Tag: donation
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Colorado Springs D-11 donates classrooms to Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
The Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind is getting a bit more room to work with. In a swift and unique arrangement, Colorado Springs District 11 has donated two of its modular units to CSDB for its school for the blind. The 20-year-old units will be refurbished and renovated to meet today’s code…
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CU Anschutz receives jumpstart donation of $50 million for mental health initiative
A $50 million donation to the Colorado University Anschutz Medical Campus will launch a mental health collaborative to improve access and treatment options for mental health therapies around the state. The Anschutz Foundation made the donation on Tuesday as part of the launch of a mental health collaborative with Colorado Children’s Hospital and UC Health.…
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El Paso County donates Jeep to Colorado Springs skilled trade school
On Wednesday, El Paso County Public Works presented Power Technical charter school with a gift that officials say will give its students an invaluable opportunity for hands-on instruction. At a brief, all-school assembly, Public Works training manager Scott Hall donated a 2001 Jeep Cherokee to the charter school’s automotive program. The donation comes courtesy of…
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Texas woman creates more than 20 incubator covers for NICU babies at Children’s Hospital Colorado
A Texas woman with Pikes Peak-area ties has answered Children’s Hospital Colorado’s request for help making the first weeks of life easier for some of their littlest patients, and hopes others will do the same. In August, the Colorado Springs hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit, or NICU, asked the public to donate to protect premature babies…
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Colorado Springs man donates nearly 100,000 aluminum tabs to charity — one beer at a time
A Colorado Springs man recently made a sizable, if somewhat unorthodox, donation to Ronald McDonald House. On Thursday, Roger Wertheimer drove to the temporary home for families of critically ill children and dropped off a collection that took more than a decade to build, with a little help from his friends: a haul of aluminum…
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Banning Lewis Academy receives $1.45 million donation
Banning Lewis Academy has received a $1.45 million donation to go towards a number of school upgrades and staff resources. The donation comes from the Banning Lewis Ranch Schools Foundation in partnership with BuildStrong Education, an Oakwood Homes Foundation. The check was presented during a celebration assembly at Banning Lewis Ranch Academy’s gymnasium and featured…
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NEWS | UCHealth donates medical supplies to Ukraine
UCHealth workers and volunteers on Tuesday loaded boxes of medical supplies bound for Ukraine as part of an an effort to help the people of Ukraine during the war with Russia. (Video by Chhun Sun)
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NEWS | Young professionals group brings comfort to people experiencing homelessness
Members of the Olympic City Young Professionals gave out blankets, hot chili, cookies, and water to people experiencing homelessness in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
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Backpack Bash
Led by local organizations such as COSILoveYou and Pikes Peak United Way, volunteers helped sort and stuff 10,000 backpacks full of donated school supplies to equip El Paso County students for the upcoming school year. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Specialist explains plasma donations for COVID-19 patients
Convalescent plasma donated from people who have recovered from COVID-19 is now being used to treat some hospitalized patients at UCHealth Memorial in Colorado Springs. Dr. Carl Bernas, an infectious disease specialist, is the principal investigator for the treatment protocol at UCHealth Memorial. (Video courtesy of UCHealth)