Author: Joanne Davidson

CLOTHES TO KIDS Denver News: Valerie Lunka, who for the past four years has served as executive director of Clothes To Kids Denver, has announced her intent to step down and resume her former post as development director of the nonprofit that gives Denver-area children from low-income or in-crisis families a better start in school…

EMILY GRIFFITH TECHNICAL COLLEGE Denver News: Emily Griffith Technical College, recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship as an “Apprenticeship Ambassador,” has launched two new apprenticeship programs and hired Kevin Riebau as its dean of apprenticeship. The Nurse Assisting Registered Apprenticeship will help students build on their certificate in nurse assisting…

COMEBACK YOGA Denver News: The Mssng, one of the most popular bands on the Denver music scene, headlines an Aug. 13 concert that benefits Comeback Yoga, a Denver-based nonprofit providing free, trauma-informed yoga to the military community in Colorado and beyond. The event takes place at the Lakewood Elks Lodge, 1455 Newland St. In Lakewood.…

PROJECT C.U.R.E. Centennial News: Entertainment by the Arapahoe Philharmonic and Biff Gore, a former contestant on The Voice, will be part of the first Health & Hope Gala, an Aug. 13 fundraiser hosted by Project C.U.R.E. Gore, a Denver-based worship pastor also known as The Ambassador of Soul, made it to the Season 6 battle…

CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE Denver News: When George Sparks, president/CEO of Denver Museum of Nature & Science, realized he and local dance legend Cleo Parker Robinson both were turning 75 this month – she on July 17 and he on July 25 – he thought it would be fun to have a joint celebration. But not just…

NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED Winter Park News: National Sports Center for the Disabled has selected Julie Taulman to be its next chief executive officer, replacing Kim Easton who tendered her resignation in April to become CEO of the Keystone Science School in Keystone, CO. Taulman previously served as NSCD’s business development director and…

CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE Denver News: Terrell Davis, former running back for the Denver Broncos and a 2017 inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is part of the 13-member cast for the 2023 edition of Dancing With The Denver Stars. This fundraiser for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is being chaired by Hollie Velasquez…

EXPLORATION OF FLIGHT  Centennial Airport  News: Retired Lt. Col. James Harvey III, who became a U.S. Army Air Force Top Gun in 1949 and is one of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen, turned 100 on July 13. On July 15, family, friends and military brass from across the nation helped him celebrate his milestone birthday…

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA Denver News: Volunteers of America-Colorado announces that PGA champion golfer Frank Funk will be the special guest at its 20th Legends Golf Tournament, which takes place Aug. 9 at the acclaimed Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia. Funk turned pro in 1981 and since then has become an eight-time Tour Champ and scored…