Upcoming Events

Global Expo
Wednesday, September 17
Harborside Event Center
3:00 pm to 7:00pm

EFF will Go Green!

Featuring Business to Business Tradeshow
A Special “Taste of the Chamber” Award with Area Restaurants and NEW this year— First Presentation of theSmall Business of the Year Award *

August 10, 2008 Deadline for Booth Signup
(After deadline date add an additional $50 late fee)

First to sign up by date submitted chooses booth space

2008 Booth Categories are:
• Tourism and Hospitality
• Home, Health and Wealth
• Media and Technology
• General Business
• Not for Profit Groups

Click here to download the Global Expo Sponsorship Opportunities.

Click here to download the Global Expo Signup Form.

Click here to download the Global Expo Nomination Form for Small Business of the Year.

The Perfect Pair
The Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation 8th Annual Foundation Gala
Friday Evening, November 14, 2008
Celebrating the power of the pair...two special friends who helped change our world.

The Edison & Ford Winter Estates and The Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation are pairing up to secure the future of the Estates. Please join us to savor our celebrated pair and to preserve the Edison & Ford Winter Estates.

Click here to download the Save the Date Card.
Click here to download the Eighth Annual Foundation Gala Sponsorship Form.

To save your place or for more information, please call the Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation office at 239.274.2377 or email info@edisonfordfoundation.org

Gala Event Chairperson: Julie Dean Griffin
Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation Director: Wanda Barr

Some Previous Events

Sixth Annual Foundation Gala
Last year’s Edison-Ford Foundation Gala, "Celebration of an American Treasure", was held Friday, November 17, 2006 on the grounds of the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Winter Estates. This event brought in unprecedented net proceeds of $160,000 to benefit the Partners in Preservation Campaign.


Tom's Caribbean Fling
Tom’s Caribbean Fling was a first-time event held Saturday evening, May 12, 2006, in Centennial Park, and was attended by more than 300 people generating more than $50,000 in net proceeds to benefit the Foundation.



Fifth Annual Foundation Gala
The Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation Gala, held at the Edison Estates on November 18, 2005, was attended by more than 550 guests. This annual fundraiser was the most successful in the Foundation’s history, generating more than $140,000 in net proceeds to benefit the Foundation’s work to restore and preserve the Estates.

If you have any questions, please contact us.