For 2015, Live Urban agents have nominated and voted for four local non-profit organizations to benefit from our Live and Give Program.
We will be distributing funds to the following organizations on behalf of our clients:
COLORADO CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
Founded in 1983 Colorado Cancer Research Program (CCRP) has helped advance cancer care while directly impacting more than 6,000 patients in Colorado who are living with the disease. Today CCRP partners with 19 hospitals, 35 community clinics and more than 110 physicians located throughout the state of Colorado. With these strong partnerships, CCRP delivers cutting edge cancer treatment and prevention through clinical trials directly to cancer patients in their own Colorado communities. Community support of CCRP benefits research that is essential to finding the most effective cancer treatment and prevention options in Colorado, thus giving cancer patients and their families hope for a cancer-free future. Learn more athttp://www.co-cancerresearch.org/
COLORADO PET PANTRY
Colorado Pet Pantry pet food bank began in June 2013 with the mission of temporarily feeding Colorado pets, allowing families to increase their ability to care for pets with the goal of keeping them out of shelters and with their families. The organization partners directly with human food banks, a distribution method which has proven to be mutually beneficial. Because the pet food bank is consistently in each location monthly, EVERYONE in a neighborhood knows that they have a place to turn when pet food becomes a challenge. As the organization continues to expand, there will be entire neighborhoods that are able to keep their pets when budgets get tight, which will lead to more stability in homes and communities, let alone the health benefits of having a pet, throughout the Denver- and Boulder-metro areas. Learn more athttp://www.coloradopetpantry.org/
ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS
ELK opens new doors of opportunity by engaging and mentoring youth through science education, outdoor experiences, and leadership development programs that provide a real-life context for learning. Youth experience Colorado's natural world, increase their academic skills, become involved in their neighborhoods, and get exposure to careers in the field of natural resources and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). ELK youth grow into stewards and engaged citizens, while cultivating strong educational values to ensure high school and college graduation. Learn more athttp://www.elkkids.org/
THE GATHERING PLACE
Homelessness in the Denver metro area affects nearly 12,000 individuals each year, and over 50% of those affected are women and children. The Gathering Place is Denver's only daytime drop-in center for women, children, and transgender individuals who are experiencing homelessness or poverty. There is no other place for women, their children or transgender individuals to go during the day in Denver. It is located on Colfax and High Streets and is often thought of or referred to as an overnight shelter, but it is not. It is more accurately described as a community center on steroids! The face of homelessness is so much different than what is portrayed in mass media or what is seen on street corners. Everyone's life can change on a dime no one is immune to the curves that life can throw at us. Learn more athttp://www.tgpdenver.org/
We hope you will join us in learning more about and supporting these fantastic organizations, which were nominated and elected by Live Urban agents...and when you close a Live Urban transaction in 2015, we'll ask you to choose which one you want our donation to benefit.
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