At 6 feet, 11 inches, Denver Nuggets center Marcus Cambystands head and shoulders above the crowd. His height serves him well on the basketball court, but it has nothing to do with his role as an outstanding humanitarian. Especially when it comes to children and holidays.
For the fifth Christmas in a row, Camby took a group of children from low-income families shopping, an excursion that was much more than giving them a lift to the mall.
Although their ride was pretty cool.
On Wednesday afternoon, Camby arrived at Cope Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs in a stretch Hummer to pick up 15 of the young members and take them to Macy’s Cherry Creek. He gave each an autographed jersey — and $150 to spend on family gifts.
When they finished, they received a big suprise: gifts for each of them, courtesy of the store.
That’s the spirit
On Thursday, students from 15 elementary and middle schools, including William Roberts Elementary, the Logan School for Creative Learning and Denison Montessori, met at the Young Americans Bank in Cherry Creek for a count-a- thon that was the grand finale to the first Penny Harvest conducted by the Young Philanthropists Foundation. The $10,000 that was raised will be given to charities of the students’ choice.
For the remainder of this month, Cena will donate a portion of the proceeds from its gourmet meals-to-go to the Central City Opera. Details: or 303-395-0505.
Chefs from Jax Fish House, Vesta Dipping Grill, Dixons and several other LoDo restaurants helped make Christmas a bit merrier for seniors residing at the Barth Hotel by preparing a holiday feast for them on Wednesday night.
Three Glory of Christmas concerts held at First Presbyterian Church in Boulder raised $27,000 for the Boulder County AIDS Project and an AIDS testing and treatment program in Liberia that is being set up with help from Dr. Arthur Ammann and Global Strategies. Among the sponsors: Roche Colorado Corp.
Rocky Mountain unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is offering families of soldiers serving in the Middle East the opportunity to record messages for their loved ones on compact discs that can be played as a reminder of home. Details are available from executive director Betsy Boudreau, 303-692-9213.
One of the first big fundraisers to be held in Denver’s new Ritz-Carlton Hotel will be the Feb. 14 Sweetheart Dance to benefit the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. Chairs: Jamie and Alan Angelich, Cathy and Peter Culshaw, Wendy and Walt DeHaven, Adrienne and Jack Fitzgibbons and Gail and George Johnson; ticket info: Susie Hummell, 303-863-1200.
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Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denver ; also, blogs.denverpost
