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Getting a shot at any age is not a pleasurable experience. For some, it’s akin to getting a filling. However, you do feel that you’ve achieved something – protecting yourself against a disease. You...
DATE: Aug. 3, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” speaks to the importance of healthy foods in our diets. The United Way Community Investment Committee recently decided to provide funding for group meals at...
DATE: July 27, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
All forms of art have the capacity to heal our mind and body and have been used consciously and unconsciously throughout the history of mankind. People have used art to connect with their souls and...
DATE: July 20, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Last month, two major Supreme Court decisions opened a new chapter of civil rights for some Americans. Civil rights do not regulate people’s opinions. They protect people from oppression and...
DATE: July 13, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
At a laundromat, people wash laundry, at a grocery store, people buy groceries and at United Way of Southwest Colorado, we unite. What do we mean by that? The word sounds great, but let me share...
DATE: July 6, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Let’s take a minute to think about when we were teenagers. Did your parents talk to you about alcohol and drugs when you were young? Were they role models? Did they ‘walk the talk’? Did they trust...
DATE: July 6, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
A Colorado nonprofit can be set up online with the Colorado Secretary of State. However, setting up a nonprofit with the Colorado Secretary of State does not make you a tax-exempt entity, nor does...
DATE: June 22, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Let’s begin with a description: National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s largest grass-roots mental-health organization dedicated to improving the lives of people and families affected...
DATE: June 15, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Meet someone at a party or social gathering, and its almost guaranteed that at some point, the conversation will come around to, what do you do for a living? For good or ill, in western society,...
DATE: June 8, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
A boy rides his bike down a dirt road. He’s looking to meet with friends and for answers for how to help his dad quit smoking. Friends join his quest seeking knowledge from elders about how tobacco...
DATE: June 1, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
At Seeds of Learning in Pagosa Springs, the toddlers giggle, play, nap, snack and learn. The well-trained teachers and academic programs foster positive child development. The staff members care...
DATE: May 25, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
By Liza Fischer Axis Health Systems On April 30, President Barack Obama proclaimed May as National Mental Health Awareness Month. Obama called on citizens, government agencies, organizations,...
DATE: May 18, 2013 | COLUMN: Creating Community
