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Incredible Partners
these guys are awesome!
We are gratified by the ongoing support,
encouragement and advice we've received:

Our Foundation, Business & Community Partners:

Our Media Partners:

Our strategic Partners:

%u2022 Becca Sickbert, New Media Manager at the CS Fine Arts Center and Barrett Tryon, local Social Media guru, sharing their expertise on how to effectively use Social Media

%u2022 CoPilot Creative, powering our interactive, fun cyber arm

%u2022 Stargazers Theater, donating their wonderful space for our Give! trainings, celebrations and gatherings

%u2022 Sally Piette, freelance graphic designer and genius behind the print design for GIVE! 2011

%u2022 Cayton Photography, GIVE! 2011 marketing and event photographer

Matching Grant Partners:

Bike Clinic Too: $500 match from Old Town Bike Shop, $1,000 match from Tom & Susan Pattee

Business of Art Center (The BAC): $350 match from Linda Ross,  $1,250 match from Ben & Raynelle Kuckel, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation, $2,000 match from Wild Ginger Thai Restaurant, $2,500 match from Chuck & Mary Lou Murphy

Care and Share: $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation

CASA:  $1,000 match from ANONYMOUS, $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation           

Catamount Institute: $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation, $2,000 match from Ranch Foods Direct/Callicrate Beef

Catholic Charities of Central Colorado: $1,000 match from the Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF

CC Community Kitchen: $1,000 match from Bon Appétit Management Company at Colorado College

Cheyenne Village: $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation

Children's Literacy Center: $375 match from Better Business Bureau, $1,000 match from John E. & Margaret L. Lane Foundation, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation

Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP): $1,000 match from Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V), $1,000 match from Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF

Colorado Springs Therapeutic Riding Center: $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation, $1,000 match from Deborah Reynolds, $1,000 match from John E. & Margaret L. Lane Foundation

Colorado Springs Youth Symphony: $1,000 match from Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation, $2,500 match from Graner Music

Concrete Couch: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Cool Science: $1,000 match from Tom & Susan Pattee,  $2,000 match from Air Academy Federal Credit Union Foundation

Cottonwood Center for the Arts: $1,000 match from Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF

CS Pioneers Museum: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Diabetes Community Center: $500 match from Lee Eye Institute

Ellicott Wildlife Rehabilitation Center: $1,000 match from Freda Hambrick Fund of El Pomar Foundation

Fostering Hope: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Friends of Cheyenne Canon: $1,000 match from Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation,  $2,500 match from Community Leadership Fund, $5,000 match from Carma Fund of the PPCF

Friends of El Paso County Nature Centers: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Friends of Garden of the Gods: $500 match from Triple Crown of Running/Pikes Peak Marathon, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation, $2,500 match from Garden of the Gods Trading Post

Friends of Monument Valley Park:  $1,000 match from Chuck & Mary Lou Murphy, $1,000 match from John E. & Margaret L. Lane Foundation, $2,000 match from Young Life

FutureSelf: $1,500match from El Pomar Foundation,  $2,000 match from Wild Ginger Thai Restaurant

Greccio Housing:  $500 from Apartment Association of Southern Colorado, $1,000 match from Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems, $1,000 match from Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation, $5,000 match from Wells Fargo Bank

Harbor House:  $500 match from Anonymous

Human Trafficking Task Force: $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation

Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region: $1,000 match from Freda Hambrick Fund of El Pomar Foundation, $5,000 match from Colorado Mounted Thunder & Anonymous

Imagination Celebration: $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation

Indigo Mountain Nature Center: $1,000 from Freda Hambrick Fund of El Pomar Foundation

Interfaith Hospitality Network: $500 match from Security Service Federal Credit Union, $1,000 match from Heuberger Subaru,  $1,500 match from ANONYMOUS

Kids on Bikes: $1,000 match from John E. & Margaret L. Lane Foundation, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation, $2,500 match from Holland & Hart

Millibo Art Theatre (MAT): $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Mission Medical Clinic: $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation, $1,000 match from ANONYMOUS, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation,  $2,000 match from Advanced Billing, Inc.,  $2,000 match from Dick and Joyce Eitel, $2,000 match from Paul and Bonnie Angotti

Ormao Dance Theatre: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Palmer Land Trust: $1,000 match from Dusty & Kathy Loo Fund @ PPCF

Peak Education: $375 match from Better Business Bureau, $1,000 match from Celebration of Life Fund,  $1,000 match from CHM2 HILL, $1,000 match from Hollow Brook Family Dentistry, $1,000 match from Paragon Investment Company, $1,000 match from Tom & Susan Pattee, $5,000 match from Steven U. Mullens, PC

Pikes Peak Library District/Adult Literacy & ESL: $1,000 match from John E. & Margaret L. Lane Foundation, 1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation

Pikes Peak Urban Gardens (PPUG): $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation, $5,000 match from Carma Fund of the PPCF

Pikes Peak Writers: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Reading for L.I.F.E. UCCS: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Rocky Mountain Field Institute:  $1,000 match from Bob and Elly Hostetler

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern CO:  $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation, $3,000 match from Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems

Safe Passage: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Safe Place for Pets:  $500 match from Ann, Ben & Eleanor Davenport, in loving memory of Abigail Davenport, $500 match from St. Paws Thrift Store, $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation, $500 match from Law Office of Dianna Harris, $1,000 match from The Hammond Law Group, $1,000 match from Joanne Bonicelli, $1,000 match from Freda Hambrick Fund of El Pomar Foundation

Springs Ensemble Theatre: $500 match from Pikes Peak Community Foundation

Springs Rescue Mission: $1,000 match from Heuberger Subaru, $1,500 match from El Pomar Foundation           

Suicide Prevention Partnership: $1,000 match from Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation

Trails and Open Space Coalition: $7,500 match from Mountain Chalet

Community Champions:

WE SALUTE OUR GiVE! 2011 Citizen Champions

One goal of the Give! campaign is to enable participating non-profits to think creatively and strategically about marketing, branding and fundraising. To help catalyze such outside-the-box thinking on how non-profits can best utilize the Give! campaign to obtain cash and in-kind donations, effective media exposure as well as new board members and other volunteers, we have provided our non-profits with Community and Cyber Champions. These talented community volunteers invest 4 to 6 hours each month to help our non-profits develop sound strategies to take advantage of the platform Give! provides.

Community Champions share their marketing, non-profit management and/or fundraising skills and outside eyes and ears to help Give! outreach campaigns.

Organizational names included for identification purposes only.

Business of Art Center, Friends of El Paso County Nature Centers assisted by PK Powell of Free Range Marketing

Business of Art Center, Friends of El Paso County Nature Centers assisted by Andrea Burkey of Free Range Marketing

Catholic Charities of Central Colorado assisted by Margaret Deiotte of Outside the Box

Springs Ensemble Theatre assisted by Travis Duncan of Pikes Peak Library District

Indigo Mountain Nature Center assisted by Beth Gentry of Bon Appetit Management Company at Colorado College

Bike Clinic Too assisted by Steve Harris of KRCC

FutureSelf, Ormao Dance Theatre assisted by Jeannine Holt                 

Cottonwood Center for the Arts assisted by Cindy Hooton of Stargazers Theatre & Event Center

Ronald McDonald House Charities assisted by Tracy Kocher of Colorado Springs CVB

Coalition for the Upper South Platte and Cool Science assisted by Cec Jacobs                 

Friends of Monument Valley Park assisted by Elizabeth Janney of Kiva Construction

Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association assisted by Lori Jarvis-Steinwert of NAMI-CS

Pikes Peak Writers assisted by Natalie Johnson of Black Cat Books and safron of Manitou

Children's Literacy Center assisted by Diane Loschen of Gay and Lesbian Fund

Diabetes Community Center assisted by Lara Milton                 

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum assisted by Amanda Mountain of Rocky Mountain PBS

Human Trafficking Task Force assisted by Stacy Poore of Komen for the Cure

Safe Place for Pets assisted by Doris Ralston of CS Osteopathic Foundation

UCCS Literary Outreach Initiative assisted by Steve Recca

Peak Education, Springs Rescue Mission assisted by Nikki Richardson of Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity

Mission Medical Clinic assisted by Jeff Scholes of UCCS

Colorado Springs Therapeutic Riding Center assisted by Becca Sickbert of the Fine Arts Center

Concrete Couch assisted by Rachel Stovall of the Pikes Peak Library District

Greccio Housing, Harbor House Collaborative, IHN, PPLD, Safe Passage, Suicide Prevention assisted by Claire Swinford and John Weiss of Colorado Springs Independent

CASA, Millibo Art Theatre assisted by Vikki Walton of Springs Rescue Mission

CC Community Kitchen assisted by Nathan Willers of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Fostering Hope assisted by Connie Dudgeon of Colorado College

Pikes Peak Urban Gardens assisted by Victoria Selfridge of Ent Federal Credit Union 

Cyber Champions:

Cyber Champions, mostly from the Air Force Academy, Colorado College and UCCS. These students helped their nonprofits utilize social and traditional media to reach out to younger donors. This assistance is vital to the Give! campaign's efforts to get more young adults to start giving back to our community.

(HUGE SHOUT OUT to AFA Operational Research Professor Jim Lowe who coordinated this huge
volunteer effort.)

Cool Science, Fostering Hope Foundation assisted by Emilio Becerra of USAFA; hometown Newberry Springs CA

Ormao Dance Theatre assisted by Nancy Maloch of USAFA; hometown Stuart FL and Joanna Pattugalan of USAFA; hometown Irvine CA

Cool Science, Fostering Hope Foundation assisted by Paulina Rudolph of USAFA; hometown Silver Lake KS

RMFI assisted by Stephen Henderson of USAFA; hometown Colorado Springs CO

Safe Place for Pets, Palmer Land Trust assisted by James Africano of USAFA; hometown Marietta GA

Springs Rescue Mission assisted by Megan Edson of USAFA; hometown Wolfeboro NH

Ronald McDonald House, Human Trafficking Task Force assisted by Kyle Nazarek of USAFA; hometown Hollywood, MD

Safe Place for Pets, Palmer Land Trust assisted by Andrew Chin of USAFA; hometown Las Vegas NV

Ronald McDonald House, Human Trafficking Task Force assisted by Alexander Rosen of USAFA; hometown Wayne New Jersey

Friends of Garden of the Gods, Springs Ensemble Theatre assisted by Claire Palmer of USAFA; hometown Elm Grove WI

Friends of Garden of the Gods, Springs Ensemble Theatre assisted by McCall Ostlie of USAFA; hometown Moorhead MN

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum assisted by Ahmed Groce from USAFA; hometown Long Beach CA

Catamount Institute, Children's Literacy Center assisted by Kendra Smith of USAFA; hometown Colorado Springs CO

Catamount Institute, Children's Literacy Center assisted by Nicholas Cavanaugh from USAFA; hometown Jacksonville FL

Imagination Celebration assisted by Obadare Ogundipe of USAFA; hometown Dallas TX

Pikes Peak Writers assisted by Lindsey Barber of USAFA

Ellicott Wildlife assisted by Jenny Ishida from UCCS; hometown Ellicott CO

Suicide Prevention Partnership assisted by Abby Meier of UCCS; hometown Denver CO

Cheyenne Village assisted by Adrian Radase of UCCS

Cottonwood Center for the Arts assisted by Jenny Ishida of UCCS

Friends of Monument Valley Park assisted by Kathy Endicott of UCCS

Indy Staff:

Amanda Lundgren

Claire Swinford

Jack Ward

Reward Partners:

Our Give! reward packages are provided by two-dozen wonderful business partners listed on the Rewards page.

Feb. 20

It’s our stated goal for Give! to be a transformative experience for every participating nonprofit. We’ve seen the positive impact of the media exposure, mentoring, fundraising and capacity-building Give! provides, but it’s … Read More

Feb. 8

It’s our stated goal for Give! to be a transformative experience for every participating nonprofit. We’ve seen the positive impact of the media exposure, mentoring, fundraising and capacity-building Give! provides, but it’s … Read More

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In the loop – Greccio Housing
In the loop – Peak Education
Streetbeat with Coba: Harbor House Give! interview on KILO and RXP
Indy Chat
“Streetbeat” with Coba – UCCS L.I.F.E. Give! interview on KILO and RXP
Imagination Space featured in the 12-29-11 Independent

Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s article “The Space Between” on all the great things happening at Imagination Celebration’s Imagination Space here!

Human Trafficking Task Force on Fox 21

Friends of Monument Valley Park on Fox 21

Family Immigration Services and ESL/Adult Literacy featured in the 12-22 Independent

Check out Rhonda Van Pelt’s article “Warm welcome for immigrants” on Catholic Charities’ Family Immigration Services and PPLD’s ESL/Adult Literacy program here!

KCME Give! interview: Springs Ensemble Theatre
Cheyenne Village FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 12/14/11

Friends of Garden of the Gods FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 12/14/11

Colorado Springs Therapeutic Riding Center featured in 12-15-11 Independent

Check out “Sunshine and reins at Therapeutic Riding Center” by Rhonda VanPelt in the 12-15 Indy here!

KCME interview with Liz Szabo and Linda Boedicker of BAC
KCME interview with Matt Mayberry of The Pioneer Museum
Cottonwood Center for the Arts featured in the 12-8-11 Independent

Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s story “Seeds of creativity” here!

Human Trafficking Task Force of SoCo Give! interview on KILO and RXP – 12/18/11
Colorado College Community Kitchen Give interview w/ KILO and RXP
Children’s Literacy Center for GIVE! interview on KILO and RXP – Sunday 12/11/11
Care and Share Give interview on KILO and RXP – Sunday 12/11
Diabetes Community Center Give! interview on KILO/RXP – Sunday 12/04
In The Loop Harbor House
In The Loop Palmer Land Trust
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 12/7/11

Catamount Institute FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 12/7/11

Springs Ensemble Theatre FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 12/7/11

Colorado Springs Therapeutic Riding Center FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 12-2-11

Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association FOX21 2011 Give!

Fostering Hope Foundation FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/30/11

Safe Passage Children’s Advocacy Center FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/30/11

Coalition For the Upper South Platte FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/30/11

Reading for L.I.F.E. FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/25/11

Peak Education FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/23/11

Friends of El Paso County Nature Centers FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/23/11

Colorado College Community Kitchen FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/23/11

Friends groups featured in the 12-1-11 Independent

Rhonda Van Pelt reports on Friends of Monument Valley Park, Friends of Cheyenne Cañon, Friends of Garden of the Gods and Friends of the El Paso County Nature Centers here.

Springs Rescue Mission RAP Community Center FOX21 2011 Give! – 11/16/11

Millibo Art Theater FOX21 2011 Give! interview – 11/15/11

Nov. 24, 2011 Pioneers Museum & Trails and Open Space Coalition in the Indy

Preservation Society: The Pioneers Museum and Trails and Open Space Coaltion are linked in struggle and spirit. Read here.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of So. Colorado featured on 103.9 RXP
Cheyenne Village featured on 103.9 RXP
Safe Passage Children’s Advocacy Center featured on 103.9 RXP
Nov. 6, 2011 – Millibo Art Theatre, Indigo Mountain Nature Center & Catamount Institute featured on “In the Loop” with Mark Goldberg
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Colorado FOX21 2011 Give! interview

Give! on 92.9 Peak FM
Nov. 13, 2011 – Humane Society of the PP Region, Cottonwood Center for the Arts & Pikes Peak Library District featured on “In the Loop” with Mark Goldberg
11-17-11 CASA in the Independent

Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s story on CASA “Comfort in the Storm: CASA program helps families and children through turbulent adjustment periods” here.

Diabetes Community Center featured on Fox 21

Some Give! alumni have told us the best thing about their participation in Give! wasn’t the additional funding they raised — what they really prized was the chance to learn how to market themselves to local media.

Not that you shouldn’t support the Diabetes Community Center with your time and dollars anyway, but look at them tearing it up on FOX21! They’re one of the smallest, newest nonprofits featured in Give! this year, but they definitely know how to make an impact. Great job, guys!

11-10-11 Safe Place for Pets in the Independent

Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s story on Safe Place for Pets
Safe at (new) home: Program takes care of finding homes for companion pets after their human owners are gone here.

11-9-11 Rocky Mountain Field Institute on FOX21

11-9-11 Pikes Peak Urban Gardens on FOX21

11-09-11 Diabetes Community Center featured on Fox 21

11-4-11 TOSC is featured on Fox 21 TV

11-3-11 FOX21 Give! 2011 Kickoff Interview

RMPBS Give! PSA

Give! Director’s cut commercial