COS Town Tidings Issue #26-101
Community Corner Edition
🌟 Local Nonprofit Spotlight: 🥰 Ready for Something Truly Rewarding?
🤝 Helping Hands - Volunteer Opportunities
🛍 Bargain Box (Last Day for this week’s sales + POP-UP SALE)
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📆 Local Events + Concerts, Markets, and Activities
🌤 COS Weather - Above average temps with isolated PM T-storms
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🥰 Ready for Something Truly Rewarding?
🌱 Where friendship meets purpose in surprising ways
For over a century, Big Brothers Big Sisters has transformed lives through the power of mentorship, and right here in Colorado Springs, this vital work continues every day. Through carefully crafted one-to-one matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and local youth ("Littles"), meaningful relationships blossom, nurturing potential and inspiring dreams.
Whether sharing a laugh over ice cream, attending a Switchbacks game, or simply talking about life's challenges, these connections create ripples of positive change throughout our community. Each match is professionally supported, ensuring both mentor and mentee thrive in their relationship.
The Colorado Springs chapter welcomes volunteers from all walks of life who can spare a few hours monthly to make a lasting impact on a child's life. As one local Big Sister shared, "The joy of watching my Little grow in confidence and discover new possibilities is immeasurable."
Want to create change that lasts a lifetime? Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado is currently seeking mentors, especially for their Sports Buddies and community-based programs. Your life experience could be exactly what a local child needs to envision a brighter future.
To learn more about becoming a Big or supporting their mission, check out their website, visit their downtown office at 111 S Tejon St, Suite 302 or call them at 719-633-2443 today.
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🤝 Helping Hands - Volunteer Opportunities
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👩🦳 Did you know?
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🎉 EXCITING NEWS!
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📆 Sample Local Events
*Weather permitted
Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
Sept 5-7, Labor Day Lift Off Tickets on sale now!
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204 (Tickets on sale now)
Apr 11, 9am-1pm: Used Gear Collection @ 4255 Sinton Rd
Apr 11, All Day: Jigsaw Puzzle Swap @ Old Colorado City Library FREE
Apr 11 (10am-6pm): RV & Travel Show @ Colorado Springs Event Center FREE
Apr 11, 11am-Noon: Marking Time: Commemorating the Past in the Pikes Peak Region @Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Apr 11, 1-4pm: Community Screening of Join or Die Documentary Fundraiser @ Harrison High School, 2755 Janitell Rd $0-$50
Apr 11, 1-4pm: Rooted in Earth: Plant Swap Celebration @ 955 Garden of the Gods Rd
Apr 11 (2 & 7pm)-May 3: Romeo & Juliet - Theatreworks @ Ent Center for the Arts, Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre $20-$31 (Limited seats)
Apr 11 (2pm) & 12 (1pm): Myths, Mops, and Mischief @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $16
Apr 11, 2-3pm: Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America @CSPM, 215 S Tejon $5 donation requested (RSVP recommended)
👩🌾 Apr 12 (every Sun thru Apr 26), 11am-3pm: Spring Market @Sourdough Boulangerie, 6449 Omaha Blvd
Apr 12, 2-4pm: Spring Craft Party & Book Swap @ 10 S 25th St, COS $40
Apr 16, 6:30-8:30pm: Floral Moon Wreaths With Hanging Crystals @ 2834 N Powers Blvd $45
💐 Apr 18, 10am-3pm: Spring Market in Black Forest @Edith Wolford Elementary, 13710 Black Forest Rd
Apr 18, 5:30-9:30: Lumpia Rolling Party @Care and Share, 2605 Preamble Pt $75
Apr 22, 6pm: Enchanted Garden Dome Workshop @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $50
Apr 24, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo
Apr 24, 6-7:30pm: Learn Watercolor Workshop @ Hidden Gem UVC, 5020 N Nevada $35
—> 🌟 Spotlight: 🎨 To design her future, she had to rediscover her past
Apr 26, 11am-3pm (every 4th Sunday): Crafters Collective, Maker's Market @ 3104 North Nevada FREE to attend
May 2, 2-3pm: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
May 3, 9-9:30am (First Sun every month): Positive Intention Group Meditation Gathering @ Yoga Studio Satya, 1581 York Rd FREE
May 9, 1-3:30pm: Mosaic Suncatcher Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $75 (Few Seats Left)
May 16, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
🎶 Concerts / Music
Apr 11, 7:30pm: Wickedly Broadway @Pikes Peak Center, 190 S Cascade Ave $37-$202
Apr 11, 7:30pm: Dreamboat Annie Presents Journey to the Heart of Zeppelin @Phil Long Music Hall $14-$48
Apr 13, 7pm: USAF Academy Band presents: R(Evolutionary) Reflections @Packard Hall, 14 E Cache la Poudre FREE (pls register)
Apr 14, 5:30-7:30pm: Concrete Couch Music Jam @ 1100 S. Royer St FREE
Apr 19, 3pm: David Pickering, Organ @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon FREE
Apr 20, 6-8:30pm: Harmony in Bloom Spring Fundraiser @The Peel House at First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave $50
Apr 22, 7pm: Southern Colorado In Harmony Festival @ Pikes Peak Center $20
Apr 26, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: R&B @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA ON SALE NOW (will sell out)
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