It didn’t take long after its founding 40 years ago for to become a national model for helping single-parent families transition out of poverty and homelessness and sustain their economic well-being.
It has received numerous honors, the most recent being a $200,000 given by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Warren Village is the first Colorado nonprofit to receive this award.
Supporters gathered at the Denver Art Museum’s Duncan Pavilion recently to celebrate these milestones at the Fabulous at Forty Fall Gala, a dinner and auction with entertainment by Ann Hampton Callaway.
is perhaps best known for her Tony-nominated role in the Broadway musical “Swing!” She also wrote and sang the theme song for television’s “The Nanny.”
The $80,000 that was raised goes to the at Warren Village. Horwitz, who died in 1997, was a longtime volunteer at Warren Village, and her widower, Irwin, was among those attending the gala emceed by KBCO morning-show host Bret Saunders.
Saunders, who also covers the jazz music scene for The Denver Post, donated some of the most clever items to the evening’s auction: personalized voicemail recordings. Trips to Spain and Scotland and a football signed by Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning also were up for bid.
For sponsors and VIP-level guests, the evening didn’t end at the conclusion of Callaway’s performance. It continued with an after-party at the home of Susan and Leo Kiely, where Callaway continued to sing into the night for a group that included Guy Cornelius, chair of the Warren Village board, and his wife, Deborah; Dawn and Cris White (he’s executive director of the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority); Sharon Knight, president and chief executive officer of Warren Village; Molly Broeren and board members Pari Motiwala-O’Donnell, Caroline Turner and Mary Wells.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314, jdavidson@ denverpost.com or twitter.com/ joannedavidson
2014 nutcracker sugarplums
Thirty-three second-grade girls were introduced at a dinner-dance held at the Brown Palace Hotel the night before they helped usher in Colorado Ballet’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Joanne Davidson has all the details about this Colorado Ballet Auxiliary fundraiser in the Mile High Style blog: blogs.denverpost.com/style
