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Blacktie for Business: Geena Davis shines as keynote speaker

September 24, 2012

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“I WANT TO PICK WOMEN IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN FATE’ Academy-Award-winning actress Geena Davis gave an amusing and passionate keynote speech during The Women’s Foundation of Colorado 25th anniversary luncheon Friday at The Colorado Convention Center, Penny Parker writes for Blacktie-Colorado. “The film that had the most impact on my life was Thelma and Louise,” Davis told the packed room, which erupted in applause. “First, I had to get cast. The movie was already cast, but they kept changing actors and in the end there were three Thelmas and Louises. My agent called every week for a year.”

GEENA DAVIS EVENT grossed $928K.

GEENA DAVIS CITES the feminist implications of “I Dream of Jeannie.”

HIGH-PROFILE SPECIAL MASTER: Kenneth Feinberg, the man called in to navigate compensation issues in nearly every American crisis, was appointed Friday as the “special master” to oversee the distribution of money donated to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund. At a late afternoon news conference at the Capitol, Feinberg said the nearly $5 million in air jordan 1 donations for victims of the Aurora theater shooting should be delivered “quickly without restriction.”

LATEST EVENTS ON BLACKTIE
* Women’s Foundation 25th Anniversary Luncheon, at the Convention Center
* Pink & Blue United, at the Ritz Carlton
* Third Annual Celebration of Women in Transition, at Mile Hi Celebration Hall
* Boys and Girls Clubs Take Flight to Luxury, at Centennial Airport

BOULDER NONPROFIT FOOD BANK uses volunteers on bikes to pick up food.

BIG NONPROFIT SALARIES in Aspen. 

LAWYER/PHILANTHROPIST BRUCE DEBOSKEY on “philanthropic love.”

VISIT DENVER OFFERS the “Great Denver Art Escape.”

NEW ADVERTISER: Colorado Horsecare Foodbank is promoting its Sept. 29 event “Hay Bales & Horse Tales” on the Blacktie calendar page.

ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.

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!

HOT OFF THE PRESSES: The latest Blacktie-Colorado Have You Heard newsletter.

U.S. BISHOPS tap Denver Catholic Charities CEO as justice department head.

PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT: Charity-calendar operator.

COMING EVENTS ON BLACKTIE
9/27/2012 – Keynote Address: The Promise of Sports-Based Positive Youth Development for Girls
9/27/2012 – Networking and Information Sharing Lunch for Colorado Leaders
9/27/2012 – Sustainability Dine-a-logue: Renewable Energy in Colorado
9/27/2012 – A Night of Excellence with the BBB
9/27/2012 – Colorado Youth for a Change 6th Annual Back to School Night Comedy Benefit
9/28/2012 – ADCD 2012 Annual Awards Show
9/29/2012 – Yampa Valley Wellness Conference 2012 – Building A Caring Community

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Blacktie For Business: Longmont Meetup Matches Nonprofits With Volunteers

September 17, 2012

FROM BLACKTIE-COLORADO.COM

MEETUP MATCHES NONPROFITS WITH VOLUNTEERS: Pairing business people with nonprofits that could use their help is the goal of the third annual Boulder County Board Match on Wednesday at Longmont’s Plaza Conference Center, the Longmont Times-Call reports. “For business people, it’s a chance to give back to their community and help out a cause they believe in. For the nonprofits, it’s a way to get assistance in areas where the management and staff of the nonprofit may have no air jordan 9 expertise. Social Venture Partners, a fund of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, has as its mission building relationships between individuals and nonprofits.”

CU FOUNDATION hires new chief financial officer.

DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY announces a one-night-only reading of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8.

CLIMBER DAVE WEST vows 14 14ers in 14 days for charity.

PENNY PARKER’S BLACKTIE ON THE TOWN: Hotmixology TV show headed for new LoDo bar of the same name.

STILL WAITING TO SEE DONATIONS: Colorado shooting victims.

LATEST EVENTS ON BLACKTIE
* Women Who’ve Changed The Heart of the City, at the Brown Palace
* “The Hamptons Come To Denver,” at the Clyfford Still Museum
* “FACES Presents Annual Grapes Against Wrath,” at DU School of Hospitality
* Dani’s Foundation “Hold ‘Em To Help ‘Em Challenge,” at the National Western Arena

CARING FOR COLORADO FOUNDATION awards nearly $3 million statewide.

STEPPING DOWN: Gill Foundation’s Tim Sweeney.

HOT OFF THE PRESSES: The latest Blacktie-Colorado Have You Heard newsletter.

NEW ADVERTISER: Colorado Horsecare Foodbank is promoting its Sept. 29 event “Hay Bales & Horse Tales” on the Blacktie calendar page.

ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.

SPACE FOUNDATION hosts Halloween fundraiser.

NONPROFIT PUSHING for red light cameras in Colorado.

ALTHOUGH WINDSOR RESIDENTS Jamison and Tammy Bohl didn’t take their suitcases to the Suitcase Party, they should have — for the free trip they won to Catalina Island.

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, air jordan 10 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
9/20/2012 – Cancer League of Colorado Annual Membership Luncheon 2012
9/20/2012 – Cherry Creek Business Women’s Network September, 2012 Luncheon
9/20/2012 – Behind the Curtain
9/21/2012 – Denver Press Club Hall of Fame Induction Dinner
9/22/2012 – Foothills Animal Foundation’s 2012 Raise the Woof! Gala
9/22/2012 – Rocky Mountain Childhood Cancer Foundation Chocolate Gala Event – Live Entertainment, Auctions, Dinner

COME SEE PALAZZO VERDI: Have you wanted to visit the new event venue Palazzo Verdi all dressed up? Our featured columnist Penny Parker is having her first Penny Parker Weddings event there at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. Blacktie is holding open 20 reservations for its valued nonprofit partners. Make your reservation today — this event is free.

DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.

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Blacktie Beat: Here’s Your Guide To The Best Event Registrations

May 10, 2012

Everyone asks me what’s the best way to find out about all the great charity events coming up locally? Blacktie Colorado, of course! Here are groups that have opened online event registration through Blacktie.   And don’ t forget to check Blacktie’s social calendar for new additions. — Penny Parker.

ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE COLORADO
ALLIANCE OF PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION – NORTHERN COLORADO
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO
AMC CANCER FUND
APPETITES UNITE
ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
ART DIRECTORS CLUB OF DENVER
ARTREACH, INC.
AURORA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
AURORA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AWS-DENVER
BBB OF NORTHERN COLORADO AND WYOMING
BBB OF SC
C M SERVICES
CARSON J SPENCER FOUNDATION
CHERRY CREEK BUSINESS WOMEN’S NETWORK
CHERYL SHACKELFORD FOUNDATION
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF DENVER
CHILDSAFE
COLORADO BUSINESS WOMEN
COLORADO DENTAL HYGIENISTS ASSOCIATION
COLORADO HORSECARE FOODBANK
COLORADO JEWISH PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
COLORADO LAWYERS COMMITTEE
COLORADO PHOTONICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CPIA)
COLORADO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY
COLORADO YOUTH TENNIS FOUNDATION
COTTONWOOD CREEK PTO
DENVER CHAPTER OF CELIAC SPRUE ASSOCIATION
DENVER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
DENVER DOVIA
DENVER PRESS CLUB
DENVER RESCUE MISSION
DENVER SOUTH EDP FORMALLY SOUTHEAST BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
DOVE: ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR ABUSED DEAF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FIREFLY AUTISM
FOOTHILLS ANIMAL FOUNDATION
FOOTHILLS ART CENTER
FRIENDS OF THE HAVEN
GABBY KRAUSE FOUNDATION
GLOBAL COMMERCE FORUM
GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE PRESERVATION FUND
HEALTHSET
HOPE LIVES! BREAST CANCER SUPPORT CENTER
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY
IRIS FIRE PRESENTS THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
KAZ PRODUCTIONS
LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES ROCKY MOUNTAINS
MAPLETON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO
MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION, THE
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY, COLORADO-WYOMING CHAPTER
NATIONAL SKI PATROL
NORTHERN COLORADO NONPROFIT RESOURCE CENTER (NCNRC)
PINK & BLUE UNITED
RAYMOND WENTZ FOUNDATION
RESURRECTION CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
RESURRECTION CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN’S HEALTH FOUNDATION
ROTARY CLUB OF DENVER SOUTHEAST FOUNDATION
ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH
SADDLEUP! FOUNDATION
STONE CREEK CHARTER SCHOOL
STOUT STREET FOUNDATION
THE ALS ASSOCIATION – ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER
THE LOWRY FOUNDATION
THE WOMEN’S CRISIS & FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER
THINK 360 ARTS COMPLETE EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL
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Blacktie Beat: Aurora Mental Health Center Annual Spring Luncheon featuring the Water Coolers

May 9, 2012

New York improv group The Water Coolers were the featured entertainment at the spring benefit luncheon for the Aurora Mental Health Center. All the party pictures are here. — Penny Parker.


Steve Hogan, Mayor of Aurora, left, Rick Hanson and Randy Stith

By Carol Burkett
BLACKTIE-COLORADO

The 8th annual Spring benefit luncheon for the Aurora Mental Health Center was a rolicking success as attendees enjoyed a great meal and side splitting comedy.  Rachel Nunez, board member, welcomed the crowd and introduced Ed Greene of CBS4 news anchor who served as emcee.  Dr. Randy Stith, CEO and executive director of the Aurora Mental Health Center, talked about the history and mission of the center and thanked the supporters who contribute to their work. Dr. Stith has been the executive directer of Aurora Mental Health for 34 years.Rachel Nunez returned to the stage and talked about the Gay and Lesbian Fund’s generous matching dollars contribution.

Hilarity was served up by the Watercoolers, a song and nike cortez dance troop, with their satirical look at the working world of today. A female traveller sang “Delay Come and me Wanna Go Home” when her flight is delayed, in a parody of a Belafonte classic.  The IT Cowboy had a duel with technology and the intracacies of automated helplines were explored. Tom Flanagan, President of Citywide and Steve Hogan, Mayor of Aurora, were called to the stage to practice teamwork, to the tune of “YMCA.” It was a fun and whimsical way to say thank you for all the support and commitment of those involved with AUMHC.

Aurora Mental Health Center helped over 14,000 clients last year alone. The month of May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and the perfect time for the center to celebrate its success and move forward into the future.

For more information about Aurora Mental Health Center check out their website at

http://www.aumhc.org

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It’s a big country, and Blacktie covers a lot of it

May 8, 2012


Above: San Antonio’s Taste of the Northside drew 8,000 people.

Everyone thinks of Blacktie as a Colorado success story, but in fact it’s helping people nationally.

Recently, a Blacktie subsidiary called Efficient Tickets helped move 8,000 people into the San Antonio-based Brighton Center’s Taste of the Northside. The event was a huge success, raising more than $540,000.

Through Efficient Tickets, Blacktie provides flexible tickets for organizations producing events of any size: Barcode tickets can be sent to smartphones, printed at home, or held at will call. nike kobe 9 Event organizers can scan using the company’s exclusive Android App, hand-held scanners or tablets. The fees are only $1.50 for general admission tickets or $2 for reserved seats.

Besides Taste of the Northside, Efficient Tickets most recently helped the Pittsburgh Wine Festival and is selling locally for the Denver Botanic Gardens for “Gardens, Grapes and Hops.”

Read more about Taste of the Northside here, and see all of the party photos here.

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Blacktie Beat: Chelsea’s Gala 2012

May 8, 2012

I love this photo of a young girl and her seizure-response dog in training. It was taken at the Chelsea Hutchinson Foundation’s 3rd Annual Chelsea’s Gala, benefiting people with epilepsy. All the party pictures are here. — Penny Parker.


Chloe Young poses with her seizure-response dog in training, Crush.

By Janet Snell-Bergeon
BLACKTIE-COLORADO

On Thursday, May 3, 2012, the 3rd Annual Chelsea’s Gala was hosted by the Chelsea Hutchison Foundation at Cielo at Castle Pines, Colorado.

The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation is a Colorado non-profit corporation formed to help individuals who have epilepsy. The main focus is to raise funds for trained seizure-response dogs that may be able to detect an oncoming seizure and provide warnings, and/or respond after the onset. Many of the seizure-response dogs were in attendance at this year’s event, and special guests Robert and Amber Marsh talked about how Robert’s seizure-response dog has saved him from crossing a busy street when he was about to have a seizure.

The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation also provides Emfit movement monitors, which are the latest technology for monitoring an individual who may experience seizures during sleep, nike kobe 9 elite gs which a caregiver or family member should be alerted to. Special guest Ann Speer told guests about how she slept on the floor in her son’s room for four years, monitoring him for seizures during the night, until the Chelsea Hutchison Foundation was able to provide her family with an Emfit monitor. In the past two years, they have provided grants for 26 seizure-response dogs and have provided 43 Emfit monitors.

The Foundation is named for the Hutchison’s beloved daughter, Chelsea, who died in her sleep during a seizure in April of 2009. SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy) was the cause of her death. During the six years that Chelsea had seizures, no one ever told her family that a seizure could take her life, other than through an accidental fall or drowning. As a result this omission, the Chelsea Hutchison Foundation informs those living with epilepsy of the risks and raises awareness of SUDEP so that no other families are blind-sided.

Guests enjoyed a heavy hors d’oeuvres buffet by Occasions Catering while browsing the silent auction. Once again, Deb Sheppard of KOSI was the emcee along with Jeremy Jojola of 9 News. Gary Corbett of Corbett Auctions hosted the live auction. This year, Connor Doran, the young man living with epilepsy who was a finalist in the top 12 of The America’s Got Talent 2010 was the special guest and performer. Connor wowed the audience with his indoor kite flying. He dedicated the second performance to Chelsea, and flew his kite to one of her favorite singers, Frank Sinatra.

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Blacktie Beat: Denver Derby Party Is Colorado Tradition

May 8, 2012

The throngs of people who attended Denver’s Derby Party wore great hats and fancy threads, and the event had a new home: the newly renovated “14th Street entertainment district” outside the Denver Performing Arts Complex. See all the party pictures here. — Penny Parker


At least 4,500 people attended the Derby Party in Denver on Saturday–the largest Kentucky Derby party in the US outside of the actual event in Kentucky.

By Nancy Koontz and Pamela Cress
BLACKTIE-COLORADO

“I’ll Have Another” might have been the horse that won the official 2012 Kentucky Derby, but we believe Sandra Carrillo, the recipient of this year’s “Sean “Ranch” Lough Memorial Scholarship was as big a winner! A senior at Arrupe Jesuit High School, Sandra won a full-ride scholarship to Colorado State University which is the alma mater of Sean Lough and many of the founders and supporters of the original Denver Derby Party, “the party with a purpose.”

With 4,500 well-dressed, behatted guests, this year’s – often imitated, never equaled – event was held at a new venue, the newly renovated Denver Performing Arts Complex in the “14th Street entertainment district” and was the most elaborate to date. The 11th annual Derby Party, benefiting the Sean “Ranch” Lough Memorial Scholarship, was held on May 5th in a vibrant Downtown Denver! The newly updated 14th Street area around the Performing Arts Complex was tented and nike lebron 11 closed down to transform the city streets and buildings into a dynamic indoor/outdoor space.

The focal point of this year’s fundraiser was the Colorado Convention Center corner and the largest LED display in the nation outside of Times Square, which carried the Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby on NBC. The Derby Party 2012 also incorpored the elegant Ellie Caulkins Opera House and part of the Galleria Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Close to 5,000 people experienced what has been recognized as the largest derby party outside of Kentucky in this very unique event space. Even out-of-town visitors walking the streets of downtown Denver were quite impressed by the creative hats, dresses, pinstripes and plaids on display outside and around the event.

Also on display – on screens in the main tent – were live-action cam shots of people arriving at the party. Food and drinks were their usual ample and tasty. The hats and clothing seen at The Denver Derby Party might have riveled Churchill Downs this year! More flowers, colors, ribbons and feathers were seen than ever, with several Mexican-themed hats in recognition of Cinco de Mayo, which also took place the same day.

Sean Lough (AKA “Ranch”) was a dear friend, brother and son who tragically passed away in June of 2001 as a result of a mountain biking accident. A full-ride scholarship is awarded each year to a young individual, such as Sandra Carrillo (a first generation college student), who exemplifies the qualities “Ranch” possessed: a high GPA, an economic need, and, most of all, a generous personality and a love for life.

The Derby Party raised an estimated $400,000 this year and operates solely on volunteer time, energy and commitment, so there are very few operating expenses. The founders of this event are proud to say that 100% of the proceeds benefit the scholarship given in the name of Sean Lough. The Sean “Ranch” Lough Foundation hosts and committee members volunteer their time, and the scholarship funds are deposited into CSU’s 501(c)3 and are managed by the school’s endowment manager.
The hosts and their sponsors would like to tell everyone who attended that they are grateful for their continued support and – see you next year “rain or shine!”

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Treats for everyone at WomenCook!

May 7, 2012

Among those in attendance at the Work Options for Women event tonight: Food Network star and D Bar Desserts owner Keegan Gerhard with wife, Lisa Bailey.

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Blacktie Beat: Hats Galore at Seawell Ballroom for Hattitude

May 7, 2012

Everyone looked like they had a great time at the Hattitude event supporting the Women’s Voices Fund. See the party pictures here. – Penny Parker.

Rory Grant, left with Edna Chang-Grant

By Chad Chisolm
BLACKTIE-COLORADO.COM

A sea of fantastic hats and brilliant bonnets topped 600 heads of ladies attending the 7th Women with Hattitude event at the Seawell Ballroom. From simple and elegant to intricate and lavish, the parade of hats never ceases to amaze for this occasion.

Supporting the Women’s Voices Fund, the event helps to fund the commissioning, development and production of new plays by women and the hiring of more women as lead artists at the Denver Center Theatre Company. nike zoom hyperrev Associate memberships to the Women’s Voice Fund are also a wonderful way to give to the group, starting at $300 annually or a founding membership at $5,000 payable over 5 years.

From the celebration of supporting the voices of women to the beautiful singing voice of Mary Louise Lee, this year’s Act 7 was just as show-stopping as ever. Join the celebration next year for a much-anticipated and worthwhile event. To learn more about Women’s Voices Fund with www.denvercenter.org/wvf.

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