Author: Joanne Davidson

PORTER-BILLUPS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Denver News: Deion Sanders, head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder, joins basketball great Chauncey Billups for a “Prime Conversation” at the 2023 Porter-Billups Leadership Academy Gala. The July 29 event takes place at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center and tickets can be purchased by visiting the academy…

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Denver News: The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is welcoming three new members to its board of trustees. They are: Nicole Ament, the real estate department chair at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck Jerome Davis, executive vice president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and president of the…

GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES Arvada News: Anyone who loves dogs is bound to enjoy the books written by W. Bruce Cameron. The former Evergreen resident, whose “A Dog’s Purpose” spent 63 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was made into a movie starring Dennis Quaid, also is an engaging speaker…

NATHAN YIP FOUNDATION Greenwood Village News: The Nathan Yip Foundation has distributed gifts totaling $200,000 to 18 schools in rural areas of Colorado. They range from $27,690 to the San Juan Mountain School in Pagosa Springs for a greenhouse to use in multiple subject areas to the $2,500 that Eads High School will use for…

CABLELAND HOME FOUNDATION Denver News: Cableland, official residence of the Denver mayor, was the setting June 20 for a reception celebrating the five most recent additions to the historic First Spouses Wall. With the addition of Mary Louise Lee, Helen Thorpe, Wilma Webb, Ellen Hart Pena and Gabriela Cornejo Figueroa, the wall now contains photographs…

CENTRAL CITY OPERA GUILD Wheat Ridge News: Caroline Grace Coors, whose great, great, great-grandfather, Adolph Coors, founded the Golden brewery that bears the family name, and Sarah Peck Caulkins, whose grandfather, George Caulkins, founded the Vail ski area, were among the 25 members of the Central City Flower Girls Class of 2023. In keeping with…

ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL Memphis, TN News: Scott “Kidd” Poteet, the pilot for Polaris Dawn, a space mission scheduled to launch later this year, and Hayley Arceneaux, who was one of four crew members on the 2021 SpaceX Inspiration4 space flight, were the special guests at Colorado Unites for St. Jude, a June 10…

SHILOH HOUSE Littleton News: Arrowhead Golf Course will be the setting June 19 for “It’s All About the Kids,” a golf tournament whose goal is to raise $30,000 for Shiloh House and its efforts to create an “Environment where wounds begin to heal, relationships are built or restored, and new possibilities are created.” Specifically, the…

DENVER BALLET GUILD Denver News: Forty-eight recent high school graduates – 32 debutantes and 16 Young Men of Distinction – were presented at the 2023 Le Bal de Ballet, a family-oriented celebration that has literally raised millions of dollars since its start 55 years ago. Le Bal de Ballet is the Denver Ballet Guild’s signature…