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Media Contact: Carrie Benson Vice President of Operations Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region 719.570.7077

Volunteers build playground at Boys & Girls Club (see the pictures!)

Community volunteers teamed up today to build a playground at the Boys and Girls Club at 1455 S. Chelton Road.More than 200 volunteers were at the Boys & Girls Club today building a playground in the park area adjacent to the club at 1455 S. Chelton Road.

The project is part of a national initiative by KaBOOM! and Home Depot to build or refurbish 1,000 play spaces in 1,000 days.

KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit organization with a vision to create a playground within walking distance of every child in America.

"This is a great project for our community," said Vic Andrews, board chairman of the Boys & Girls Club and vice president/general manager for USAA Insurance.

The kids at this Boys & Girls Club designed the playground being built, he said.

John Green, district team captain from Home Depot, said Home Depot signed a three-year contract with KaBOOM!, and this is the 682nd playground so far with each project cost averaging about $50,000.

The playground will provide a safe place to play for all children in the community.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pikes Peak Region offer children more than 30 programs within five core areas emphasizing education and career development, character and leadership development, the arts, health and life skills and sports, fitness and recreation.

Link to KaBOOM! Website

Media Contact: Jeffrey Neuman District Marketing Manager (303) 680-0571

Borders Customers Encouraged to Participate in Book Drive by Donating New Books to Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region to Help Those in Need 

Borders in Colorado Springs to donate five percent of the total sales from the books donated for this drive to Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region 

Denver, Colorado, July 1, 2007 ─ This August, Borders in Colorado Springs will work with Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region to promote literacy and give books to children in need throughout the Colorado Springs community by hosting a month long book drive.  

Beginning August 1, customers in Colorado Springs will be encourage to donate new children and young adult books to benefit Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region and the children they serve.   To assist customers with finding the right books to donate, Borders, with the help of Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region will select and design in store displays full of children’s books, such as books written by Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein and Beverly Cleary, for customers to choose from.  Customers can simply pick books from the book drive display, take them to the registers and let the cashier know that they would like to donate them.  Customers are also welcome to choose their favorite age appropriate children or young adult book and donate that as well.  Borders will then give the books to Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region. The book drive is set to end August 31.  For list of a few of the books Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region would like to receive, please see the attached list. 

In addition to offering its store as a gathering place for customer donations, Borders in Colorado Springs will donate five percent of its total sales* from the purchase of the books donated by its customers between August 1 and August 31 to Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region. Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region will then use these funds to [insert use.]  Please call or visit your closest Colorado Springs Borders store for additional details and a complete list of book titles. A full list of store locations can be found at bordersstores.com. 

“We are very excited to work with Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region for this book drive,” said Lara Martinez, district manager for Borders.  “Literacy is a cause near and dear to us and as a bookstore, we embrace our role as a contributing member of the community.  We believe that every child in need should experience the joy of owning their own book, to aid in the development of their imagination and open up new worlds for them.”  “As part of this community, we want to do what we can to make sure that the children in this area have the tools necessary to shape and define their lives and to help guide them when deciding whom they aspire to be.  We feel that reading books certainly helps with this,” Martinez added.

*Borders will donate a total of five percent of the gross sales relating to the book drive.  The “gross sales” relating to the book drive shall be the total purchases of books by Borders and Waldenbooks customers, where applicable, during the promotional period (i.e. August 1-August 31, 2007) that are ultimately donated to the organization connected with the book drive.