Give! is the Colorado Springs Independent's year-end multimedia and guerilla marketing campaign designed to generate funds, volunteers and applause for the important work local nonprofits perform.
This year our broad-based community steering committee has selected 49 incredible non-profits to be part of the 2011 Give! campaign.
Community members can select one, two or multiple non-profits and make a donation online in a single, easy transaction. And if, in this admittedly difficult economy, you cannot give much, or at all, no worries. There are plenty of valuable opportunities to volunteer as well.
Giving can be made via this secure web site, and all funds are held by the Pikes Peak Community Foundation, until mid-January 2012, when non-profit organizations will be paid 100% of funds citizens donate at an event sponsored by the El Pomar Foundation and Heuberger Subaru.
Curious about the Ft. Carson-Concrete Couch project featured in the 2011 Give! campaign? Get firsthand knowledge this week by helping Ft. Carson kids make art, build and have fun! From 2:20-3:45 p.m. … Read More
While the official total for Give! 2011 continues to climb thanks to our generous matching and challenge grant donors, we’re excited to offer four fun new ways to support Give! 2011 alumni with your … Read More
Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s article “The Space Between” on all the great things happening at Imagination Celebration’s Imagination Space here!
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!
Check out “Sunshine and reins at Therapeutic Riding Center” by Rhonda VanPelt in the 12-15 Indy here!
Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s story “Seeds of creativity” here!
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.
Preservation Society: The Pioneers Museum and Trails and Open Space Coaltion are linked in struggle and spirit. Read here.
Read Rhonda Van Pelt’s story on CASA “Comfort in the Storm: CASA program helps families and children through turbulent adjustment periods” here.
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!
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.