Ready for some good news? Let's focus on the positive today:
Families First is going to give its 2009 Friend of Children Award to Barb and Gary Reece. They'll receive a commemorative Rik Sargent bronze at the May 1 Steppin' Out ... Diamonds & Spurs gala to be held at Mile High Station. Gary Reece recently retired from his senior executive position with MDC Holdings and volunteers alongside his wife on behalf of Cancer League of Colorado, Advocates for Children and Families First. The Denver Public Library's Fresh City Life program is conducing a 26.5-hour knitting marathon, starting at 3:30 p.m. at various locations Jan. 23. The goal is to knit 5,280 caps for U.S. troops abroad. Learn more at denverlibrary.org
/capsproject or by calling 720-865-1206.
An exact figure is yet to be determined, but Sattler Homes chief Tom Sattler is confident that tours of his High Hopes Show Home generated "several thousand" dollars for The Guild of the Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver. The 4,500-square-foot Tuscan-style manse in Ravenna, a gated community in Waterton Canyon, was open for public tours over a four-week period in the fall.
At the annual Miracle Treat Day, Dairy Queen restaurants in Denver, Colorado Springs and Cheyenne sold enough Blizzards to raise $72,600 for The Children's Hospital.
Gifts of $100 or more made to the Denver Public Schools Foundation by Dec. 31 entitle the donor to a 50 percent state income tax credit. Find out more by calling 720-423-3897.
HW Home has added Excelsior Youth Center to its list of holiday discount beneficiaries. Shoppers can print out a coupon to bring with them by visiting hwhome.com and entering the code EXCYC.
The Nathan Yip Foundation celebrates the Chinese Year of the Ox at a banquet taking place Jan. 24 at the Cable Center. Details available from Suky Yip, 303-817-8400 or nathanyipfoundation.org.
Allied Jewish Federation is having its annual Men's Event on Jan. 15 at Wings Over the Rockies. Admission is free, thanks to underwriting provided by the Mizel Family Foundations, but a minimum $180 donation to the 2009 fundraising campaign is requested. Register at jewishcolorado.org/events.
Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, blogs.denverpost.com/davidson ---------------------------------------- Sharing continues
Even though he's been traded to the L.A. Clippers, former Denver Nugget
Marcus Camby hasn't forgotten the
children here. Accompanied by his
buddy and former teammate, shooting guard J.R. Smith, 15 youngsters from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver rode in a limousine to Macy's Cherry Creek for some shopping with the
$250 gift cards given to them by the Cambyland Christmas Foundation.
Macy's also chipped in with some
presents for the kids.
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Good reason to drink
A dozen or so sports and media figures became mixologists for the night, and in turn raised about $100,000 for the Children's Hospital
Research Insitute. The 2008 Bartenders Martini Miracle Ball, which also featured food from
several area restaurants, was held at The Church nightclub.
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Dining for a cause
The 35th Men's Event, benefiting AMC Cancer
Research Center, is held at the Palm in the
Westin Tabor Center. Nearly 200 civic leaders
are on hand for the dinner and auction that
raises money for AMC's researchers at the
University of Colorado Cancer Center. AMC
scientists place a special emphasis on finding a cure for prostate cancer.
