Summer-long fundraising campaign nets more than $8,500
What: Colorado Credit Union (CCU) will present Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation with a check as a result of a summer-long grassroots fundraising campaign that netted $8850 in donations. CCU challenged its members and the community to help support the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation. CCU donated funds for every auto loan processed, along with community donation activities including photo booths, face painting, gumball machines, and dunking CCU employees to benefit the cause.
When: October 21st at 1:00 PM
Who: From CCU:
Mike Williams, President, CCU; Greg Hamilton, Chief Lending Officer, CCU; Charlie Watts, Chief Financial Officer, CCU; Mary Ann Schlung, Director of Marketing, CCU
Edward Phillips, Coordinator Children’s Hospital Foundation Other Hospital Executives
Where: Children’s Hospital Colorado 13123 E. 16th Avenue – Aurora
Main Lobby
(Free Parking in garage in front of hospital)
Why: To continue to serve the community under the philosophy of “people helping people,” a principle that CCU has operated under since it began in 1973.
—Photographers and Camera Crews Welcome —
About Colorado Credit Union
Colorado Credit Union serves employee groups, residents and family members in Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson and Weld Counties. Colorado Credit Union, originally chartered in 1973, is a member- owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative committed to providing for the financial success of all members. We offer competitive products such as checking accounts, loans, mortgages, online banking and more. We are a part of the Shared Branching Network. For more information, visit http://www.ccu.org.
About Children’s Hospital Colorado
Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) has defined and delivered pediatric health care excellence for more than 100 years. Founded in 1908, Children’s Colorado is a leading pediatric network entirely devoted to the health and well-being of children. Continually acknowledged as one of the nation’s top ten Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and Parents magazine, Children’s Colorado is known for both its nationally and internationally recognized medical, research, education and advocacy programs, as well as comprehensive everyday care for kids throughout Colorado and surrounding states. Children’s Colorado also is recognized for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Centers and has been designated a Magnet® hospital since 2005. The hospital’s family-centered, collaborative approach combines the nation’s top pediatric doctors, nurses and researchers to pioneer new approaches to pediatric medicine. With urgent, emergency and specialty care locations throughout Metro Denver and Southern Colorado, including its campus on the Anschutz Medical Campus, Children’s Colorado provides a full spectrum of pediatric specialties. For more information, visit http://www.childrenscolorado.org and connect with Children’s Colorado on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.