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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is running a national story today featuring glitzy galas like Carousel of Hope, the Denver-born and Beverly Hills-based money machine created by socialite Barbara Davis. Davis “started the Children’s Diabetes Foundation in 1977 when her daughter, Dana, was diagnosed with the disease. When Davis broke the news of their daughter’s condition to her husband, the late oil and entertainment tycoon Marvin Davis, “he said, ‘Take care of it.'”
MORE HERE on that visit by Bill and Melinda Gates this week.
CU-BOULDER ENGINEERING PROF awarded $875,000 Packard Fellowship.
LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO, Ashley Kasprzak was hired as executive director of Team Fort Collins, a nonprofit drug and alcohol prevention service, the Northern Colorado Business Report writes. “Although new to the position with TFC, Kasprzak has more than 20 years of professional experience with nonprofit organizations, and a dedication to partnering with the business community.”
HONORED BY BBB OF DENVER/BOULDER: Outreach United Resource Center Inc. of Longmont, which helps move people toward self-sufficiency.
NEW ADVERTISER: NECRO NOCHE
What’s even better than a Halloween party at Linger? A Halloween party at Linger to support a good cause! Join us for Necro Noche, a spooky fundraiser on October 29th, featuring:
~ The best in local restaurant fare from Linger, Cholon, Beast & Bottle, Twelve, Row14 and more
~ Complimentary cocktails
~ Killer entertainment
~ Interactive fun ‘n’ games
~ Costumes required (badass prize for the best costume)
~ $100 General Admission tickets include: heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and entertainment
~ $150 VIP tickets include: early access to cocktail hour at 6pm, a private party tent on the roof, and a $25 gift certificate to Linger
~ 100% of net proceeds benefit The GrowHaus.
ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.
THE DENVER CSU ALUMNI NETWORK is looking for projects in the first half of 2013 to participate in as a volunteer group. Email: knpohly@yahoo.com
PEOPLE AND PETS, get ready for a meow-ling good time at Avogadro’s Number Friday night. The Fort Collins Cat Rescue and Spay/Neuter Clinic is hosting its fourth annual “Meow-loween” costume party.
LATEST ‘CAPTURED EVENTS’ ON BLACKTIE
October 17, 2012 – 12th Annual Men for the Cure
October 13, 2012 – “Be Beautiful Be Yourself” Continues to Shine
October 01, 2012 – Stories of Hope: Alternatives to Family Violence
BLACKTIE’S SISTER COMPANY, Efficient Tickets, is now selling tickets for the Halloween Masquerade Ball, an Oct. 26 Halloween party to raise money for the survivors of the Aurora and Columbine Tragedy. It’s hosted by Phoenix999 a non-profit charity created by the survivors of the Columbine Tragedy and by Friends of Humanity a local volunteer group that helps local charities raise money.
CONSIDER EFFICIENT TICKETS for your next ticketed event. Online ticketing is inexpensive, consumer-friendly and provides your organization with valuable purchasing and entrance data. Contact Brett McCann-Lehl at 303-339-3819.
DO YOU OPERATE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO? The Jonathan and Shari Fox Family Foundation has announced the grant applications for the 2012 year will be accepted starting immediately and will continue until Oct. 26
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE had a catered dinner and opportunities for lots of conversation, and many took part in enthusiastic auction bidding during the Sept. 12 Englewood Education Foundation Fall Fling.
LAKESHORE FOUNDATION awarded $25,000 grant from USOC, Veterans Affairs.
CASH FOR PROGRESS? There’s a reward waiting for Moises Banuelos if he passes the standardized tests in three Advanced Placement classes he’s taking this semester at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School: $100 for each qualifying score.
HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING DONATION REQUESTS? Blacktie can set up a website for your business or organization that makes it easy for you to be responsive to charity requests and carefully manage all aspects of the process. Here’s a request page we set up for a local company. For information about BT Donation Tracker, call Don Knox at 720-272-0961.
DID YOU KNOW? You can advertise your nonprofit event easily and affordably to 300,000 readers in the 17 Colorado Community Media newspapers from Thornton to Castle Rock? Blacktie offers discounted rates to organizations that have not previously advertised in the CCM publications. These publications include Arvada Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News-Press, Englewood Herald, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Westminster Window, Westsider and Wheat Ridge Transcript. Call Brett McCann-Lehl or Don Knox at 303-832-2903 for more details!
COMING EVENTS ON BLACKTIE: DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER!
10/19/2012 – Mark Wynn Presents Domestic Violence Investigation and Intervention Training
10/19/2012 – Future for Families Gala
10/20/2012 – Hope Lives “Celebrating Life in the Pink” Gala
10/20/2012 – Sense of Security – Champagne & Diamonds 2012
10/20/2012 – SafeHouse Denver’s Hope Gala: Celebrating the Women, Children and Youth of SafeHouse Denver
10/20/2012 – Teen with a Dream & Garfield Estates Vineyard Wine Tasting
10/20/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/20/2012 – Shake, Rattle and Groan ZOMBIE PROM
10/21/2012 – Making Waves in Colorado Ocean Symposium and the Ocean Celebration
10/21/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/21/2012 – Making Waves In Colorado, Ocean Celebration
10/22/2012 – Excelsior Youth Center’s Chef and Wine Dinner at Venice Ristorante
10/23/2012 – NCNRC October Nonprofit Monthly Networking Event
10/23/2012 – United Nations Association Denver presents United Nations Trivia Night
10/24/2012 – Happy Hour at McLoughlin’s Benefiting the YESS Institute
10/24/2012 – LIGHT | An Illuminated Celebration of the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park
10/24/2012 – AWS Pete Marczyk Battle Royale! New World vs. Old World Wines
10/25/2012 – Sustainability Dine-a-logue: Special Election Edition
10/25/2012 – The Brief
10/25/2012 – LOL: A Comedy Benefit for Think 360 Arts
10/26/2012 – Circles of Change
10/26/2012 – Friends of Manual Breakfast
10/26/2012 – Logo Design Basics
10/26/2012 – Mapleton Education Foundation “Storybook Ball”
10/27/2012 – City Slicker Soiree to benefit Roundup River Ranch
10/29/2012 – The GrowHaus — Necro Noche
10/30/2012 – 10th Annual Partners for a Bold Future Breakfast
10/30/2012 – Friends of the Haven Annual Fundraiser and Dinner
10/30/2012 – Chefs 180 featuring Daniel Asher of Linger
10/31/2012 – CBCA’s 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver Culture
10/31/2012 – Martian Sock Hop Halloween Ball Benefitting the Historic Elitch Theatre
11/1/2012 – Denver Republican 1st Thursday Breakfast
11/1/2012 – Colorado “I Have A Dream” Foundation annual gala
11/2/2012 – Christ the King’s Fall Fest 2012
11/3/2012 – Broomfield Early Childhood Summit
11/5/2012 – Denver Business Forum: Latin America presented by the MSU Denver School of Business
11/7/2012 – Stout Street Foundation’s Annual Fall Luncheon and Silent Auction
11/7/2012 – The Denver Scholarship Foundation’s 2012 Ed Gala- Presented by DaVita and the Thiry O’Leary Foundation
11/8/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/8/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/8/2012 – 21st Annual Civil Rights Awards
11/8/2012 – A Taste for Life benefiting Project Angel Heart
11/8/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/9/2012 – 2012 Statewide Sustainability Roundtable
11/9/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/9/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/9/2012 – Sport Sales Workshop
11/9/2012 – National Philanthropy Day in Colorado
11/9/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/10/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/10/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/10/2012 – “Wine with Friends” Assumption 100 year Gala Event
11/10/2012 – CMF & RMCMA’s Feast for the Senses
11/13/2012 – CJPW’s Focus on Formal Networking
11/13/2012 – University of Colorado Depression Center Fall Fundraising Luncheon
11/13/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/14/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/15/2012 – CPGR Luncheon Program
11/15/2012 – Benefits 101
11/15/2012 – Bright Beginnings Goodnight Moon Gala
11/15/2012 – Rooting Down, Rising Up
11/17/2012 – KATA Foundation’s Bravehearts Hoot ‘N’ Holler
11/17/2012 – The Humane Society of the United States & Prairie Dog Coalition’s Annual Gala- Living on Burrowed Time
11/27/2012 – NCNRC November Monthly Nonprofit Networking Event
11/28/2012 – Capitol Rock
11/30/2012 – Introduction to Arts Integration
DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.
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