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Two Stewards of Boulder
County Form Partnership
The Community Foundation and the
CU Boulder Athletic Department form a partnership to enhance
the lives of hundreds of Boulder County families. |
Contact: Gretchen Minekime
The Community Foundation
303-442-0436 x107
David Plati, CU Boulder Athletic Media Relations
BOULDER (August 19, 2005) – The
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County’s mission
is to improve the quality of life of Boulder County citizens
on a broad scale. The University of Colorado Athletic
Department has an annual mission to share athletics with
local kids and families.
These two Boulder County institutions will team up during
the 2005-06 athletic season and collaborate in the “Ralphie’s
Kids Roundup” to make sure that 2,700 tickets reach
the hands of individuals who would not typically have
the opportunity to attend home football and basketball
games.
“Individuals, youth and families served by the non-profit
community will have the opportunity to attend a sporting
event at the collegiate level. This may be a first and
an once-in-a-lifetime occasion for many. The Community
Foundation Serving Boulder County and the University of
Colorado’s Athletic Department are excited about
this collaboration and the benefit to the non-profit community
and residents of Boulder County,” said Carly Hare,
Community Foundation Programs Director.
The Community Foundation works with local donors and over
350 local nonprofits to not only respond to the community’s
basic needs, but also, to enhance people’s lives
through recreational and cultural programs. Since 1992,
the foundation has granted over $12 million locally and
elsewhere. For many local kids, their first introduction
to CU-Boulder, or to colleges in general, is through stepping
onto campus for an athletic event. Attending a football
or basketball game (men’s and women’s games)
provides kids with the opportunity to see experienced
athletes who have a proven investment in the work and
discipline it takes to work as team and to achieve.
The collaboration will match CU’s efforts to distribute
tickets to people who will benefit from a college athletic
experience with The Community Foundation’s expertise
in facilitating connections between the non-profit sector
and the broader community. Creating this partnership and
new system for distributing football and basketball tickets
speaks to the willingness of CU’s new athletic director
Mike Bohn to foster a relationship between the local community
and CU-Boulder.
“This is a perfect partnership to accomplish exactly
what we set out to do when we established Ralphie’s
Kids Roundup,” Bohn said. “Teaming with the
Community Foundation in the first year of this important
program will definitely get it off the ground and lay
the groundwork for what should become a great experience
for all those involved.”
This season, there are six football games and 30 basketball
games (men’s and women’s) on the CU-Boulder
campus. The roar of the crowd will be louder this year
as CU Boulder and The Community Foundation bring new faces
to every event for fun and inspiration.
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