{"id":18477,"date":"2025-03-05T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collierclerk.com\/?p=18477"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:59:31","slug":"39-couples-participated-in-the-collier-county-clerk-of-courts-5th-annual-valentines-wedding-and-vow-renewal-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/39-couples-participated-in-the-collier-county-clerk-of-courts-5th-annual-valentines-wedding-and-vow-renewal-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"39 couples participated in the Collier County Clerk of Court\u2019s 5th Annual Valentine\u2019s Wedding and Vow Renewal Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our office successfully hosted the 5th Annual Valentine\u2019s Day Wedding and Vow Renewal Ceremony, which I officiated, at the Eva Sugden Gomez Center at Baker Park.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">15 couples celebrated the most romantic day of the year by tying the knot, while 24 couples renewed their wedding day vows. The ceremony was followed by cake, punch, and commemorative photographs. Each couple was also treated to gift bags, courtesy of local Naples businesses. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life \" ><div id=\"gallery-1\"\n data-gutter-width=\"5\"\n  data-wpmfcolumns=\"3\" class=\"wpmf-gallery gallery-link-post gallery_life gallery-masonry gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium wpmf-gallery-bottomspace-default wpmf-gallery-clear wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\n     wpmf-gallery-item-position-0 wpmf-gallery-item-attachment-18425\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valentines-02-17-25-6-300x200.jpg\" title=\"Valentines 02 17 25 (6)\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Valentines 02 17 25 (6)\" src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valentines-02-17-25-6-300x200.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valentines-02-17-25-6-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\n     wpmf-gallery-item-position-1 wpmf-gallery-item-attachment-18426\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/GroupPic4-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-1-300x200.jpg\" title=\"GroupPic4 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"GroupPic4 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/GroupPic4-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-1-300x200.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/GroupPic4-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-1-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\n     wpmf-gallery-item-position-2 wpmf-gallery-item-attachment-18520\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0081-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" title=\"IMG 0081 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"IMG 0081 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0081-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0081-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\n     wpmf-gallery-item-position-3 wpmf-gallery-item-attachment-18427\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0090-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" title=\"IMG 0090 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"IMG 0090 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0090-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0090-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\n     wpmf-gallery-item-position-4 wpmf-gallery-item-attachment-18521\" data-index=\"4\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0101-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" title=\"IMG 0101 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"IMG 0101 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0101-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0101-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\n     wpmf-gallery-item-position-5 wpmf-gallery-item-attachment-18522\" data-index=\"5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wedding3-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" title=\"Wedding3 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Wedding3 Collier Clerk Valentines Wedding 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wedding3-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wedding3-Collier-Clerk-Valentines-Wedding-2025-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Several couples also commemorated milestone anniversaries. Five couples celebrated 50 years of marriage and two couples celebrated 25 years of marriage. The couples have also shared heartwarming stories of how they first met and a brief glimpse of their romantic journey together.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After 19 years together, one couple chose to marry through the Valentine\u2019s Wedding Ceremony. Another couple shared their heartfelt story: meeting in sixth grade, becoming sweethearts in high school, enduring a separation when she moved away, and reconnecting 12 years later to rekindle their romance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many more unique stories of how couples found love and their shared history are documented in a celebratory program available at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collierclerk.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">collierclerk.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/designrr.page?id=451671&amp;token=2061160639&amp;h=5370\">Read and download the March 2025 Newsletter here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our office successfully hosted the 5th Annual Valentine\u2019s Day Wedding and Vow Renewal Ceremony, which I officiated, at the Eva &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"39 couples participated in the Collier County Clerk of Court\u2019s 5th Annual Valentine\u2019s Wedding and Vow Renewal Ceremony\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/39-couples-participated-in-the-collier-county-clerk-of-courts-5th-annual-valentines-wedding-and-vow-renewal-ceremony\/#more-18477\" aria-label=\"Read more about 39 couples participated in the Collier County Clerk of Court\u2019s 5th Annual Valentine\u2019s Wedding and Vow Renewal Ceremony\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":18427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1404,1481,1440,252,1480,796,716],"class_list":["post-18477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-5th-annual-valentines-day-wedding-and-vow-renewal-ceremony","tag-eva-sugden-gomez-center","tag-march-2025-newsletter","tag-marriage-license","tag-valentines-day-wedding","tag-vow-renewal","tag-wedding","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18477"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18525,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18477\/revisions\/18525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}