The desire to provide a faith-based, assisted living home for Cleo, their developmentally disabled daughter, led George and Athena Pappas to work with a Special Education Ministry in their church in January 2000.
Soon Monika and Robert Newman joined in the vision and Protected Harbor was founded as a faith-based, non-profit, fund raising organization for construction and maintenance of Group Homes for Developmentally Disabled Adults.
Noting the need for other Christian based services in Southwest Florida, in 2026, Protected Harbor expanded its mission to provide other services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who do not live in our residential homes.
Our hope is that all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Southwest Florida have access to compassionate christian care.
