Happy Holidays!
Community Shares wishes you a
healthy and happy Holiday Season with family and friends! Thank you
for all your support, care, and commitment to community this past
year. You have helped make 2006 a banner year for Community
Shares! Download our
2006
Annual Report.
We're looking forward to a
great 2007! Help us achieve our campaign goal of $1.5 million!
Make an online
donation to Community Shares or any of our member nonprofits!
Community Shares welcomes new member
Nonprofits, Board Members and Board Officers for 2007!
New Member Nonprofits:
Art Students League of Denver,
Carriage House,
Colorado Symphony
Orchestra, Denver
Children's Home, Denver
SCORES, The Delores
Project, Judi's House,
and Pikes Peak Area Crime
Stoppers.
New Board Members: Erik
Porter (Data393), TJ Maxfield (Firehouse Ventures), Rich Jones
(Elevations Credit Union), Terrell Curtis (The Gathering Place),
Heather Lafferty (Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver), Lisa
Merlino (Invest In Kids), David Lack (Clínica Tepeyac), Mindy
Davidson (Project Angel Heart), and Steve Edmonds (Hospice of Metro
Denver).
New Board Officers: Denise
McMahan (CausePlanet.org), President; Lisa Pedersen (Humane Society
of Boulder Valley), Vice President; Beth Carter Lyford (ING Security
Life), Treasurer; Suzanne Bruce (Planned Parenthood of the Rocky
Mountains), Secretary.
need Help with Holiday Shopping?
There are plenty of ways to
shop and give back to the community at the same time. Check out our
hip SharesWare,
guaranteed to fit all the philanthropists on your holiday list.
There are items for men, women and even babies. Good reading is
available at the
Community
Shares Amazon Shop. You can send flowers through
Lehrer’s easy-ordering website.
What about sports-lovers?
Click here
for discounted Nuggets basketball or Avalanche hockey tickets. If
you haven’t been to a game at the Pepsi Center yet, you are missing
out. Mammoth lacrosse tickets are also available at a discount,
just
click here. This season, Community Shares can help you think of
something for everyone on your list!
Also, as you are shopping at the mall or in local establishments,
please remember to thank them for their community support. Local
stores we love include Wild Oats, the gift shop at Celestial
Seasonings, McGuckin Hardware and Vitamin Cottage. Remember to tell
them that Community Shares sent you and good luck with your holiday
shopping!
Community Shares has a re-designed website!
The Community Shares' website
has a new look and some added features. Visit
www.cshares.org to see the
changes. Please take our
website survey and let us know what you think!
2006 Nonprofit Agency of the Year
Community Shares of
Colorado is proud to honor
Habitat
for Humanity of Metro Denver (HFHMD) as the 2006 Nonprofit
Agency of the Year. HFHMD had an outstanding year including
being named the “Affiliate of the Year” by Habitat for Humanity
International and building 15 homes in 7 days in the 2006 Home
Builders Blitz! The pledges to HFHMD more than doubled in the
2005-2006 CSC Community Giving Campaign making them our top
designee out of over 160 agencies. In addition, HFHMD
contributed development time, marketing exposure, and other
support in helping Community Shares continue to expand its
community presence.
In January of 2007, HFHMD will acknowledge our ongoing support
by dedicating a home building project to Community Shares of
Colorado. Community Shares staff, directors, member agencies,
donors and volunteers will put in volunteer construction hours
beginning January 19th. If you are interested in volunteering
to help build the Community Shares Habitat for Humanity home,
please contact Beth Kaspar
at 303-861-7507 for more information.
Partners of the month
Outstanding Member Agency
CHARG
Resource Center
709 East 12th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 830-8805 / (303) 830-8918
In November, CHARG sponsored
the "Innovations in Mental Health 2006" conference along with the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Mental Health
Association of Colorado, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
and the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council. The theme was
"Systems Transformation: Beyond the Rhetoric." Executive Director
David Burgess was recognized with the "Heroes in the Fight Award,"
which recognizes local heroes in the mental health field.
Outstanding Workplace
Boulder Valley School
District
PO Box 9011
Boulder, CO 80301
303-447-5108
Community Shares recognizes
Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) for challenging students to
achieve their creative academic and physical potential in order to
become responsible contributing citizens. BVSD continually reaches
out to its employees in innovative ways to support local charities
through their Workplace Giving Campaign.
Community Events
December 10 - Global Response:
Fiesta Internacional!
6PM @ First Christian Church of
Boulder(950 28th St., Boulder)
More
info
December 11 - Feathers and Fur,
Preserving the Balance of Nature
6:30PM @ Colorado Division of
Wildlife (4255 Sinton Rd., Colorado Springs)
More info
December 16 - VSA Arts of
Colorado: Family Art Day
10AM @ Access Gallery (909
Santa Fe Dr., Denver)
More info
Visit our
Web Calendar
for more opportunities to connect with your community.
