Hey Colorado HRC would you like to be in the Pride Parade?
HRC Colorado is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to carry the Huge HRC Flag for the Denver Pride Parade celebrating it's 35th Anniversary. There is no better way to show your Pride than through volunteering and walking with your fellow Coloradoans in celebration of community, heritage, family and culture.
We are looking for 30 smiling faces to carry our HRC Flag along the parade route. In addition, we are also looking for people to walk in front of the flag and behind the flag. What better way to celebrate all the of the LGBT milestones we have accomplished and those on the horizon.
When: Sunday June 20th
Time: 8:30 a.m
Where: Cheeseman Park (Parade Start)
Since your volunteer efforts will be representative of what Colorado HRC truely has to offer we ask that you wear a dark blue, yellow or white shirt! Of course as always if you have HRC attire we love that too!
For more information please contact:
Nader Kawas naderkawas@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Volunteering is on the Rise
An article posted in March's New York Times talks about jobless New Yorkers who want to volunteer instead of looking into the job market. These individuals are going to non-profit organizations to do such things as volunteering at a soup kitchen. I hope that reading this article will help inspire you to do more volunteering! Come to the Center for Urban Connections if you have any questions. We are located in Tivoli 243 and our phone number is (303)352-7132.
Have a great day!
Rachelle
Student Staff
Center for Urban Connections
Friday, May 28, 2010
Healthy School Meals Act 2010
More than a third of America’s children are overweight or obese. They are at risk for adult diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. Over 30 million kids eat at least one meal at school each day. Most of these meals are high in saturated fat and cholesterol and low in fiber and other key nutrients, and most students cannot choose a healthful, plant-based alternative for their lunch tray. But YOU can help us make change in Washington and in school lunch lines across the country.Please join us to become a Healthy School Lunch Advocate and ask your Member of Congress to support H.R. 4870, the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, which makes it easier for schools to offer healthful plant-based options and gives them an incentive to do so. Anyone can be a school lunch advocate!
Here in Denver our state senator is Diane Degette and her phone number is : (202)225-4431.Please call if you are interested.
Here is a website talking about the Legislation and more involved in the Healthy School Meals Act.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Girls Rock Volunteer Opportunity
Hey All-
Are you looking to volunteer over the summer? Do you play guitar, bass,drums, sing or play keyboards or teach workshops to girls about music? Check out Girls Inc. Girls Rock Camp & Volunteer as a camp counselor this summer! Phone number and all that jazz is in the 'contact us' section.
Have a good one!
Rachelle
Student Staff
Center for Urban Connections
Center for Visual Arts Re-Opening Next Week
The Center for Visual Arts is a off campus art gallery that displays contemporary and interactive art to the Denver community. The center was designed to help expand one's thinking of art and to open doors to Metro State's art major program. It was founded in 1990 as a non-profit connected with Metro State. One of the CVA's goals is to bring visual arts to the mid west. They also bring connections from Metro State into the community, which creates synergy. This article, talks about the Grand Re-Opening of the CVA and its move to the Santa Fe district. There will be a celebration June 3rd from 7 to 9 pm to bring joy into its new home and to open a new exhibit Mix: CVA + The Art District on Santa Fe. This will also celebrate one of the first events celebrating our colleges 45th anniversary. Please click on the link and read more about the CVA & its Grand Re-Opening!
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/artman/publish/cva_twv7052610.shtml
Have a great day!
Rachelle
Student Staff
Center for Urban Connections
Monday, May 24, 2010
Eat Local Help Global Sustainability
Hey All-
I found an interesting article once again in the Daily Camera. A physician in Africa has once again brought up the topic of Malnutrition in young children and women. Food insecurity is known to rise during economic downfalls. The amount of meat that is consumed has grown 10 times more than the rate of population, on a global scale. In this insightful article, the facts are exposed that animals-based diets use more crops to produce the animal . This is ten times more than the process of plant products. as well as requires a lot of water, then again costing valuable resources to waste. I found one statistic that blew me away is that our country is raising and killing, 10 BILLION land animals a year. Being a global 'police officer' for this planet, its not too cool that we are creating an environment that we destroy daily by cutting down many organic resources that our environment has provided. This is a short summary of that article. If you would like more information please go tohttp://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_15136265#axzz0orpApiNt. If you are interested in how America produces food and wanting a real-insight into how food is made please watch Food Inc.
Thanks for reading-
Rachelle
Student Staff
Center for Urban Connections
Panera Opens a 'Pay as you want' Non-profit Store, Similar to SAME Cafe
In Denver, we have a great Non-profit called SAME Cafe. As previously stated in past blogs, SAME Cafe provides an all organic vegetarian meal for anyone who walks into their doors. The cost for the meal is based on a donation from the customer to pay what they think it was worth. If a person does not have funds to donate, they are encouraged to volunteer their time for an hour, by preparing food and cleaning at SAME Cafe. This is a fairly new concept to many, but it is something that has provided greatness in our community. Following the SAME Cafe non-profit, Panera Bread Co. has launched a Non-profit store in Missouri. Their mission for opening that store was to open their restaurant to new ways. Panera created a non-profit foundation that is running the store in Missouri. If this store is effective, then Panera hopes to have more locations with this mission. I think that it is great for a commercial restaurant to be thinking philanthropically. Since this store is in a high end neighborhood, many customers are "well-to-do" like lawyers, but with its "take what you need, leave your fair share' policy lower income individuals are able to go. Some may pay full price, while others decide to have discounts or pay half. Panera's Foundation is paying salaries, rent and the food costs for the restaurant. I hope this model is effective and works for other businesses. This is big news for the non-profit world, because it seems in a far from distant future, philanthropy and business will collaborate to provide a world of giving. I read this article in the Daily Camera. If you would like to read it, read about SAME Cafe here in Denver or learn about Panera's new 'pay as you want' store, links will be provided below or copy/paste onto your browser. Have a great week!
Rachelle
Student Staff
Center for Urban Connections
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