September 2009 Archives

On Saturday 9/26, we entertained alumni and current participants at our 2nd Annual 50 for Colorado Homecoming Bash at the Butterfly Pavillion in Westminster. The night was full of food, music and mingling, along with a live and silent auction.

Thanks to all who made it to the Bash. We hope all of our past & current 50 for CO participants (spanning almost 20 years) enjoyed themselves. The entire Exec Ed staff considered it a success; we grossed over $5,500 on our auction items to go toward scholarships!

This Saturday is our second annual 50 for Colorado Bash.  We started the Bash last year as a fundraiser for our scholarship recipients and encourage class years to get to know each other better.  We have some amazing auction items including dinner with Red Miller (Former Denver Broncos' head coach), gallery rentals, Super Bowl XXXIII team signed football, amazing spa package in Pagosa Springs, lots of overnight hotel stays, and much more.  Our interns really helped out with procuring items this year.  They are rock stars!

Speaking of rock stars...each year all of us in Exec Ed can't wait to get to know our alumni at various events and also get ready for next year's class.  At this year's Bash we have alumni that are from class of 1988 to class of 2009.  The 50 program started in 1985 and we have about 1,000 alumni.  It's an amazing network of people that work in non-profit, financial, government, legal, arts, consulting, and marketing. 

Besides preparing for our event this weekend, we are also encouraging all our alumni to nominate someone that they think would be a great fit for the 2010 class.  Please visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/50forCO to see our upcoming sessions and nominate your colleagues on-line.  Nominations are due October 9. 

-Heather Owens, Program Coordinator

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