Archive for 2009

Auction Tables Close at 6:30pm
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Babolat Drive 107 tennis racquet
Babolat Xtra Sweetspot 105 tennis racquet
Babolat racquet bag
HEAD Prestige Pro Microgel tennis racquet
HEAD Women’s Series Cross Bow tennis racquet
Prince EX03 Blue 110 tennis racquet
Prince EX03 Ignite Team 95 tennis racquet
Tennis Lesson with pro Jeff Salzenstein
Denver Tennis Club – Junior membership
JCC Tennis – Family and Individual memberships
Meadow Creek Tennis Club – 6 month membership
Colorado Athletic Club
One, Two and Three Month memberships
DU Coors Fitness Center  – 5 pass admissions
Greenwood Athletic Club – 5 pass admissions
LAX World – gift certificate
Inline Skate Rental for …

We are collecting what we call “School Stories.” Video interviews, written narratives, photographs, and online surveys. Please use this form below to share your story with Great Education Colorado and your fellow Coloradoans. Have a photo? Video? Upload it, too! And be sure to read some of the comments below.

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Sample Comments:

If we do not prepare our children to compete in the global economy they will not be able to lead our country. They are the next generation of tomorrow leaders.
Uneducated citizens are unfulfilled in themselves, and …

Register Now by Making your tax-deductible donation in advance to save as much as $25 on your admission to this event that benefits Great Education Colorado and the cause of better investment in Colorado’s children, schools and colleges. You don’t have to know anything about tennis!

We are so grateful to all our sponsors, please check out what they have to offer and give them a big thumbs up at the event!

Education Week’s annual Quality Counts state school finance data study is out, and the news isn’t good for Colorado. Although Colorado earned an “A+” for funding “equity” (click on Colorado on the map found here), we earned a solid ‘F’ for “funding”.

Come for the cause, stay for the food and fun, leave with some great goodies — a Kentwood grocery bag with an Ink! Coffee gift card, water bottle, coupons and more. And did we mention the silent auction items? Three- six- and twelve month memberships to athletic clubs, museums, car washes, and Swallow Hill Music; high-quality tennis racquets; Chipotle family meal cards (you know you’ll eat there anyway), a birthday party for 20 at Little Monkey Bizness, monthly coffee for a year from Peet’s, and much, much more!

There will be food for every taste and the pickiest of eaters at this year’s Festival. From Noodles & Co. pasta to California Pizza Kitchen brownies, we’ve got every course covered. Our sponsoring vendors also include: Sam Taylor’s BBQ, Dominos, Saucy Noodle, Kona Grill, Bombay Clay Oven, Peter’s Chinese and Starbucks. Thirsty? No worries. Whole Foods and Del Norte Brewing Co. are providing the beverages. It’s an offer you can’t refuse. Click on the tennis racquet over there to the right to register now and reserve your spot at …

* Kids’ Prize Court (with valuable prizes)
* Free Lessons for all ages
* Challenge Courts (with pros and each other)
* Open, non-competitive courts
* Celebrity courts
* Live entertainment
* Celebrities

* State Treasurer Cary Kennedy
* Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll
* Senate President Brandon Shaffer
* Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
* Speaker Andrew Romanoff (2005-2009)
* Representative Tom Massey
* Denver DA Mitch Morrissey
* Award-winning Comedian Sam Adams
* And many more!