Our Resume and Job Interview workshop was super helpful and very informative! A huge “Thank you!” to Savannah, our monthly leader. She did an amazing job! The teens learned so much and the adults did too.

February Update:

We had such an awesome group of volunteers donating their time to encourage and teach how to play tennis! Everybody really had fun and improved their game by the end of the lesson. There were requests to have these lessons again.

Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers…it couldn’t have been done without each and every one of you!!

Due to the weather, we have decided to cancel our January workshop at the Florida Baptist Children’s Home!

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see you in February =)

December Update:

Thank you to everyone who helped with our Christmas Community Project! We decorated mugs, filled them with candy, and donated them to the Ft. Myers Police Department. We were given a tour of the police office. “Cool” and “Super cool” were comments from the kiddos. We hope to see you at Chicktime January!

Chicktime Ft. Myers friends, please note that we have a new date and time for our December workshop!

We hope you will join us for Chicktime November where we will be decorating cupcakes and playing games. We will also be planning our Christmas Community Project that will take place on December 3rd! Make plans to attend to both of these events… you won’t want to miss them!

September Update:

Thank you to everyone who attended our September “Chicktime Coffee Connection”! We had a blast getting to know our volunteers and learning how we can serve our charity partner, the Florida Baptist Children’s Home!

Bingo anyone?

This month we had a fantastic time playing Bingo! Winners were able to choose a beautiful piece of Lia Sophia jewelry. The fun and wonderful ladies at ACT were so intent on winning, you could hear a pin drop as they all hoped to get the winning number!

If if you’d like to join these wonderful events, or perhaps lead an event, please contact Michele Narbaiz. We’d love for you to share your enthusiasm and compassion with us. Hope to see you soon!!

The ladies had a great time racing horses and winning prizes! Lots of laughs and smiles were shared while enjoying homemade cookies. It turned out to be a great event and the ladies are looking forward to our next workshop.   We are always in need of volunteers so if you’re interested, please plan on attending our next event on Tuesday, November 18. Details to be announced soon. Be sure to bring your friends and I’ll  look forward to meeting you then!

Racing Horse Game

Such exciting news. Michele Narbaiz has completed her training and is in the final stages of chapter establishment for Chicktime Fort Myers. Check back soon for volunteer dates!