Tag: the resource exchange
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Colorado Springs nonprofit, restaurant team up to teach cooking skills to kids with special needs
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With the help from a professional chef, 14 kids with developmental or intellectual disabilities took a crack at making sushi through a program designed to foster independence and connection. Part of The Resource Exchange’s “Cooking Time” program, the pre-teens and teens chopped up avocados and rolled up fish and rice with seaweed at Rock N’…
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The Resource Exchange connects agencies with clients
The Resource Exchange serves nearly 13,000 infants, children, teenagers, adults and seniors across El Paso, Teller and Park counties by advocating for independence and inclusion. By partnering with more than 200 community organizations, to which they refer their families, The Resource Exchange has been able to dramatically increase opportunities for those it serves who have…
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The Resource Exchange connects agencies with clients
The Resource Exchange serves nearly 13,000 infants, children, teenagers, adults and seniors across El Paso, Teller and Park counties by advocating for independence and inclusion. By partnering with more than 200 community organizations, to which they refer their families, The Resource Exchange has been able to dramatically increase opportunities for those it serves who have…
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Colorado Springs nonprofit advocate Bernard Byers makes bid for County Commission
The sole Democrat running in the County Commissioner District 2 race for incumbent Carrie Geitner’s seat, Bernard Byers, 42, says he wants to center his candidacy on listening to the people in his district. “The end goal for me is to just find ways to give give back to the community, and I think a…