Author: By JOANNE DAVIDSON Special to Colorado Politics

CANCER LEAGUE OF COLORADO Denver News: Cancer League of Colorado has ended its fiscal year with $1.7 million, a sum the organization’s president, Gary Reece, said was an all-time high in fundraising.  “It was an incredible year,” he added, one that enabled the all-volunteer nonprofit to fund 26 grants totaling $1,140,000 to Colorado-based cancer researchers and…

CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE Denver News: A golf tournament hosted by Mortenson has raised $100,000 for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. The nonprofit dance company plans to use the money to expand its existing facility, the former Shorter AME Church at 119 Park Avenue West in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. “We’ve been dreaming of this…

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE Denver News: An acoustic performance by popular Denver musician Nathaniel Rateliff of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats is the centerpiece of an Aug. 28 event that is part of the Jewish Family Service’s year-long celebration of its 150-year anniversary. The event, called JFS Family Concert: Rocking Colorado for 150, begins at…

COLORADO AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION Castle Rock News: Landscape and nature photography specialist Pete Galligan will share how to use natural light to enhance your shots and create photos worth framing when he conducts two classes at the nonprofit Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation Lowell Ranch in Castle Rock. The two-hour sessions will be held in CALF’s…

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Denver News: In a nod to the evening’s entertainment – a performance of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Janice Sinden, president/CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, found herself repeating this phrase during the 41st Saturday Night Alive: “Yes, we can-can.” She wasn’t telling the 471 guests…

CENTRAL CITY OPERA News: Presentation of the Central City Flower Girls is a tradition dating back to 1932, when the introduction of young ladies from prominent Denver families helped launch the Central City Opera’s inaugural season. Ninety years later, 30 teens who in the fall will begin their senior year in high school, took their…

“Girls cannot be what they cannot see” was the phrase echoing in Juanita Chacon and Meshach Rhodes’ heads in 2011 when they founded the nonprofit Latinas First Foundation. It resonated so much so that they made it the tagline for the organization whose mission is to help Latinas reach their highest potential by providing scholarships,…