12:20 pm, Jun 26, 2012
Denverites are doggie obsessed; we adopt thousands of dogs every year. The city has dozens of canine parks. Heck, we even run races with our pooches. Sadly, half of all dogs over the age of two will have cancer in their lifetimes, and one in four will die from it. The Denver-based nonprofit Morris Animal Foundation hopes to help by spreading...
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11:10 am, Jun 21, 2012
Loneliness can strike at any age, but the feeling may come with dire consequences for the elderly. According to a study released this week, the University of California in San Francisco followed more than 1,600 people 60-years-old and older, and found that the feeling of isolation and being left out increased the loss of physical functioning by 24...
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9:00 am, Jun 20, 2012
A foot-long hot dog at Coors Field costs $6.50. For that same amount, the Denver Rescue Mission (DRM) can serve three plates of fried chicken with gravy and rice to those in need—and still have money left over. This month, you can help fill a few of those plates by saving the change from your concession stand visit and donating $1 or $3 to the Hit...
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4:55 pm, Jun 13, 2012
You eat out. A lot. Why not nosh for a cause? This week, you can, thanks to the African Community Center’s (ACC) Restaurants for Refugees. At participating eateries, a portion of each dish sale will fund the ACC’s efforts to support local refugees. More than 46,000 refugees from countries like Sudan, Ethiopia, Burma, Iraq, and the Democratic...
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1:40 pm, May 23, 2012
Even in 2012, the military remains a man's world. Sure, recent policy changes take women closer to the front lines. But that also means it's more likely that females will experience combat situations—situations that are often a trigger for PTSD—for which counseling and treatment has long been male-focused. But one local organization is trying...
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5:01 pm, May 21, 2012
The numbers are startling: Pine beetles have decimated more than 1.5 million acres of forest in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. Here’s your chance to do something about it. Help regenerate the valley’s lush landscape by volunteering for the third annual ReTree Steamboat (June 9). After a morning of planting—last year’s crews set 3,570...
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9:45 am, May 9, 2012
The walls are covered in colorful posters bursting with words like "Sportmanship," "Dance," and "Work Hard." It's a typical elementary school gym—except that I'm here to watch a fifth-grade yoga class. As a kid, my PE time consisted of basketball, soccer, and climbing ropes. But I didn't go to a school like Colfax Elementary, where 97 percent...
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2:40 pm, Apr 27, 2012
5280.com Exclusive: The beginnings of life can be the most difficult for women in rural Ethiopia. The severe lack of medical facilities, practioners, and equipment leads to life-threatening issues in pregnancy and childbirth. Denver dermatologist Margaret "Migs" Muldrow (who grew up in Ethiopia; read more about her here) and the...
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9:16 am, Apr 25, 2012
In Uganda—a country ravaged by AIDS and extreme poverty—paying tuition and buying supplies and uniforms for a child to attend school is often unattainable. The situation is dire enough to make anyone want to do something to help. Like, 15-year-old Haidyn Harvey. Harvey, who lives in Denver, often writes her school reports about war-stricken...
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8:02 pm, Apr 22, 2012
Every Memorial Day, Boulder residents—and plenty of us from elsewhere along the Front Range—lace up our sneakers for the region’s biggest little race: the BolderBoulder 10K. In 2011, more than 54,000 runners hit the course, and the influx of pavement pounders is worth it: Race after race, the BolderBoulder finds more ways to help the community....
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7:51 pm, Apr 22, 2012
5280.com Exclusive: Get Involved: Village Health PartnershipDoctors were scarce and stillbirths were common in the Ethiopian backcountry where Denver dermatologist Margaret “Migs” Muldrow was raised. At the age of 13, Muldrow left Africa with her parents. Today, she runs the Denver-based nonprofit Village Health Partnership. Name: Dr....
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9:10 am, Apr 18, 2012
5280 frequently reports on child welfare issues, and in that reporting, we uncover some disturbing statistics. For example, 60 percent of kids end up homeless, in jail, or dead within two years of leaving foster care. Nearly 1,800 kids die every year in the U.S. from abuse and neglect. One in seven boys, and one in three girls, will...
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3:39 pm, Apr 12, 2012
Dr. Brownwen Kahn and Dr. “Migs” Muldrow accompany a now-healthy patient back to her home.
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3:36 pm, Apr 12, 2012
Village Health Partnership is working for safer motherhood is rural Ethiopia
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1:36 pm, Apr 11, 2012
Most people think of spring-cleaning as sprucing up closets and wiping down windows. This year, though, add clearing out your pantry to your to-do list as a way to help Colorado’s hungry by contributing to the Feed Colorado Food Drive. The drive—a partnership of Arc Thrift Stores, KMGH Television, the AARP Foundation, and...
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