Business Notes (12/2/15)
Samira Beckwith
Beckwith visits White House
Samira Beckwith, president of Hope HealthCare Services, met recently at the White House with three other health care leaders from around the country to discuss health care issues with Jerry Abramson, deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs.
Beckwith, who oversees hospice care in Lehigh Acres and other areas of Lee County, discussed issues related to individualized patient care, including hospice services, care needs for people with advanced illness and the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.
She serves on the boards of several leading national hospice and palliative care organizations and regularly advises members of Congress regarding health care issues.
Campaign aims to get pets ‘Home 4 the Holidays’
Lee County Domestic Animal Services will join thousands of pet shelters and adoption centers across the United States, Canada and Mexico, during Home 4 the Holidays 2015, a national event organized to raise awareness of the joys of owning shelter-adopted pets.
Organizers hope to match more than 1.5 million dogs, cats, puppies and kittens with loving, adoptive families. Lee County’s goal is to place all the pets from its facility into life-long homes by Dec. 23.
Adopters will receive a free gift with each adoption, plus a package with pet food and coupons courtesy of Blue Buffalo.
Adoption hours at Lee County Domestic Animal Services are 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; the shelter will be closed Dec. 24, 25 and 31.
For details, call 533-7387 (LEE-PETS).
Pet information and pictures of pets available for adoption can be viewed online at: www.LeeLostPets.com; adoption applications also may be submitted online.
Airport reports traffic
During October, 535,921 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, an increase of 6.5 percent compared to October 2014. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 4.3 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in October was Delta with 111,135 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest (88,977), JetBlue (78,790), US Airways (56,222) and American (47,938).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,174 aircraft movements – takeoffs and landings – an increase of 1.3 percent compared to October 2014. Page Field saw 7,783 movements, a 6.2 percent decrease from October 2014.
In addition, more than 2.8 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in October 2015, an increase of 3.6 percent compared to October 2014.
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Business Notes (12/2/15)
Samira Beckwith
Beckwith visits White House
Samira Beckwith, president of Hope HealthCare Services, met recently at the White House with three other health care leaders from around the country to discuss health care issues with Jerry Abramson, deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs.
Beckwith, who oversees hospice care in Lehigh Acres and other areas of Lee County, discussed issues related to individualized patient care, including hospice services, care needs for people with advanced illness and the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.
She serves on the boards of several leading national hospice and palliative care organizations and regularly advises members of Congress regarding health care issues.
Campaign aims to get pets ‘Home 4 the Holidays’
Lee County Domestic Animal Services will join thousands of pet shelters and adoption centers across the United States, Canada and Mexico, during Home 4 the Holidays 2015, a national event organized to raise awareness of the joys of owning shelter-adopted pets.
Organizers hope to match more than 1.5 million dogs, cats, puppies and kittens with loving, adoptive families. Lee County’s goal is to place all the pets from its facility into life-long homes by Dec. 23.
Adopters will receive a free gift with each adoption, plus a package with pet food and coupons courtesy of Blue Buffalo.
Adoption hours at Lee County Domestic Animal Services are 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; the shelter will be closed Dec. 24, 25 and 31.
For details, call 533-7387 (LEE-PETS).
Pet information and pictures of pets available for adoption can be viewed online at: www.LeeLostPets.com; adoption applications also may be submitted online.
Airport reports traffic
During October, 535,921 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, an increase of 6.5 percent compared to October 2014. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 4.3 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in October was Delta with 111,135 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest (88,977), JetBlue (78,790), US Airways (56,222) and American (47,938).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,174 aircraft movements – takeoffs and landings – an increase of 1.3 percent compared to October 2014. Page Field saw 7,783 movements, a 6.2 percent decrease from October 2014.
In addition, more than 2.8 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in October 2015, an increase of 3.6 percent compared to October 2014.
For information, visit: www.flylcpa.com or Like Us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/flyRSW.
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