EVENTS AT WASH PERK
Lehigh University Alumni Meeting
Mon, October 26, 7pm – 9pm at Wash Perk
Led by Joe Blair, this is a planning meeting for the leadership board. For more information, contact Joe at
josephblair@gmail.comArapaHOPE Community Team
Tue, October 27, 7pm – 9pm at Wash Perk
Energy, Climate Change, and the Environment The ArapaHOPE Community Team is a local organization that advocates for the issues important to our community. ACT is beginning a series of discussions around energy issues, climate change, and our environment. Most importantly, we would like to discuss what we, as ordinary citizens, can do to take on some of these problems facing us today. Come join us and put in your two cents. Then stay for our guest speaker: Wade Norris from Project to Relocate and Assist Environmental Refugees (PRAER). If you can’t make it to the meeting, but have suggestions for future discussions, please feel free to contact me at
Donna.Galassi@ArapaHOPE.org about ArapaHOPE.
Women Wanderers Meetup
Wed, October 28, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at Wash Perk
Women Wanderers: Wednesday Evening Travel Conversations Meetup, 7-9 p.m. (Group membership and reservation required: Please visit
http://www.meetup.com/women-wanderers to see if it’s a good fit for you and to join.) Led by Betsy Hedberg.
TRICK OR TREAT
Sat, October 31, 4pm – 6pm at Wash Perk and On a Lark
Come make a trick or treat bag and start collecting your goodies at the Perk. Supplies provided by Wash Perk and On a Lark. Professional photographer at On a Lark. Free medium drink for grown ups in costume! More treats than tricks to be announced! We will be creating a “safe route” from our shop to Lloyd and Maxwell Wine and Spirits at Kentucky and Pearl. The route will go from Ohio to Clarkson to Kentucky (to Lloyd and Maxwell) then loop back via Washington. They will offer treats, as well!
Organizing for America, HD3 West Side Neighborhood Team Meeting
Sun, November 1, 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Wash Perk Coffee House
EVENTS AROUND WASHINGTON PARK
Perk Pups Soccer
Sat, October 31, 10am – 11am in Wash Park, grassy area behind Dos Chappelle Bathouse
Description2T soccer…. loosely coached and ready to have fun! Contact Joe Lindwall at
joelindwall@hotmail.com or just show up for more information. Jerseys provided by Wash Perk.
Purchase your holiday pies online from Project Angel Heart and make life a little sweeter this holiday season for someone battling a life-threatening illness. Choose among delicious cherry, apple, pecan, and pumpkin pies, all generously donated by Bluepoint Bakery. Every pie you purchase allows Project Angel Heart to deliver 5 nutritious meals to a client coping with illness. Project Angel Heart hopes to sell 3,000 pies to raise vital funds for its home-delivered meal program.
How to order
To purchase your pies, visit www.projectangelheart.org. Each freshly baked pie sells for $25.
Pie orders must be made between October 15 and November 15.
Picking up your order
Pick up your pies from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, November 24, at metro- area Sunflower Farmers Market locations (Arvada, Littleton, Denver West, Denver South, Aurora South, and Highlands Ranch), Project Angel Heart, or Crossroads Church (Northglenn) – just in time for the holiday! Pies not picked up on November 24 will be donated to Project Angel Heart clients for Thanksgiving.
All pies are generously donated by Bluepoint Bakery, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting Project Angel Heart.
About Project Angel Heart Since 1991, Project Angel Heart has home-delivered meals to adults and children coping with life-threatening illness, at no cost. With the support of dedicated volunteers and community partners, Project Angel Heart will prepare and deliver more than 400,000 nutritious meals to over 1,700 clients in Colorado this year. Each Project Angel Heart meal is prepared with the freshest ingredients and can be modified to meet the heightened nutritional need of each client.
About Bluepoint Bakery Bluepoint Bakery was founded in 1987 by two chefs, Fred Bramhall and Mary Clark, who have over thirty years combined experience in some of Denver’s finest restaurants. They established the bakery to produce premier quality baked products for upscale customers. Now the leading bakery in Colorado, Bluepoint delivers to all of Denver, Boulder, and the surrounding communities. Bluepoint Bakery’s fresh, high quality products are found in espresso bars, sandwich shops, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, specialty grocers, and at catered events.
Coby Gould is the newest face you’ll see at the Perk. He will help us out part-time while he pursues his volunteer interests in the community. Coby is a Denver native and grew up not too far from Wash Perk. He is a food activist, facilitator, environmental educator and permaculturalist. He graduated from The University of Colorado, Boulder with a Degree in Philosophy and Peace and Conflict studies. He attended a course on Multiculturalism and Social Change in Cape Town, South Africa and did organic farming work in both India and Ireland.
