Tag: United Way
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Colorado Springs’ earliest nonprofits and charities, children the first focus
Colorado Springs has always had an impressively strong history of philanthropy. Today that has grown to almost 5,000 nonprofits in the metro area, almost 1,000 in the city itself. It all began, along with the city, in the 1800s and here are some of the city’s first nonprofits and charities: 1897: Early Connections Learning Centers…
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United Way of Southern Colorado calls for donations, anticipates long recovery from Aspen Acres fire
As firefighters battle the Aspen Acres fire, the United Way of Southern Colorado is helping those displaced by the blaze. “This is going to take months and months to recover from,” said Shanna Farmer, president and CEO of the nonprofit, who noted the full scope of the disaster is unknown. The United Way of Southern…