Here’s to Life Inner City in Denver, Colorado hosted its 6th Annual Event Wine Tasting on Saturday, March 27th, 2010 in the Adirondack Room at the Tivoli Center on the Auraria Campus in Denver. This event annually raises more than $10,000 to help Here’s Life Inner City continue to serve youth in many of Denver’s poorest neighborhoods.
Here’s Life Inner City is a faith-based non-profit organization offering training and resources to serve urban churches that reach out to “at-risk” inner city children, youth and young adults. Its mission is to “engage the body of Christ in urban youth ministry”. This year, Vacation Homes For Charity was able to help connect the charity with both a home in Belize and Panama. Thank you Las Terrazas Resort in Ambergris Caye, Belize and to the managers of Oceanfront Panama for your generosity!
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“Twelve years ago Bo said she wanted to have a boxing match to raise money for the foundation,” Dick Marconi said at the 12th Annual Fight Night at the Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin on Friday night. “But I told her not to do it. She’d lose money,” Marconi cautioned. The naysayer was a former Golden Gloves champ, who had kept his ties to boxing over the years and knows its history of corruptness. The outcome? Because Bo was in charge of the foundation and wanted to raise money for kids, she persisted and netted $70,000 that first Fight Night. “It was worth it,” she said, in talking to her over the weekend and finding out that Friday’s event netted an amazing $500,000, in spite of a fledgling economy.
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Within the Philanthropy arena, all who are associated know fundraising is a challenging task. Many of us were rudely awakened during the past year as the economic downturn exponentially affected charities, non-profits and philanthropies. From the local animal shelter to international aid groups, contributions and funding were and continue to be challenging.
However, bright spots did emerge including out outpouring of support during the days following the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti. Even during the darkest days of the recession, The New York Times Neediest Case Fund received donations, many from those who lost their employment and struggled to makes end meet, yet were willing and able to donate a few dollars to help those whose needs were greater. As many of us in the Philanthropy world know, charity never takes a vacation.
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