Ready for some good news? Let’s focus on the positive today:
Families First is going to give its 2009 Friend of Children Award to Barb and Gary Reece. They’ll receive a commemorative Rik Sargent bronze at the May 1 Steppin’ Out … Diamonds & Spurs gala to be held at Mile High Station. Gary Reece recently retired from his senior executive position with MDC Holdings and volunteers alongside his wife on behalf of Cancer League of Colorado, Advocates for Children and Families First.
The Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Life program is conducing a 26.5-hour knitting marathon, starting at 3:30 p.m. at various locations Jan. 23. The goal is to knit 5,280 caps for U.S. troops abroad. Learn more at /capsproject or by calling 720-865-1206.
An exact figure is yet to be determined, but Sattler Homes chief Tom Sattler is confident that tours of his High Hopes Show Home generated “several thousand” dollars for The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver. The 4,500-square-foot Tuscan-style manse in Ravenna, a gated community in Waterton Canyon, was open for public tours over a four-week period in the fall.
At the annual Miracle Treat Day, Dairy Queen restaurants in Denver, Colorado Springs and Cheyenne sold enough Blizzards to raise $72,600 for The Children’s Hospital.
Gifts of $100 or more made to the Denver Public Schools Foundation by Dec. 31 entitle the donor to a 50 percent state income tax credit. Find out more by calling 720-423-3897.
HW Home has added Excelsior Youth Center to its list of holiday discount beneficiaries. Shoppers can print out a coupon to bring with them by visiting and entering the code EXCYC.
The Nathan Yip Foundation celebrates the Chinese Year of the Ox at a banquet taking place Jan. 24 at the Cable Center. Details available from Suky Yip, 303-817-8400 or .
Allied Jewish Federation is having its annual Men’s Event on Jan. 15 at Wings Over the Rockies. Admission is free, thanks to underwriting provided by the Mizel Family Foundations, but a minimum $180 donation to the 2009 fundraising campaign is requested. Register at .
Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, .
