Support Imagine!’s Innovations Fall Formal

Imagine!’s Innovations department is hosting a crowdfunding campaign for its Second Annual Innovations Fall Formal! The Innovations team hopes to raise $1,500.00 to create a festive event that is as spectacular and memorable as the individuals served by Imagine!.

The Fall Formal, scheduled for October 23, is a celebration for all of the individuals who receive services from Innovations. It promises to be a fun and social atmosphere full of dancing, friends, and community, and YOU can make it happen!

Your gifts will pay for a live band, a photo booth, nutritious snacks, and masquerade-themed decorations. Check out the video below to learn more, and then please consider clicking here to donate. Please feel free to share with your friends and loved ones!

Can’t see the video? Click here.

Thank you for helping us make this the best formal event ever!

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation include:

Platinum ($10,000+)
Linda and Walt Pounds

Associate ($500-$999)
Northrop Grumman - grant for Case Management Emergency Fund

Supporter ($250-$499)
Pauline Weyers

Friend ($1-$249)
In Memory of Sheila Grimm
  Diana and Tom Gilmer

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Wish List Wednesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• Gas Grill for the Santa Fe Group Home in Broomfield 
• Welcome bags for children with developmental disabilities entering a new foster care placement (blankets, PJs, stuffed animals, etc.) 
• iPads (many departments use these for clients ); heavy duty iPad covers 
• A set of four kitchen chairs for the Garden Place Home in Longmont 
• Picnic table for Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Arts and crafts baskets or gift certificates to Hobby Lobby/Michael’s for the Foothills Group Home in Boulder 
• Winter holiday decorations for the new Next Step Group Home in Broomfield: a very large tree, a star or angel to put on top, many lights, boughs of holly, ornaments, statue types of decorations that can be placed on tables or mantles (no candles or candle holders), a wreath 

Check out the entire Wish List here.

Thank You, Boulder County Public Health

On the behalf of all of the nursing mothers working at Imagine!, today we’d like to thank Boulder County Public Health for offering Imagine! a $1,000 grant to help us create a safe and comfortable lactation space at our Dixon St. office building, as well as assisting in equipping the room. Imagine! is the first recipient of this grant funding in Boulder County!

Pictured below in the new nursing room at Imagine! are Linda Kopecky, Breastfeeding Friendly Environments Project Coordinator, Boulder County Public Health (left), and Karen Kalis, Imagine!’s Director of Human Resources.

Thank you, Boulder County Public Health, for giving us this opportunity to support the new mothers in our workforce!

To learn more about the Boulder County Public Health grant, click here.

Thank You, IBM Volunteers

Today we were delighted to have 25 volunteers from IBM come out to Imagine! and help clean our fleet of vehicles as part of Foothills United Way’s Day of Caring 2015, Boulder and Broomfield counties' largest single day of volunteer service.

As you can see from the pictures below, the group was enthusiastic and hardworking. After watching a short presentation about Imagine! and the work we do, they jumped right in and started cleaning! We are so appreciative that they were willing to take time out of their busy schedules to help support Imagine! and our mission.

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation include:

Bronze ($1,000-$2,499)
Stephen Tebo

Associate ($500-$999)
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Friend ($1-$249)
IBM
In Memory of Sheila Grimm
  Janet and Bruce Barney
In Memory of William Schmalhorst
  Helen Hanna
Ken Hackbarth
Thelma Whitaker

In Kind Associate ($500-$999)
Core Wisdom - yoga classes for Out & About TGIS program

In Kind Supporter ($250-$499)
Rage Unlimited - branded shopping bags for Imagine! Provider Fair

In Kind Friend ($1-$249)
Lafayette Florist - three arrangements for the Aaron Tuneberg Memorial Dedication
Starbucks - refreshments for Out & About TGIS program

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Wish List Wednesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• Gas Grill for the Santa Fe Group Home in Broomfield 
• Welcome bags for children with developmental disabilities entering a new foster care placement (blankets, PJs, stuffed animals, etc.) 
• iPads (many departments use these for clients ); heavy duty iPad covers 
• A set of four kitchen chairs for the Garden Place Home in Longmont 
• Picnic table for Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Arts and crafts baskets or gift certificates to Hobby Lobby/Michael’s for the Foothills Group Home in Boulder 
• Winter holiday decorations for the new Next Step Group Home in Broomfield: a very large tree, a star or angel to put on top, many lights, boughs of holly, ornaments, statue types of decorations that can be placed on tables or mantles (no candles or candle holders), a wreath 

Check out the entire Wish List here.

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to Imagine! include:

Associate ($500-$999)
Barbara Abrahams and Daniel Murphy

Friend ($1-$249)
Amy Callahan
IBM
In Memory of William Schmalhorst
  Edith Blank
  Piera and Michael Burgio
  Barbara and Jean Harano
  Jean and George Hearne
  Janet Holdsworth
  Lois Miller
  Jerry Moore
  Jane and Gerald Mordhorst
  Joanne and Eugene Parson
  Jacqueline and Mark Rhoades
  Jo Anne and W.B. Smallwood
In Memory of Candace Shrout
  Corbin Sebestyen

In-Kind Supporter ($250-$999)
Jonathan Sabar - futon for Imagine!’s 19th Street home

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Wish List Wednesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• Recliners (electric or manual) for 19th Street Group Home 
• Basketball goal for Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Essential Tremor adaptive utensils, clothing, computer aids, writing devices, etc. for individuals with hand tremors at the Foothills Group Home in Boulder (http://essentialtremor.org/treatments/assistive-devices/) 
• New carpet for two bedrooms at Garden Place in Longmont 
• New barrier free lifts for moving individuals from wheelchair to bed or bath (being safer for clients and for staff) at the 19th Street Group Home in Boulder (we received a $200 donation towards these $3,000 units!) 
• American Furniture Warehouse gift certificates for upgrades in furniture at Garden Place in Longmont, at and the Foothills Group Home and the Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Two camping lanterns for Out & About Catalog evening activities 

Check out the entire Wish List here.

Welcome Michelle!

The Imagine! Foundation would like to welcome new Grant Writer Michelle Conkey. Michelle has worked for Imagine! in a variety of roles since 2001 – including as an instructor at Imagine!’s Out & About department, coordinator for Imagine!’s Autism Spectrum Disorders program, and as Imagine!’s Quality Assurance Manager. Her wealth of knowledge of the inner workings of Imagine! makes her uniquely qualified to match needs at Imagine! with available grant opportunities.

Michelle is replacing Christina Craigo, who served as the Foundation’s Grant Writer for more than five years. Christina was an amazing asset to the organization, and developed the Foundation’s grant writing arm into a robust program that delivers significant funding every year to programs at Imagine! designed to improve the lives of local citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Christina will be missed greatly, and we wish her all the best in the future!

Congratulations Wiland!

Today, we’d like to offer our congratulations to Wiland, Inc., a leading marketing intelligence company serving many of the nation's top companies and organizations, on being honored Wednesday with a Community Appreciation Award from the Longmont Area Economic Council.

Imagine! Foundation Executive Director Patti Micklin nominated Wiland for this prestigious award because of their dedicated support of Imagine!. Here’s part of what she wrote in her nomination:

This past fall, Imagine! Foundation Board of Directors Past President Leona Stoecker took some of Wiland’s key employees on a tour of the programs Imagine! provides in Longmont as a point of introduction. Their enthusiasm was sparked and they made Imagine!’s work their personal cause! Wiland became a Silver Sponsor at January’s Imagine! Celebration. In addition, they held an employee event to raise money for Imagine!, and matched every dollar that Wiland employees contributed. They did not stop there! We shared our wish list with Wiland, and their employees showed up with boxes of donations that touched the lives of hundreds of the individuals we serve! 

Congratulations, Wiland, for receiving this well-deserved recognition. Thank you for your support of Imagine! and your community.

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation include:

Friend ($1-$249)
AmazonSmile Foundation
Lu Walters and Kent Arnold
Attendees at Out & About Bike-A-Thon
In Memory of William Schmalhorst
  Mary and John Marlin

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Wish List Wednesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• For Garden Place in Longmont: new computer game; make up/cosmetics (perfume, foundation -light beige), eye shadow (taupe, browns), mascara, lipstick (any color); special soaps; books (any type, but books about animals appreciated); country music CDs; latch hook kits; romance novels; Jigsaw puzzles; sports gear (especially NY Yankees); sport posters; small book shelves; used/new area rug – around 4’ X 3’.; several cushioned chairs for the “Book Nook” area 
• Backpacks, toys, and birthday/holiday presents for children with developmental disabilities in foster care 
• iPads (many departments use these for clients ); heavy duty iPad covers 
•  Gift Cards to educational stores: www.beyondtheblackboard.com; www.lakeshorelearning.com; www.reallygoodstuff.com; www.educatorsoutlet.com; www.banksschoolsupply.com 
•  DVD Player for Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome 
•  Futon frame and mattress for 19th Street Group Home 

Check out the entire Wish List here.

Remembering Aaron Tuneberg

Wednesday night, more than 100 people came to Imagine!’s conference center to remember Aaron Matthew Tuneberg. Mark Emery, CEO of Imagine!, spoke about creating meaning out of this tragic loss. Josie Heath, President of the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, spoke about community coming together, and Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett shared his lessons learned. All of the speakers honored the Tuneberg family for their strength and determination.

Aaron's mother, Gale Boonstra, shared her hope for Aaron’s legacy – that we all become more mindful of the needs, as well as the potential, of adults with disabilities, and that we do whatever we can to help these individuals and their families. She shared a video about Aaron, and we wanted you to see it and invite you to share it with your friends and loved ones.

 

Can’t see the video? Click here. 

To learn more about Aaron, or to donate, visit www.AaronsFund.com. 

Below are some pictures from the event. Thanks to all who attended and all who share Gale’s vision.

Gale and Tim Boonstra

Aaron's family

Colorado State Representatives Dianne Primavera and Mike Foote with Gale

Gale and Imagine! Foundation Past President Walt Pounds

Colorado State Senator Rollie Heath, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County President Josie Heath, and Gale

Gale and Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett

Signage identifying the newly named Aaron Matthew Tuneberg Conference Room

Imagine! CEO Mark Emery

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to Imagine! include:

Friend ($1-$249) 
(includes Imagine! Employee Payroll Deductions, Q4) 
Rick Brown
Carol Chesser
Mark Emery

Susan Gabriel
Jessica Gaylord
Jasmine Hammond
Martha Heimbaugh
Fred Hobbs
Victoria Johnson
Eva Klemens
Patrick Krause
Richard Lowe
Stephanie MacAlpine
Colette Marie
Megan Mehm
Jackie and Rick Nelson
Rebecca Novinger
Heather Sabo
Deb and Doug Sandersen
Gail Scott
Caroline Siegfried
Victoria Thorne
Chantelle Tweten-Crumbliss
Jodi Walters
Greg Wellems
Sterling Wind

In-Kind Associate ($500-$999)
Bob and Judy Charles - furniture items for Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome garage sale

 As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Wish List Wendesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• Recreation Center passes or punch cards 
• Games for the Santa Fe Group Home in Broomfield: Trouble, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Connect 4, Hi Ho Cherry O, Go Fish, Operation, Guess Who, Quirkie, Matching Games, Puzzles of all levels of difficulty 
• A new set of silverware and a new dish set for Garden Place in Longmont 
• Non-fabric couch (6’), loveseat (5’), and chairs for Manhattan Apartments in Boulder 
• A new oven for Garden Place Home in Longmont Games/activities made especially for those with Alzheimer’s/dementia for Foothills Group Home in Boulder 
• Garden supplies and plants for the 19th Street Group Home in Boulder 

Check out the entire Wish List here.

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation include:

Bronze ($1,000-$2,499)
Chevron Matching Employee Funds

Friend ($1-$249)
Ken Hackbarth
IBM

In-Kind Friend ($1-$249)
Kiwanis Club of Longmont – wooden toys for Early Intervention clients

As always, we thank all of our generous donors. 

Wish List Wednesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• Gas Grill for the Santa Fe Group Home in Broomfield 
• Welcome bags for children with developmental disabilities entering a new foster care placement (blankets, PJs, stuffed animals, etc.) 
• iPads (many departments use these for clients ); heavy duty iPad covers 
• A set of four kitchen chairs for the Garden Place Home in Longmont 
• Picnic table for Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Arts and crafts baskets or gift certificates to Hobby Lobby/Michael’s for the Foothills Group Home in Boulder 
• Winter holiday decorations for the new Next Step Group Home in Broomfield: a very large tree, a star or angel to put on top, many lights, boughs of holly, ornaments, statue types of decorations that can be placed on tables or mantles (no candles or candle holders), a wreath 

Check out the entire Wish List here.

Thank You Thursday

Recent generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation include:

Friend ($1-$249)
Safeway – for Imagine!’s CORE/Labor Source department
Thelma Whitaker

In-Kind Bronze ($1,000-$2,499)
James Mauler – framed pictures for Imagine!'s Innovations department

In-Kind Supporter ($250-$499)
Shawn Jaques - games, puzzles, wooden train sets

As always, we thank all of our generous donors. 

Wish List Wednesday

Welcome to the latest edition of The Wish List. Included below are items that would augment and enhance Imagine! programs and services for the individuals we serve and would be much appreciated. If you are able to provide an item, please contact Patti Micklin at pmicklin@imaginecolorado.org or 303-926-6443. Pick-up for large items can be provided, and your contribution is tax deductible. If you prefer to provide a cash gift to be used for the purchase of one of the items below, that would also be most welcome. Please check out this blog every Wednesday to see new Wish List Items.

This week's Wish List:

• Recliners (electric or manual) for 19th Street Group Home 
• Basketball goal for Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Essential Tremor adaptive utensils, clothing, computer aids, writing devices, etc. for individuals with hand tremors at the Foothills Group Home in Boulder (http://essentialtremor.org/treatments/assistive-devices/) 
• New carpet for two bedrooms at Garden Place in Longmont 
• New barrier free lifts for moving individuals from wheelchair to bed or bath (being safer for clients and for staff) at the 19th Street Group Home in Boulder (we received a $200 donation towards these $3,000 units!) 
• American Furniture Warehouse gift certificates for upgrades in furniture at Garden Place in Longmont, at and the Foothills Group Home and the Manhattan Group Home in Boulder 
• Two camping lanterns for Out & About Catalog evening activities 

Check out the entire Wish List here.