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| Denver Human Services Jamie Bradley or Revekka Balancier, Denver’s Road Home, (303) 808-7437 or (720) 641-3026 New women’s shelter opening tonight Denver - Denver’s Road Home is opening a cold weather emergency overnight shelter for single women tonight at the Minoru Yasui building located at 303 W. Colfax Avenue, in partnership with Volunteers of America. The shelter will provide up to 50 mats and remain open nightly from 6 p.m. – 6 a.m. through April. “With the onset of cold weather, we have seen an increase in the number of homeless women seeking shelter,” Bennie Milliner, Denver’s Road Home executive director said. “In response to this need and based on discussions with shelter providers, Denver’s Road Home has arranged to open the Minoru Yasui shelter until a more permanent shelter location can be identified.” “We are honored to be a part of this life saving service which is so needed. The Volunteers of America have been serving women in need for over 116 years. We are currently sheltering 254 women and children every night of the year,” said Dianna Kunz, President of the Volunteers of America Colorado Branch. “This project is a living example of our Founders Charge to us, ‘to go wherever we are needed and to do whatever work comes to hand.’ We will do our very best to insure these women find a warm, safe and caring environment within the walls of this shelter.” “We are thrilled to have the expertise of the staff at the Volunteers of America on-board to manage this shelter,” Milliner said. Additionally, single women may also access shelter at The Delores Project, Capitol Hill United Ministries Women’s Homeless Initiative, and when the Minoru Yasui shelter fills to capacity, women will be issued a motel voucher for overnight stay. Motel vouchers are issued at Denver Human Services, Samaritan House and Denver Sheriff’s Office. The cost to operate the Minoru Yasui shelter is estimated to cost approximately $100,000, which Denver’s Road Home will fund. People in need of shelter are encouraged to call Mile High United Way’s 2-1-1 for shelter information. ### About Denver’s Road Home Denver’s Road Home is a citywide initiative to end homelessness in Denver. Now in its eighth year, Denver’s Road Home partners with providers and the community to help homeless men, women and children. The organization funds substance abuse programs, mental health programs, emergency shelter, housing, outreach, prevention, employment services and many other programs geared at helping the homeless. To learn more, visit www.DenversRoadHome.org. About Volunteers of America Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. Through more than 30 distinct human service programs throughout the state of Colorado, including housing and healthcare, Volunteers of America helps more than 200,000 Coloradoans each year. For more information, visit www.voacolorado.org. | ||
This may be a repeat for some, but this is a good summit to attend. http://www.educatingchildrenofcolor.org/--Lynn Thayer Case Manager Colorado Coalition for the Homeless 720-628-1644 Fax: 303-340-3934To dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline for children of color, and children in poverty, through education. Click here to view the statistics.Our Sixth Annual Event
The Educating Children of Color Summit Saturday, January 12, 2013, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Colorado College The Summit is for high school students, grades 9 - 12, and undergraduate college students under age 21, their parents, and professionals. Admission is free for students and parents; $25 for professionals. Everyone needs to register.The registration money is used to fund our student scholarships. To date, $49,000 in scholarships has been awarded. 38 laptops have also been distributed.Registration is open to high school and college students, parents, and professionals from all walks of life including education, juvenile justice and child welfare, as well as anyone who is committed to the success of our youth. Admission is free for students and parents; $25 for professionals. Everyone needs to register.Registration and full program description at www.educatingchildrenofcolor.orgNO LESS THAN $10,000 in scholarship money will be awarded at the summit.18 laptops will be awarded. You must be present to win!Juniors, seniors and undergraduates under 21 will be eligible for scholarship money, through drawings and contests. All students under 21 will be eligible for laptop drawings.The Summit has been approved as 8 contact hours for educators, 8 Cornerstone hours for the Department of Human Services and for 7.5 CLEs for attorneys.
Subject: | Children's Coats and New Sock Drive for Impoverished Denver Children |
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From: | The Prodigal Son Initiative <theprodigalsoninc@yahoo.com> |
Reply-To: | The Prodigal Son Initiative <theprodigalsoninc@yahoo.com> |
To: | Terrance Roberts <troberts@prodigalsoninc.org> |
Please join and support our young friends from Denver Justice High School as they partner with PSI, Inc. and the Wilfley Boys and Girls Club to collect coats and new socks for underserved children in the Northwest Denver area. These children asked The Prodigal Son Initiative, Inc. to help them organize something positive for the other children in there community and this is what we came up with for these youth who want to show that they are much more then just bad kids at an alternative school. I have not seen this type of concern for other youth produced by other peer youth in my 9 years of organizing!These young men and women worked extremely hard for this, we are asking that you please drop off some gently used children's coats or a pack of brand new socks so underserved youth can not only use these items to keep warm, but also so the young men and women who wanted to organize this event can see that this is how you take care of your community! We are fighting a hard battle to keep our youth alive and out of gangs or prison and these types of activities show them that this type of community involvement is what they should be doing! We need your help to prove this to them! Spread the word, come volunteer, drop off items, whatever you can do we are asking for your support! Thank you for the support and have a Blessed Holiday Season!December 15, 2012 Noon-2pWilfley Boys and Girls Club4595 Navajo St Denver 80221Terrance Roberts
Executive Director- The Prodigal Son Initiative, Inc.The Park Hill Community Center5405 E. 33rd Ave (33rd and Hudson St)
Denver, Co. 80207
Office- (303) 953-1541
Personal Business Phone-(720) 635-7085
Hello!
I just wanted to remind you that the Boulder 70.3 registration opens on December 3rd. Melanoma Research Foundation is the official charity partner for the race again next year. Our information will be on the IM web page – if any of your club members are interested in racing for free, we have a reimbursement program for anyone who registers for the race. And when the race sells out we will have some charity slots available. I can be reached at this email with any questions.
Info on our program is here:
https://www.firstgiving.com/melanoma/Ironman70-3Boulder2013
Thank you for your time,
Carolyn
Carolyn Edrington
National Director, Miles for Melanoma
Melanoma Research Foundation
1411 K Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
MRF and IRONMAN: Partners in the Fight Against Melanoma! Learn more.
From: Linda Milan
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 4:39 PM
To: CFSS - All
Cc: 'steven.allen@state.co.us'; 'renee.dolman@state.co.us'
Subject: Smith Global Staffing Hiring Event Wednesday, December 5th, Jefferson County Fairgrounds
We will be having a hiring event for Smith Global Staffing at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, December 5th. See the attached flyer for information.
Linda Milan | Business Services Administrative Assistant
Jefferson County Workforce Development | Business Services
3500 Illinois Street | Golden, Colorado 80401
303.271.4715 office | 303.271.4662 Fax
www.jeffco.us/hs| lmilan@jeffco.us
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Wednesday, November 28th
Call Congress: PROTECT VITAL HUMAN NEEDS SERVICES
There are people in Congress who would cut or end vital services in order to preserve enormous tax cuts for the wealthiest people. They would let tax cuts expire for 98 percent of us in order to keep up the pressure to protect hundreds of billions in tax breaks for those at the top. We have to say no to that. With fair revenues, we can have a responsible budget plan while protecting Medicaid, federal emergency unemployment insurance benefits, SNAP/food stamps, and vital improvements to tax credits for low-income working families. We can avoid deep cuts to human needs programs including education, job training for youth, and nutrition assistance for infants and mothers which are scheduled to begin in January 2013. Congress must not protect tax breaks for the super rich and CEO's at the expense of working families and the middle class. We can find savings from waste in the Pentagon, but must not from essential human needs services. Congress must act to end extra tax breaks at the top while protecting the vulnerable and rebuilding the economy.
Spread the Word. We need your help to forward news of the November 28th call-in day to everyone you know. The line is open now and will stay open for those who cannot call on November 28th. We need thousands of calls to reach Senators, because if enough of them hold firm, we can protect working families and vulnerable people and restore our economy. You can make a difference. Start now by forwarding the message below.
PROTECT VITAL HUMAN NEEDS SERVICES
November 28th National Call-In Day
Call Your Senators: 1 (888) 743-1097
Use this toll-free number (generously provided by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) to be connected to your Senators.
Tell them:
In the budget and tax decisions ahead, please end the irresponsible extra tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent and protect low-income and vulnerable people, invest in jobs, and seek responsible savings by targeting waste in the Pentagon. Don't cut vital priorities like Medicaid, food stamps, Unemployment Insurance, education, and housing. [note: feel free to add other items important to you - most human needs programs are threatened with cuts now.]
MORE, IF THE CONVERSATION ALLOWS: You can save vital services for low-income and vulnerable people by ending tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent. About $1 trillion will be saved over the next decade if these tax cuts end. People at the top will still get a big tax break; for example, those in the top 1 percent will still get an average tax break of more than $20,000 each year if the tax cuts end for income over $250,000 a year - but they will no longer average more than $70,000 each, as they do now. Asking those at the top to pay their fair share in taxes will reduce the deficit while we rebuild our economy through needed investments in jobs, education, nutrition, health care, and housing. These and other services will help us now, and build for the future.
FOR MORE BACKGROUND, SEE a new summary: The Fiscal Showdown and Children: What's at Stake and the SAVE for All letter, signed by more than 1,900 groups nationwide. Even more? Check out the SAVE for All Campaign webpage.
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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 | ||||
| City and County of Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock King Soopers Kelli McGannon, kelli.mcgannon@kingsoopers.com Development Group Marcus Pachner, marcus@thepachnercompany.com Jacque Montgomery, Jacque.montgomery@ucdenver.com 9th and Colorado Blvd. Development Negotiations Move Forward DENVER – Today Fuqua Development and their capital partner, The Lionstone Group, working with Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the University of Colorado, confirmed they are in negotiations with King Soopers for the anchor retail location of a revised development plan for the former CU Health Sciences Center site at East 9th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. "The city and our partners have worked tirelessly for nearly a decade to create a development at 9th and Colorado that the neighbors – and the entire city – can be proud of," Mayor Michael B. Hancock said. "Although negotiations are ongoing, I am excited at the prospect of one of Denver's best-known and respected retailers stepping forward to work with us in fulfilling our vision for this area." Discussions regarding the anchor retail store are ongoing and include upscale amenities that would reflect the community it serves. The anchor store is one aspect of a larger mixed-use plan to redevelop the 28.5-acre site pursuant to an approved General Development Plan and corresponding urban design guidelines that are the result of ten years of collaboration among CU, the city and local community residents. "We applaud the Mayor, City Council and the community for envisioning this project and are optimistic that we will reach a final decision on our participation by mid-December," said King Soopers spokesperson Kelli McGannon. "King Soopers' success is based on creating stores that meet the needs of each community, and this potential location would be no exception. We look forward to the possibility of working with the Mayor's Office, City Council and local community leaders in the spirit of partnership to create a store that reflects this unique Denver neighborhood that will include many upscale elements." In addition to remediating the former Health Sciences Center and building new infrastructure that will reconnect local neighborhoods, the plan includes retail shops, offices, restaurants and approximately 325 residential units. (See attached for high-res images of current proposed plan). "The University is pleased that we are making significant progress toward finalizing the sale and development of the 9th and Colorado property," said Lilly Marks, CU's Vice President for Health Affairs. "Our hope has always been to see the property developed in a way that is beneficial to the community, and that adds vitality and vibrancy to the neighborhood." In response to community input, the Development Group is also reviewing proposals to include additional density and vertical mixed uses on the site, including a potential hotel and possible senior living options. Additional tenants negotiating to locate at the site presently include: · Colorado-based Natural Grocers Vitamin Cottage · Home Goods · Larkburger · Tavern Hospitality Group – Colorado based company · McAllister's Deli · Krieser's – all natural and organic pet food store · Chase Bank "We envision 9th and Colorado as a gathering place for all of central Denver," said Jeff Fuqua of Fuqua Development. "This site will be developed in accordance with the invaluable feedback of residents, surrounding businesses, adjacent hospitals and the Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District (CBHD). We want to thank Mayor Hancock, Councilwomen Mary Beth Susman and Jeanne Robb, the University of Colorado, CBHD and all of the stakeholders for their leadership and unparalleled commitment to the redevelopment of 9th and Colorado." Financing for the redevelopment of the site will include approximately $21 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF allows the Denver Urban Renewal Authority to receive the new sales and property taxes generated by the redevelopment project to be used for public improvements on the development site, such as building demolition, environmental remediation, roadways and other site improvements. The city and DURA will set community information meetings regarding the TIF process in the coming weeks. The redevelopment plan and TIF must be approved by Denver City Council. # # # | |||