Tag: nonprofit
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Healing Warrior Program provides free alternative therapies to veterans in Colorado Springs
After a massage focused on the flow of spinal fluid Tuesday morning, military veteran Tasha McGinley’s thoughts felt crisper. “I’ve been not as scatterbrained,” she explained. The craniosacral therapy, a light massage focused along the spinal column to help cerebrospinal fluid flow better, is one of three therapies offered to clients of the Healing Warriors…
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Pikes Pick: Bring your pups to Pawtoberfest
Dogs and their humans love the Humane Society’s Pawtoberfest. Craft beer, food trucks and doggy contests, Sept. 12, Printers Hill across from Memorial Park. events@hsppr.org — Linda Navarro
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AROUND TOWN: Chic Boutique a stylish tradition during Goodwill’s Enchanted Weekend
After Brenda Smith and Judy Mackey bought the Garden of the Gods Resort and Club in 2013, it was time for a one-of-a-kind party, recalled Goodwill of Colorado CEO and President Karla Grazier. What about a whole weekend, the threesome wondered. In fact, what about 10 years of An Enchanted Weekend celebrations that have become…
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Operation Foster helps ensure troops can return home to their pets
As more troops have been sent overseas, more pets are in need of temporary care while they await their owner’s return home. Operation Foster, a nationwide nonprofit, helps provide some of that care by connecting service members with volunteers willing to foster dogs, cats and other pets. “We’ve definitely seen a drastic increase in requests…
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Colorado woman channels her father’s suicide loss into plan for a new state license plate
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The day began with a hike through the hills of Spearfish, S.D. Nicole Arellano-Forgét, now a Colorado resident, was spending the day with her father, Claude Forgét, wandering through Spearfish Canyon and just talking about life. Around them were the things her dad loved most: the outdoors, trees, birds and the quiet sound of nature.…
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AROUND TOWN: Off the Street Breakfast under Colorado Avenue Bridge has a long tradition
Since 2008 special fundraising breakfasts have been annual fundraising gatherings for hundreds of supporters of The Place, an emergency shelter for homeless young people in need. It continued July 23. The nonprofit it benefits had its start in 1998-1999 and was then known as Urban Peak Colorado Springs when area human service nonprofits, Department of…
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95th annual Donkey Derby Days returns to Cripple Creek
Most festivals have music. Some have parades. Others might have food trucks. But in Cripple Creek, the historic town’s biggest event has one attraction that always steals the spotlight: racing donkeys. For one weekend each summer, Cripple Creek’s Two Mile High Club transforms Bennett Avenue into a racetrack for the annual Donkey Derby Days. Returning…
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Bringing the islands inland: New festival celebrates Hawaiian and Polynesian culture
The journey from Colorado Springs to Hawaii is more than 3,000 miles. For many Hawaiian or Pacific Islander families living in Colorado, home exists somewhere between the family recipes, cultural traditions and stories that have traveled thousands of miles. This Saturday, one festival organizer hopes to shrink that distance to a short walk through downtown.…
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Colorado Springs Garden Tour celebrates its 100th featured garden
For one weekend, the lawns, flower beds and hidden backyard gems that are typically reserved for a household’s usual members become a horticultural sight for locals to explore. For years, winding garden paths and pollinator-friendly landscapes have been carefully curated in homeowners’ outdoor spaces across the city. Now, with their gardens in full bloom, homes…
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National Mill Dog Rescue’s Festival in the Bark: Meet the dogs looking for forever homes
Soft puppy eyes press into the cold bars of a kennel, and a dog blinks through a metal grid that’s always stood in its way. Beneath the glare of fluorescent lights and surrounded by a constant chorus of barking, rows of that same picture fill a commercial breeding space. Many of those dogs have spent…