Tag: Nonprofit
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UCHealth, Broncos players raise over $100,000 for local charity
Although rain interrupted the annual UCHealth charitable home run derby competition “Healthy Swings” Monday, Broncos players competing in the underground batting cage of Coors Field instead of on it helped raise $120,000 for Food for Thought Denver. The charity, now in over 70 Denver schools, gives local students food items to take home over the…
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Coloradans receive more than $40 million in support from Daniels Fund
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Daniels Fund distributed more than $63.8 million through nonprofit grants and student scholarships in 2022, according to a news release Monday. The private charitable foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of those in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The foundation has donated…
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Colorado tattoo parlor holds benefit for Club Q victims
When Carl Sanders first heard about Saturday’s mass shooting that left five dead and 18 injured at Club Q in Colorado Springs, his first thought was to reach out to his friends in the LGBTQ community. “Thankfully, they’re all OK,” said Sanders, a tattoo artist at West Side Tattoo on Colorado Avenue. Once he knew…
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Monarch Menagerie with 400 butterflies, Rosie the tarantula stars of the formal Butterfly Pavilion gala
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Rosie the tarantula, 400 butterflies, an Upside-Down Jellyfish and a Thorny Devil Stick Insect were just a few of the unique and special features welcoming 500 guests at the Butterfly Pavilion’s fundraising Butterfly Ball. 1STBANK Center in Broomfield had been transformed into a beautiful world of science and education for the formal gala Sept. 30.…
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Russell Wilson and Ciara’s House of LR&C opens in Park Meadows
New Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson and his Grammy Award-winning wife Ciara opened their retail fashion store House of LR&C on Monday in the Park Meadows Shopping Center with a splash of paparazzi rarely seen in Denver. The store was packed with Broncos players and VIPs like Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet, Park Meadows General…
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RiNo ArtPark ready for September opening
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A community center and small park rose from a distinctly industrial site on 35th Street in Denver’s River North (RiNo) neighborhood because of the combined efforts of the City of Denver, nonprofit organizations and the arts set there. Near the banks of the South Platte…
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Rampart, CU Boulder grad earns humanitarian award named for Princess Diana
A former Miss Colorado and current Rhodes scholar recently earned a global humanitarian award named for the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Serene Singh, 24, is a 2021 recipient of the Diana Award, the United Kingdom’s most prestigious honor for young people engaged in social action or humanitarian work. Singh, a graduate of Rampart High…
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Things to do in and around Denver this weekend
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save THURSDAY-SUNDAY The delicate beauty of origami cranes, 10,000 strong, are floating at The Museum of Boulder through September. The Karla Funderburk Memorial Crane Project is on a national tour of museums as a gift to give hope and help heal sickness or grief. In this…
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Aurora nonprofit to establish facility for refugee, immigrant communities
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