Giving in Action

• Bridge House

  Over the past decade we have honed our programming, focusing services on opportunity-based and transitional assistance for our clients. By providing meals as an entry point we are able to engage our homeless and low income clients in more in-depth services through a detailed intake and assessment. Our priority is to provide a range of comprehensive services that offer a concrete path out of homelessness. In Boulder County, we are the only organization that offers transitional employment and housing as well as year-round overnight sheltering coupled with housing-focused case management. Our diverse programs are not only ground breaking but are best practice and have proven to be an efficient and effective track towards moving our clients to self-sufficiency. Goals: Our goal is to address the diverse obstacles homeless individuals face. Bridge House offers a continuum of care to address the underlying causes of homelessness and providing a clear pathway in order for our clients to transition off the streets. Through Ready to Work - an employment and housing program, and our Path to Home - summer overnight sheltering combined with housing-focused case management, we have created concrete opportunities to actively engage our clients and help them address their challenges to obtaining mainstream employment and housing. We have taken a leadership role in creating new and effective solutions to homelessness in Boulder. Our Path to Home overnight sheltering not only offers a safe place to sleep, but includes intensive case management service plan as a pathway out of homelessness. Our basic needs outreach case management includes services such as benefit sign up, health and dental care, access to mental health, sobriety support, and assessment for housing all on a drop in basis. Our award winning Ready to Work program - a "work first" model combing paid employment in social enterprise, with housing and supportive services. We currently employ and house 44 individuals transitioning out of homelessness at any given time. Current Programs: Our programs work across a continuum known as our "Bridge of Opportunity". We connect our clients to the appropriate services that they need to move out of homelessness. All of our programs have been modified throughout our 20 years in operation to ensure we are providing adequate and comprehensive services for our clients while adapting to community and regional dynamics. In 2016, we served 107,343 meals and saw 1,800 individuals through our case management services. The Ready to Work program had 100 participants with a 77% success rate for those that graduated and completed the program. Since we began our new program Path to Home in July we expect our outreach case management numbers to increase in 2017.

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• Community Sailing of Colorado, LTD.

  Our goal is to provide a fun, safe, engaging experience with the sport of sailing throughout the Denver area and Front Range. We offer programs for the entire family including youth, adult and adaptive sailing programs for those with disabilities. Our season runs from April-October with a majority of our programs running throughout the summer months. Let's go sailing!

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• Intermountain Humane Society

  IMHS is the ONLY animal shelter in over 2700 square miles. IMHS is the only shelter in Park County and the only shelter anywhere from Golden to Buena Vista. We are independent and receive NO government funding. We rely on the support of folks like you donating and volunteering to us. We are a tiny, rural shelter, with only a couple of full time staff, a few part timers and the rest are all dedicated volunteers. In 2016 alone we saved 635 dogs and cats.

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• Youth Celebrate Diversity

  YCD creates eye-opening experiences for high school and college-aged youth to explore and address pressing social issues in their school, on their campus and throughout their community. Our vision is that one day, every teen in America will feel safe to achieve in school, no matter who they are.

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