Inside Out Youth Services
We are so excited to be partnering with Inside Out Youth Services this year. We kicked off our partnership by collecting financial and food donations for them at our two Christmas Eve Services in 2023. In March 2024, they provided a class for our congregation regarding what they do for our LBGTQ+2 youth and talked to us about pronouns and the importance to our youth about using them. We were also able to provide them with a couple dozen outfits for their Queer Prom on June 1st to kick off Pride Month!!
Pikes Peak Library DistricT
The PPLD Mobile Library has been parking in the BFCC lot for several years now and is one of the most used mobile libraries in the district. We also started partnering with them to host different events they provide for the community. In 2023, they presented Shakespeare’s Pericles to the community.
In March, 2024, the Colorado Springs Astrological Society talked about the upcoming April solar eclipse and passed out eclipse glasses. We look forward to partnering with them on more projects.
In May we were able to provide them with several boxes of books and DVD’s from our annual garage sale to use; thanks PPLD Mobile Library Staff for picking those up!
StableStrides
We are excited to be partnering StableStrides who provide Health and Healing through horses! Two people from our congregation are very active volunteers there and led us on a project in July to get an arena ready for a photo session. Yes, even StableStrides depends on community donations as a non-profit to be able to do all the wonderful things they offer to the community. They also provided a class to our church earlier in the year about what they do. Thank you for letting us partner with you; we look forward to more projects!
Westside Cares
Our congregation voted to work with three organizations in 2024 (out of 15) and partnering with an organization who helped our unhoused and hungry in Colorado Springs was another issue we decided we really wanted to support. We are grateful to Westside Cares for all they do for our community! We helped them organize and repackage food and wipes for the unhoused in March 2024. On Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, we gathered food items from the congregation for them to pass out to those in need. In May, we were able to provide them with socks and shoes that they are always in need of after our annual garage sale. Thanks Nancy Briley for gathering that for them! In August, we donated water bottles and a case of water for them to hand out to their clients as it has been a hot summer.
