We're thrilled to announce that our recent fundraiser for Colorado Children's Hospital generated a donation of $5,554.43! A special thanks to our members and the Lakewood Community for donating.

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting children's health and well-being, we are honored to contribute to the amazing work they do in providing specialized care and treatment for young patients.

Join us in applauding the dedicated staff, doctors, nurses, and volunteers who make a significant impact on the lives of children and their families every single day.

Together, we can make a difference and bring smiles to the faces of these brave little warriors. Thank you for your continued support! 

#ChildrensHospital #GivingBack #MakingADifference

Stay tuned on our website Community Page for more opportunities to pay it forward! 

We are excited to share that we have awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships to five individuals who will be furthering their education. This year we saw an abundance of scholarship applications from students on their way to doing remarkable things.

Thank you to everyone who entered this year. We had around ninety applications, creating a tough competition and difficult decisions for our scholarship committee. 

Applications were anonymously reviewed by a group of Credit Union of Denver volunteers. Winners were selected based upon their academic achievement, community involvement, extracurricular activities, essay responses, and other eligibility requirements. Thank you to our scholarship review team for taking the time to learn about each applicant and make those tough decisions. 

Without further ado, below are this year’s scholarship winners.

Congratulations to our scholarship winners! We enjoy offering our scholarships each year with the goal of lessening the financial burden students may face and helping them to establish strong financial futures.

Best of luck to our awardees and all our scholarship applicants, as they take the next steps on their education journey.

Thank you to everyone who purchased a 2023 Pet Calendar! Thanks to your support we were able to make a donation of $5,256.36 to Foothills Animal Shelter this year! 

Be sure to check out our video interviews with some of the pet owners and their pets that made the calendar this year!

The Why Behind the Annual Pet Calendar

Making a difference in the lives of our community and members who reside here with their furry friends is important to us. We believe that supporting Foothills Animal Shelter can have a direct impact on our community. When one of the pets at Foothills Animal Shelter finds a fur-ever home, we know that the act of bringing in an unconditional loving animal affects the human just as much as the animal! We like to ask…Who Rescued Who?

Our Annual Pet Calendar is a collaborative effort with our members and community. We ask our vendors to donate advertising dollars that help offset the cost of printing the calendar. So when you see an ad in the calendar, know they are supporting this paws-itively good cause and allows more of the proceeds to go to the shelter.

The pet photos are an outstanding way to share the joy that comes from owning a pet and helping to raise money for a great resource within our community. We thank everyone who has been gracious enough to submit their photos of their beloved furry friends.

Supporting Foothills Animal Shelter and creating this calendar is a labor of love for us. We look forward to seeing all of your new pics! Just remember, this is only successful when you purchase a calendar from us!

Here is a little information from The Foothills Animal Shelter website to understand why we do this every year.

About Foothills Animal Shelter

Foothills Animal Shelter is an open-admissions facility, which means we never turn away an animal. We care for more than 9,200 orphaned cats, kittens, dogs, puppies and critters every year with a compassionate team of staff and volunteers. (Unfortunately, we cannot accept wild animals; they should be taken to organizations that specialize in their care.) We are a true community resource and offer a variety of services including pet adoption, Jefferson County pet licensing, affordable spaying and neutering, vaccinations, micro chipping and lost and found pets. We are committed to our important mission and the life-saving work that we do every day of the year.

Years Past – Look how far we’ve come

So far, Credit Union of Denver members and our community have donated a total of $143,365.03 to Foothills Animal Shelter. Our hope is to continue this tradition for years to come. Below are some of the previous calendars’ cover pets!

Shred Event 2023 Summary

While this was a free event, we did collect donations on behalf of Children's Hospital Colorado. Our members lined up around the neighborhood (totaling 416 cars) and generously donated $2,120 for the hospital!

All the shredded paper was turned into paper pulp and will be upcycled into other useful items. Thank you to our Credit Union of Denver members and our employees who came out on this cold Colorado spring day! A job well done during Earth Month!

Althought his was our last big Shred Event, we are now implementing year-round access to shred services for our members!

Rather than a once-a-year Shred Event we now have locked Shred Bins in our lobbies. Members may bring in their shred anytime, for free, to place in the bins. We would ask that you please limit your weekly shred drop off to the equivalent of two plastic grocery bags full, to allow for more people to use the bins each week.

#LiveTheGreenLife

Credit Unions for Kids is the brand under which America's credit unions, including Credit Union of Denver, fundraise for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Since Credit Unions are member-owned, not-for-profits, our main focus is our members and community. Credit unions are driven by the philosophy of "people helping people", and our support of CMN Hospitals is a great example of the ways credit unions give back and support their communities. In fact, since the creation of the CU4Kids brand in 1996, the credit union industry has raised $200 million for affiliated children's hospitals - over $13.6 million in 2019 alone! The credit union community has established a wonderful legacy at hospitals across the country, funding breakthrough research, numerous programs and services and construction of new facilities.

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