And the winner is …
Will the Philanthropy Award go to the Gates Corp., the Gunnison County Times, the Integer Group or Nor’wood Development Group? Find out March 8 when Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (303-282-5135) has its annual luncheon in the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom … Community Shares of Colorado, which last year raised $1.4 million for 120 local charities, is the recipient of the 2007 Innovation and Excellence Award given by the National Alliance for Choice in Giving. Community Shares’ chief executive, Jesse Wolff, accepted the prize at the National Workplace Giving Summit held in Orlando, Fla. … As part of its 20th-anniversary celebration, the Women’s Foundation of Colorado will salute 20 Colorado women who have broken new ground in male- dominated fields and serve as an inspiration to others. Nomination forms for the Be Bold awards can be downloaded at WFCO.org … Christopher Smith, executive director of the Boulder County AIDS Project, is giving kudos to the agency’s 300 volunteers, who gave 15,126 hours of service in 2006.
It’s nice to know
That the Cherry Tomato restaurant is celebrating its 10th birthday by donating a percentage of sales from March 13-17 to The Gathering Place; that Jenny Schiavone has been appointed director of communications for Denver’s Division of Theatres and Arenas. She has spent the past 11 years with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, most recently serving as senior public relations manager; that the newest members of Denver Mile High Rotary are Kurt Bartley, director of major gifts for Catholic Charities; Dennis Miceli, senior vice president at Willis Insurance; and David Moudy, a private banker at Wells Fargo; and that Saks Fifth Avenue is providing the clothes for the Summer Debutante Ball’s Mother-Daughter Luncheon & Fashion Show. It’s at the Marriott Denver South on March 11; Sheila Oldenburg, April Oldenburg, Angie Palmer and Janie Prendergast are the co-chairs.
Wishin’ and hopin’
The Families First Children’s Center needs two computers that can run Windows XP. Potential donors can call 303-745-0327 for details … Dress for Success hopes to stock its closets with job interview-appropriate suits by designating March 11-17 as SOS Week (Send One Suit). Plus-sizes are especially welcome. New or nearly new outfits can be dropped off at Dress for Success Denver’s client boutique, 1420 Ogden St.
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