Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation and its impact on community health, Boulder County is unable to host the Fair in a safe environment for all of our fairgoers to enjoy. We will move the entertainment activities to July 30 through August 8th, 2021, anticipating that it will be safe to hold large gatherings at …
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Jul 21 2020
CU Presents Pivots To Digital Performances
In a typical spring, the University of Colorado Boulder campus would be bustling with preparation for the opening night of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, however, the festival and all other in-person musical and theatrical performances on campus have been postponed until further notice. But the show must go on. CU Presents, which represents many performing …
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Jul 14 2020
Longmont Library Offers Summer Full of Virtual Programing
This summer will be a unique one for the Longmont Public Library, but that’s kind of par for the course in 2020, isn’t it? Although the Library is re-opening in phases over the summer, staff is taking many precautions to protect patrons and staff from the coronavirus. Knowing this, we had to completely rethink our …
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Jul 07 2020
A Soldier’s Story
With the 4th of July celebrated virtually this year due to the pandemic, we should take time to remember the sacrifices of those who gave us our freedom. Those fateful words written over 220 years ago in the Declaration of Independence set our country in motion. Many battles have been fought and lives lost since …
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May 26 2020
Zonta Volunteers Make A Difference
Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County, a member of Zonta International, has been supporting women and girls in Boulder County since its charter in 1982. An all volunteer organization, the Foothills Club is making a difference in women’s lives locally and around the world. They work to help ensure women’s safety, health, education and empowerment …
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May 19 2020
Step Inside the Museum of Boulder!
Take a virtual tour of our Boulder Experience Gallery with our Director of Education, Emily Zinn! This tour guides you through displays, inter-actives and multimedia experiences that cover the history of Boulder from the earliest days of Native American inhabitants, through key times of cultural, scientific and economic change, continuing to the present day. Become …
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May 12 2020
TRU Cares for our Community During COVID Crisis
TRU Community Care (TRU), a non-profit health care organization that provides a continuum of care for individuals living with advanced illness and loss, is using tele-health technology (TRU TeleCare) to safely and effectively deliver uninterrupted care to the community’s most vulnerable populations. TRU has deployed tele-health tablets to palliative care and hospice patients to proactively …
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May 05 2020
Community Art Project
Still accepting artwork for our community art project! COMMUNITY IS NOT CANCELLED Mail to: 195 S. Main St. Ste. 8 Longmont, CO 80501 Longmont Hearing & Tinnitus Center has a special request. We are asking children to draw, color or paint a piece of artwork to be given to a senior patient who may be …
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Apr 28 2020
Look for Eye Health
Setting healthy habits should make you feel good – that’s the whole point, right? So, consider this: opt for a few, small lifestyle wins with clear start and end points rather than mounting an all-out assault on your current habits. “One goal that checks all the boxes is getting an eye exam,” says Dr. Jennifer …
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Apr 21 2020
Why, at 85, I Volunteer
By Gary Cox, Spellbinders Volunteer Storyteller My wife and I retired from our small business a few years ago and moved to Josephine Commons in Lafayette, a delightful apartment complex for low income folks over 55. We raised six children here in Colorado. We now have 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. When we were young, …
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Apr 14 2020
VA Telehealth Protects Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is leveraging telehealth technology to help protect veterans and their family from the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Using video telehealth appointments, veterans can connect with their VA care teams from anywhere, without traveling and exposing themselves, their family, and other veterans to COVID-19. Video telehealth options, such as …
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