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Champion Window of Denver donated more than 108,000 pounds of food to area food banks over from June to August. The donation was part of a company-wide program to raise awareness of hunger and assist food banks during the summer when donations typically decline. Champion operates a factory in northeast Denver.
Rays, a Jefferson County-based privately held teleradiology company, recently received an overall score of 92.2 out of 100 in an independent study entitled “Teleradiology Services 2011: Times are Changing.” Rays scored the highest in the study and had the highest score on the survey last year.
MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. declared a cash distribution of 73 cents per common unit for the third quarter of 2011.
Intrado Inc., a Longmont-based provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, announced the launch of THOR Shield, a mobile emergency communications program. The THOR Shield program offers public safety, homeland security and other agencies rapid response capabilities.
SM Energy Co. approved a semi-annual cash dividend of 5 cents per share of common stock outstanding. The dividend will be paid on Nov. 7 to stockholders of record Oct. 28.
The 16th annual American Indian College Fund Flame of Hope Gala will be held Thursday at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center of the Performing Arts. Proceeds from the event will benefit scholarships for American Indian students.
Navajo preschool children across Arizona and New Mexico will receive new books, creating their own stories and sharing them with others thanks to a donation by Loveland-based Unite for Literacy, LitWorld, and the Pearson Foundation’s We Give Books.
Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence, formerly Colorado Performance Excellence, named five top-performing regional businesses that will be recognized Nov. 4 for their implementation of initiatives based on the prestigious Baldrige Award for performance excellence. The Timberline-level recipients are: Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, Online Trading Academy of Colorado in Castle Rock, and S.M. Stoller Legacy Management Project in Grand Junction. The Foothills-level winners are: Thompson Valley School District in Loveland and RTD Fastracks Program in Denver.
Garney Holding Co. acquired Englewood-based Weaver General Construction. Weaver specializes in water and wastewater facilities.
The City of Wheat Ridge named Family Tree as the 2011 Business of the Year at the city’s recent Business Appreciation Awards ceremony. Family Tree provides a broad range of services and shelter to individuals, families and youth.
