Tis the season … for lots of good news: Colorado Bright Beginnings, Arrupe Jesuit High School and The Children’s Hospital are among the Denver-based nonprofits nominated for Awards of Excellence by El Pomar Foundation. The recipients will be announced at a ceremony held this evening at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.
Longtime board member Dick Robinson received the Anti-Defamation League’s Distinguished Community Service Award during the ADL’s annual Society of Fellows Donor Luncheon. The event at the Grand Hyatt Denver was chaired by Fred Davine, co-founder and chairman of Valiant Products Corp., and Sheryl Goodman, a past president of CHAI (Community Help and Abuse Information) and recipient of a national ADL award for her local leadership efforts. Robinson’s brother, Eddie, served as the luncheon’s honorary chair.
“A Step Back in Time” is the theme for Friday’s holiday tea put on by the Colorado UpLIFT Guild. It begins at 1:30 p.m. in the Carriage House at the Colorado governor’s mansion; first lady Frances Owens will be the special guest.
Members of Friends for Families First learned that the 2007 edition of Steppin’ Out, the charity’s signature fundraiser, will have a Roaring Twenties theme. Plans for the dinner, auction and dance were announced at a Nov. 14 cocktail reception held at Mike and Kelly Kennedy’s home.
Colorado chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has partnered with the World’s Largest Internet Mall to make holiday shopping a breeze – and to raise money for educational programs and services for Colorado families affected with Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s how it works: Go to the chapter website, alzco.org, and click on the “shopping” icon found on the home page. This will take you to the Internet Mall where thousands of stores including Wal-Mart, Hallmark, Office Depot, Dell, Circuit City, Barnes & Noble and Florist.com will donate a percentage from each sale to Colorado chapter.
It took three plane changes and 14 hours in the air to get there, but the effort was definitely worth it, says Allison Biever, an audiologist with Colorado Neurological Institute, who was part of a recent World Hearing Network mission to the poor and remote village of Comitan, Mexico. Led by Dr. David Kelsall, the medical director of CNI’s Center for Hearing, the local delegation worked with colleagues from Utah and Mexico to outfit 57 adults and children with hearing aids, perform 16 surgeries under less-than-ideal conditions, and train local health professionals. In addition to Biever, members of Team Kelsall included Dr. Robert Muckle; audiologist Theresa Small; operating room nurses Patti Parsons, Billy Montoya and Melody Haddix; and interpreter Emily Kelsall.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com.
