Thank You Thursday!

This week’s roundup of generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation includes:

Cash Donations

Bronze ($1,000-$2,500)
John & Susie Hayes

Supporter ($250-$499)
In Memory of Gary Daum
  From Elevations Credit Union

Friend ($1-$249)
David & Susan Boennighausen

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Thank You Thursday!

This week’s roundup of generous donations to the Imagine! Foundation includes:

Cash Donations

Associate ($500-$999)
Seth & Jennifer McGuire

Supporter ($250-$499)
Amgen Foundation Matching Gift to Bob Edson
Rick & Jackie Nelson through the Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
Daniel & Sandra Stevens

Friend ($1-$249)
Lisa Curtis
United Way of Tri-County, Inc. on behalf of Robert Kretsch

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Save The Date: CORE/Labor Source Art Show June 21

Please save the date, Friday, June 21, for an Imagine! CORE/Labor Source art show and performance at the Dairy Center for the Arts, located at 2590 Walnut Street in Boulder.

The art opening and reception will begin at 5:00 pm, with refreshments provided by the Dairy Center for the Arts. The performance will begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is free, and donations are accepted.

The art work will be available for purchase, with money from art sales to be distributed between the artist who created the piece and CORE/Labor Source to help pay for more materials and opportunities for learning, growth, expression, and integration. Proceeds from the performance will go to CORE/Labor Source.

Pictured below are: Gerald learning to mix colors with Art Instructor Bridget in preparation to paint a canvas for the art show, Stephanie creating her splatter paint masterpiece, Joey carefully creating his canvas masterpiece for the art show at the Dairy Center, who began laughing and smiling from ear to ear as Erika took his photo, and Lindsey delicately mixing colors with the assistance of Art Instructor Bridget.

Thank You Thursday!

This week’s roundup of generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation includes:

Cash Donations

Silver ($2,500-$4,999)
Faith Community Lutheran Church – Grant for $2,775 to provide financial assistance in crisis situations affecting Longmont residents with developmental disabilities

Friend ($1-$249)
Apple Matching Gift Program
Bob & Amanda Brown
Vincent Cervantes
David & Darlene Foy
Iva Richter
John & Jodi VanMatre

In-Kind Donations

Friend ($1-$249)
Panera Bread – Discount on box lunches for Imagine! Provider Fair and waived delivery charge

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

CU President’s Leadership Class Students Organize Imagine! Service Dog Visit

On April 16, a service dog in training through Freedom Service Dogs visited Imagine! CORE/Labor Source classes so the Imagine! consumers in the classes could meet the dog, Koopa, and ask questions to the dog’s trainer, Jane, about what a service dog does.

The visit was organized by eleven students in the University of Colorado President’s Leadership Class. As a class project, the students chose to hook up two nonprofits in a way that might be mutually beneficial to both organizations. Only four of the students attended the visit, as they didn’t want to overwhelm the CORE/Labor Source classes, and other students had class conflicts. The four students who attended are: Andrea Arreguin, Alexandria Harding, Jimmy Owsley, and Hannah Steketee.

Thanks to all the students who helped to organize this visit, and thank you to Jane and Freedom Service Dogs for bringing Koopa to visit the CORE/Labor Source classes.

Pictured in the photos below, (top) from the left are Cari (in yellow sweater) with Art Instructor Bridget, Koopa, and his trainer Jane; (bottom) Frank pets Koopa with Jane to the left.

Thank You Thursday!

This week’s roundup of generous donors to the Imagine! Foundation includes:

Cash Donations

Bronze ($1,000-$2,500)
Maureen Kelly -- for Dayspring

Supporter ($250-$499)
Sandy Gryzmala

Friend ($1-$249)
Brighton Smiles, P.C.
Jeff & Shalee Euston – for Dayspring
In Honor of Sheila Goetz, “who has been such a tremendous help to our son and family” – for Dayspring
  From Scot Davidson
Yu-Chen Lin
Robert & Barbara Mohr
John & Sandy Ross

In-Kind Donations

Associate ($500-$999)
Eugenie Morton – dishwasher, microwave, and stove for Imagine! residential sites

Friend ($1-$249)
Denver Boulder Couriers – Two courier trips
King Soopers-Lafayette -- $25 gift Card for the Imagine! Provider Fair
Target -- $25 Gift Card for the Imagine! Provider Fair
Vitamin Cottage – 50 reusable grocery bags for the Imagine! Provider Fair

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Girl Scouts Make Gift Baskets For Imagine!’s Children’s Foster Care Program

All the children in Imagine!'s Innovations for Children's foster care program had a wonderful surprise this spring thanks to a local Girl Scout troop! The troop completed a community service project that involved all of the girls designing and then making spring time gift baskets for the foster children. The gifts baskets were composed of small gifts and boxes of Girl Scout cookies. The foster children who received the baskets were extremely thankful and excited, and the girl scouts reported that creating the baskets and being able to give to the kids was a great experience!

Pictured below with baskets to take to their foster children are Pema (left, in black) and Tenzing (in white); and Dhargay (left, in gray), and Yangchen (in blue).

Thank You Thursday!

This week’s roundup of recent donors to Imagine! includes:

Cash Donations

Associate ($500-$999)
Michael Zimmerman

Supporter ($250-$499)
Anonymous


Friend ($1-$249)
Ball Corporation – Matching Gift to contribution by David Wilson
Barbara Farmer
Ina Gwin
Ron & Carolyn Hughes
Nancy Jelen – for the SmartHomes Project
In Memory of Maureen Kelly, “my son’s beloved speech language therapist, who was a gentle, supportive, brilliant therapist and a kind person . . .”
  From Elizabeth Lichtenstein
Melanee Krueger
Pat & Kurt Lindeman
Kathryn Lynott
Charles & Romy Purshouse
Dan & Sandra Stevens
James & DeDe Williams

As always, we thank all of our generous donors.

Thanks, Whitney!

Today we’d like to say “thank you” and “good luck” to Whitney Blair, who resigned her position as President of Imagine!’s Board of Directors at last night’s monthly board meeting.

Whitney is leaving to pursue a fantastic job opportunity out of state, and we wish her all the best. But we will miss her greatly. Her passion for Imagine! and the people we serve is inspiring, and her enthusiasm is infectious. Her solid board leadership has kept Imagine! focused on our mission through challenging times, and we are deeply thankful for her commitment and hard work.

Thanks, Whitney, for all you have done for this organization!

Imagine! CEO Mark Emery and Whitney Blair