nonprofit

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    English In Action Summer Benefit

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    Tickets are on sale now for Summer Benefit 2022! Join us for an informative and entertaining evening featuring keynote speaker Roya Hakakian, author of A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious. Originally from Iran, Ms. Hakakian is a fellow at Yale and a frequent contributor to…

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    Red Hill User Survey - Participants Needed

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    The 2022 Red Hill User Survey is available on our website: Redhillcouncil.org

    Please take the time to give us your feedback. It is very important to help us care for these much loved public lands. All input is anonymous. Survey closing date is April 16, 2022. Thank you.

    Direct link…

  • Locations: News Published

    Opening the door to outdoor accessibility

    Opening the door to outdoor accessibility thumbnail The Gear Library (opening soon) indulges many sports for enthusiasts both big and small, as demonstrated by founder Olivia Lewis. Photo by Paula Mayer

    In 2021, over half of all Americans participated in some type of outdoor recreation, according to the Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) annual recreation trend report. Although this number has been steadily increasing since the pandemic, the OIA also found that there is a consistent and significant lack of… read more →

  • Locations: Columns Published

    The Sun celebrates Colorado Gives

    The Sun celebrates Colorado Gives thumbnail Todd Chamberlin

    By Todd Chamberlin

    Last December, I received a promotion to become the executive director of The Sopris Sun. To be honest, I wasn’t all too sure what I was getting myself into. The Sopris Sun never had an executive director and, although I had plenty of nonprofit experience, I had… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Nonprofit benefits outweigh the costs

    Nonprofit benefits outweigh the costs thumbnail This photo, taken in May 2017, showcases the many workers who make use of the Third Street Center, itself a nonprofit that currently houses 25 other nonprofits, seven small businesses and six artists. Courtesy photo.

    If you can’t live without art or theater, if you are keen on keeping the rivers flowing, passionate about protecting nature, improving education, supporting the disabled, feeding the hungry, housing the poor, helping veterans, rescuing abused puppies, propagating native seed, building a church, listening to a local radio station… read more →

  • Locations: Columns Published

    Your donations, quadrupled!

    Your donations, quadrupled! thumbnail Todd Chamberlin

    By Todd Chamberlin

    The Sopris Sun is once again taking part in the Community First Foundation’s ColoradoGives campaign. This year is especially important, because we have several matching grant opportunities that we are trying to reach. In all, we are trying to raise $100,000 in the last two months of… read more →

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    Youthentity Pig Roast Fundraiser

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    Youth financial literacy and career readiness are critical life skills. Help support Youthentity’s important programs through their annual fundraiser, held virtually at Youthentity.org. This year’s fundraiser includes a fantastic three-day online auction and raffle, delicious multi-course takeaway dinners with each “ticket” purchase, heartwarming student and alumni videos and more. We…

  • Locations: Columns, News Published

    Help us be the people’s paper

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    For over 13 years, The Sopris Sun has delivered on our mission to inform, inspire, and build community. In 2020, the board and staff rose to extraordinary challenges and didn’t miss a beat. With great sacrifice, editor Will Grandbois, artistic director Ylice Golden, and ad manager Todd Chamberlin — along… read more →