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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Illegal Dumping Article

Take a look at this article and video that address why we are working on alley clean-ups and graffiti removal during The Big Day of Serving this Saturday, April 28.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30957643/detail.html

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Clean Up Your Act

To support April’s 30-Day Challenge: Clean Up Your Act, we’re asking you to tell us how you would freshen up your community this spring. Submit an idea here for a chance to win a $500 grant. 

The Big Day of Serving

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Website

http://thebigdayofserving.com/locations/spring-2012/denver

Overview of Idea

To mobilize hundreds of youth for one big day of serving on April 28 to make a signficant difference in the Westwood neighborhood of Denver, CO through cleaning alleys, removing graffiti, planting trees, planting backyard and community gardens, painting homes, and painting businesses.

idea specifics: what will the $500 fund?

To provide scholarships for neighborhood youth to participate in this event. $500 will enable 17 local youth to get involved in this event in order to impact their local community.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Here We Go: April Extreme Endeavors

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Extreme Community Makeover NewsletterApril Extreme Endeavors
April 2012
In This Issue
April 12: Spring Kick-Off Fundraiser
April 17: Volunteer Fest Colorado
April 28: The Big Day of Serving
March Volunteers
Recruiting Extreme Teams Volunteers
Thank You: Denver Mile High Rotary Club
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Greetings!
During the past couple months, we have been sharing some of the goals ECM has for this year with you:
1) providing incredible volunteer experiences
2) growing in your understanding of ECM
3) digging deeper
We hope that through gettting involved in Work Day projects, we'll provide a great experience for you, which challenges you to learn more about ECM and our long-term goals, which leads you to see how you can partner with ECM more often to help build stronger communities "one block at a time".
All of the events and opportunities that follow are ways we would like to invite you to participate in what's happening through ECM as we work toward these goals together. Hope to see you soon!
ECM Work Days
Here we go.....ECM Work Days are starting this weekend! To see the list of all available Work Day dates, click here.
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Saturday, April 14 @ 9:00 am (Barnum)
Barnum Recreation Center - 360 Hooker Street
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The Big Day of Serving: details below
Saturday, April 28 @ 7:30 am (Westwood)
Kepner Middle School - 911 South Hazel Court
To get involved, please RSVP to Angela and follow the links below to fill out the appropriate liability form.
April 12: Spring Kick-Off Fundraiser
We would like to invite you to join us for our spring kick-off event this Thurday, April 12 from 6:30-8:00 pm at the PorchLight Real Estate office at 838 Broadway. Click on the invitation below for all the details. Hope to see you there!
Spring Kick-Off Fundraiser
April 17: Volunteer Fest Colorado
Did you know that April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week? In honor of this week, there is a huge volunteer event at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Tuesday, April 17 where 80+ nonprofits (including ECM) will be celebrating, educating and recruiting volunteers. Come check it out!
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April 28: The Big Day of Serving
There is still time to get involved in The Big Day of Serving on Saturday, April 28. The goal is to see hundreds of youth participate during this one day of serving to impact the Westwood neighborhood in a significant way.
The early registration deadline is April 15, so make sure to get your group together and register today.
For more information about how to get involved, click here. Please spread the word to other youth you know as well.
March Volunteers
Thank you to all the groups who volunteered with ECM in March! Many of these groups spent part of their spring break to make a difference by gathering feedback from residents ECM worked with last year, cleaning alleys, removing graffiti, and organizing our tools and supplies.
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Recruiting Extreme Teams Volunteers
Now that we are getting back into the swing of Work Days and projects happening on an ongoing basis, we are recruiting volunteers to join our Extreme Teams. What are Extreme Teams? They are ways to get involved with ECM in a specific area on a more consistent basis.
Some teams get involved on Work Days through facilitating check-in, taking pictures, shooting videos, answering project questions, and many other things. Other teams contribute to Work Days through identifying projects, establishing supply connections, and following-up with residents after the Work Day. And other teams focus on strategies around communications, fundraising, and community development. For a description of each team, click here. Contact Angela with any questions you have and find out more about joining an Extreme Team today!
Thank You: Denver Mile High Rotary Club
The Denver Mile High Rotary Club is doing great work in Denver. As they have connected with ECM through their focus on the Villa Park neighborhood (one of ECM's target neighborhoods), they have decided to support ECM through providing a grant that has allowed us to purchase tools for projects that we are sometimes limited by due to insufficient resources. Now we have a lawn mower, weed eater, pole saw, chainsaw, ladders, brooms, shovels, and many other tools that we didn't have before, thanks to their generosity. The grant will also fund ECM's purchase of a database to enable us to do a better job of keeping up with our volunteers and donors, such as yourself. Thank you Denver Mile High Rotary Club!
Thank you for partnering with ECM to make a difference in Denver neighborhooods!
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Sincerely,
Extreme Community Makeover

Friday, April 6, 2012

New Tools

Thanks to a grant we received from the Denver Mile High Rotary Club, we were able to purchase all these great tools and supplies that will help us to do so many more projects this year!  Thank you!!!