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News & Press Releases
Get help. Give help. This is how we’re serving our community during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will be using this section to update the community on Pikes Peak United Way’s response to this crisis. We are implementing new initiatives as well as modifying some of our existing programs to continue serving those in need. Now more than ever, people need help!
Press releases and other information
- Serving our Community during COVID-19: A letter from our President and CEO Cindy Aubrey (3/16/20)
- Laura Neumann named Board Chair of Pikes Peak United Way (7/28/20)
- Urgent request for Backpack Bash donations to equip El Paso County students in need (7/17/20)
- Born Learning Trails come to Colorado Springs! (7/16/20)
- Pikes Peak United Way receives $175,000 grant from The Anschutz Foundation and Gazette Charities to support crucial work in Pikes Peak region (7/13/20)
- Pikes Peak United Way announces winners of annual awards honoring outstanding community members, local organizations (7/9/20)
- Backpack Bash has goal of equipping 10,000 students with backpacks full of supplies (7/6/20)
- Soup for the Soul: New collaboration supporting local restaurateurs to feed those in need (4/23/20)
- Emergency Relief Fund: Grants awarded to local nonprofits, extraordinary need remains (3/31/20)
- Dolly Parton continues to inspire love of reading during COVID-19 pandemic (3/31/20)
- Food Box Delivery Program (3/30/20)
- Calls to 2-1-1 up by 167% as Pikes Peak region grapples with COVID-19 (3/27/20)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Drive (3/25/20)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Drive Ads (3/25/20)
- Guest column in The Gazette: Standing together in this new reality (3/22/20)
- COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund with Pikes Peak Community Foundation (3/17/20)
- KVOR Radio PSA: Emergency Relief Fund (3/17/20)
- All Pikes Peak United Way VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site appointments postponed until further notice (3/16/20)
- Emergency Response Fund available for COVID-19 response (3/13/20)
News coverage of pikes peak united way
- KRDO: Nonprofits to donate thousands of backpacks with school supplies in El Paso County (7/31/20)
- The Gazette: VIDEO: Backpack Bash Helps 10,000 Students in Need (7/28/20)
- The Gazette: PHOTOS: Backpack Bash Helps 10,000 Students in Need (7/28/20)
- KOAA: Renter warning: COVID-19 eviction moratorium ends with July (7/24/20)
- KKTV: Donations desperately needed with 4 days left for ‘Backpack Bash’ to help local students (7/21/20)
- Fox 21: Backpack Bash has goal of equipping 10,000 students with backpacks full of supplies (7/19/20)
- The Gazette: Pikes Peak region advocates fear an eviction tsunami is coming (7/18/20)
- KKTV: Back to school supply drives: pandemic changes (7/15/20)
- The Colorado Springs Business Journal: Pikes Peak United Way honors volunteers (7/9/20)
- KOAA: COSiloveyou works with partners to deliver hope (6/1/20)
- KOAA: Local officials salute St. Francis Hospital's front line workers (5/20/20)
- KKTV: Giving Tuesday Now: Coming together in the midst of a pandemic (5/5/20)
- KOAA: Keller Homes to match donations to Pikes Peak United Way's Giving Tuesday Now campaign (4/30/20)
- KKTV: With unemployment up, Pikes Peak United Way wants you to know they can help (4/30/20)
- KOAA: Colorado Springs organizations offer free counseling for first responders (4/28/20)
- KOAA: Demand on charities grows as recession deepens (4/24/20)
- KOAA: Local Colorado Springs groups team up to create 'Soup for the Soul' (4/23/20)
- Fox 21: Colorado Springs nonprofits delivering free food boxes to people without transportation (4/23/20)
- KRDO: Community raises $1 million for COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund (4/15/20)
- Fox 21 News Ask an Expert: What services are available to assist people who can’t make rent due to COVID-19 (4/13/20)
- The Gazette: Have help to give? Need help? Find each other on COS Connect (4/11/20)
- KRDO News Radio: Top leaders with Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, the Pikes Peak United Way and TESSA share how local nonprofits are joining together to help connect residents with available resources throughout the COVID-19 crisis (4/11/20)
- Fox 21: Local COVID-19 resources a phone call away (4/10/20)
- KOAA: United Way, Care and Share team up for food donations (4/9/20)
- The Gazette: Emergency Relief Fund a one-stop donation spot to help Pikes Peak region nonprofits (4/6/20)
- The Gazette: Dolly Parton reads 'Goodnight with Dolly' stories to children (4/2/20)
- KOAA: Colorado Springs nonprofits create food-delivery program for the elderly (4/1/20)
- Fox 21: Relief funding for nonprofits (4/1/20)
- The Gazette: New food deliveries added for Colorado Springs seniors during pandemic (4/1/20)
- KKTV: Getting help from the United Way (3/31/20)
- KOAA: Groups working to provide support for child care providers (3/24/20)
- The Gazette: Emergency relief funds, mask-making, donation drives all to help Pikes Peak region with coronavirus impacts (3/24/20)
- Fox 21: Emergency Relief Fund for nonprofits (3/19/20)
- KKTV 11 Cares PSA: Emergency Relief Fund (3/18/20)
- KRDO News Radio interview featuring Cindy Aubrey, CEO of Pikes Peak United Way (3/17/20)
- KKTV: Grocery resources during coronavirus pandemic (3/16/20)
- KKTV: Coronavirus: How you can get help and help others in Colorado Springs (3/13/20)
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