Spring is (finally) here, and with it comes a delicious new way to support Cottonwood Institute! For the month of April, head to Chook Charcoal Chicken, the newest restaurant from Snooze’s Adam Schlegel and James Beard Award-winning chef Alex Seidel (Fruition, Mercantile Dining & Provisions), for a great meal and a good cause! Chook,… Read more »
Come on out and support Cottonwood Institute this month at Wynkoop Brewing Company! We are the Charity Tap Beneficiary for the month of January 2019. The way it works is that $1 per charity pint order is donated to CI now through January 31, 2019. But you must ask for the “Charity Tap” pint for it to… Read more »
We recently hosted our annual Cottonwood Institute (CI) Happy Hour to help celebrate the end of another great year of programming! Over this past year we logged 19,200 program hours, completed 8,200 service learning hours, and served 400 participants through our 31 programs in 2018. Our amazing programs couldn’t be executed without the help and… Read more »
Cottonwood Institute (CI) continued its partnership with Re:Vision to help make the 4th annual Urban Farm Volunteer Project a success! 15 rock star volunteers gathered on a chilly fall Saturday morning, all with different connections to CI, but a shared interest in giving back their time to Re:Vision! CI Instructors, Advisory Board Members, Staff,… Read more »
We have a bold vision to make Denver Startup Week the most sustainable free entrepreneurship event in the North America — and we need your help! Denver Startup Week is right around the corner from September 24 – 28, 2018 and Cottonwood Institute is excited to team up with an impressive coalition of partners, including:… Read more »
Cottonwood Institute is teaming up with Re:Vision for our annual Urban Farm Volunteer Day on Saturday, September 29th 2018 from 9am-1:30pm at their headquarters: 3738 Morrison Road, Denver, CO 80219. CI loves partnering with Re:Vision every year because they are a visionary and inspiring organization doing a whole lotta good in the Westwood community of Denver. Register Today… Read more »
After the first full year of programming for Nature Kids / Jovenes de la Naturaleza (Nature Kids) Program in Lafayette, CO, there are some great results to report! Nature Kids is a five-year, $10 million collective impact project led by Thorne Nature Experience that provides pre-k to high school, backyard to backcountry, and family integrated… Read more »
Over the last year Cottonwood Institute has been working with Martin Ogle at Entrepreneurial Earth to spread the word about an initiative to change our collective language around “green jobs”. Environmental education has often focused on introducing students to environmental or green careers in hopes of growing interest in this field. It’s a great field,… Read more »
The day started off with some sprinkles, but in the end, the sun showed up and it was a beautiful day for The Throwdown 2018, our annual charity cornhole tournament to benefit Cottonwood Institute! Denver’s Union Station was the perfect setting for our corporate and competitive teams to battle it out. Although a total… Read more »
You work hard all year and you deserve to win a relaxing vacation! We are hosting a special raffle with our friends at Inspirato to give one lucky winner an epic luxury vacation. And the best part is that all ticket sales benefit our programs at Cottonwood Institute! Inspirato, a luxury vacation membership program based… Read more »
