Let me extend my THANKS to so many people. Harvest of Love is an endeavor that encompasses literally thousands of hands coming together to support our community.
Special thanks to Emily King and STUCO (bang up job this year), Cougars Care Board of Directors, Parrish Larkin (called over 200 families and is still giving gift cards to families), Lisa Kline and the Pickle Ball community, Russ Bone, The Counseling Staff, The Coronado Staff and Admin (for taking on this challenge) Coronado students, Our EDGE classes (yes – that had something to do that benefitted others!!!), Holmes NJHS, King Soopers, Bimbo Bread, The Rotary of Colorado Springs, Kiwanis Club, 1st EV Free Church, ….. on and on and on.
OK number crunchers, here is the data – Stats class, you can do something with this 😊
- 160 boxes of food were prepared for Coronado families – each box had fresh fruits and veggies, pumpkin pie, fresh bread, etc. etc. About 25lbs of food.
- For the first time ever, we are going to get food or a gift card to every family that we contacted (Thanks Parrish!)
- We were able to provide food for several area group homes and charities that serve students in our community: The Place, The Nevada House, The Griffith Center, The Dale House, A ComCor Covid Clinic, and Catholic Charities
- Over 200 volunteers helped make it happen!
- The staff donated more money than ever – over 2K!
- Over 5K in donations overall!
- Enough food to restock the Cougars Care Closet (room 110) so we have food and snacks for our staff, students, and community all year!!
- Enough snacks to provide teachers “Emergency Snacks” for your classroom.
- Approximately 5,000 non-perishable food items were donated by our community.
- I’m sure there are more things to say…. But I would simply say, we did well to help those in our community both at Thanksgiving and in the future.
Thanks for making Coronado a Community that Cares!