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our Make a positive impact in the lives of disadvantaged and displaced children by joining
A Precious Donor's Club. Click here to print out A Precious Donor's form, fill it out, and return it to:
557 Burbank Street, Unit E
Broomfield, CO 80020.
Your monthly contributions are critical to our operations. Help us provide clothing, shoes, diapers, wipes, sports equipment, and school supplies, free of charge, to children in need!
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A Precious Child is running very low on diapers, baby food, and wipes! |  | |
A Precious Child's Basics 4 Babies program provides diapers, wipes, baby formula, and other necessities to low income families and pregnant teenagers. Basics 4 Babies was developed in response to the high volume of requests for diapers and other necessities from our clients, partners, and the community. Basics 4 Babies is a direct aid to mothers and families that might otherwise ration or go without basic necessity for their babies.
Please help by donating diapers, baby food and baby wipes!
* we are completely out of newborn diapers and sizes 3, 4, 5, and 6! |
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Volunteer of the Month |  | |
A Precious Child is happy to recognize Angelo Saint-Veltri as the volunteer of the month. Angelo is a recent graduate of East High School in Denver. In between playing and coaching rugby for 7 and 8 year olds, Angelo volunteers three days a week for A Precious Child. He has been instrumental in helping in 'receiving' where he helps sort, inventory, and display donated clothing and other essentials. Angelo has also helped train and coordinate volunteers and has been a great role model for kids performing community service. Thanks Angelo for all of your hard work and dedication to helping children and families in need! |
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the 3rd Annual Golf for A Precious Child Tournament
A Precious Child raised over $26,000 with the help of our golfers, sponsors and volunteers! These funds will go directly to the Fill-A-Backpack program to provide backpacks filled with school supplies to children whose parents or guardians could not otherwise afford them!
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Dear Supporters,
Happy 4th of July! A Precious Child is excited to inform you that in the last three months alone, you have donated $174,832 worth of clothing and essentials which has enabled us to distribute $190,216 worth of clothing and essentials to children and families in desperate need! Thank you for your continued and much needed support.
As you can see, the need is greater than the supply so please keep your in-kind and monetary donations coming!
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giveSPORTS Launch
A Precious Child will officially launch the giveSPORTS program on Tuesday, July 12th from 4:00 - 6:00 PM (4:30 PM keynote speaker) at Noah's Event Center located at 11885 North Bradburn Boulevard in Westminster. The community is invited to join in the giveSPORTS launch festivities which will include special appearances by sports celebrities such as Darius Holland, former Denver Bronco Defensive Tackle and local youth, college and professional players representing basketball, baseball, football, and soccer.
Attendees will have the opportunity to take photos with players while enjoying great tailgating food and music. There will also be a chance to win door prizes. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring new and gently-used sports equipment that will be distributed by giveSPORTS to kids throughout the region who otherwise would not have the proper equipment to participate in a sport. Donations are also being accepted on an ongoing basis at A Precious Child located at 557 Burbank Street, Unit E in Broomfield. We are in need of basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, golf, and softball gear.
Mike Bohn, University of Colorado's Athletic Director, will be the keynote speaker. Special attendees will include Stan Garnett, Boulder District Attorney; Don Quick, Adams County District Attorney; Nancy McNally, Mayor of Westminster; and Pat Quinn, Mayor of Broomfield. Colorado youth athletic leagues that will be in attendance include Broomfield Soccer Club, Thunder Baseball League, Blitz Football, JAM Basketball and Legacy High School.
For Additional information please visit www.APreciousChild.org or call 303.466.4272. |
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A Girl Scout Project: Collecting Equipment for Kids in Need
Lyndsey Babcock a regular volunteer for A Precious Child and active community member was charged with creating a Gold Award project for her Girl Scouts. She decided to hold softball camps and collect sports equipment for A Precious Child. She held two camps at Greenway park in Broomfield with the help of the Broomfield High School softball team. Lyndsey said:
"For my Girl Scout Gold Award project I ran two softball camps for girls ages 5-9. I asked each girl to donate new or used sports equipment for APrecious Child. I also asked friends, family, and my high school softball team to help with these donations. So far, I have collected over 90pieces of equipment. It was a great experience and my hope is to continue collecting sports equipment for children and adults in need."
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Fill-A-Backpack Gets Underway  The Fill-A-Backpack program strives to maximize the academic potential of disadvantaged children by providing backpacks filled with school supplies to children who otherwise would begin school unprepared. A Precious Child works closely with organizations, social services, foster associations, churches, schools, fire and police departments, and volunteers to fill backpacks with supplies and distribute them to children in need. Would you like to volunteer or donate? Please contact Courtney Rogers at 303-466-4272 or email courtneyrogers@apreciouschild.org The 2010 F.A.B. program provided over 2,200 backpacks filled with school supplies to needy children. |
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Client Stories
 Being the oldest of six children and having two parents that are unemployed, Jeffrey was accustomed to sacrificing some of the things he
enjoyed for the betterment of his family. When Jeffrey expressed to his dad that he wanted to be a catcher on the local baseball team this year, his dad was concerned that they would be unable to afford the expensive catching gear and registration fees. Jeffrey's dad soon realized that he was able to sign up as a coach to have the registration fees waived. However, this now meant that not only would they have to buy Jeffrey gear; they now needed coaching supplies as well.
When Jeffrey's dad and younger siblings came into A Precious Child they were overcome with joy when they found our giveSPORTS section. Not only
were they able to get catching gear for Jeffrey, they also found "coaching kits" that were donated by Dick's Sporting Goods, complete with balls,
bags, and line-up sheets, for his dad. As they were picking out catcher's helmets, a very excited Jeffrey exclaimed, "I don't have to borrow my team's equipment anymore, I can actually bring my own!" The pride and confidence Jeffrey exuded from being able to bring his own equipment to his games was shown by the large smile on his face.
Click here to read more incredible stories from A Precious Child. |
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"Making a Difference"
Four area churches, Nativity, St. Thomas, St. Louis, and Holy Trinity come together every year to form the Making a Difference Work Camp. Approximately 40 middle school and high school children, led by youth ministers get together to help local nonprofit organizations.
A Precious Child was among many organizations that benefited from their hard work! Thank you for lending your time to help those less fortunate!
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Holy Trinity Church Volunteers
Volunteers from Holy Trinity Church have been donating valuable time in A Precious Child Central Clothing Bank! Thank you...your help means so much! |
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Journey's Backyard BBQ Participants  Jocelyn Schilling and Claire Duclox participating in Journey's Backyard BBQ Converse decorating context. Claire Duclox recently received the Broomfield Youth Recognition Award, BYRA. Congrats Claire and thank you both for being so active in the community! |
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