Tuesday, Dec. 4 is Colorado Gives Day, an initiative to increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. For 24 hours, donors will be able to make their charitable contributions go further at GivingFirst.org. All processing fees will be covered by the Community First Foundation, ensuring that 100 percent of donations go directly to nonprofit organizations. In addition, FirstBank will match a portion of donations with a $300,000 incentive fund. All you have to do to make a difference is visit GivingFirst .org, select the charity of your choice and donate. …
Blue Sky Bridge Hires Executive Director
BOULDER – Blue Sky Bridge, a nonprofit based in Boulder that provides services to abused children and their families, appointed Gina Earles as executive director. Earles has experience as a senior nonprofit leader as managing director of Engineers without Borders, CEO of Mothers and More Inc., and striving to provide Boulder with its first studio arts campus as the executive director and founding board member of Studio Arts Boulder Inc. Blue Sky Bridge provides forensic interviews, crisis intervention, counseling and referrals to abused children and their non-offending family members. Since opening in …
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 …