|
|
| 
| ALS Association - Rky. Mtn. Chapter
Fighting on Every Front to Improve Living with ALS
Our Chapter was founded in 1991 when a group of ALS patients, families and friends formed an organization to provide support to people in Colorado and Wyoming afflicted with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). We have a variety of services available to help improve the quality of life for those living with ALS and their families. All services are free of charge and include: a medical equipment loan program, the Doris Lackner Respite Care Fund, support groups, educational information, referrals and one-on-one support. For more information about our Charity Partners program, email events@alsaco.org. To learn more about us, visit www.alsaco.org. |
| 
| America SCORES Denver
America SCORES Denver provides over 250 Denver youth with soccer, creative writing and service learning opportunities each year. Through their participation in SCORES, Denver's poet-athletes learn to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities. SCORES combines team sports – increased physical activity, self-esteem, pride, teamwork and good sportsmanship – with an onsite academic program that builds critical literacy skills. SCORES helps students to build skills and values that will last a lifetime. To join the SCORES running team, please visit www.americascoresdenver.kintera.org/marathon. |
| 
| American Cancer Society
DetermiNation
The DetermiNation program is the American Cancer Society’s nation of athletes determined to end cancer. This powerful and inspiring movement saves lives by enabling athletes to dedicate their training and participation in marathons and other endurance events to a lifesaving effort to fight a disease that has already taken too many lives. Over the years, thousands of athletes have had an experience of a lifetime while raising millions for the fight against all types of cancer, helping create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Join the Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon DetermiNation Team Today! www.determinationcolfax.com |
| 
| American Lung Association
Fighting for Air
As the oldest voluntary health organization in the U.S., the American Lung Association in Colorado works to prevent lung disease and promote lung health. Program areas include asthma, smoking cessation and prevention, lung disease, air quality and research. Whether educating youth at our summer camp; helping teens quit their tobacco habit; providing support and education for adults living with lung disease; or researching cures for everything from lung disease to lung cancer; the work of the American Lung Association in Colorado truly does impact everyone. For more information about our Charity Partners program, contact Liz Toohey, ltoohey@lungcolorado.org , 303-847-0280. For more information about us, go to www.lungcolorado.org. |
| 
| Art From Ashes
Art from Ashes empowers struggling youth through poetry and therapeutic workshops.
Art from Ashes partners with organizations to provide poetry and creative arts workshops for youth who are in residential treatment, urban environments, homeless, incarcerated, or court-involved. We guide young people in need of hope and a self-determined future to understand and recognize their own value and purpose. Art from Ashes combines expression, the articulation of painful events or circumstances in their young lives; connection, the ability to release the pain and fear of those experiences among peers and mentors; and transformation, using the power of strong, healthy words to encourage an identity that is not based in victimization. To join our Charity Partners team, contact Susie at susie@artfromashes.org. For more information about us, please visit www.artfromashes.org. |
| 
| Children’s Hospital Foundation
Founded in 1908, The Children’s Hospital is dedicated to the belief that all children should have the opportunity for a bright and healthy future. Consistently ranked one of the best children’s hospitals in America, Children’s combines world-class pediatric medicine with a uniquely family-friendly environment. In 1978, the Children’s Hospital Foundation was established to advance the Hospital’s mission. Community leaders support The Children’s Hospital in a variety of ways such as volunteering, donating gifts, corporate partnerships, or foundation grants. For more information about our Charity Partners program, contact Jen Miller at jmiller@tchfden.org. To learn more about our Foundation, visit info@tchfden.org.
|
| 
| Colorado Canine Rescue
There's no place like home.
Colorado Canine Rescue is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that was incorporated in 2008. Our mission is to rescue dogs from the shelter that have run out of time. We take them from the shelter and place them in foster homes until we can find their forever homes. Through the use of our foster homes, we rehabilitate and provide any necessary medical care while matching them with their perfect adoptive families. To join our Charity Partner team, contact Amy Taylor, rescue@coloradocaninerescue.org. To learn more about us, please visit www.coloradocaninerescue.org. |
| 
| Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition
Dedicated to keeping Colorado kids healthy!
Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition (CCIC) is dedicated to improving access, delivery, and demand for children’s vaccinations to keep Colorado healthy. By focusing on coalition-building, outreach, provider educational and public policy the Coalition leverages the strengths and resources of our members and community partners to make the most impact. CCIC supports parents who vaccinate their children and answers questions to help parents make educated decisions about their children’s health. In thanks for supporting our mission, everyone who runs for us will get a team T-shirt! To learn more about CCIC visit www.childrensimmunization.org
|
| 
| Colorado Mountain Club
More than a great hiking club
Do you love Colorado’s mountains? Get involved with the Colorado Mountain Club! You can help us to conserve Colorado’s wild places, teach outdoor recreation skills, and connect young people to the outdoors. The CMC was organized in 1912 to unite the energy, interest, and knowledge of the students, explorers, and lovers of the mountains of Colorado. Our mission is to improve people’s lives and our environment through education, conservation, and recreation in Colorado. Join us! For more information about our Charity Partners program, please contact Juliebeth Pelletier, juliebethpelletier@cmc.org, 303-996-2769. To learn more about us, visit www.cmc.org. |
| 
| Colorado Runners Association
Run Free. Live Well.
We are a membership-based community of Rocky Mountain runners, walkers, clubs, coaches, race directors and events promoting the sport of running to enhance an active, healthy lifestyle. Our marketplace of resources offers individuals and groups the ability to connect and grow the Colorado running community and to enhance their fitness and health. We advocate the sports through public outreach, partnerships, social networking, community involvement and the promotion of existing organizations. To join the membership community of runners and walkers, please visit www.corun.org. Run Free. Live Well. |
| 
| Colorado Vincentian Volunteers
Compassion on the Journey
We are a community of faith and action that responds to the Gospel call in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul. We are young men and women, ages 22-30, who serve Denver's poor, elderly, homeless, developmentally disabled and troubled youth. Our year-long program offers an opportunity for spiritual, emotional, professional growth, and a way of discerning and living one's Christian vocation. For more information, please visit www.covivo.org |
| 
| Colorado Youth for a Change
Solving America's Dropout Crisis
The mission of Colorado Youth for a Change is to solve the dropout crisis in Colorado. By incorporating national research and local data analysis, CYC is charting a path to fulfill the Governor's challenge of cutting the dropout rate in half in Colorado by 2017. CYC works collaboratively with school districts throughout the state of Colorado to create dropout outreach and recovery programs to bring high school dropouts back to school, dropout intervention programs to prevent high schoolers from dropping out, and new school programs that fit the needs of out-of-school youth. For more information, please visit www.cycinfo.com |
| 
| Denver Kids, Inc.
Denver Kids, Inc. helps students, grades K-12, who face the personal challenges of higher risk environments, successfully complete high school, explore post-secondary options and become productive members of the community. For more information, please visit www.denverkidsinc.org |
| 
| Denver Venture School
Creating Enterprising Leaders
Denver Venture School is a tuition-free public high school that offers a rigorous liberal-arts academic program with an entrepreneurial focus. DVS enables a diverse group of students to achieve academic, social, and career success. DVS offers a relevant, project-based, business-oriented curriculum in a small public school environment. Students are held to the highest standards of achievement and supported by a dedicated community of faculty and mentors. DVS prepares its students for four-year colleges and universities, while also allowing them to explore the challenges and rewards of becoming an entrepreneur. All DVS students will open and run their own business by their junior year. To learn more about our Charity Partners program, contact: Stacy Rivera at srivera@coloradoleague.org, 303-989-5356, ext. 112 or visit www.denverventureschool.org |
| 
| Family Tree
Helping families become safe, strong and self-reliant
Since 1976, Family Tree has provided a broad range of services and shelter to families and youth of metro Denver to overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. Last year, Family Tree provided services to more than 32,000 people, including more than 23,000 nights of safe shelter to families and individuals who might otherwise be homeless. The mission of Family Tree is to help people overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness to become safe, strong and self-reliant. For more information about joining our charity partners program, please contact Angie Overlie, aoverlie@thefamilytree.org, 303-598-1551. To learn more about us, please visit www.thefamilytree.org. |
| 
| Fetal Hope Foundation
Leading the Way to Hope
The Fetal Hope Foundation's mission is to provide support, provide information, fund research, increase awareness and be an outlet for leading medical information pertaining to fetal distresses and syndromes. We are all about arming families and healthcare providers with information and helping to save babies' lives. For more information, please visit www.fetalhope.org
|
| 
| Food Bank of the Rockies
Fighting Hunger and Feeding Hope since 1978
Food Bank of the Rockies distributed over 26 million pounds of food last year through 1,100 hunger-relief programs in Northern Colorado, including Metro Denver and the entire state of Wyoming. Of the 321,000 people served annually, nearly half are children. Since 1978, FBR, through our partner agencies – soup kitchens, shelters and pantries -, has provided over 270 million meals for people in need. Learn more about us and how you can create your own fundraising page to email to your friends and family, so they can join with you to fight hunger and feed hope! |
| 
| Friends for Youth
“Hey what’s up? My name’s Andre. I’m 16 years old. I got in some trouble and wasn’t sure where to turn, so I asked if I could join Friends for Youth, a faith-based non-profit mentoring organization. They provide youth like me fun group activities and one-to-one mentoring relationships. They found me my very own mentor, which has made a huge positive change. I’ve stayed in school and out of trouble. My mentor is even helping me find a job. This summer we’re going to hike a 14’er!” Friends for Youth needs more mentors and support. Visit www.friendsforyouth.com or email davidl@friendsforyouth.com for more information. |
| 
| Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver has a mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and boldSM! We accomplish this by encouraging girls to reach for their own dreams. We offer a variety of educational programs to girls ages 6 to 18 from diverse backgrounds that encourage them to master challenges, build self-esteem and achieve confident and responsible adulthood. We offer programs that address the whole girl- everything from science, leadership and computers to art, dance and teen pregnancy prevention. We offer these programs as center-based programs on site and as outreach-based programs in partnership with other agencies. To learn more about our charity partners program, contact Jeslin at jshahrezaei@gidenver.org. To learn more about us, please visit www.girlsincdenver.org. |
| 
| Joshua Station
Joshua Station (JS) is a transformational housing program for homeless families who are journeying to stable, independent living. Families live at JS for 18-24 months, creating individualized family life plans to help them address the varied issues that have contributed to being homeless. JS is a part of Mile High Ministries, an urban center for action, reflection and transformation in Denver. Mile High Ministries has been addressing the needs of those living on the margins of our communities for over 20 years. Please visit our website at www.milehighmin.org |
| 
| LifeSpark Cancer Resources
Transforming the cancer experience.
LifeSpark Cancer Resources provides hands-on energy therapy sessions for individuals with cancer. We offer an oasis in the storm and support care on all levels of being. Energy therapies (Reiki and Healing Touch) use a gentle light touch and can decrease the harsh side effects of cancer treatment while also supporting a sense of peace and well-being. Research indicates that they support a decreased in pain, fatigue, stress, and depression, and have a beneficial cumulative effect over time. LifeSpark is a non-profit organization and volunteers are welcome. www.LifeSparkNow.org
|
| 
| Loving Arms Team
Embracing and Empowering Romanian Orphans
The Loving Arms Team builds long-term relationships with abandoned children in Romania. Our purpose is to grow together with orphaned youth as people who share God’s beauty, forming an extended family of faith, hope, and love. We conduct summer camps for severely abused teens, and participate in year-round activities that empower them to find their place in society. Since 1996 we have built in-depth friendships with the same group of youth from childhood through young adulthood. For more information please call Scott Dewey at 720-261-9953 or visit www.milehighmin.org/index.php?/lovingarms.htm |
| 
| Metro CareRing
Metro CareRing assists people through times of crisis and provides resources for self-reliance.
Throughout the 36 year history of Metro CareRing, the faces of poverty have remained the same. Individuals and families come through our doors needing help to meet their most basic human needs…food to feed their bodies, their children, their families. They are met by dedicated volunteers who provide a listening ear and suggestions on other short-term solutions to their current situations. Unfortunately, food alone does not eliminate poverty. Metro CareRing joins with other organizations to educate and mobilize the community to affect long-term solutions to hunger, poverty and homelessness. For more information about our organization, please visit www.metrocarering.org. To learn more about our Charity Partners program, please contact Celia Myers, cmyers@metrocarering.org, 303-350-3631. |
| 
| Project 1.27
Answering God’s Call for Adoption
Project 1.27 is “a Ministry from the Churches of Colorado to the Orphans of Colorado.” We produce successful adoptions between families in church communities and legally free children in the Colorado foster care system by recruiting, training and supporting adoptive parents, support teams, churches, counties, agencies and other partners to provide hope for all children and benefit our state and society. Project 1.27 is not a child placement agency (CPA). Our vision is to have no “waiting children” in Colorado by 2014. For more information about our Charity Partners program, contact Chris at cpadbury@project127.com. To learn more about us, visit www.project127.com |
| 
| Providence Network
Changing Lives from the Inside Out
Since 1988, Providence Network has provided a hands-on approach to help those who have suffered from homelessness, addictions and abuse. Our unique live-in staff model is the core of a holistic program that includes room, board, counseling, accountability, vocational assistance, and life skill development. Additionally, our NextStep housing provides a continuum of care for our graduates to live out their new values, a key to lasting change. We serve over 100 men, women and children daily. For more information about our Charity Partners program, please contact Ashley Carnozzi, ashleycarnozzi@providencenetwork.org. To learn more about us, please visit www.providencenetwork.org. |
| 
| Ramah in the Rockies
Ramah in the Rockies is located on 360 scenic acres just 90 minutes from Denver, Colorado, surrounded by a million acres of national forest. Ramah in the Rockies is host to Ramah Outdoor Adventure, the first Ramah specialty camp devoted to combining outdoor adventure and environmental awareness with Jewish living and learning.
www.ramahoutdoors.org
|
| 
| Socially Conscious Coffee
Drink to their future
Socially Conscious Coffee creates sustainable prosperity with coffee harvesters, their families, and communities through education, health care, and environmental stewardship. Coffee harvesters are the poorest people in the coffee industry. By building a school on a coffee farm in Bahia, Brazil, SCC educates children and provides community education on health, hygiene, disease prevention, water safety, and environmental stewardship. This successful model breaks the cycle of harvester illiteracy, poor health, and poverty. Our vision is to create sustainable prosperity with harvesters, their families, and communities around the world. For more information about our charity partners program, contact Stephanie at Stephanie@sccoffee.org. To learn more about us, visit www.sccoffee.org. |
| 
| Teen Challenge of the Rockies
The Faith-based Solution for the Drug Epidemic
Teen Challenge is a worldwide organization dedicated to helping individuals who struggle with life-controlling addictions. Our purpose is to facilitate life transformation for men, women and teen girls whose lives have been affected by issues like anger, rebellion, depression, drug use and/or abuse and other life controlling problems. By providing our students with a fresh, biblical perspective, they will have the opportunity to realize their potential and reach their dreams. We know that given the chance, every person can lead a satisfying and purposeful life. For more information about our Charity Partners program, contact Kathy Robertson, kluv2lv@yahoo.com. To learn more about us, please visit www.teenchallengerockymountains.com |
| 
| The AIR Foundation
Running with Passion. Running for Hope. Running for New Life.
Confronting addiction and homelessness through Activity Inspired Rehabilitation, The AIR Foundation uses distance running to coach members of local recovery programs into a life of stability and sobriety. This year, AIR is training men from Denver Rescue Mission’s New Life Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program to participate in the Colfax Marathon.. Be part of this amazing transformational season by getting involved in training and fundraising for The AIR Foundation’s Denver Rescue Mission Marathon Team! You can train with us and the men from the Denver Rescue Mission, participate in events and races leading up to the Colfax Marathon and help us achieve the monetary goals necessary to keep these phenomenal programs alive! We will assist with setting up fundraising pages, providing email templates, etc. To learn more, contact Kelly@TheAIRFoundation.Org or visit us at www.theairfoundation.org |
| 
| Touching Tiny Lives Foundation
Touching Tiny Lives Foundation is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to supporting children and families that are struggling to cope with the ravages of HIV/AIDS in rural Lesotho. Local personnel, assisted by international volunteers, provide essential care to severely malnourished, critically ill, or orphaned babies. TTLF provides outreach health services, nutritional supplements, medication, and continued social support to children, pregnant women, and caregivers in their village communities. For more information about our charity partner program, please contact Reid Rector, 303-854-7756, redirector@gmail.com. To learn more about our organization, please visit www.touchingtinylives.org. |
| 
| Urban Peak
Real life. Real change.
For more than 20 years, Urban Peak has helped young people overcome homelessness and other real life challenges by providing safety, respect, essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-reliant adults. Urban Peak has been there for tens of thousands of youth – homeless, vulnerable, without basic needs – who are trying to live as well as possible, even as they lose hope. Urban Peak offers safe shelter and meals, transitional housing, education and employment programs, medical care, mental health and substance abuse counseling, creative outlets, and recreational and youth development activities. For more information about our Charity Partners program, contact Scott VanDaele, 303-974-2935, scott.vandale@urbanpeak.org. To learn more about Urban Peak, visit www.urbanpeak.org |
| 
| Urban Servant Corp
USC is a one-year, full-time Lutheran volunteer program located in the heart of Denver. Volunteers commit to living in community with each other, while serving at various local non-profit organizations addressing basic human concerns of low-income and at-risk populations. USC positions are in programs that provide immediate and direct service, as well as programs that advocate for lasting solutions and long-term social change. Since 1987, USC volunteers have put their values of simplicity, solidarity, social justice and intentional communal living into action. To join our Charity Partners program, please contact Krista Ullestad, Krista@servantcorps.org. To learn more about us, please visit www.servantcorps.org. |
| 
| Whiz Kids Tutoring
Having fun, helping kids!
Whiz Kids Tutoring is a faith-based, after-school, one-to-one tutoring program for disadvantaged students throughout the Denver Metro area. Whiz Kids has matched 760 trained volunteer tutors with 760 elementary and middle school youth at 41 tutoring sites throughout the Denver Metro area. We work with kids who are most at-risk for failing out of school. We help them improve academically, provide them with the weekly support of a caring adult, and bolster their spirits. Whiz Kids volunteers are running to help promote reading and expand the program to areas where we are most needed. For more info visit www.whizkidstutoring.com. |
| 
| Youth Biz
Maximizing the potential of our youth.
At YouthBiz, youth are empowered with the skills, confidence, and knowledge needed to overcome life’s challenges and make the most of life’s opportunities. Through after-school and summer programs that incorporate hands-on activities, real-world experience, and peer-to-peer facilitation, youth become active participants in their learning and success. For more information, please visit www.youthbiz.org
|
|
| |
|
|