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Annual HalloBeen Chili Cookoff is back in action! Crack Chicken Chili and the Cowboy Ghost were the landslide winners.

Most difficult talent ever.

We are so proud to join Food Bank of the Rockies on this journey. Fully rebranding an organization that helps our neighbors in need across Colorado and Wyoming is no simple task. It is so important to stay true to their mission while evolving how we communicate, even how we help food and necessities get where they're needed most.

Grateful that we get to work with this amazing team of people who are truly helping make the world a better place.

Our look may have changed, but the essential work we do hasn't.
We provide food and necessities to people in need through signature programs and by partnering with 800+ Hunger Relief Partners to serve our community.
Our service area includes roughly half of Colorado and the entire state of Wyoming, the largest food bank coverage area in the contiguous United States!
By working together, we strive to help communities throughout the region thrive.
Read more: https://bit.ly/FBR-RebrandQA

End-of-year Zoomgazza.
2020 - you are officially on mute!

Two of our wonderful clients could use your help today.

Both are nonprofits who have risen to the challenges of 2020 with determination and measurable, positive impact. And both could use the amplified donation power of Colorado Gives Day (today!) to continue their hard and necessary work.

First is Food Bank of the Rockies, whom we've been partnering with for a year now, mostly behind the scenes as we help them shape future strategy and branding efforts. (Stay tuned for 2021!) The number of families in need of food and necessities in these difficult times has skyrocketed, and Food Bank has responded heroically, increasing food acquisition and distribution by amounts unthinkable a year earlier. Every dollar you donate helps provide around four nutritious meals, which is amazing. And today that donation goes further here: https://www.coloradogives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation&fwID=6850https://

Second is Lighthouse Writers Workshop who, in addition to offering world-class instruction for all types of writing and performance, also bring the power of story to the community at large. As Executive Director Michael Henry wrote today in a fundraising email: "At Lighthouse, we are committed to strengthening our communities by equipping people with the creative tools to turn experiences, truths, questions, and hopes into literature—into stories, poems, essays, novels, and plays that build empathy and understanding. Such writing helps us make sense of the world, and connects us to one another." Couldn't say it any better ourselves (of course!). You can give to them here: https://www.coloradogives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation&fwID=27646

In the meantime, you can also watch—if you haven't already clicked on it by now—the video we just created for Lighthouse on the power of story.

Lighthouse "Story" Learn more at www.lighthousewriters.org and support the power of story in our communities at coloradogives.org/lighthousewriters Lighthouse Writers Workshop offers…

Every year, we hold the Hallobean Chili Cook-off and Costume Fest. Every year except this year. But that's ok because we're gonna Zoom this thing. Stay tuned!

Today, Casey discovered that our adjustable desks go all the way down to lounge chair level and shortly after created the most chill desk setup possible.

Just, you know, concepting. Normal concepting.