Metro Denver Celebrates National Rebuilding Day
In dozens of communities around the country, Rebuilding Together affiliates celebrated this important event with home repair and rehabilitation projects of all sizes on Saturday, April 28, 2012. In Denver, Rebuilding Together Metro Denver collaborated with five sponsors to rebuild the homes and lives of homeowners in the Barnum and Westwood neighborhoods. Inez, Rudy, Katherine, ...
Why Do Companies Support Community Involvement?
Last year more than 300 businesses throughout the metro Denver region and nationally supported Rebuilding Together Metro Denver with cash donations, discounts, employee volunteers, and recognition as their partners in community services. Hundreds more supported similar efforts at the nearly 200 Rebuilding Together affiliates across the country. And these numbers, of course, do not include ...
Run (or Walk) to Your Heart’s Content… in the Colfax Marathon!
It is that time of year again here in metro Denver. Everywhere you turn there is buzz about the Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon (KPCM). Launched in 2006, the KPCM provides the structure and organization for numerous nonprofit organizations to gather supporters and donations, get visibility in the community, and have a fun and healthy experience ...
Volunteering Can Help You Find a Job
A recent article in Fast Company (February 2012, The Guide: Money) offers yet another great reason to volunteer. It can land you a job. A recent LinkedIn survey shows that one in five employers have hired a person based on volunteer service. Volunteer experience adds dimension to a resume, the experts say. Fast Company quotes ...
Have a Heart and Get a Healthy Heart
Celebrating February, National Heart Month This is the month of hearts from Valentine’s Day to the President’s proclamation as America’s Heart Month. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has issued a February Toolkit outlining guidelines from the American Heart Association and other health information, which offers templates for emails, tweets and Facebook posts, ...
The Meaning of Life and Your Life’s Meaning
What gives your life meaning? Does it have anything to do with the larger question of the meaning of life? How do you find meaning? Life’s big questions have offered challenge and despair to humans since the beginning of time. A Colorado State University professor and a team of psychology students have taken on the ...
MLK Day a Day of Service Everywhere
The federal holiday celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. is only 26 years old, but the tradition of focusing the holiday as a time for service is building in communities around the country. Denver is no exception. Rebuilding Together Metro Denver kicked off the spirit of this holiday on January 12 and 13 ...
Colorado’s First Emergency Room for Older Adults
The aging population is creating change everywhere. Hospital care is no exception. Across the county, medical professionals work to reshape the emergency room experience for older adults. And, in November 2011, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center opened Colorado’s first emergency room designed specifically for seniors. This hospital has one of the busiest emergency rooms in the ...
Another Year: No Ending, No Beginning
While this time of year brings thoughts of endings and beginnings, we at RTMD are thinking about continuing, about what goes on year after year, about the experiences we bring with us as December 31 becomes January 1, as 2011 becomes 2012. For example: There are folks still waiting for crucial home repairs. And, more ...
Colorado Gives Day: RTMD Restores Homes and Dignity
Last year Coloradoans donated over $8 million to charities across the state on a single day in December. It was an extraordinary show of generosity and belief in something bigger than ourselves. There will be another chance this year on Colorado Gives Day December 6 to choose a charity of choice to share such kindness ...
