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ARTICLE KATHY BECKER
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ROSEMARY PACE PASSES HER PASSION FOR NAMI COLLIER COUNTY TO HER GRANDSON
WHEN NAPLES RESIDENT ROSEMARY PACE IS
illness through education, support and advocacy. She led
PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, SHE LEADS BY
a team of her friends who raised $250,000 over 15 years
AN ENTHUSIASTIC EXAMPLE. Pace (pronounced
for the annual fundraising and awareness walk, which will
pa-chay) has left a legacy of support for NAMI Collier
be held January 30, 2021 at Baker Park.
County for nearly 20 years with innovation and delightful
Pace has passed on her passion to her grandson Henry
persuasion. She has served on the board of the organi-
Berkowitz, 13. Henry, who lives at Syosset, Long Island,
zation, promoting its mission to improve the quality of
chose NAMI Collier County for his Mitzvah Project,
life for Collier County families affected by serious mental
which is designed to engage children in important values
Rosemary Pace and her grandson, Henry Berkowitz
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