Author: Barbara Cotter
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Genetic mutation leads Colorado Springs woman to take ultimate preventative measures
“I am not mad, I am not sad, I am not a victim. I am ready to take my inner passion and direct it to awareness.” – from Marjorie Noleen’s blog She calls herself BRACgirl, a nod to the genetic mutation that led to her having a double mastectomy and hysterectomy, even though no speck…
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Westside CARES plans to move nonprofit to bigger space on West Colorado Avenue
Westside CARES, a 30-year-old nonprofit that assists about 18,000 people a year with food, clothing, shelter and other basic needs, plans to move to a larger, more accessible space about eight blocks away from its current home on West Colorado Avenue. Executive Director Steve Brown said Monday that Westside CARES has put down earnest money…
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Community Conversation on homelessness tonight
The Gazette and Colorado College are sponsoring a forum and community discussion on homelessness in the downtown area on Thursday at Armstrong Hall, 14. E Cache La Poudre, on the CC campus. The forum begins at 6 p.m. with a panel discussion that includes Suzi Bach, who has been researching homeless issues and services; Richard…
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One-day survey gives a glimpse of homeless numbers in El Paso County
The results of the annual Point-in-Time survey, a one-day count of the homeless population in El Paso County, were released Thursday. The survey is completed as part of HUD requirements for service agencies to receive federal funding. Because it’s basically a one-day snapshot, the survey is only as accurate as the number of people who…
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Forum shows no easy answers to Colorado Springs homeless problem
No one on a panel of homeless service providers pretended to have all the answers to helping people get off the streets of Colorado Springs. But at a forum to discuss homelessness Thursday, they agreed on one thing: It’s a complex problem that will take a strong community effort, expanded resources and a lot of…
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On Tuesday, shortly after noon, a scruffy gray-haired man named Earl leaned into a cluster of bushes in front of Penrose Library and vomited loudly. Having a breakfast of vodka will do that to a person. ‘He shouldn’t be drinking this freaking early, ‘ said the man’s friend, Deanardo Epps. As people turned their heads…
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Plan for Colorado Springs homeless-services campus gets warm welcome from nonprofits
Executives with the primary nonprofits that serve the homeless in Colorado Springs gave a mostly warm reception to a proposal by Mayor Steve Bach and his wife, Suzi, to create a campus that would provide emergency housing and a multi-service day center to help people get off the streets. The Bachs unveiled the plan before…
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Mayor, wife envision campus to help homeless in Colorado Springs
Mayor Steve Bach and his wife, Suzi, have a plan to help the homeless of Colorado Springs: They envision a 24/7 campus that would include, among many offerings, emergency housing, laundry facilities, a medical and dental clinic, showers, and a day center with job training and mental health services. The only problem? They don’t have…
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Nonprofit that works to help parents looks for funding avenues as programs shut down
Victoria Anderson and her colleagues on the board of Family Connections could use a few fresh ideas on how to keep the struggling nonprofit alive so it can continue to provide parent education and support services in the Pikes Peak area. ‘We have brainstormed. There is nothing more we can think of ourselves, ‘ Anderson…
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‘Shaken baby’ cases decline in El Paso County
Year after year, Sally Duncan compiles the sad statistics that tell of the children who have come to Memorial Hospital with serious and often deadly brain and spinal injuries from being shaken, beaten or tossed. Last year, she documented 15 cases of abusive head trauma – six in the first quarter alone. In fact, not…