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Up With People, the international educational and cultural program, is looking for families to host cast members during their four-week stay in Denver, January 6 – February 6, 2012.

Host families are asked to provide a bed, breakfast, dinner, and limited local transportation (bus or light rail passes will be provided to cast members if needed). Cast members are out in the community during most business hours Monday through Saturday – Sunday is considered “Host Family Day.” This is an opportunity for families to connect with other countries and cultures while sharing your community.

Host families receive two complimentary tickets to the February 3rd show in Denver. More information is available on the Up With People website.

If you are interested in hosting, please contact Shawna Reed at 303-408-4143 or email her at sreed@upwithpeople.org

Here’s a message we received from Jeanne Fischetti, Volunteer Program Manager for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver:

I am reaching out because Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver is building 6 homes in Commerce City this winter and we’re in need of volunteer support. With the Stapleton neighborhood just south of Commerce City I thought this might be a great volunteer opportunity the Rotary Club. Volunteer opportunities are available Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays starting in January and running through March. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and willing to work from 9-4:30 p.m. Thank you in advance for your help.

For more information, please visit Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver’s website at www.habitatmetrodenver.org

Here’s a message we received from Margaret Pauls of the USGBC Colorado Green Schools Initiative:

This might be a little unconventional, but I volunteer with the non-profit USGBC Colorado Green Schools Initiative. We host a Green Schools Summit every year. This year ours is on October 28. We were thinking about ways to get participants to the event via carpool or other, and we don’t have the additional volunteer power this year to spearhead much in this vein. Do you have any folks interested in assisting? we are certainly open to ideas. The event will be held at the Evie Garrett Dennis Campus, a Denver Public School facility. Any ideas or help you can offer would be great to talk about.

Feel free to call Margaret at 303 250 8450 for more information.