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Community Health

Engage Estero boasts health* and safety-minded volunteers who think about community health comprehensively with a common desire to improve the overall health of the citizens of greater Estero.

Our Mission:
To Be a think tank for creative ideas about community health and how to impact the health of greater Estero favorably.

  • Develop strategy, plans, programs, partnerships, awareness, and initiatives that improve the health of greater Estero in a meaningful and measurable way.
  • Help define what “health” means to the community and us and engage people around that ideal
  • Organize and engage the community through education, activism, information, creativity, organizational support, and structure recommendations
  • Be the conduit and connection for resources, including but not limited to traditional medical organizations/establishments, wellness groups, fitness groups, medical professionals, and Blue Zone
  • Collaborate with other Engage Councils, community groups, healthcare organizations, and businesses to impact the health and quality of life in greater Estero
  • Investigate opportunities, grants, and financial support for our goals where needed

Our Purpose:

We exist to provide guidance, information, education, and initiatives and engage citizens in efforts that result in healthy options, decisions, and behaviors.

Our Values

Values essential to success and longevity:

  • Integrity
  • Open and honest communication
  • Respect for other ideas and expertise
  • Shared responsibility and resources
  • Follow through on what you say you will do
  • Care about what we are trying to achieve
  • Innovation and creative thinking (open to doing things in a new way)

Our Vision:

We aspire to have greater Estero Recognized As” The Healthiest Community In Florida.”

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*Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity: The World Health Organization, 1948, revised in 1976 to include the underlined text.

Articles

Accessing Lee Health’s Ever Expanding South Lee County Services

Accessing Lee Health’s Ever Expanding South Lee County Services

Oct 22, 2018 |

Lee Health has created an “app” for all kinds of smartphones to make it easy for everyone to: Access all kinds of healthcare services including doctors of all specialties Learn how to live a healthier lifestyle no matter what your age Organize and track your health...

Tour of Lee Health Coconut Point Emergency Facility

Tour of Lee Health Coconut Point Emergency Facility

Aug 13, 2018 |

ECCL members were granted a tour of the new "everything but a hospital" healthcare facility under construction in Estero. Lee Health's Alex Greenwood guided the group through the state-of-the-art 24/7 emergency facilities, as well as the first floor. It was exciting...

Coconut Point hospital faces new hurdles

Coconut Point hospital faces new hurdles

Jul 2, 2018 |

The News-Press reported last Friday that new opposition to the Coconut Point hospital means delays and potential overturns of recent go-aheads from the Agency for Health Care Administration. NCH Healthcare System and Physicians Regional Healthcare System filed...

Coconut Point Hospital Progress Report

Coconut Point Hospital Progress Report

Jun 11, 2018 |

On Friday, June 8, 2018, Suzanne Bradach, Lee Health’s Coconut Point Project Director, presented the following update on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s (AHCA) Certificate of Need (CON) decision and the next steps in the approval process. To view her power...

Coconut Point Hospital Gets Preliminary Approval

Coconut Point Hospital Gets Preliminary Approval

Jun 1, 2018 |

This is a great day for the future of Estero and Bonita Springs. We are pleased to announce that the same State Agency that denied Lee Health’s 2014 application for a hospital on Coconut Point, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), has approved Lee...

Lee Health Coconut Point Campus Focus Promoting Healthy Aging

Lee Health Coconut Point Campus Focus Promoting Healthy Aging

May 30, 2018 |

The proposed service area for LHCP is anticipated to experience an 18 percent growth rate of seniors in the next five years. By 2023, nearly 40 percent of the service area population will be age 65 and over. The importance of this demographic juggernaut cannot be...

Progress Report: LeeHealth Application for hospital in Estero

Progress Report: LeeHealth Application for hospital in Estero

May 7, 2018 |

The ECCL thanks everyone who joined the approximately 400 Estero and Bonita Springs residents by sending a thoughtful letter of support for the Lee Health Coconut Point hospital Certificate of Need. Lee Health included your letter along with all the others in their...

New Medicare cards on the way

Apr 9, 2018 |

New Medicare Cards are being mailed. These cards are designed to prevent identity theft. They will not have your Social Security Number. They will come in an envelope that does not have something saying this is your new Medicare Card. Beware of scammers-Medicare or...

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