Guests enjoyed an array of delicious food, beer and wine tastings at the 3rd annual Small Plates Big Heart event on Thursday, March 20th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Denver. This year’s attendees enjoyed live music from the…

There are basic rules of life, really. Treat people with respect. Have dignity, pride and focus in what you do. Strive to be the best that you can be. While not automatically followed in the world, these guidelines are basic…

Long before the great healthcare debate on how to provide affordable, accessible health insurance for Americans, one clinic with one physician decided to do something about the issue 25 years ago. From that small site blossomed what today is the…

Cardboard refrigerator boxes make perfect rocket ships. Or trains. Or Indy cars. When you’re young those big, brown, bendable, cut-able, blank canvases—which are just begging for illustration—are an unbeatable source for creativity. Thinking about and outside the cardboard box, Cherry…

Chicken Soup for the Soul is a widely recognized book title. Soup for the Soul, the annual fundraiser for Centura’s Porter Hospice, St. Anthony Hospice and The Butterfly Program, brings that title to life, as it connects its guests with…

Vegas, baby. Vegas! With masquerade attire, casino games and Mary Louise Lee’s sparkling vocals, HOPE Center’s ninth annual Vintage Vegas Casino Night…All That Glitters was a tribute to the 1930s—a time when legendary musicians introduced jazz to the French. Historic…

An event like none other, Kaleidoscope offers passionate donors an entire weekend of luxury at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Denver.  Proceeds benefit the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation and are specifically earmarked for the Patient and Family Assistance Fund, which…

Barely five feet tall, Michelle Sie Whitten is petite and unassuming; however, that has never stopped her from dreaming big and adjusting to life’s inevitable curveballs. She is the executive director of Global Down Syndrome Foundation which she co-founded with…

              Two extraordinary couples were inducted into the Pueblo Hall of Fame Friday night. Art and Lorraine Gonzales –It would be difficult to find a Pueblo “cause” or organization that Art and Lorraine Gonzales haven’t…

Following a very well orchestrated dress rehearsal event, the main event took place flawlessly–the Sue Miller “Evening of Caring.” The evening’s event marked not only the 30th anniversary of the original event, but also founder Sue Miller’s birthday. The evening…

“There’s nothing stuffy about it. Traditional instruments can play surprising music and that’s really fun.” – Suzanne Sarver, CSO Last evening two violins, one viola and a cello delicately rocked the room with music from Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the…

It started with a fashion model following her diagnosis in 1971. She felt like an ugly duckling, not nearly the beautiful woman that she was. Following her recovery, she found her beauty once again, and soon transformed into a swan….