Lauri believes it is important to find ways to give back to our community. It doesn't always have to be money - it can be volunteering your time, or even offering your professional services.
Past Event Proceeds:
For every networking event produced in-house, a local charitable organization will receive a donation based on a percentage of tickets sales. Ticket proceeds have gone to the following organizations in the past:
--American Cancer Society - specifically for breast cancer research. Cancer.org
--Healing from the Heart: this organization was formed for young people who are ready to face the rest of their lives with a sense of change, courage and hope. This organization provides and facilitates the highest quality mental health services to youth and their families who are seeking help in healing from traumatic incidents, victimization, violence and other adverse life experiences. HealingFromTheHeart.org
--Denver CASA: the Court Appointed Special Advocate program in Denver Juvenile Court. We provide help for child victims of abuse and neglect with caring volunteer advocates.
DenverCasa.org
Donation of Services:
--Adoption Alliance: The Adoption Alliance is a wonderful organization that helps children find foster homes or permanent placement. They assist with international adoptions and provide resources for women who are expecting and need advice, counseling and overall assistance. The Adoption Alliance needs volunteers for committees, marketing, fundraising and more. More than 700 Colorado children need a place to call home. Please get involved today.
AdoptAll.com
--Platte Forum: PlatteForum is a one-of-a-kind art + education center. It is a community-centered space where artists create work, collaborate with young
people, and present work to the public through exhibitions and performances. Opened in Autumn of 2002, PlatteForum is an entirely new experience that blends three cornerstones of community: art, education and youth. As a non-profit community arts organization, PlatteForum connects underserved youth with artists through student workshops. The resulting student art, as well as selections from the artist's body of work are exhibited jointly at PlatteForum. Check out their site for upcoming Openings & Events!
PlatteForum.org
--Snowboard Outreach Society (SOS): Since 1993, SOS, a grassroots charity, has introduced over 5,000 kids to snowboarding. We use our passion for the outdoors to serve kids. Each SOS program focuses on 5 core values: Courage, Discipline, Integrity, Wisdom, and Compassion. People say that we work with "at-risk" kids. SOS is trying to change the image of what it means to be at-risk. We believe that we are "at-risk" if we do not serve others. The Snowboard Outreach Society asks everyone to serve someone, spread the love and pull us all out of the "at-risk" population.
Check out the Winter Series beginning Dec 21st running through March 8th! Details on their website:
SOSOutreach.org
--Taoist Tai Chi Society: Taoist Tai Chi is now taught in more than 425 communities around the world. Taoist Tai Chi was created by Master Moy using the external form of the 108 moves of Yang style Tai Chi. A practitioner returns to a state of health in body, mind and spirit.
TTCS.org
--RiverReach Youth Initiative/CityWILD: The primary mission of RiverReach is to get Denver youth involved in exciting, challenging and worthwhile service projects. Our goal is to help youth gain a sense of community, responsibility and self worth. It's an experience that we think makes a real impact.
citywild.org
"When it came time to promote our annual charity event, we knew we had to get Lauri involved. Lauri knows how to get the word out to Denver’s most connected people in a most creative and enthusiastic way!"
Greg Pratt
Executive Director
RiverReach Youth Initiative
--Emily Griffith Center's "9th, 10th and 11th Annual Road Ramble:" Miss Emily Griffith was a teacher in the Denver Public School System. She found that many of her adolescent students had no homes to return to after classes. Set on finding a way to provide a healthy environment for these children she solicited the financial assistance of her Denver community. She purchased a home and served young men who were willing to take responsibility for their lives, who wanted to continue their education and work toward creating a better life for themselves. EmilyGriffith.com
--The March of Dimes: March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
"Our business demands creativity and resourcefulness. Lauri Harrison brings these qualities and many others to the table, which makes her a great partner."
Shelly Goodchild
State Director
March of Dimes, Colorado Chapter
Modimes.org
The Denver Rescue Mission: The Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, Christian teaching, and work discipline, to meet individuals at their physical and spiritual points of need. We'll be helping them promote their first concert event "Rescue on the Rocks" at Red Rocks this summer!
DenverRescueMission.org
The Park People: Their mission is to foster parks and recreation facilities and opportunities; to encourage the planting and maintenance of trees; and provide education on the value of the urban forest within the City and County of Denver and surrounding area. The Park People also provide information on how to care for your trees during the drought.
TheParkPeople.org
CTEK Entrepreneurs Ball '02 and '03: is a community based business catalyst helping entrepreneurs with innovative technologies to develop and grow profitable, sustainable businesses.
CTEK boasts the largest group of volunteer mentors and advisors in the consulting world, with over 600 senior business men and women giving back to their community and contributing to the next generation of great leaders and strong companies.
“Thank you for the huge amount of work you did for our first eBall. Not only was it the most successful inaugural event we’ve had, but we did it all without printed invites – which meant the burden was on you to get the word out. Not only did you get on every calendar in the state, but knowing where all the calendars are is proving to be quite useful. Thank you!”
Lu Cordova, President, CTEK
CTEK.biz
Donation of Time:
--Denver Public Schools, East High School: volunteering to critique business plans for freshman projects.
--Rocky Mountain PBS, "Wild, Wild Auction"; 2001 and 2002.
--"2025 Commission" - sponsored by the City of Denver and DU Law School, the commission is a 'think-tank' to develop a system for the way Denver approaches change during the next 25 years. For 18 months, the focus was on finding ways to engage key institutions and the broader public in dialogue and allowing for big ideas and new leaders to emerge.