Books for Collier Kids (BCK) is pleased to announce that Christine Scheidemann has joined the Board of Directors.
“Christine’s extensive experience in banking, coupled with her commitment to giving back, makes her an asset to the charity as we enter our third decade of service to our community, providing new, age-appropriate books to Collier kids,” explains Chair Sallie Williams.
Beyond 25 years of diverse banking experience, ranging from Personal Banking Officer and Customer Service Operations Officer, to her current position as Lending Associate Officer with FineMark National
Bank and Trust in Naples, Scheidmann has been active in philanthropy throughout her life.
Her volunteer work includes Books for Collier Kids, Freedom Waters Foundation and NCEF Vision Screen for Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, as well as Naples Winter Wine Festival, chairing event committees at Lighthouse of Collier and serving on the Board of the American Cancer Society of Naples (2009-2016).
The rural Iowa native is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She and her husband Ernest relocated to Florida in 2007. Today, the couple, their four daughters and two grandchildren all reside in Naples and enjoy traveling, classic cars, boating and cycling.
Scheidemann joins the other Books for Collier Kids Board Members in coordinating the selection, purchase and distribution of new, age-appropriate books for children throughout the county, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy: access to books. Launched in 2005 as First Book-Collier County, BCK has distributed 2 million new, high-quality, age-appropriate and personalized books to pre-K, kindergarten, first- and second-grade students to enhance their literacy development.
The all-volunteer charity partners with more than 20 local organizations, including the Collier County Public Schools, Fostering Success, Fun Time Early Childhood Academy, Habitat for Humanity of Collier County, Guadalupe Center, Grace Place for Children & Families and Christ Child Society of Naples.