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Community Service
While our focus at BWNFC is to
provide a variety of ways for our members to network and build
professional relationships that will benefit everyone involved, we love
and care for our community. As active citizens in Northern Colorado, we
are eager to help non-profit organizations. We have chosen the SAVA
Center as our yearly beneficiary, and we feature an additional
non-profit quarterly.
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2008
SAVA Center
A representative from the SAVA Center will present at the May 2008
meeting. We will make a monetary donation at the end of the year.
One of our quarterly social events will be volunteering for them. To
learn more about SAVA and how you can help visit
www.SAVAcenter.org.
Note:
The SAVA Center is currently seeking an Executive Director [details]
Be the Change - SAVA's
Story of Hope
The SAVA Center is the local rape crisis center serving Larimer
County. Be the Change offers you the chance to spend an hour
touring our office, meeting our staff, and hearing about how we
are making a difference in our community.
Please RSVP to SAVA at 472-4204 or
megan@savacenter.org
to reserve your spot at one of our sessions! Please feel free to
invite your friends and forward this to anyone who might be
interested!
Where & When
The SAVA Center - 331 South Meldrum, Fort Collins, CO 80521
(Just North of the Lincoln Center)
August 12th, 7:30am-8:30am
September 9th, 7:30am-8:30am
October 14th, 7:30am-8:30am
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April - June, 2008
Afghan Sewing Project
Fort Collins resident, Margret Stockton, has started a sewing
project as part of a self sufficiency program for Afghan women.
Margaret was present at our April 2008 meeting and sold $415 worth
of goods hand made by the Afghan women. To put that into
perspective, it provides 8 families with food for a month! Please
remember that Margaret would love to know of more venues to sell her
products and she always has items available. Contact Margaret at:
482-3727 or mjrsfc@comcast.net
or visit
www.afghanrelief.org.
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July - September, 2008
Project Smile
Project Smile provides a chance for area businesses,
churches, service organizations, groups and individuals to sponsor a
child in serious need of dental care. The first year of our program
is a pilot built around one of our most "at risk" schools, Irish
Elementary. It is the initial goal of the program to sponsor the 100
most "at risk" Irish Elementary children who have had from little or
no dental care.
Project Smile is a fantastic opportunity for the community to help
remove a major impediment to learning in our schools. And perhaps
even more important, it's an opportunity to literally change the
life of a small child.
Project Smile is a community dental program developed by the North
Fort Collins Business Association in partnership with other Fort
Collins area businesses, Irish Elementary School, PSD Partnership
Center, the Health District of Northern Larimer County, area
dentists and the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. The
program provides an opportunity for area businesses, organizations
and individuals to sponsor children in serious need of dental care.
The Realities For Children organization, serves as the "connecting
point" for the community to contact for further information about
the Project Smile program. They are happy to answer any questions
you may have or provide literature to better help clarify this
exciting opportunity for the youth in need.
To learn more, visit
http://www.realitiesforchildren.com/projectsmile/ to watch an
inspirational video.
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