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The American Council of the Blind of Colorado, also known as A3, is a nonprofit that provides education, training and other support systems for seniors who have severe loss of vision.

Weld County Department of Human Services may not be the usual organization that we highlight on Get Involved. However, their need for people to volunteer is very great in one specific area: foster care.

Colorado Photographic Arts Center executive director Samantha Johnston says their mission is all about art.

"We are supporting the arts, the photographic arts specifically, through education, exhibitions, and community outreach," says Johnston.

The center, founded in 1963, serves as a dedicated photography space in Denver.

“Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for life,” or so goes the old idiom.

The Heart J Center in Loveland is a gem for parents, educators and adults who yearn to be outdoors. For the past 4 years founder and CEO Laura Armstrong has brought the joy of outdoor discovery and education to children and adults.

Shelley Coldiron works with a unique bunch, though you can’t tell when you first arrive at the property she manages. It’s a quiet, peaceful place, tucked into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just northwest of Fort Collins. Birds chirp as a mountain breeze rustles through the trees and the soft notes of a wind chime ring out.

Greeley’s Senior Resource Services is a unique nonprofit in Weld County that has provided independence in the form of free transportation for elders in the community since 2006.

At the not for profit Art as Action, they focus on more than just the art itself.

“Art as Action started in 2002,” said founder and artistic director Sarah Leversee. “We were dancers and musicians and poets. We wanted to make work and shows that had an impact and a point of view.”

Art as Action is a not for profit organization that uses many forms of art as expression and uses dance to help people with Parkinson’s.

For the past 21 years WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette has engaged families in educational, hands-on experiences that connect curiosity, creativity and discovery.

“Our goal here is to educate children through play,” said executive director Jen Hinderliter.

Casa de la Esperanza provides educational opportunities for the children of families who work in agriculture.

“We have a mission to help our students and our parents,” says Vanessa Escarcega, the program’s coordinator.