HIGHLIGHTS
- CoBiz Financial Donates $5000
- Lafarge Donates $5000
- HIPPYCorps Alum Receives Governor's Service Award
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- Grant Recipient: Denver Post Charities
- Catholic Charities PAT receives Excellence Award
- HIPPY - 1 of 10 Parenting Programs with an Economic Impact
- PAT Virtually Eliminates the Achievement Gap
- Program Directors named as Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program Fellows
- HIPPYCorps Member Receives Governor's Service Award
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COLORADO GIVES DAY, December 6, 2011
Support the Colorado Parent & Child Foundation on Colorado Gives Day, December 6, 2011. Colorado Gives Day is an initiative to increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. Presented by the Community First Foundation and FirstBank, Colorado Gives Day will take place during a 24-hour period on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.
CoBiz Financial grants COLORADO PARENT & CHILD FOUNDATION $5,000
The Colorado Parent & Child Foundation is excited to receive a $5,000 donation from CoBiz Financial. CoBiz Financial serves businesses and business owners through its business lines Colorado Business Bank, CoBiz Insurance, CoBiz Wealth, Financial Designs and Green Manning & Bunch. Based in Denver, with 550 employees in Colorado and Arizona, CoBiz and its employees are invested in the community through volunteerism, the employee-led CoBiz Cares Foundation, and the Biz Bash, a concert fundraiser that has raised more than $2.7 million for at-risk youth in 11 years.
CoBiz is proud to support Colorado Parent & Child Foundation because “the mission – inspiring parents as their child’s first teacher – pays dividends in our local community,” said Tara Tongco Rojas, Communications Specialist. “In addition to smarter and healthier families, for every $1 invested in the education of a child, the return on investment is about 10% per year due to reduced need for remedial and special education classes; reduced need for police and judicial system activity; reduced public spending on health care; fewer people in need of social services supports and increased tax revenues from productively employed citizens.”
A huge thank you to CoBiz Financial for its donation which will support our work across the state to provide parents of young children with the knowledge, tools, and support they need to guide their child's growth, learning, and development.
COLORADO PARENT & CHILD FOUNDATION RECEIVES $5,000 DONATION FROM LAFARGE
The Colorado Parent & Child Foundation is thrilled to receive a $5,000 donation from Lafarge North America. Lafarge is a world leader in the area of building materials and conducts business in 78 countries. In Colorado, Lafarge West, Inc. has numerous Aggregate sites, Ready Mix Concrete and Asphalt plants and well over 750 full-time employees. Community involvement is embedded within one of the three pillars that make up their Principles of Action.
As Brian Astone, Finance Director-Asphalt & Paving states, "the work that the Colorado Parent & Child Foundation performs, and the manner in which it is performed, makes it a good fit for partnership with Lafarge West, Inc."
A huge thank you to Lafarge for its donation which will support our work across the state to provide parents of young children with the knowledge, tools, and support they need to guide their child's growth, learning, and development.
Congratulations to Catholic Charities for receiving the prestigious Losos Prize for Excellence
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Pueblo, Parents as Teachers Program for receiving the prestigious Losos Prize for Excellence for their innovation and creativity in the pursuit of program excellence! Debbie Santos-Apodaca accepted the award at the Parents as Teachers National Conference in St. Louis. Here she is, pictured with Carolyn Losos.