Nonprofit Network, Nov. 13, 2015

BRIEFS

Volunteers are needed for a veterans’ appreciation event and resource fair from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 14, at the McKee Building at the Ranch complex in Loveland. Thrivent Financial is partnering with nearly two dozen local nonprofit organizations to stage the event. Volunteers are being sought for a variety of tasks, but mostly to serve as hosts to veterans and their families, guiding them through the fair to ensure that they are receiving all the services that would be of benefit to them. To volunteer, contact Renata Meusch at 970-667-7340 or Renata.Meusch@Thrivent.com

FUNDRAISERS

More than 150 community members were to participate in the fourth annual Sleep Out for Homeless Youth on Nov. 12 in Boulder as part of Homeless and Runaway Youth Awareness Month. Participants slept on the lawn between the office of Attention Homes, the only shelter for youth in Boulder County providing day drop-in services and overnight shelter, and First United Methodist Church, near 15th and Spruce streets. They pledged to each raise $1,000 for Attention Homes from friends, family and colleagues through their own fundraising page. Sleep Out was expected to raise more than $150,000 to support Attention Homes’ homeless and runaway youth services. Before the sleep-out, participants took part in a simple meal provided by Pasta Jay’s, Abo’s Pizza and Snooze Eatery.

GOOD DEEDS

Four IBMC College cosmetology students in Fort Collins volunteered on Nov. 6 for Catholic Charities, providing free haircuts to at-risk veterans. The college also provided complimentary bottles of hand sanitizer to event participants, as well as information about IBMC programs and further education opportunities.

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