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Ring of Fame member Karl Mecklenburg, a former Council member, has partnered with the alumni association on events and programs in which Mecklenburg’s REACH Foundation is involved, including a widespread reading program in the Denver Public Schools, among others. Reach provides educational opportunities to Denver area children. Website: http://www.karlmecklenburg.net/

The Denver Police Activities League (PAL) is a non profit charitable organization established in 1969 to provide athletic and other endeavors to Denver youth during high-risk hours, and to be a positive interface between the Denver Police Department and the community. Denver PAL has a third generation of youngsters participating in their programs. Grandparents are […]

The Shaka Franklin Foundation in a nonprofit founded to address the serious problem of youth suicide. Hundreds of presentations have been given on suicide, depression, and selself-destructivehavior to schools, youth groups, parents, teachers an,d professionals. The Foundation has positively touched the lives of thousands of young people across the world. https://shaka.org/

Working with Alumni Council member Tom Graham and his son Daniel, also a Denver Bronco alum, the alumni have partnered with the Daniel Graham Foundation (DGf) for events including a free football camp and double Dutch jump rope clinic for at-risk youth. The DGf’s  mission is to inspire families from challenge to triumph with an […]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver changes lives. From the first day of kindergarten to high school graduation, we help kids succeed in school, develop good character and citizenship, and live healthy lives. At 20 neighborhood Clubs and our summer camp in the mountains, we provide our Club members with low or no-cost opportunities to participate in fun […]

Another program with which the Broncos alumni are affiliated is The First Tee of Green Valley Ranch, through the involvement of Ring of Fame and Council member Billy Thompson. This is Denver’s top youth development program with a curriculum for teaching character education through specific life skills, learning how the skills essential to success on […]

At SungateKids, we empower children to use their voices. We believe this helps create a world where children are safe and free from abuse. https://sungatekids.org/

The concept is very simple: Kids like to play. At C.A.S.A., they use this fact to promote healthy habits and good values in our children at a young age.  Then they include the whole family to enhance this experience.  They provide affordable entertainment and educational opportunities for the whole family.  Finally, they involve local media […]

Alum Tyrone Braxton’s organization, Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) has also benefitted from the alumni in their organization’s efforts to cultivate a passion in science, leadership and service in a diverse community of learners. The work that ELK does to reach out to students who have been traditionally overlooked and under-encouraged in science and science-related […]

The alumni have also teamed up with programs such as Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (RTMD), which works to help low-income homeowners so that they may live in a warm, safe environment. http://rebuildingdenver.org/ Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (RTMD) is the leading provider of home repair services for homeowners in need throughout the seven-county metro area. Founded in […]

Nearly 800,000 children are reported as having been abused or neglected in this country each year, including 11,000 in Colorado alone. The Kempe Foundation and The Kempe Center work to fund and promote programs to treat abused children, train professionals and conduct research to ensure a healthy and hopeful future for these innocent victims. Headquartered […]

What Does Rotary Do? Rotary International supports clubs in almost every country in the world, and has over a million members.  The mission  and causes of Rotary is to: Promote Peace Fight Disease Provide Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Save Mothers and Children Support Education, Grow Local Economies Protect the Environment Eradicate Polio Worldwide (supported […]

The Porter-Billups Academy, a non-sports institute partnered by Lonnie Porter, Regis University’s men’s basketball coach and Chauncey Billups, formerly of the Denver Nuggets, helps students become leaders among their peers, see education as a path to success, graduate from high school and attend college. About 90 percent of the Academy students will be the first […]

The Denver Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Foundation was formed to provide an institution with perpetual provisions for future maintenance and support of young African-American men who have excelled in high school and are enrolled in college. The Foundation was chartered in 1987 in the State of Colorado and received its federal 501c(3) income tax exemption […]