Tag: volunteers
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Team Rubicon volunteers help residents who lost homes during Aspen Acres fire
After the Aspen Acres fire charred more than 80,000 acres during its first week, Colorado Springs resident Dave Gendron with Team Rubicon started making phone calls to see how the disaster relief organization could help. The veteran-led organization is among several nonprofits that sent in teams to help residents clean up homes demolished by the…
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AROUND TOWN: Woman’s Club holds a party with a purpose
The volunteers in The Woman’s Club of Colorado Springs always find clever and fun ways to raise needed donations for nonprofits and organizations in the community. Their Triple T Party is a 12-year, one-of-a-kind tradition of “Tiaras, ‘Tinis, and Tampons.” Yes, a party that by evening’s end will have brought in more than 10,000 feminine…
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‘They gave everything’: Flag-placing honors departed service members ahead of Memorial Day
On Saturday morning at Pikes Peak National Cemetery, a volunteer carefully placed a small U.S. flag in front of a headstone. The flag was centered 12 inches in front of the headstone and five inches into the ground. Neatness and uniformity mattered. After placing the flag, the volunteer stood, read aloud the name on the…
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Fort Carson celebrates nearly 600 volunteers who gave 60,000 hours last year
Nathan Valle, a senior at Mesa Ridge High School and aspiring orthopedic surgeon, was among the volunteers Fort Carson honored earlier this week during the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson Volunteer Award Recognition Ceremony. He was honored for his work at Evans Army Community Hospital, where he helped with tasks like removing stitches, learned…
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NORAD celebrates 70 years of tracking Santa across the skies
In 1955, Sears, Roebuck & Co. ran an ad in The Gazette that contained a phone number for children to call Santa. “Hey kiddies!” St. Nick says in the ad. “Call me direct on my telephone.” One of the digits in the phone number was wrong, and instead of calling old St. Nick, kids called the…
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Volunteers needed for Homeless Veterans Stand Down Tuesday
Warm food, clothing and housing assistance will be among the many services offered to homeless veterans Tuesday at Weidner Field as the community sees a rise in need. The annual point-in-time count in El Paso County in January found 195 veterans were homeless and living in emergency housing, transitional housing or unsheltered. In 2024, 89…
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Colorado Springs nonprofit works to improve standard of living in Asian and African countries
A little-known Colorado Springs nonprofit that strives to build people instead of building roads and other infrastructure is having a big impact in improving the standard of living in developing nations in Asia and Africa. Resource Exchange International — REI — was launched in 1990 by three executives of another Colorado Springs nonprofit to train…
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Bolstered by support of volunteers, El Paso County Public Health navigates ups and downs of COVID-19 response
For nearly a year the COVID-19 pandemic has persisted, pushing local public health employees to lead the demanding, yet imperative response to one of the greatest health crises in memory. Numerous volunteers have bolstered the work of El Paso County Public Health, providing thousands of hours to help the department’s full-time staff navigate ups and…