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DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce today led a series of volunteer projects across the Denver metro and surrounding areas in partnership with local nonprofits and prominent Colorado companies. In one afternoon, 75 volunteers representing the business community contributed over 200 hours of service through the Chamber’s “Community Impact Day.”
“The Colorado Chamber is invested in improving our local communities finding opportunities for business to give back,” said President and CEO Loren Furman. “All of the projects we tackled today tie directly into the Chamber’s priorities and values – from supporting working families to environmental sustainability.”
Volunteers were stationed at four different locations to serve the Food Bank of the Rockies, Girls Inc., the Town of Georgetown, the Denver Early Childhood Council and Executives Partnering to Invest in Children. Projects included cleaning up local trails, renovating outdoor play areas and recreation rooms for children, and distributing meals to those in need.
The impact of today’s volunteer projects includes:
- Approximately 150 bags of trash and 25 truckloads of green waste cleaned up around Georgetown Lake trails, not including large waste.
- More than 110 barrels of mulch laid in outdoor play facilities at Warren Village.
- Hundreds of meals prepared for distribution to those in need.
- Large furniture assembly for a youth leadership recreation room.
Business partners who provided volunteers for Community Impact Day include Climax Molybdenum, Molson Coors, PNC Bank, and Kaiser Permanente.
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The Colorado Chamber of Commerce champions free enterprise, a healthy business environment and economic prosperity for all Coloradans. It is the only business association that works to improve the business climate for all sizes of business from a statewide, multi-industry perspective. What the Colorado Chamber accomplishes is good for all businesses, and that’s good for the state’s economy. It was created in 1965 based on the merger with the Colorado Manufacturers’ Association.