Colorado Gives Day!
Support Growing Up Boulder (GUB) as we participate for the first time in Colorado Gives Day!
Every dollar you give helps underserved children and youth, ages 6 months to 18 years, have a voice in shaping civic projects and making positive change. Using a child-friendly city lens, Growing Up Boulder aims to make Boulder a more equitable and sustainable community for all. GUB’s model also inspires other communities, as evidenced by the weekly emails we receive from children, city planners, and teachers around the globe (Iraq, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Chile, and more)! We need your help to keep our efforts moving! Between now and Colorado Gives Day on December 7, 2021, we are looking to raise $15,000. For every tax-deductible donation you give, an anonymous foundation will match your gift, dollar-for-dollar! Your support can make a tremendous difference in the lives of underserved children and help make a more just and sustainable community for all! School Travel Study
All over Boulder County, young people and their families walk, bike, drive, ride the bus, and use all kinds of creative transportation options to get everywhere they need to go. GUB steering committee member and consultant Darcy Kitching wants to know how you navigate your everyday trips to school, work and beyond. Darcy, a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado Denver, is conducting a research study with the Boulder County Youth Transportation Program to learn what youth and caregivers need and want from our local transportation systems while testing new data-collection methods that may help the people who plan and construct streets, paths, trails, and transit networks to understand families better.
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Welcome Olivia!
We are delighted to welcome new team member, Olivia Szeliga! Olivia will serve as Growing Up Boulder's first Americorps VISTA member and act as our Development and Communications Coordinator. A recent graduate from the University of Colorado, Boulder where she studied Sociology and Political Science, Olivia is adept at empowering marginalized communities and creating sustainable social and environmental solutions to pressing problems. Olivia’s passion for social and environmental justice stems from her heritage as an Indigenous - Hunkpapa Lakota - woman. Review Olivia's full bio here.
Your donations directly allowed us to hire Olivia and we cannot thank you enough! Reimagining Policing
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“Growing Up Boulder’s expertise and impact on child participation in urban planning continues |
News & Updates
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Read our latest program news HERE!
Growing Up Boulder Receives Generous Gift from the Anchor Point FoundationTwo of our incredible program kids, helped create a 2-min video ask for a local foundation. Read a blog entry by Brad Feld, Anchor Point Foundation C-Founder, who loved this innovation fundraising submission.
KGNU Radio Interview with a Program Alumni Advocating for Kids Voices
Child- and Youth-Friendly Initiative Inspires Municipal Leaders, Educators, Community Advocates - on KGNU's "Public Affairs" (March 22nd, 2021). Listen HERE to hear from a local 6th grader who has been at the center Growing Up Boulder's movement since she was in preschool.
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For Mother's Day:
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Placemaking Pioneers
In 2019, Growing Up Boulder embarked upon a year-long process to co-create the
nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.
nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.
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Growing Up Boulder Resources
Click on the images below to learn more about GUB resources, including books, maps, and talks, created by GUB team members, past and present.
