Author: By JOANNE DAVIDSON Special to Colorado Politics
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Preparations underway for 47th Wells Fargo Ski Cup | NONPROFIT REGISTER
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED Winter Park News: National Sports Center for the Disabled hosts its 47th Wells Fargo Ski Cup Feb. 24-26 at Winter Park Resort, and the public is invited to observe or take part in the festivities. The event is the NSCD’s signature fundraiser, bringing in roughly $200,000 annually to support…
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NONPROFIT REGISTER | Jill D’Alessandro to head museum’s textile art and fashion department
DENVER ART MUSEUM Denver News: Jill D’Alessandro has been appointed director and curator of the Denver Art Museum’s Avenir Institute of Textile Art and Fashion. For the past 21 years D’Alessandro, who will start in January, has been curator-in-charge of costume and textile arts for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. In addition, she…
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NONPROFIT REGISTER | Holiday shopping for a good cause
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER Denver News: One hundred-plus vendors, the overwhelming majority of which are Colorado-based, will be participating in the Junior League of Denver’s 43rd Mile High Holiday Mart. It runs from Nov. 4-6 at the Gates Field House on the University of Denver campus, 2201 E. Asbury Ave. The event kicks off with…
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NONPROFIT REGISTER | Business Hall of Fame laureates named
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN, DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Denver News: Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce today revealed the names of the six laureates who will be inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame at a dinner to be held on Feb. 6. They are: Mary Pat Link, who founded…
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NONPROFIT PROFILE | Latinas First Foundation says ‘Girls can be what they see’
“Girls cannot be what they cannot see” was the phrase echoing in Juanita Chacon and Meshach Rhodes’ heads in 2011 when they founded the nonprofit Latinas First Foundation. It resonated so much so that they made it the tagline for the organization whose mission is to help Latinas reach their highest potential by providing scholarships,…
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Denver-based Youth on Record receives $1 million gift from MacKenzie Scott and spouse Dan Jewett
YOUTH ON RECORD Denver News: In early May, executive director Jami Duffy received an email stating that an anonymous donor was interested in making a significant contribution to Youth on Record, a Denver-based nonprofit founded by members of the rock band, the Flobots. Her initial reaction: It was some sort of scam. Still, she didn’t…