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Tim’s Place- Another Example of the Brilliance of Community in Action.

Community, Supported Employment / Jollity

I remember a time in rehabilitation history when we were eager to take the personality out of people with disabilities, wash them clean of anything we didn’t think people in the community would accept. Back in the day, professional educators and rehabilitation personnel were uncomfortable when adults with disabilities would pass out hugs like candy for the […]

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Do Your Shoes Match Your Friendship?

Community, Friends / Jollity

By Ian Harwick Being friends with Mikelle, it is always good to plan to be ready for surprise. As strange as that sounds, if you are prepared for the unexpected, you can move at a moment’s notice. As my friendship with her has morphed over timed, I have grasp three key insights: understand what you

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The Gift of Great Friendship with Denver’s cbs4’s, Dominic Garcia

Community, Friends, Uncategorized / Jollity

Watch out! Here comes Mikelle! No matter the setting, this woman knows how to make an entrance. I remember the first time I met her, it was back in 2005 at Rocky Mountain Village and I was brand new. She came speeding into the room and was immediately the life of the party…everyone knew

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Josh Winkler–The Man to Go To for a Quick Fix

21st Century Rehabiliation Solutions, Assistive Technology, Community, Supported Employment / Jollity

Sometimes the simplest of things can cause the biggest problems. Imagine yourself four wheeling it, casually cruising along the sidewalks of Denver. Okay, maybe if you count the tiny back wheels, it would be six wheeling it and your steering mechanism fails you. You crash. Look down and there is your front wheel laying on

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Part 2, The Sweetest Thing. Using Indiegogo to help a Veteran.

Community, Family, Funding / Jollity

Posted by Adriana Carlson After my brother Colton, lost his legs in Afghanistan, I desperately wanted to help any way I could. My mom flew out to Maryland to be his caregiver as he healed, and my little sister went with her. My two remaining siblings, my dad, and I went to visit whenever we

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Broncos and Boys, Celebrating Friendship Part 2

Community, Friends / Jollity

Well, the Part 2 didn’t go as planned. The Denver Broncos changed the time of training camp from afternoon to morning practice due to the threat of thunderous storms tumbling over the Rocky Mountains. Bummer. Disappointed by not deterred. Mikelle, Ian, Jerome and I were set to go. Her boys were ready to watch Peyton

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Community in Action and Celebration

Community, Friends / Jollity

In a bone-dry park in the middle of Denver, Colorado—friends gathered for a celebration. Cool people came on this hot, record breaking summer day. The temperature raced to the top of the thermometer, breaking open a 105 degree record. As the smell of parched grass filled the air the wind sucked out the remains of

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Recipe for the Perfect Cherry Pie

Community, Friends / Jollity

By Katherine Carol Take two twenty “somethings” dressed like early summer, one gliding gracefully, looking like a modern Renaissance painting, long, lightly seasoned red hair, luminous blue eyes with a smile that softly creeps up her porcelain face. The other shorter, dark, exotically Asian, slender limbs seated elegantly in her red carriage, its whirs and

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Friends who Become Family

Community, Friends / Jollity

Two guys. One a barista, the other the boyfriend of my daughter, Mikelle’s roommate Lauren Lawton. Who says men don’t care? I say, men do care? They just show it differently than women. Ian, then a barista, now a business man decided to take a risk to become friends with a fiery young woman in

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Adriana: Drumming in Denver—Listening to the Heartbeat of Community in Action

Community, Friends / Jollity

Confluence Park one Sunday evening to participate in the drumming circle and the fire dancing. We packed my djembe (a small African drum) and dressed in our most earthy outfits to fit in with the regular Sunday night clientele. Mikelle and I had to dress up, but Kari fit right in with her home-spun dress

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