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2017-2018 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Corporations & Community Business Sponsors

Open House King Soopers Kiwanis Club of Arvada Jefferson
Safeway and Albertsons
September 16, 2017 Enduring Resources Kiwanis Club of Columbine
Windy Peak Outdoor Lab and Mount Evans City Street Investors KL&A, Inc.
Outdoor Lab Breakthru Beverage Leopold Brother's Distillery
8z Real Estate Lithos Engineering
This year’s Open House was a milestone in Outdoor
Lab history. Mount Evans Outdoor Lab hosted the Avid4 Adventure Lowry Beer Garden
“hard hat” ribbon cutting of the aquaponic Brannan Sand and Gravel Merkl's Automotive
greenhouse classroom with over 1,000 students and Bristlecone Construction Moe's Original BBQ
their families at the site. Attendees traveled to Windy Cornerstone Montessori Newmont Mining Corporation
Peak and Mount Evans for Open House, while some Chapman Orthodontics NREL
even made it to both sites this year. The day included FirstBank Original Recipe Band
students, parents and alumni enjoying tours and lunch Earth Treasures Sipes Architects
at the historic properties. Evergreen Rotary Club Shamrock Foods
Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 15, 2018 Golden Civic Foundation Spring 44
to join us this year. Highlands Sport and Spine The Emerald Leaf
Jeffco Public Schools Wells Fargo
After Dark Joyful Soul Counseling Wheat Ridge Rotary Club
Xcel Energy
KD Kanopy
September 30, 2017 Kiwanis Club of Alameda West

Denver, CO

Our signature fundraiser, Outdoor Lab After Dark, moved
into town this year to bring Outdoor Lab to YOU. Raising
over $135,000, the night featured two live bands, including
the official After Dark band and crowd favorite, Mount Grants Received 2017-2018
Evans’ very own, Jason Harding and Original Recipe. One
of Denver’s most popular bands, Thumpin’, headlined as
over 300 people danced the night away with drinks City of Lakewood Walmart, Arvada Golden Lions Club
provided by Breakthru Beverage and the City of Wheat Ridge Weldon Foundation, Inc. Level3 Cares
much-anticipated food from the Lowry Beer Garden food KPMG Westminster Legacy Foundation IREA
truck. Virginia W. Hill Foundation Golden Civic Foundation Credit Union of Colorado
Walmart, Lakeside Supercenter Lockheed Martin
Because of You
Breakfast
May 16th, 2017
Golden, CO A special thank you to our Monthly Givers who contributed significantly in 2017-18:

The all new Because of You Breakfast celebrated the
first class of the Outdoor Lab Foundation Legacy Anita Fritz Debbie Lee Marcus Hicks Shannon Hancock
Society. With over 20 inductees in attendance and a Anne Smith Hailey Olson Michele Nosari Susan Gadpaille
packed room of community members, including Beverly Wilson Jennifer Wilkinson Paige Maslow Tyler Houston
elected officials, school board members and Outdoor Bonnie Snelling Kathy Weiss Patricia Strong Wanda Bundy
Lab alumni and staff, it was an event that celebrated Leonard Nelson
the time, talent and treasure gifted to Outdoor Lab Brandon Friedman Linnea Pierson Robert Proctor
over the decades. Christina Hursta Sarah Adler
Special words from Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass
reminded inductees and attendees the true value the
Jefferson County Outdoor Lab program brings to our
community and the importance of the generational
learning it represents. It’s the feather in Jeffco’s cap
because of these incredible leaders.
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