The 17th Annual Summit for Life is scheduled for Saturday, December 3. This nighttime uphill race on Aspen Mountain begins at 5:30pm, and finishes at the Sundeck at the top of the mountain for dinner, live music, and an awards ceremony. Participants then enjoy a beautiful ride on the Gondola back to the base of the mountain. Additional registration option include Virtual Summit for Life and Ride for Life.Summit for Life is a fundraising and outreach event for the Chris Klug Foundation. CKF is a national nonprofit located in Aspen, Colorado that promotes organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplantation awareness through education, inspiration, and registration. We honor and celebrate donors and recipients.CKF strives to eliminate the wait for the 106,000 people on the transplant waiting list. Approximately 96% of Americans support organ, eye, and tissue donation, but only 54% actually register. Every day 22 people die waiting for a lifesaving transplant. One organ donor can save the lives of 8 people, and one tissue donor can impact the lives of 75 people. Furthermore, organ, eye, and tissue donation is supported by most major religions, does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, race, income, social status, or age (the oldest donor in the world was 107, and the youngest was 74 minutes). Live life, give life!
Event Type: Community
Ignacio Creative Dist. Meet & Greet!!!
Join the Ignacio Creative District at our next Meet & GREET!
Enjoy light snacks, meet the ICD team, hear what we have been up to and what our plans are for the future, SEE HOW YOU CAN JOIN US, and tell us how you envision your community creative district at the networking, free event!!
Opening of Textiles: Exploring Boundaries
“Textiles: Exploring Boundaries” opens Friday, Dec. 2, at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures with free admission from 5-8 pm as part of First Friday Art Walk. The Main Gallery exhibition, which runs through March 25, 2023, will examine our assumptions and perceptions about what constitutes a textile. The Museum is located at 200 West Mountain Avenue, and Museum hours are 11 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit globalvillagemuseum.org or call 970-221-4600.
Textiles: Exploring Boundaries (Exhibit)
“Textiles: Exploring Boundaries” opens Dec. 2 and runs through March 25, 2023 at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures. The Main Gallery exhibition will examine our assumptions and perceptions about what constitutes a textile. The Museum is located at 200 West Mountain Avenue, and Museum hours are 11 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, $1 for ages 4-15, and free for children 3 and under. For more information, visit globalvillagemuseum.org or call 970-221-4600.
Wine in the Pines
Travel back to the 80’s with this long-standing Colorado tradition: Wine & Gourmet Food Tasting at its finest! Enjoy an evening of sumptuous food, fine wines, craft beers, live and silent auctions, 80’s tribute band and dancing at our 39th Annual WINE IN THE PINES in Keystone on November 5th. Discount lodging available through Keystone Resorts.The funds we raise at this amazing and fun event go towards changing the unacceptable 88% rate of unemployment for youth and adults with disabilities in Colorado.
As a result of this 39 year old event, today, through Ability Connection Colorado’s (ACCO) the Kelly Smith Statewide Employment Center annually supports over 3600 individuals with differing disabilities and challenges through several innovative programs: Employment Works! Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP) for youth, Ticket to Work, and Social Security Benefits Counseling.So get your 80’s groove on and come have a blast for a totally 80’s evening! For more information, tickets and event sponsorship opportunities, visit www.WineInThePines.org
Theme: Back to the 80’s
Dress Attire: 80’s
Southlands Shopping Center and Aurora Family YMCA Blood Drive
Throughout the year, Southlands Shopping Center and Aurora Family YMCA have been providing a convenient donation location at Southlands in cooperation with Vitalant, the nation’s largest independent, non-profit blood supplier.Visit the following link bit.ly/YMCA-Southlands-BloodDrive to pre-book your appointment.To determine if you are eligible to donate blood, visit www.vitalant.org/blood-donation-requirements.
Fluidity
Join us on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 as five speakers share their ideas worth spreading.We’ll gather at Space Foundation for an intimate afternoon filled with intriguing ideas, delightful connection, and plenty of opportunity to explore your own ideas related to fluidity and what this means in today’s world.Event will include performances by local artists, an intermission in the Discovery Center at Space Foundation, and lots more!!In-person and Livestream tickets available!!
Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
Join us on November 3 for a lecture and book signing with author Susan Harness.
Born in Montana to a family living on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Susan became a transracial adoptee at the age of two when she was removed from her home by a social worker because of “neglect.” Bitterroot: A Memoir of Transracial Adoption, is a sweeping examination of her life that explores the uneasy intersection of race, history and the brutal government American Indian policies that affect the lives of her and her families.
Susan remains involved in the issue of American Indian transracial adoption and continues to write and speak nationally and internationally about this topic as well as about American Indian assimilation policies and practices.
This event is free and open to the public. 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM November 3, 2022.
Larkspur Tree Lighting 2022
Larkspur Tree Lighting’s event planning is well underway! We will announce details in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, SAVE THE DATE!
Fall Flower Workshop
Brooks Floral & Co. provides the cut flowers, pumpkins, floral cutters and step-by-step instructions on how to how to create a beautiful flower arrangement and how to care for them to make them last for weeks! Each of you will then have time to get hands-on with your chosen flowers from our flower bar and arrange flowers in a pumpkin! Wine, beer, non-alcoholic options, and snacks will be provided but feel free to bring a beverage or snack of your choice to sip while styling your chosen fresh flowers! Get ready to have some fun, meet new friends, and get creative from 6:00 – 8:00pm on October 20th!Tickets are limited and sell out quickly. If you would prefer to pay via Venmo or cash, please contact me at Kaitlin@BrooksFloralCo.com. 10% of each ticket sold will go directly towards sponsoring a school garden at Bear Valley International School where Brooks Floral owner and lead florist, Kaitlin Austin, teaches middle school.What’s included: All materials, beverages, snacks, and step-by-step instructions. (No added fees for any supplies.) Valued at over $150.Flower Studio Location: 1489 South Broadway, Denver, CO 80210Reservations: All classes must be pre-paid and are non-refundable but can be transferred.Can’t make it on October 20th? Follow us on social media to learn about upcoming classes and services!Instagram: @BrooksFloral
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