Angels Among Us
Ending the Year with Gratitude
As the year draws to an end, we reflect on the good that surrounds us. In 2022, we featured eleven Angels Among Us stories, highlighting nonprofits that are using their voices and abilities to make incredible impacts in the community and beyond. Many thanks to each of these organizations for visiting with us and allowing…
TAPS: providing care and resources for military survivors
Behind the brave men and women who serve our country are countless loved ones. When the unthinkable happens to a service member, no matter the cause, there is an organization ready to help. Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) was founded in 1994 by Bonnie Carroll, a retired U.S. Air…
Invisible Disabilities Association – Seeing is not always knowing
Everyone has a story: the person in line at the grocery store, the person driving in the next lane, the person in the crosswalk, friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. The list goes on. It’s easy to think that what one sees on the outside is reflective of what’s going on in the inside of a…
Paul’s Mystery Ship to End ALS
Paul Dannels was quite simply a good man with a gentle spirit. For 34 years, he served as the district manager of The Village at Castle Pines Metropolitan District, earning admiration and appreciation throughout his career until his much-deserved retirement in 2015. One of Paul’s greatest gifts over the years was mentoring youth and young…
Rocky Mountain Welcome Center – Giving a Rocky Mountain welcome to immigrants and refugees
In 2005, Diana Higuera came to Colorado from Venezuela to study international and intercultural communication at University of Denver. Her plan was to come for her education, but she met a student named Darren from Boulder in her first class. After she graduated with her master’s degree in 2007, she went on to marry Darren…
Sorority Sisters Partner to Fight Hunger
The simple act of meeting for lunch twice a year to celebrate each other’s birthdays has kept two sorority sisters connected since their days at Indiana University. In the past two years, that friendship has turned into a partnership as the two have created a nonprofit serving communities in need. Castle Pines resident Kim Sasko…
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