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• Letter carriers to collect food for the needy on Saturday

  May 7, 2012 5:05 PM

  Letter carriers across the country will gather food for the needy on Saturday. Residents are asked to leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods next to their mailbox Saturday morning. Local letter carriers will collect that food and take it to Care and Share. This is the 20th year... more »

• Colder weather on its way; warming shelters open their doors Play Video

  November 27, 2011 4:00 PM

  With colder temperatures on their way later this week, the city reminds citizens of warming shelters in Colorado Springs for those in need. The primary warming shelter is the Springs is located at the Salvation Army's Montgomery Center located at 709 Sierra Madre Ave, which can accommodate 45 individuals.... more »

• Spreading some Christmas cheer with one shoe box at a time Play Video

  November 19, 2011 10:25 AM

  Samaritans Purse is hoping to touch 8.5 million kids worldwide with a shoe box filled with school supplies, toys, and hygiene items during their 18th annual Operation Christmas Child fundraiser. There are around two dozen locations across Pueblo and Colorado Springs that are collection sites for the boxes. Volunteers... more »

• Operation Christmas Child

  November 18, 2011 11:38 PM

  Operation Christmas Child has help millions of kids worldwide feel a little bit of Christmas joy over the holidays. Last year alone, over 8 million children received boxes. Since 1993, 77 million lives worldwide have been touched by a shoe box. Inside this simple little gift kids will find... more »

• Food pantry to open in Stratmoor Hills

  April 25, 2011 7:32 PM

  The City's Meadows Park Community Center will open a satellite location in Stratmoor Hills at 2027 B Street in Colorado Springs. A food pantry will be the predominant service offered at this location initially, along with public meeting space and rental opportunities for private functions. Future offerings will include... more »

• Bikes to be built for needy kids

  June 29, 2010 2:47 PM

  Colorado Springs based Kids on Bikes will partner with Metro Rides to donate more than 30 bicycles to needy kids. The bikes are being provided at cost through Giant Bicycle and paid for by Metro Rides. Volunteers will put the bikes together on June 30 from 5 to 9... more »

• Camping ban on Council agenda today

  February 9, 2010 8:28 AM

  The Colorado Springs City Council is scheduled to vote today on whether to place a ban on camping in public places. The ordinance seems aimed particularly at camping along Fountain Creek. Several hundred people are living in a makeshift tent city this winter, and while the problem isn't... more »

• Charities hit by fake checks in Christmas hoax

  January 6, 2010 10:58 AM

  Somebody mailed fake holiday checks to several South Carolina charities, and now a Salvation Army chapter may have to cut services for the needy. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Wednesday that the Salvation Army received a $25,000 check that appeared to be from an area company. Officials bought... more »

• Soldiers serve meals to needy on Christmas

  December 25, 2009 3:55 PM

  The first Christmas they've spent in the Springs in awhile, dozens of Fort Carson soldiers served dinners at the Salvation Army to hundreds of people in need. An all-volunteer group of soldiers from the 4th Infantry Divison prepared about 4500 dinners on post. They were delivered to six spots... more »

• Free community Christmas meals

  December 24, 2009 7:16 PM

  Those without plans Christmas day may want to join with others for a Christmas meal with all the trimmings. The "Miracle on Tejon Street" will take place at Old Chicago on North Tejon. Old Chicago has teamed up with Pikes Peak Community Action to give meals and clothes to... more »

• Needs of homeless now greater than ever

  November 24, 2009 6:23 PM

  A drive along Cimmaron and I-25 these days is a sobering one. Rows and rows of homeless are camping out on the water front. It's an unfortunate sign of the economic times. "We began to see it last March." Explains Catholic Charities CEO Jason Christensen, "That was the harbinger of... more »

• Coats being collected for needy in El Paso County

  November 5, 2009 1:18 PM

  There are six drop-off locations in El Paso County for the annual Coats for Colorado coat drive. New or gently used coats are donated, cleaned for free by dry cleaners, then given to the needy here in Colorado. You may donate coats at these locations through November: ¨ American... more »

• Ritter rescinds $7 million cut for needy, disabled

  October 17, 2009 10:14 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter is sparing a program that offers aid to needy and disabled Coloradans, as the state looks for ways to close a $320 million budget shortfall. The Aid to the Needy and Disabled program was scheduled to be suspended Jan. 1 for a $7.2 million savings. Ritter said... more »

• Child poverty rate in Pueblo highest in state

  September 30, 2009 1:39 PM

  Colorado's child poverty rate is among the fastest growing in the country, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Also, among cities in the state, Pueblo has the highest child poverty rate at 30.6%. "The implications of poverty on a child's life are widespread and long-lasting,"... more »