Angels Among Us
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…
Johnny’s Ambassadors –
A mom’s mission to educate about marijuana It’s been two and a half years since Johnny died; he was just 19 years old. The pain and grief are still raw and palpable for his mom, Laura Stack. Stack’s son was a typical kid growing up in Highlands Ranch. He ran cross country and track, played…
Bridging the Political Divide
Dennis Smith has a gift for bringing people together. A fourth generation Coloradan, he cares deeply about the state as well as local communities and the country at large. He believes that how people treat each other matters – and it matters a lot. Smith, who is a retired CPA, grew up in Jefferson County…
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