Nonprofit Network – Feb. 20, 2015

BRIEFS
United Way of Larimer County presented its inaugural Campaign of the Year award to the Fort Collins Coloradoan and Spirit of Giving awards to the town of Estes Park, Anheuser-Busch and The Group Inc. Real Estate. James Walters of Enterprise Holdings was named Campaign Coordinator of the Year. The awards were presented at a Feb. 5 event at the Agave Room in Fort Collins.

FUNDRAISERS
Longmont-based Left Hand Brewing Co. presented $14, 233 to A Precious Child, which provides clothing and other basic essentials to impoverished children and their families. The brewery presents Longmont’s annual two-day Oktoberfest and selects local children’s charities each year as recipients of the festival’s proceeds. The Sept. 26-27 Oktoberfest at Roosevelt Park featured Left Hand, Oskar Blues, Pumphouse, 300 Suns, Grossen Bart, Longs Peak and Shoes & Brews. The event was made possible through a partnership between First National Bank, Longmont Times Call, Elevations Credit Union, Best Western Plus, High Plains Bank and the Heart of Longmont.

GOOD DEEDS
The Weld County Commissioners delivered 30 laptop computers to the new Boys and Girls Club at Twomblhy Elementary School in Fort Lupton on Feb. 9. The laptops are a part of the county PC refresh program and have reached the end of their life-cycle.

Comcast NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK),  provided airtime valued at $2 million to promote Longmont-based First Nations Development Institute’s 30-second public service announcements on cable channels during March and December. As in 2014, the 2015 spots will run in 30 Comcast markets nationwide. First Nations serves Native American communities throughout the United States.

GRANTS
NCMC Inc. donated $250,000 to the College Promise Health Care Scholarship Fund, according to the Aims Community College Foundation. The fund, launched in Greeley in 2007, has helped 629 students attend Aims; 116 of them received certificates and/or degrees related to health careers.

GroupGives, charitable arm of The Group Inc. Real Estate in Fort Collins, in January awarded $1,500 to Pathways Hospice, $3,000 to Project Self-Sufficiency, $3,000 to Mountain States Children’s Home and $1,000 to Disabled Resources.

Fort Collins-based Pathways Hospice received a grant for $10,000 from the Virginia W. Hill Foundation. The funds will go toward general operating support, with a portion serving specifically to improve access to quality health care for those with limited financial means.

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