Cheryl McDonald was promoted to grants manager at Rose Community Foundation, where she will oversee the administrative and technical functions of the Foundation’s annual grant-making program.

            Before joining the Foundation, McDonald was program coordinator at the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver. She is also a member of the Association of Black Foundation Executives, Colorado Association of Blacks in Philanthropy and Rocky Mountain Grant Managers Network.

            Rose Community Foundation supports efforts to improve the quality of life in Denver’s community through endowed grantmaking programs, and by advising and assisting donors wanting to make charitable investments toward the community.

Outward Bound Names Denver Parks And Recreation Manager

            Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced the appointment o fKim Bailey as Vice President of Urban Centers for Outward Bound USA. Bailey will maintain her

involvement with task forces and commissions that support Denver’s parks and recreation centers.

            Outward Bound USA is a non–profit education organization with core programs in cities and in schools focused on character development and self-discovery in the wilderness. Outward Bound USA is an independent member of Outward Bound

International, which is located in more than 30 countries.

            Bailey will direct operational support and leadership for Outward Bound’s three urban centers in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. She will also head planning

and implementation of new centers in selected cities nationwide, including Denver, based on Outward Bound’s mission, vision and strategy. Bailey’s resignation for her current position becomes effective May 27. Scott Robson, Deputy Manager of

Parks and Recreation, will take over as acting manager. The search for a replacement will begin immediately.

Noel And Tammy Cunningham Recieve 2008 Friendship Award

            Denver Sister Cities Internationalhas named Denver humanitarians Noel and Tammy Cunningham as the recipients of its 2008 Friendship Award. The Cunningham’s, owners of Strings Restaurant and Heart Intelligent, will be honored at the organization’s biannual Friendship Award Dinner on May 22 at Johnson & Wales University, 7855 Montview Blvd. in Denver.

            The Cunningham’s’ decades-long commitment to humanitarian projects has helped raise more than $800,000 for people across the globe, from the U.S. to Ethiopia. A major initiative of the Foundation is the HOPE Bracelet Project, which recruits supplies from U.S. artisans and then teaches Ethiopian students to create glamorous, limited edition bracelets sold in the U.S.

            To help the needy in Colorado and across the U.S., the Cunningham’s founded Quarters for Kids. They also support I Remember Mama, the Colorado AIDS foundation and numerous other children’s causes. They also serve on several foundation

boards.

            For more information or tickets, call the DSCI at 303-832-1336 or at info@denversistercities.org.

CU-Boulder Professor Receives Award For Cancer Research

            Assistant Professor Hang (Hubert) Yin of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s chemistry and biochemistry department has been selected to receive a prestigious

Kimmel Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research in

Baltimore, the first such award received by a CU-Boulder scientist.

            Yin’s work to improve the understanding of cellular membranes has possible implications for future treatment of adult and child cancers such as Burkitt’s Lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder.

            The $200,000 award will begin in July 2008 and will be available to support

Yin’s cancer-related research for two years. The award program aims to improve the basic understanding of cancer biology and to develop new methods for the prevention and treatment of cancer.

            Yin received his doctorate in chemistry from Yale University in 2004 and came to the CU-Boulder chemistry and biochemistry department in 2007.

CBCC Announces New Board Members

            The Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) announced four additions to their board of directors: Pat Cortez, Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo; Kathy Nesbitt, Human Resources Director of Kaiser Permanente; Danielle Clemmons, Vice President of First Bank Data Corporation; and Ken Gilkey, Business Manager of Accenture LLP.

            The CBCC was established in 1985 with a one person staff and a handful of Black business members. The CBCC has since grown to over 50 corporate members

and 1000 business members.

            For more information, visit www.coloradoblackchamber.org.

Qwest Foundation Supports Hope Communities With Grant

            Hope Communities announced that it has received a $10,000 grant from the Qwest Foundation to support after-school tutoring for the low income children in northeast Denver. Specifically, the grant will support the STRIVE program, which pairs elementary school children in low-income neighborhoods with high school tutors for free one-on-one tutoring five days a week at three locations. All participants improve their reading skills by 1 to 2 grade levels during the year, and the teen tutors learn the responsibility of holding a steady job while providing a valuable service to the community.

            The Qwest Foundation’s core principle focuses on investing in people and communities to provide lasting value for the future. The Qwest Foundation awards grants to  community- based programs that generate high-impact and measurable results, focusing on pre-K through grade 12 education. Hope Communities’ mission is to

create healthy, diverse communities through service-enriched affordable housing. Currently, the organization owns 350 rental units in Five Points, North Park Hill and East Colfax serving individuals and families living close to or below the poverty line.

            Hope Communities also provides residents with free programs to help create

self-supporting lifestyles such as after-school tutoring, English as a Second Language instruction, computer literacy, employment referrals, job fairs and health classes.

Local Storyeller Opalanga Pugh Speaks At Library Of Congress

The Colorado Council on the Arts and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress present Opalanga Pugh at the Library of Congress In Washington D.C. on May 28th at noon. Also attending are Colorado folklorist Georgia Weir and drummer Askia Toure. The following day, May 29, Opalanga will be a featured guest on the Kojo Namdi talk radio show in D.C., broadcast on XM radio.

            Opalanga has traveled as a professional storyteller throughout the U.S. since 1986, working in education, mental health, and corporate settings, among others. She uses story as a vehicle for personal development, education, and social change. NBC

selected Opalanga as one of 10 African American Living Legends, and she has twice won the Denver Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. She also received the Ambassador for Peace Award from the Conflict Center of Denver.

            For her presentation in D.C., Opalanga brings compelling stories from African culture, the lives of early Blacks in the Rocky Mountain West, and Denver’s Historic Five Points. Denver native Askia Touré adds voice and drums to the presentation. Together

they infuse "traditional wisdom into the heart of the modern world."

            For more information on Opalanga, visit www.opalangastoryteller.com.