Good News Friday!

Today I’d like to say “thank you” to a couple of recent donors to Imagine!. Although the size of the donations are quite different, they both demonstrate the support so many in the community provide to the people we serve, and they both inspire me in my work.

One donation is small in the amount of cash, but big in the amount of heart. Here’s the story: recently an Imagine! employee sent his sister-in-law some lottery tickets for her birthday. The sister-in-law returned the $7 in winning tickets along with a note “Please buy some of your client friends at Imagine! some ice cream with this.” So the employee arranged to meet a CORE/Labor Source work crew at Wendy’s after they finished their job. A good time was had by all. In the picture below, the lucky ice cream recipients show their gratitude. Thank you, Sharon.

I’d also like to thank the Safeway Foundation for a donation of $10,000 to the Imagine! Foundation to help support services for individuals with one or more developmental disabilities. Safeway hosted a check presentation Monday at the their store located at 28th and Iris in Boulder (see picture below). The presentation ceremony was attended by members of Imagine!’s Board of Directors, members of the Imagine! Foundation Board of Directors, Safeway employees, and, perhaps most importantly, Joe Hansen.

Joe receives services from Imagine!, is on the Imagine! Board of Directors, and is a longtime Safeway employee (he’s worked there since 2001). In 2010, Joe and his mother wrote letters of support to the Safeway Foundation for a grant to Imagine!. Since that time, the Safeway Foundation has given three donations of $10,000 each to the Imagine! Foundation! Wow!

Thank you Sharon, Safeway, Joe, and all of the generous individuals, foundations, companies, and organizations that donate to Imagine!. Your support is invaluable.