Kroenke Sports Charities (KSC) and Avs to Celebrate Watch Party Grants

Avs Faithful, you made a difference.
During Thursday night's Colorado Avalanche home game against the Anaheim Ducks, Kroenke Sports Charities (KSC) will donate a total of $565,000 to 27 non-profit organizations throughout the state of Colorado that meet and activate the Kroenke Sports Charities mission.

Kroenke Sports Charities strives to serve our community through education, health and fitness initiatives, athletic programs, and direct aid, with the particular purpose of helping families, children, veterans, and the disabled. KSC provides relevant programs and support, directly and with other nonprofit organizations, to ultimately assist, encourage, and enrich the lives of those in need.
The money raised for the Watch Party Grants was accrued - thanks to the generosity of Avs Faithful - throughout the duration of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Avalanche hosted several away game watch parties at Ball Arena and launched the Pom Pom Post - a pom pom delivery platform - with the goal of raising money that would be donated back non-profit organizations within the Colorado community. Signifying the Avalanche 27th season, 27 non-profit agencies were chosen following an open grant inquiry process. These selected agencies serve nearly 3.3 million people in Colorado.
"We are privileged to partner with these outstanding organizations which provide programs and services for Coloradoans," said Deb Dowling, Executive Director of KSC. "Each organization provides unique services to enrich lives."
"We are so honored to be selected as one of the community grant recipients from Kroenke Sports Charities!" "Pastor B" Bryan Sederwall, Executive Director of the Denver Dream Center said. "The support and the funding from Kroenke Sports will strengthen the Denver Dream Center's "Adopt A Block" program which engages students in five low income / high risk communities in Denver and connects them to after school and sports programs. We can't say thank you enough for the opportunity to partner with KSC and the Avalanche and to continue to build bridges of HOPE in the city of Denver."
"Support from Kroenke Sports Charities helps us to provide experiential therapies to the traumatized youth we serve," Rebecca A. Hea, Psy.D., Executive Director of Denver Children's Homeadded. "This includes art, yoga, music, pet, and equine therapies which makes all the difference in healing and transforming lives."
For more information on the initiatives of KSC, please visit:
https://www.ballarena.com/arena-information/kroenke-sports-charities/
For more information on the 27 Non-Profit Beneficiaries see below:
1. Adam's Camp
· Mission: The mission of Adam's Camp is to realize the potentials and develop the strengths of children and young adults with disabilities by bringing together families with professionals and volunteers to collaboratively provide customized, intensive therapy, family support, and recreation in a camp environment.
· Website:
https://adamscamp.org/
2. Brent Eley Foundation
· Mission: Provide Safe-Clean housing and improve the quality of life for children and families living with cancer and other immunocompromising conditions...one day at a time.
· Website:
https://www.brentsplace.org/
3. Clothes to Kids of Denver, Inc.
· Mission: Clothes To Kids of Denver (CTKD) proudly provides new and quality used clothing in a boutique setting to Denver area students from low-income or in-crisis families, free of charge. Our vision is that all students will have the clothing they need to feel comfortable, confident and prepared to thrive.
In addition to shopping in person, students can now use Curbside Service, which was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and allows wardrobe requests to be submitted by phone or email for contactless pick-up. No matter how they choose to shop, students are invited to select a wardrobe every four months.
· Website:
https://clothestokidsdenver.org/
4. Colorado "I Have A Dream" Foundation
· Mission: Colorado "I Have A Dream" Foundation's mission is to partner with youth and their families as they successfully navigate school, college, and career by providing a holistic academic, social, and emotional program from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary scholarship assistance.
· Website:
https://colorado.ihdf.org/
5. Colorado Pet Pantry (CPP)
· Mission: Colorado Pet Pantry's mission is to temporarily feed Colorado pets, allowing families to increase their ability to care for pets with the goal of keeping them out of shelters and with their families.
· Website:
https://www.coloradopetpantry.org/
6. Community Food Share
· Mission: Community Food Share's mission is to eliminate hunger in Boulder and Broomfield Counties through engagement, collaboration, and leadership.
· Website:
https://communityfoodshare.org/
7. Denver CASA
· Mission: CASA advocates for best interest of children who have experienced abuse or neglect by training volunteers to advocate for children, youth to survive.
· Website:
https://denvercasa.org/
8. Denver Children's Home
· Mission: Denver Children's Home (DCH) restores hope and health to traumatized children and families through a comprehensive array of therapeutic, educational and community-based services.
· Website:
https://www.denverchildrenshome.org/
9. Denver Dream Center
· Mission: Rescuing People, Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Dreams. Bringing hope to the hopeless.
· Website:
https://www.denverdreamcenter.org/
10. Emergency Family Assistance Association
· Mission: EFAA provides stabilizing services, innovative programs, and transformative advocacy to strengthen families and create a thriving community.
· Website:
https://www.efaa.org/
11. Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC)
· Mission: All Coloradans can afford their energy needs.
· Website:
https://www.energyoutreach.org/
12. Food For Thought Denver
· Mission: Food for Thought Denver strives to eliminate weekend hunger for children in the Denver area by providing food Powersacks. Doing so allows them to contribute more positively to their school environment and the communities in which they live, regardless of economic and social class. We believe that no child should go hungry.
· Website:
https://foodforthoughtdenver.org/
13. Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
· Mission: Inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
· Website:
https://www.girlsincdenver.org/
14. Global Down Syndrome Foundation
· Mission: The Global Down Syndrome Foundation (GLOBAL) is dedicated to significantly improving the lives of individuals with Down syndrome through Research, Medical Care, Education, and Advocacy.
· Website:
https://www.globaldownsyndrome.org/
15. Hunger Free Colorado
· Mission: Hunger Free Colorado (HFC) connects people to food resources to meet existing needs and drives policy, systems and social change to end hunger.
· Website:
https://hungerfreecolorado.org/
16. Project PAVE
· Mission: Project PAVE is ending violence by empowering youth to build healthy relationships.
· Website:
https://www.projectpave.org/
17. Rise Above Colorado
· Mission: Rise Above Colorado is a statewide prevention organization that measurably impacts teen perceptions and attitudes about the risks of substance misuse to empower youth to make healthy connections, decisions, and change. Rise Above Colorado collaborates with teens, educators, community leaders, and prevention partners to provide credible, teen-centered data using the evidence-based Science of the Positive framework to correct misperceptions about substance use.
· Website:
https://www.riseaboveco.org/
18. Soldiers' Angels
· Mission: Soldiers' Angels provides aid, comfort, and resources to the military, veterans, and their families. We leave nobody behind and live by our motto "May No Soldier Go Unloved."
· Website:
https://soldiersangels.org/location/denver-co/
19. Tennyson Center for Children
· Mission: Work with every child and family impacted by trauma to realize their infinite possibilities.
· Website:
https://www.tennysoncenter.org/
20. There With Care
· Mission: Provide a wide range of thoughtful and fundamental services to families and children during the critical phase of a medical crisis. We serve families referred by medical agencies, by building a network of services and people who ease the burden of life's day-to-day obligations with compassion and care.
· Website:
https://therewithcare.org/
21. U.S. Center for SafeSport
· Mission: Focused on ending sexual, emotional, and physical abuse in sport. The Center's mission is "Champion respect. End abuse in sport." The Center's vision is that every athlete will be safe, supported, and strengthened through sport.
· Website:
https://uscenterforsafesport.org/
22. United Services Organization, Inc.
· Mission: USO strengthens America's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home, and country, throughout their service to the nation.
· Website:
https://colorado.uso.org/
23. University of Colorado Foundation
· Mission: The CU Denver Office of Veteran & Military Student Services works to strengthen the lives of all military-connected students by delivering top-notch programming, support, and services that foster a community of past, present, and future students, raises awareness of challenges faced by this population and helps our students in achieving academic, personal, and professional goals as they transition to, through, and beyond the university.
· Website:
https://giving.cu.edu/about-us/university-colorado-foundation
24. Urban Peak
· Mission: Ignite the potential in youth ages 15-24 to exit homelessness and create self-determined, fulfilled lives. Firm belief in the transformational power of acceptance; the responsible stewardship of resources; that with compassion, guidance, and support positive change and healing can happen; and that ending youth homelessness changes trajectories, saves lives, and creates lasting community impact.
· Website:
https://www.urbanpeak.org/
25. Wapiyapi
· Mission: The mission of Wapiyapi is to foster healing, fun, and friendship for children and their families facing childhood cancer through an exceptional camp experience
· Website:
http://www.campwapiyapi.org/
26. We Don't Waste
· Mission: We Don't Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.
· Website:
https://www.wedontwaste.org/
27. WeeCycle
· Mission: Recycle essential baby gear and match it to Colorado families in need. We envision a time when all of Colorado's infants and toddlers have their basic needs met and are able to thrive.
Website:
https://weecycle.org/