NOVEMBER 2018 | ISSUE 1
This month is Thanksgiving and as we approach the holiday season, we'd like to take stock in the people surrounding this organization and thank them for their contributions and support. We thank our clients, our families that trust in us with the caring of their loved ones, our dedicated staff and board members, our hard working volunteers and our gracious and giving donors, sponsors and grantors. Your support this past year has given us great success as an organization and moved us forward to continuing to accomplish our mission to promote, strengthen and support individuals with disabilities and their families.
We are grateful and thankful for YOU!
Photo (Left to Right): Michelle Secor, Kevin Sanger, CSCC General Manager, Gretchen Howard, Judy Arends, Shawn Kelly (Home Front Cares), Tony Peck (Home Front Cares), Linda Ellegard (SKSF Executive Director), Susan Saska (SKSF), Ruthie Lohrig- Kline (Chair of Charity Golf Tournament), Tammy Kiger (Sponsor-Keller Williams).
Not pictured: Georgeann Gray, Diane Finch and Sandra Matthews
Colorado Springs Country Club raised over $30,000 from its September 9 th golf tournament to support The Home Front Cares and Special Kids Special Families. This is the largest amount CSCC has raised for local charities since the tournament’s inception. The annual tournament attracted 128 number of golfers.

Colorado Springs Country Club is a private, member-owned club consisting of approximately 450 members. Golfing and nongolfing members alike supported the fundraising efforts. Several members sponsored the tournament as individuals as well as through corporate giving. In total, nearly 75 individuals and corporations provided cash donations. In addition, a silent auction of over 30 donated goods and services followed the golf tournament.

“The fact that we raised this amount of money from a relatively smaller club says a lot about our membership,” states Ruthie Lohrig-Kline, chair of the 2018 tournament. “We are extremely proud to be able to support two very deserving organizations that provide assistance to those in need in our community.”

We are SO grateful to all the participants, volunteers and sponsors for helping raise money to help fund our programs for children and adults with disabilities.

We've received several grants recently to help support
Special Kids Special Families programs. We thank them for their contributions to help grow our organization!

$25,000 grant received from the Colorado Respite Coalition

$5,000 Safeway grant

$5,000 Department of Human Service s
grant to help recruit foster families
Out in the Community

The Fire Safety show with SKSF's Koscove Kids Special Friends puppets was a HUGE success! Kids and adults visited us and learned about the puppets and fire safety. We are thankful for the Home Depot on the corner of Pikes Peak and North Academy for allowing us to set up our booth and spread disability and safety awareness. Thanks to the SKSF staff that volunteered their time to help out!
SKSF Admin Offices Have MOVED!
We have moved from the old location on
424 W Pikes Peak Avenue to
OUR NEW LOCATION at
1915 Aerotech Drive
Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
(719) 447-8983 | fax: (719) 447-9482
(same phone #'s)

Our new offices will continue to be the main location for our Administration services which include Executive Director's office, Human Resources, Finance & Accounting, Volunteer and IT/Tech departments. All other Special Kids Special Families locations will remain the same with  no change . Please look for Open House information COMING SOON! We are so happy to share with you our new exciting space!
Night of Comedy - It's A Wrap!
Record number of guests attended the 7th Annual Night of Comedy event held at Hotel Elegante on Saturday, October 20th and enjoyed a hilarious evening full of fun and laughter. We raised over $50,000 to assist our Zach’s Place program to help families raising children with disabilities with valuable respite and child care.  Wonderful silent auction packages and raise the paddle auction were a HUGE success with musical entertainment by Ben Bubeck playing the cello, Nancy Norton comedy entertainment and a standing ovation crowd for the Zach’s Place kids performing to the tune “Happy”.

Special thanks to –
  • Abbie Burke for volunteering her time to be this year’s event Emcee;
  • To all the businesses that donated to our silent auction;
  • Ralph Giordano of ArchAngel Productions for producing an awesome video;
  • Rachel Bolenbaugh of Aetherial Photography for donating services to take photos at the event;
  • FOX21 Morning News team for promoting our event;
  • Mia Atkins at FOX21 Living Local for your live interview;
  • Drew Smith at Cumulus for radio media coverage;
  • Linda Navarro for her charity events coverage for the Gazette;
  • SKSF Board President – Kathy Ciano-McGee and Board Members John Butts, Amy Gehrett, Eric Gustafson, Harold Jordan, Sarah Kelso & Mark Schaefer for their donations and volunteerism;
  • Our hard working volunteers and SKSF staff that contributed their time and energy to creating such a successful event – we could NOT have done it without you!
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS:
PLATINUM SPONSORS - A RISE ABOVE & AVEANNA HEALTHCARE 
GOLD SPONSORS: A PHYSICIANS HOME CARE, NUSTAR ENERGY, RPS HEALTHCARE, THE SHANDY CLINIC, WARREN MANAGEMENT; SILVER SPONSORS: CIA-LEAVITT INSURANCE, EL POMAR FOUNDATION, FILLMORE VETERINARY HOSPITAL, KOSCOVE METAL, MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES, THE ARC PIKES PEAK; COMMUNITY SPONSORS: ABOUT KIDS HOME HEALTH CARE/REHAB FOR ALL, BIGGS KOFFORD, BM&M LEASING,CALIBER HOME LOANS, COLORADO AUTOMOTIVE RESTORATION SERVICES (C.A.R.S), HOTEL ELGANTE, MOODY INSURANCE, PASCO & VINTON LAW FIRM; MEDIA SPONSOR: THE GAZETTE
UPCOMING SKSF EVENTS

FOSTER CARE ORIENTATION
Tuesday, 11/6/18 | 5:30-6:30pm

SIBSHOPS WORKSHOP
Saturday, 11/17/18 | 3-5pm

QMAP TRAINING
Friday, 12/21/18 | 8-4pm