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The Solera National Bank Community Spirit Grant Contest launched one month ago. Since then, nine nonprofit organizations have entered the contest to win the $2,000 grant by submitting inspirational, informative videos. The City of Lakewood's Camp Paha and Paha Adults in Transition is currently in the lead; more than 100 people have voted in support of the video they submitted. We have featured each of the videos below and on the Solera Says News Blog. You still have plenty of time to enter the contest and garner votes for the organization you support. Get involved with Solera National Bank's Community Spirit Campaign by visiting our Facebook Contest App today!
Sincerely,
Doug Crichfield
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Camp Paha: 111 votes
Camp Paha leads the charge with 111 votes! This nonprofit provides alternative summer activities to children and young adults with disabilities. Offered in Jefferson County, the camp serves as a safe escape where children and teens can meet new friends, build confidence, and develop new skills. Enjoy this lighthearted video and watch the kids' creative rendition of Katy Perry's song "Firework." For more information, visit their website. |
Shiloh House: 95 votes
Shiloh House is a treatment center for youth that has four campuses across the Denver Metro Area. They work with youth and their families in homes or in schools to support their achievement before expulsion, placement outside of the home, or criminal activity. Watch their video, or visit their website for more information. |
Mile High Youth Corps: 50 votes
Mile High Youth Corps works with young adults to build a more promising future for Denver. Under Mile High Youth Corps' guidance, these young people work to reduce energy and water consumption, build sustainable and low-income housing, improve trails and public parks, prevent devastation from Colorado wildfires, earn their GEDs and high school diplomas, and get college scholarships. Watch their video, and find out more by visiting their website. |
Denver Scholarship Foundation: 40 votes
The Denver Scholarship Foundation addresses the challenges that young students face, and gives us a solution: college. The organization sets up "Future Centers" in Denver high schools to help students recognize their dreams. Watch this uplifting video to see how the Denver Scholarship Foundation brightens the lives of low-income Denver youth. Learn more on their website. |
Art from Ashes: 38 votes
This beautiful video shares with us the importance of art and creativity in encouraging struggling youth. Through creative poetry workshops Art from Ashes helps young people grow through a process that includes listening and self-expression. This video captures the process through which young adults can use the power of poetry as a means of self-discovery. Visit their website for more information. |
Paradox Sports: 25 votes
Paradox Sports empowers disabled individuals through outdoor adventures. With professional support and adaptive equipment, Paradox Sports makes the impossible possible. Paradox Sports helps disabled outdoor enthusiasts overcome obstacles so that they can participate in sports like rock climbing, mountain biking, kayaking, and fly-fishing. Watch their video, and read more about the organization on their website. |
Community Credit Counseling Services: 21 votes
Community Credit Counseling Services is committed to helping Colorado families manage their finances through debt consolidation, credit report analysis and education, bankruptcy counseling, and group-based financial education classes. This video shows how, through bilingual counseling services, CCCS gives Denver families the tools they need to become financially independent. For more information, please visit their website. |
Centro San Juan Diego: 11 votes
Centro San Juan Diego, the institute for family and pastoral care for the Archdiocese of Denver, shares their history and the importance of serving Denver's growing Hispanic population in their Community Spirit video. Watch the video to meet the many faces of Centro San Juan Diego, and learn about their efforts to change lives through education and leadership. Visit their website for more information. |
Colorado "I Have a Dream" Foundation: 4 votes
What do you want to be when you grow up? This poetic Community Spirit video illustrates the Colorado "I Have a Dream" Foundation's commitment to helping children answer this question, and then find ways to turn dreams into reality. The organization seeks to confront child poverty and school dropout rates through mentoring, tutoring, college prep, and community service projects. Read more about this organization by visiting their website. |
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