Text Box: Safe Chicks Is personal safety training for high school girls, and educates girls to be proactive in avoidance and prevention of physical harm. Safe Chicks is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering our daughters to have the confidence to go out into the world with a new sense of awareness, an ability to better defend themselves, and to be a safer chick (www.safechicks.org). Our class is geared towards educating girls ages 16 and older, in particular, coeds who are going off to college or going out into the workplace by giving them the ability to be more proactive in the prevention of life threatening violence. Personal safety skills for young women are critically important.  Many take part in a cause only after they have experienced personal tragedy. It is imperative that girls are educated in this area before violence has the opportunity to strike. Our goal is to prevent any of our daughters, sisters and friends from becoming a victim. Our 4-hour class is led by officers and instructors specializing in personal safety and self defense. The first two hours will be taught in a classroom setting as we teach our students practical skills in how to be more aware of their surroundings to reduce personal risk.  The next two hours is instruction in self defense techniques through the art of Krav Maga, which was created by the Israeli Defense Forces as the most effective way to fight off an attacker.  Our students find this training to be especially empowering. We welcome mothers who would like to join their daughters for this very important and potentially life saving class. Join us on Saturday, June 12, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in the Friendship Center. The cost per attendee is $28.00. For more information or to register, please call Ann Pederson at 970-532-4676, or e-mail ann@apexshreddinginc.com. We encourage mothers to register with their daughters! Text Box: Page # Text Box: Safe Chicks is coming to First Lutheran Saturday, June 12! Text Box: Volume 53, Number 6

Notes from Lutheran Family Services of Colorado:

 

       Thanks to those of you who supported the Lutheran Family Services of Colorado 2010 Annual Benefit Gala. Your commitment to helping vulnerable children, families and older adults in our community is sincerely appreciated. Partnerships with people like you allow us to truly make a difference. With your efforts we raised over $100,000 to benefit our programs including foster care, adoption, refugee and asylee services, assistance for older adults and their caregivers, pregnancy counseling and disaster response. Through our programs we have seen many lives changed for the better. Thank you!

 

If you weren’t able to joint us at the Gala, come one come all….parents, kids, grandmas and grandpas….and discover the world of plants with fun and exciting activities designed just for families, while helping Lutheran Family Services of Colorado grow and thrive. The Annual Family & Charity event, Plant a Seed of Hope, is on Saturday, June 12, from 10:30am – 1pm at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The cost is $17 (11 yrs. & older), $14 (ages 3-10) and free for children 2 & younger. Admission includes access to all garden exhibit areas, a special Garden Explorers Activity (plenty of fun for all ages – exploring all five senses to design and pot a flowering plant to take home and enjoy), a Classic American Picnic. Go to www.lfsco.org or call 303.217.5860 to register.

 

Also look for the fabulous LFS Online Auction of Hope with the auction preview date beginning Friday, June 4th. Go to the LFS website www.lfsco.org for the link to the auction and to see all the items. There is something for everyone and the bidding will conclude on Monday, June 14.  For more information contact Danette Goldhammer at 303.217.5860.

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