The Guardian ad Litem Foundation, 20th Judicial Circuit, moved to a new location in Lee County that offers additional space for meetings, community events and storage. At 11691 Gateway Blvd., Suite 102, inside Sanibel Captiva Community Bank’s Gateway branch, the nearly 1,000-square-foot space is significantly larger than the nonprofit’s former office in the Lee County Courthouse in downtown Fort Myers. Multipurpose spaces can be used for tutoring sessions, SAT and ACT prep classes, supervised visits, board meetings, art therapy sessions, small community gatherings and more. The new space also accommodates a Lee County location for Hoagland’s Happy Stories Collection, a literacy outreach program named for longtime advocates Richard and Mary Ellen Hoagland that provides books to children in the foster care system. The foundation manages programs that support children, adolescents and teens who have been abused, neglected or abandoned as they navigate the judicial and child welfare systems. Its Children’s Needs Program allows volunteer child advocates to request funds for expenses that foster parents and caregivers cannot afford and other agencies do not provide, including birthday parties, tutoring, summer camp programs, movie tickets and registration fees for clubs and sports. The foundation also assists with emergency needs, including beds, bedding, clothing and car seats.