COS Town Tidings Issue #25-144
Community Corner Edition
🌟 Community Nonprofit Spotlight: 🎖 A Bridge Home: The Warfighters Mission Supports Our Heroes💖
🤝 Helping Hands - Volunteer Opportunities
🙋♀️ Let’s feature your business or nonprofit
📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets
🌦 COS Weather - Partly cloudy and warm with possible evening T-storms
What is May’s favorite generation?
👉Baby bloomers 🤣
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🎖 A Bridge Home: The Warfighters Mission Supports Our Heroes 💖
🙏 Giving Back to Those Who Gave So Much
This Memorial Day weekend, as we remember the sacrifices made by our military, let’s also consider the challenges faced by those returning home. The Warfighters Mission, a Colorado Springs non-profit, acts as a bridge, providing vital support to veterans, active-duty service members, and their families as they navigate the transition back to civilian life.
Imagine a soldier struggling to reconnect with family, find employment, or manage the invisible wounds of war. That's where the Computers for Heroes program becomes a lifeline. 💻 For many veterans, access to technology opens doors…crucial for job searching, online education, connecting with support networks, and accessing vital resources.
The Warfighters Mission delivers custom-built computers straight to their doorstep. But here's what makes it extraordinary: each delivery isn't just dropped off. Someone sits with that veteran, prays with them, and reminds them they're not forgotten. It's technology wrapped in human compassion. 💖
Beyond these meaningful deliveries, the organization offers peer support, holiday assistance, and online ministry, creating a community of understanding and encouragement.
This faith-based organization relies on the generosity of people like you. This Memorial Day, honor our heroes by supporting The Warfighters Mission. Learn how to support this mission and volunteer opportunities at thewarfightersmission.com.
It’s not about thanking those who served.
It’s about honoring those who never came home.
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance.
A day for silence, for reflection, for names etched in stone.
It’s not the same as Veterans Day—and that’s okay.
They both matter. But they’re different.
Let’s help others understand the meaning behind this weekend.
Because remembrance deserves accuracy—and reverence.
🤝 Helping Hands - Volunteer Opportunities
Explore rewarding volunteer options and be part of something meaningful. Together, we can make an impact!
✨Fundraising Event Happening TODAY
@Dutch Heritage Gardens (Wholesale Greenhouse) in Larkspur
—> 🌟Nonprofit Spotlight: 🤝 Sharing Meals, Sharing Hope: Food Trucks Against Homelessness
Want to be part of something meaningful? The Wardrobe Refresh Exchange is coming up on June 8 (noon-4pm), and Katie needs help to make it happen! From greeting guests to sorting clothes, there’s a role for everyone. Sponsors also needed.💫
—> 🌟Nonprofit Spotlight: ❤️ Transform Hardship Into Hope for Local Moms
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📆 Sample Local Events
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May 24-26, 9am-5pm: Annual Memorial Day Weekend Open Ranch Event @8720 Moss Rock Rd, COS FREE
May 24-25 (10am-7pm) 26, 10am-6pm: Territory Days @Old Colorado City FREE to attend
May 24-25, 10am-10pm: MeadowGrass Music Festival @La Foret Conference & Retreat Center, 6145 Shoup Rd $93-$242
May 24-25, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87
May 24-25: Silent Sky - Theatreworks @Osborne Studio Theatre, 5225 N Nevada $21-$45
May 30-June 1, 7-8:30pm: Vintage Market Days @Norris Penrose Event Center $10-$17
June 4, 7-9pm: The Carole King & James Taylor Story @Phil Long Music Hall $34-$45 (age 14+)
Jun 6-28: Four Old Broads On The High Seas @Meanwhile Block, 124 W Cimarron $22-$28
June 14, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95
👩🌾 Farmers Markets
May 24, 9am-1pm (Saturdays May 24-Oct 11): Opening Day Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd
May 25, 9am-2pm (Sundays through Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS
May 28, 10am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd
June 8 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr
🎶 Summer Concert Series
May 30, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE
June 5 (Every Thurs), 6-8pm: Wendy Woo @Banning Lewis Ranch, Vista Park FREE (public + community market)
—>🌟Spotlight: Stop by SherBeth’s stand and say hi to Beth!
June 6, 5-7pm: SofaKillers @First & Main Town Center Park, 3305 Cinema Pt FREE
June 13, 6-8:30pm: Fam Jam Concert @UCHealth Park, 4385 Tutt Blvd FREE family friendly
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