Nonprofit Network, Dec. 11, 2015

FUNDRAISERS

Human Bean coffee shops in Northern Colorado raised a combined $40,048 for local cancer projects on Oct. 23 through its 10th annual Coffee for a Cure event. The shops donated proceeds from sales to the health-care facilities. The three Fort Collins locations presented $15,048 to the Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies Oncology Patient and Family Support Fund. Money raised at the four Weld County stands will be donated to the North Colorado Medical Center Breast Cancer Fund.

GRANTS

Sixteen Colorado school districts along the Front Range including Weld County School District 6, Poudre School District R-1 and Thompson School District R2 J received a combined $968,080 in Thriving Schools grant funding from Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Inc. to help increase physical activity and wellness before, during and after school for Colorado’s students.

Broomfield-based Alliance Data on Nov. 19 donated $5,000 to local nonprofit A Precious Child to help serve disadvantaged children in Colorado. A portion of funds donated will be used to support Precious Boutique, a program that provides clothes to children facing poverty and other difficult circumstances through clothing banks set up in schools and shelters around the Denver metro area.

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