Roller Derby: Boulder County Bombers skate for charity
Daisy Nukes and Shrap Nellies to face off in final bout By Sarah Kuta kuta@coloradodaily.com Posted: 11/01/2012 10:03:42 PM MDT The Boulder County Bombers will host Night of the Living Derby Girl this Saturday, Nov. 3. When Courtney “Bev O’lution #9” MacArthur quit her Denver roller derby team after moving to Boulder, she began having strange dreams that she was back on her skates. “I became completely and utterly addicted to roller derby,” she said, though she couldn’t maintain the three-night-a-week commute to Denver for the team’s practices. So in July …
Longmont girl donates toys to abused children
By Pierrette J. Shields Longmont Times-Call Longmont Times-Call Posted: TimesCall.com LONGMONT — Charlie Staver gave each of 26 stuffed animals a hug before sending them on their way with a new mission, to comfort children who report suffering abuse at the hands of adults. The 7-year-old Longmont Estates Elementary School second-grader delivered her collection of stuffed bears, bunnies, cats, monkeys and even a giraffe to the Longmont Police Department on Wednesday afternoon. The police, in turn, promised to take them to Blue Sky Bridge in Boulder. The organization conducts forensic …
Penn State report sends message to other institutions
BOULDER – The child abuse scandal involving former Penn State Football Coach Jerry Sandusky has shaken that campus to the core, but it is also sending shock waves to institutions around the country. Nia Wassink is a director with Blue Sky Bridge, an organization in Boulder that assists the victims of child abuse. Since its founding in 1995, Blue Sky Bridge has assisted more than 10,000 victims of child abuse. Louis Freeh, former FBI Director, was hired by Penn State to investigate the university’s handling of the Sandusky case. That …
Blue Sky Bridge, TDA_Boulder Call Attention to Child Abuse with Provocative TV Spot
PRWeb Published 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Public Service Announcement, To Debut in Colorado, Includes Convicted Pedophile Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) June 06, 2012 Aiming to show that it’s not easy to recognize a predator, victim assistance agency Blue Sky Bridge has teamed with award-winning advertising agency TDA_Boulder to create a provocative public service announcement that includes a convicted pedophile. The 30-second television spot was made to bring awareness to the issue of child abuse, which persists everywhere, regardless of class, race or gender. It opens with a view of …