Tag: families
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Empty Stocking Fund: CPCD focuses on children and families
Although children are its focus, Community Partnership for Child Development, also known as CPCD, isn’t just about the kids. “We support families as a whole,” said Stephanie Samora, director of development leadership teams. “The Empty Stocking Fund directly supports children and their families. Collaboratively, it makes children’s lives better and families’ lives better.” The agency’s…
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Inaugural Veterans Week with parade to honor service, sacrifice of Pikes Peak-area veterans
By O’Dell Isaac One day is not enough. With roughly 90,000 former military service members calling Colorado Springs home, honoring their service and sacrifice with a single day seemed inadequate. “We are a community of veterans,” said Andy Koen of the special event management firm O’Donnell and O’Donnell. “We thought our annual celebration should reflect…
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Habitat for Humanity builds home for veteran family in Colorado Springs
The word “home” may only have four letters, but for Willie and Barbara, it is a huge word, weighted with gratitude and hope for the future. “It means everything,” said Willie, an Army veteran who was stationed at Fort Carson in the 1980s. “It means the world.” Willie and his wife, Barbara, are about to…
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What if you’d rather have your kid at home? Local online academies provide statewide opportunities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save School might look a little different for some families as Colorado enters a new stage of the pandemic. On July 3, Gov. Jared Polis’ office celebrated a milestone in Colorado’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic as the state met President Joe Biden’s July 4 deadline…
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What if you’d rather have your kid at home? Local online academies provide statewide opportunities
School might look a little different for some families as Colorado enters a new stage of the pandemic. On July 3, Gov. Jared Polis’ office celebrated a milestone in Colorado’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic as the state met President Joe Biden’s July 4 deadline for 70% of the state’s population to be inoculated with…