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The Neighborhood Rehab Project program is in its 8th year of helping Golden residents stay warm, dry, and safe. Imagine a senior who has lived in Golden for fifty years. The house is paid off and she can scrape together the property tax each year, but she can’t afford to pay someone to patch her roof or paint her shed or fix a leak. This is where the Neighborhood Rehab Product comes in. Once a year, hundreds of volunteers sign up to help their neighbors with fixing/painting/yard work-type projects. They help senior adults, disabled people, veterans, single parents, and financially burdened individuals referred to their organization. Learn more….
This approach has been so successful that other cities–Idaho Springs, Englewood, and Arvada–now have Neighborhood Rehab days of their own…but it all started in Golden, the brainchild of local construction guy Dan Thoempke.
This year’s “Be a Tool” Day of Service is scheduled for September 8th. The last day to sign up to help was August 26th (don’t say I didn’t warn you), but they can use cash donations to help pay for paint, caulk, and all those other house-fixing supplies. If you’d like to donate to the cause, visit this page and click the “Register” button.
The Golden Library will host their monthly Ukulele Wednesday today from 6-7:30. Got a Ukulele? Know a few chords or songs? Jam with us on the last Wednesday of each month for an informal opportunity to meet other ukulele enthusiasts and strum a few songs together. This workshop is best suited for ages 13+.
Public Square meets from 6-7 this evening at Higher Grounds. Tonight’s topic is Justice. An open dialogue on topics that intersect faith and culture. Everyone is welcome, and a variety of perspectives are commonly shared, though the leader will wrap up the conversation with a summary of the biblical perspective on the topic. Please join us! Any questions? Contact Levi Bowland at levi@fbcgolden.org. Brought to you by First Baptist Church of Golden. Higher Grounds Cafe, 803 14th Street, Suite B, Golden, CO (map)
Dinosaur Ridge is offering a free talk from 6-7PM tonight on hadrosaurs, the duck-billed dinosaurs. RSVP at education@dinoridge.org. Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center, 17681 W Alameda Pkwy, Golden, CO (map)
At 7PM, Mountain Toad is hosting the world premier of a 30-minute documentary of Project Baja’s 2017 Baja 1000 run: A 6-person video crew followed us from Ensenada to La Paz and captured some amazing footage, and RoadshowAutos put it all together to make something awesome. We’re stoked, you’re stoked, and we’re gonna be showing it on the projector at the Toad! Let’s gather ’round about 7:00 p.m., and we’ll probably fire the projector up around 7:30 or 8:00 p.m… and if people want we can always watch it a time or two. And don’t worry, if you can’t make it we’ll also post the link to view when we know it what it is, so people who aren’t in Denver/Golden can watch!
The Quilt Museum is offering a class from 9-3:30 tomorrow: Prickly Pear Pineapple with Ann Petersen. This original quilt is based on an off-center pineapple block which is paper-pieced. This quilt uses only 2 fabrics–one multi-colored and one solid black. Paper piecing with strips or freezer paper are the 2 methods that will be used. $90 For Members—$100 for Nonmembers. Please call 303-277-0377 or shop our Online Store to register for classes.
