Get Up & Give Digital Media Gallery
Title:
Go WILD!
Description:
This photo was taken at Uxmal in Mexico in conjunction with WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress. Organized by the youth and young professional delegates and taken by John Quigley and Federico Espinosa (for The WILD Foundation), this image is a call to action for youth and young professionals world-wide to join the wilderness movement and "Go WILD!"
Charity:
The WILD Foundation
Title:
Girls Can Be Scientist Too...
Description:
Girls of all ages experience lack of positive role modes, low self-esteem, and the challenges presented by poverty. Girls Inc. of Metro Denver offers them a safe place where they can learn, grow, and excel without distractions.
Charity:
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
Title:
Cultivating Growth
Description:
Planting a seed of change can grow a community through urban gardening.
Charity:
Denver Urban Gardens
Title:
Empowering Youth
Description:
Giving youth opportunities such as running a fresh food farmers market, can grow change in communities.
Charity:
Denver Urban Gardens
Title:
Mountain Lion near Eagle, CO August 18, 2009 — 1:32 AM
Description:
This image was captured by a motion-triggered camera as part of a wildlife monitoring project along Interstate 70 in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Center for Native Ecosystems’ I-70 Safe Passages Project ensures that wildlife can move safely throughout the landscape to meet their daily and seasonal needs. In partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation, we work to transform I-70, the ‘Berlin Wall for wildlife in the Southern Rockies,’ into a system of crossing structures that allow wildlife to access important habitat on both sides of the interstate. In doing so, we aim to make this busy mountain highway safer for human travelers, too. Center for Native Ecosystems protects, connects, and restores our treasured Rocky Mountain landscape. Learn more at www.NativeEcosystems.org
Charity:
Center for Native Ecosystems
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Elk Cows and Calf - Vail Pass, CO; June 15, 2008 — 7:37 AM
Description:
This image was captured by a motion-triggered camera as part of a wildlife monitoring project along Interstate 70 in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Center for Native Ecosystems’ I-70 Safe Passages Project ensures that wildlife can move safely throughout the landscape to meet their daily and seasonal needs. In partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation, we work to transform I-70, the ‘Berlin Wall for wildlife in the Southern Rockies,’ into a system of crossing structures that allow wildlife to access important habitat on both sides of the interstate. In doing so, we aim to make this busy mountain highway safer for human travelers, too. Center for Native Ecosystems protects, connects, and restores our treasured Rocky Mountain landscape. Learn more at www.NativeEcosystems.org
Charity:
Center for Native Ecosystems
Title:
Keeping Bees, Keeping Peace
Description:
The EarthLinks Peace Garden is a space of growth and transformation for those who are homeless or low-income. Participants enter the garden to cultivate a deeper connection to the natural world, a relationship serving both people-at-risk and Earth-at-risk. The garden houses a beekeeping program that protects and celebrates these fascinating insects, as it promotes responsibility and self-worth.
Charity:
EarthLinks
Title:
GreenFingers
Description:
GreenFingers is a micro-economic development project where people who are homeless or low-income grow plants, then create and sell products. By using plants to support themselves toward self-sufficiency, participants gain a closer relationship with nature that supports them along life’s way. GreenFingers is sponsored by EarthLinks, an organization connecting People-at-Risk with Earth-at-Risk.
Charity:
EarthLinks
Title:
No question where PFLAG stands
Description:
There were two competing measures on the 2006 Colorado Ballot, one authoring gay/lesbian/transgender domestic partnerships, the other prohibiting same-sex marriages. PFLAG boldly championed the cause of the LGBT community with this $10,000 billboard, reminding all viewers that family values include fairness, and that means equal rights for all.
Charity:
PFLAG Denver
Title:
Young Professionals Career Panel in Denver High School
Description:
Goodwill Industries of Denver has four major programs areas that combined, serve more than 30,000 people in our community each year. Through our programs the Good in You helps those in our community use their Will to Do to improve their situation and live a better life. Program Highlights: 1. We provide career development programs to more than 20,000 teenagers annually. 2. We help 4,500 adults on government assistance get the training they need to get off welfare. 3. We provide meaningful retail employment for nearly 600 people throughout our community. Major Program Areas: 1. High school career development in community high schools. 2. Adult job training & placement in Adams and Arapahoe County. 3. Work options for the disabled at Goodwill’s corporate offices in Denver. 4.Retail work & recycling programs throughout 20 stores and donation centers.
Charity:
Goodwill Industries of Denver
Title:
PFLAG is family
Description:
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) celebrates diversity and is committed to equal rights for all. Gay Bossart shows her support at the Denver Gay Pride parade.
Charity:
PFLAG Denver
Title:
"Touch of Beauty"
Description:
Alma feels the strength and beauty of a ballerina's leg during an Anchor Center for Blind Children preschool field trip to the Colorado Ballet.
Charity:
Anchor Center for Blind Children
Title:
My Forever Family Found Me!
Description:
This child used to be an orphan living in foster care, here in Denver. There are over 6,000 kids in out of home care in Colorado. Many of them are in foster care primarily due to abuse and/or neglect. Often times these kids are placed into foster care with very few, if any, personal belongings. Packs of Hope works with the community to provide basic clothing needs to children transitioning into foster care.
Charity:
Packs of Hope
Title:
Child in Kayafungo, Kenya
Description:
ThinkImpact is a Washington, DC-based non-profit founded in 2003 that works in Kenya and South Africa. Our philosophy is people powered global development. This photo was taken in a rural village called Kinagoni in Kenya. The photographer was a Global Development Intern with ThinkImpact.
Charity:
ThinkImpact
Title:
Helping Hands
Description:
This photo was taken during one of the many hands on educational experiences at Children’s Outreach Project. Children’s Outreach Project provides play and learning experiences that are age-appropriate, stimulating and fun, enhancing each child’s potential for future success.
Charity:
Children's Outreach Project
Title:
The Future's So Bright...
Description:
Children’s Outreach Project prepares children and their families for the demands of elementary school. Children leave C.O.P. with the tools to succeed for the immediate future and beyond. With proper preparation and instilling strong educational values, our student’s futures are bright and full of potential.
Charity:
Children's Outreach Project
Title:
shackled
Description:
The Path of the Pronghorn starts in Grand Teton National Park and ends up to 170 miles southeast in Wyoming’s Red Desert. Along the way these magnificent animals encounter a variety of barriers, including roadways, new developments and fencing amongst other deterrents. One of these unfortunate travelers became ensnared in one of the many fences they came across on their journey. Photo Credit: Joe Riis (http://www.joeriis.com)
Charity:
Freedom to Roam
Title:
Think Indian Native Arts
Description:
Part of the American Indian College Fund’s “Think Indian” public education campaign, this is a photograph of Bradley Pecore, a Museum Studies major, at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Institute of American Indian Arts is one of the nation’s 33 tribal colleges and infuses Native culture throughout their curriculum including how Navajo art inspired abstract expressionism.
Charity:
American Indian College Fund
Title:
Tohono O'odham Community College Mural
Description:
The Tohono O'odham Community College Mural visually captures how tribal colleges are combining Native ways of thinking with modern technology. Located in the southern Arizona desert on the Mexican border, Tohono O'odham Community College serves approximately 200 American Indian students. Tribal colleges, such as the Tohono O'odham Community College, offer students access to knowledge and skills which enhance their communities and the country as a whole. Photograph taken by Jaime Aguilar.
Charity:
American Indian College Fund
Title:
The Lion and the Lamb (our logo come to life!)
Description:
Xena and Gigi live at Karis Community, Colorado’s only residential therapeutic community where adults come to recover from serious mental illness. Karis becomes the home and family that support them as they discover their strengths. They are received, nurtured, challenged, and launched into more fulfilling, productive, meaningful and gratifying lives.
Charity:
Karis Community
Title:
Looking into the Eyes of Future Generations
Description:
With autism rising to 1 in every 110 births in the U.S. and other disabilities showing no sign of decreasing, early intervention is the key to success. Children with special needs need quality services to get a good start in life and grow to become contributing members of their communities.
Charity:
Laradon
Title:
Developmental Disabilities and the Golden Years
Description:
Striving to give each person the best quality of life possible, programs for senior citizens are created to encourage independence and community involvement. With programs that are geared not only around their needs, but also their interests and talents, Laradon participants blossom and their abilities shine through.
Charity:
Laradon
Title:
Donuts For Haiti #1 Tzadak #2
Description:
Makela and her siblings raised $1000 for Haitian Relief by selling donuts #1 Muslim family donates money for international relief and teaches value of charity to young child
Charity:
Milestones Project
Title:
Sign Flyers
Description:
This photo was taken in 2007, shortly after Mayor Hickenlooper launched Denver's Road Home initiative to curb homelessness and address panhandling. Terry and Dave were self-described "sign flyers" that worked the corner of 8th and Lincoln. According to the January 2009 Point-In-Time Survey there are more than 6,600 homeless men, women and children living in Denver.
Charity:
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Food Pantry
Title:
Didjeridoos
Description:
Think 360 Arts is the leading provider of arts education programs & services in Colorado, serving K-12 schools through teacher training, direct services to classrooms & public awareness programs. We work to ensure every Colorado child receives a complete education through the arts. In this photo, Think 360 Artist Paul Taylor teaches students Aboriginal Australian music using homemade didjeridoos.
Charity:
Think 360 Arts
Title:
Every Penny Counts
Description:
The guiding principle of the Penny Harvest is that kids make all of the decisions and are empowered to make an impact on their communities. They learn leadership, teamwork, and communication skills and gain a greater understanding of their classmates, their schools, and their communities.
Charity:
Young Philanthropists Foundation
Title:
A Budding Philanthropist
Description:
It's never too early to start and we are dedicated to engaging youth in philanthropy by creating opportunities for kids and families to give back to their community. We believe that philanthropy is anything you do to make the world a better place, and base our programming on a simple philosophy: if you give kids the opportunity to make a difference now, they will continue to make a difference the rest of their lives.
Charity:
Young Philanthropists Foundation
Title:
Thank you!!!
Description:
Attached is a photo that I keep on my desk as a continuing reminder of how much my participation in PlatteForum means to me, and to them. This group is many of the ArtLab students that benefit from our programming. When you find an organization that moves you the way PlatteForum moves me, you get back so much more than than you give. So GET OUT AND GIVE!
Charity:
PlatteForum
Title:
One Step Into the Future
Description:
Meron is the first in her family to graduate from high school. At Byrne Urban Scholars, we believe there's success to be found in all students. Through the support of a mentor, a case manager, and financial support, Meron graduated from a top-performing private school in Denver and has gone on to college. At Byrne Urban Scholars, we are graduating one student at a time.
Charity:
Byrne Urban Scholars
Title:
Climbing for a Cause
Description:
Philanthropist Tony Caine launches urban education nonprofit Summit 54 with a personal feat, as he completes his quest to summit all 54 Colorado peaks greater than 14,000 feet in just one season. Summit 54 is a program for urban students that delivers complete college financing paired with academic skills and real-world training for a lifetime of success.
Charity:
Summit 54
Title:
Families Working Together
Description:
This picture depicts the heart of the Extreme Community Makeover - building relationships. While working together to complete home and neighborhood improvement projects, these families took a break from their work to capture the relationship they built that day.
Charity:
Extreme Community Makeover (501c3 under Confluence Ministries)
Title:
Teamwork
Description:
Look at what can happen when people work together as a team - they can accomplish a lot more than they can on their own.
Charity:
Extreme Community Makeover (501c3 under Confluence Ministries)
Title:
Hopes and Dreams
Description:
Despite the poverty they live in, the children at our monthly meals program are very optimistic. These children are filled with hopes and dreams of becoming doctors, teachers and more. It is up to us to choose to try to help these children through enabling them to get an education. The weakest and the most helpless in our world can only depend on the goodwill of those who have the means to help.
Charity:
Children's Hope Fund
Title:
Books Give Happiness and Hope
Description:
Children's Hope Fund believes that we can best help the disadvantaged children of the Philippines by enabling them to get an education. Education is crucial to these children, without it they will remain illiterate and will not have a chance to break the cycle of poverty in their lives and live a life of endless possibilities and potential. CHF helps by providing aid for school supplies & meals.
Charity:
Children's Hope Fund
Title:
Goodbye Greenery
Description:
An african woman walks defeatedly past a gas flare bursting near her village. Global Greengrants Fund gives small grants to environmental grassroots organizations around the world. Each grant is a step towards social justice, and away from scenes like this one.
Charity:
Global Greengrants Fund
Title:
For a Glass of Water
Description:
A girl pushes on a water pump, which appears dry. Global Greengrants Fund gives small grants to environmental grassroots organizations around the world. Because every child should have water in quantity.
Charity:
Global Greengrants Fund
Title:
Refugee English
Description:
How do you learn about a new culture when you come from a different world - In this photo refugee families are learning our culture with the help of learning our language.
Charity:
Mercy Housing
Title:
Big, beautiful INSPIRATION
Description:
ELK student admiring Rocky Mounting National Park's beauty.
Charity:
Environmental Learning for Kids
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Title:
Peter's First Football Game
Description:
Peter was orphaned in Zambia at birth. He lived in an orphanage until he 1 years old and then he was fostered until he was 4 years old. He returned to the orphanage when his foster mother died. He thought he was going to spend his whole life in an orphanage with no opportunity or education and felt very hopeless about his life. His adoptive parents met him when they were traveling in Zambia and asked him if he wanted to come home with them. He was adopted in 2006. He is one of the lucky ones as there are 143 million orphans around the world. It is estimated that by 2013 there will only be about 6,000 international adoptions taking place in the U.S. This photo is of Peter's first football game.
Charity:
Adoption Alliance
Title:
Arts for All
Description:
Mobile art studio made up of adaptive art tools designed to attach to an individuals walker, wheelchair or handle. Paint is applied to rollers and the canvas is often 100 x 400 sq. ft. This event was held at Aurora Mall as part of a APS art celebration.
Charity:
VSA Colorado/Access Gallery
Title:
Happy Artist
Description:
George is pleased with his creation. George is an adult with a developmental disability. George is one of more than 500 adults with Developmental Disabilities that participate in art workshops at VSA Access Gallery.
Charity:
VSA Colorado/Access Gallery
