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Howard Dental Center is a non-profit organization that provides compassionate, high quality, comprehensive oral health care to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. Oral health is critical to the overall health of people who have compromised immune systems. HIV/AIDS has changed considerably over the past several years. The introduction of new medicines has altered the nature of HIV, making it a chronic disease for many. But, HIV remains a difficult and deadly illness. And the oral manifestations are complex and challenging to manage.
Howard Dental Center has been successfully treating our patients for over ten years. As the disease has evolved, so have we. Today, we are learning amazing things about the links between achieving optimum oral health and the immune system. Howard Dental Center is a specialty oral health clinic that represents a link between dentistry and medicine. The Center performs three functions: 1) clinical services to patients, 2) research and 3) education to the private oral health practitioner. We have a dental staff of one full-time dentist, one full-time hygienist, and a full-time chair side assistant.
Last year, we performed close to 5,000 dental procedures and improved the lives of 600 patients. Over 90% of our patients live below the poverty line. Most of our patients are not able to afford the dental care we provide them to live a healthy life, as they are unable to work or hold a steady job because of their illness. We rely on donors such as the CGRA to help us to continue to provide the excellent oral health care our patients need. Thank you!
www.howarddental.org
In 2006, we treated over 600 patients, performing over 5,000 procedures. Over 90% of our patients are unable to pay for their care, so we rely heavily on our donors, grants and fundraisers. Your donated dollars make a huge impact for us! For every dollar that is contributed, we are able to provide a $1.13 in patient services. Thank you to the CGRA for your support this year!
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Enhancing Life Through Unique Equine-Assisted Experiences
For more than 7 years, Medicine Horse Program has been dedicated to
enhancing the quality of life of adolescents, families, and adults
through unique equine-assisted experiences. We provide group and
individual therapy sessions that focus on healing. Individual and group
psychotherapy sessions are offered. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization.
Our services meet the particular needs of low-income individuals
referred to us by local city and county agencies. Vulnerable youth
populations are an emphasis at Medicine Horse Program.
Medicine Horse Program thrives with the help of a dedicated staff,
board of directors and numerous enthusiastic volunteers. Find out more
about the people who help make this program a success by visiting our
Staff and Board of Directors and Advisory Board pages.
Why Horses?
The horse is an intuitive, honest and responsive being. Through
interaction with the horse, humans can gain awareness about how we
relate to ourselves and others in our lives.
- Horses live in herds closely resembling human groups such as the family system.
- Relationship with other herd members determines the individuals' survival as well as their role within the herd.
- Horses, as prey animals, live in the here and now in order to survive. They can teach the importance of awareness.
- Horses have unique personalities eliciting different behaviors and emotions in different people.
New insights, skills and successes developed in the arena transfer
to each participant's everyday life. Medicine Horse Program provides a
fun, challenging and unique environment in which human growth and
potential may be achieved.
Core Values & Beliefs
- Healing: MHP is a space where healing takes place.
- Respect and Honor: We treat our horses, our volunteers and the environment with respect and honor.
- Safety: A physically and emotionally safe environment is paramount.
- Relationships: Building relationships are essential- relationships between each other and with horses.
- Value and Gifts: Every being has values and gifts to share.
- Responsibility: We take personal responsibility for our actions, feelings, and words.
- Collaboration: MHP is about collaboration- not competition.
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Dedicated members of the Denver community founded Project Angel
Heart in 1991. They were determined to ensure that those living with
HIV/AIDS and
other life-threatening illnesses were receiving proper nutrition --
vital in the fight against disease. Project Angel Heart initially
served 12 clients from a single, donated pan of lasagna. In 2008,
Project Angel Heart delivered over 407,279 meals to 1,687 clients, free
of charge. During eighteen years of phenomenal growth, our goal has
always remained the same: ‘meals with love’ for men, women, and
children living with life-threatening illness.
Support from the community has been unwavering since those first meals were delivered in 1991. Our delivery zone
has expanded from 150 square miles of central Denver to encompass
delivery boundaries that include 750 square miles of metropolitan
Denver and 150 square miles in the Colorado Springs area. Such growth
would not have been possible without our corps of dedicated volunteers.
In 2008, 2,983 people donated 42,285 hours of their time preparing food
in the kitchen, driving 42,952 miles to deliver meals to clients’
homes, helping in the office, and assisting with fundraising events.
For over 800 clients served each week, Project Angel Heart embodies
stability and hope by providing nutritious meals, free of charge, and
specifically prepared to meet the nutritional needs of each individual
client. Life-threatening illnesses can drain a person’s energy and
finances, threaten their dignity, limit their independence, and leave
them feeling alone and vulnerable. Project Angel Heart provides
life-saving nutrition necessary for physical, emotional, and financial
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