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Community Corner Nonprofit Issue #25-312 11/8/25
Sandy Zuniga
08 Nov • Reading Time: 15 minutes
COS Town Tidings Issue #25-312
Community Corner Edition
🌟 Local Nonprofit Spotlight: 👨👩👧👦 Together We Can Nourish Our Neighbors in Need
🤝 Helping Hands - Volunteer Opportunities
🙋♀️ Let’s feature your business or nonprofit
❤ Free Meals During Shutdown
📆 Local Events + Concerts, Holiday Markets, Fairs/Festivals
🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, cooler temps and breezy
I’ve been on the prowl for the best thrift store deals
👉I guess you could say I’m Goodwill Hunting 🤣
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📢 Care and Share's Urgent Plea: 500+ Families Need Help Daily
👨👩👧👦 Together We Can Nourish Our Neighbors in Need
In Southern Colorado, hunger is reality. Seniors are choosing between medicine and meals. Children are going to bed with empty stomachs. Families who never thought they'd need help are waiting in food lines for the first time.
Care and Share Food Bank has been fighting this battle for nearly 50 years, but the enemy is growing stronger. Despite distributing 23 million pounds of food annually, it's not enough. CEO Nate Springer's recent plea was clear: 500 families seek help daily, and that number keeps rising with the government shutdown going on so long.
The pain is real. Behind closed doors, a grandmother skips dinner so her grandchild can eat. A father works two jobs but still can't fill the fridge. A child pretends not to be hungry to ease their parents' worry.
Care and Share is stretched thin, and they're calling for reinforcements. That's where you come in. Every dollar you give provides four meals – four chances to replace hunger with hope. Volunteer, donate, spread the word.
Your action today feeds a family tomorrow. Will you be the hand that fills an empty plate? Visit careandshare.org now and help write a story of hope for our neighbors experiencing hunger.
👀 FunD Fair happening TODAY!
We're pulling back the curtain just for you. Watch now for a new secret peek at this event happening TODAY, Nov 8th 9am-2pm…FunD Fair (Shriners Club, 6 South 33rd St), fundraiser for B-COS We Care!
Come meet all the volunteers we’ve highlighted in every department over the past 2 weeks…
🤝 Helping Hands - Volunteer Opportunities
Explore rewarding volunteer options and be part of something meaningful. Together, we can make an impact!
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🤝Local Kindness in Action: Free Meals for Fed Workers at Poor Richard’s Restaurant🍕
💞*GoFundMe set up if you want to contribute to help feed our local furloughed workers. Just one $60 donation will feed a family of 4, all inclusive! Anything leftover will go to Care And Share in COS
❤️ Shutdown Support from Sandy’s Restaurant
Sandy’s Restaurant, (6940 Space Village Ave) is offering free meals to kids in need and take-home meals to SNAP recipients and government workers during the shutdown. Just ask or show proof—no judgment, just help.
💈 PLUS: Free Haircuts Sun 11/9/25
Nov 9, 10am-2pm: FREE Haircuts: Federal Workers/Military @The Polished Blade, 1358 N Academy Blvd First Come First Served
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📆 Local Events
Nov 8, 8am-noon: Bear Creek Bear Run @Bear Creek Nature Center $20-$65 (Registration open for this fun, family friendly annual event!)
Nov 8, 9am-2pm: Pink, Pearls & Poodles FunD Fair (Fundraiser for B-COS We Care) @ Shriners Club, 6 S 33rd St FREE admission
Nov 8, 10-11:30am: SoulSpace Workshop @685 Citadel Dr East FREE (must register)
Nov 8 & 11, 10:30-5pm: Purple Heart Exhibit @The Money Museum, 818 N Cascade Ave
Nov 8, 11am: In Their Honor, Veterans Day Parade @Downtown, Tejon & St Vrain to Vermijo FREE
Nov 8-9, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87
Nov 8, 2 & 5pm: Disney’s “The Jungle Book!” kids theater @ Colorado Springs Christian School, 4855 Mallow Rd $12
Nov 8, 7pm: Oxymorons Comedy: Hunger Games Charity Event @Peak Improv Theater, 3440 N Carefree $15 (family friendly)
Nov 9, noon-1:30pm: Tallow Balm Making Class @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $55
Nov 12 & 21, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo
Nov 13-16 (2pm), 20-21, 7:30pm: A Doll`s House @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $26.50
Nov 20-23, 2:30pm: A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $8
Nov 22, 1-2pm: Fused Glass Votive Holders @ The Glass Collective, 828 East Fillmore $55
Nov 29, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (4 Tickets Left)
🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting
Nov 8 & 21-23: Mozart & Seasons of Buenos Aires Concerts @ Denver Performing Arts Complex FREE for federal employees
Nov 8, 7:30pm: COS Philharmonic: Top Gun: Maverick @Pikes Peak Center $58
Nov 21, 6:30-9pm: Shivers Concert Fundraiser @ The Antlers Hotel 4 S Cascade $80
Nov 29, 3:30-7pm: Handel's Messiah: A Christmas Concert @ Glen Eyrie Castle $55-$65 (Add $40 dinner optional) Limited Tickets Available
Dec 21, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Jazz @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20
🤶 Holiday Festivals, Fairs & Activities
Nov 8, 9am-7pm, 9 (10am-2pm): 61st Annual Fall Show @ Black Forest Community Center 12530 Black Forest Rd FREE Admission
Nov 8, 9am-4pm: Liberty High School's Annual Craft Fair @ 8720 Scarborough Dr
Visit Sandies’s booth: 🌿 Zenfullyme: Your Answer To Aches, Stress & Problem Skin
Visit Ivy’s booth: 🎨To design her future, she had to rediscover her past
Nov 8, 9am-4pm: Handmade HollyDay @ Festivitea LLC, 4th Avenue Crepes
Nov 8-9, 11am-4pm: Colorado Springs Women's Expo @Norris Penrose Center $7
Nov 9, 2-3pm: Holiday Gift Basket Making Workshop @ Vintage Relics. 502 Tejon $23.18 (4 Tickets Left)
Nov 14 (10am-5pm), 15 (10am-6pm), 16 (10am-5pm): Colorado Springs Christmas Gift Show @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd $12 (Save $2 through Nov 13)
Nov 15, 10-11am: Holiday Plants - Community learning class @Westside Community Ctr, 1628 Bijou FREE
Nov 15, 11am-2pm: Rocky Ram's Holiday Spectacular @ Pikes Peak—America’s Mountain FREE (must register)
Nov 22 - Jan 18: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15
Nov 28, 10-11am: Evergreen Wreath Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $35 (6 Tickets Left)
Dec 4, 5:30-8:30pm: Electric Moonlight @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo $70-$80
Dec 7, 2-3pm: Evergreen Wreath Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $35 (10 Tickets Left)
Dec 13, 4-8pm: Holiday Evening @Rock Ledge Ranch $8
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