| Good-Bye to Dave Lockman |
Dave Lockman always said he'd "do everything to the best I can posibly do." It was never more evident than in the spring of 2003 when Lockman earned an honorary high school diploma from Brighton High School, 60 years after dropping out of school.
Dave passed away Dec. 20 in Brighton. He was 79. "I hope I have made an impression on people I have been in contact with," he said, "especially on the younger kids." A Memorial Service was held for Dave on Dec. 27 at Brighton United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Dave will be missed by us all. |
| Farewell to a Dear Friend |
On October 4, 2001, Almost Home, Inc. lost a very good friend and long time Board Member, Mrs. Edith Garland to death. Her energy, her compassion and smile will be deeply missed. A Memorial Fund has been established in her memory to benefit Almost Home, Inc. For more information, please feel free to Contact Us . |
| Remembering a Great Citizen |
| On December 2nd of 2001, our small town lost a women who made a huge impact. Mary "Penny" Pennock was a citizen who lead by example. Her life was spent as a teacher, but she instilled in the Brighton Community a sense of learning that cannot be found in any textbook. Penny was an advocate who worked for may great causes including Meals on Wheels. In fact, she delivered to the needy up until two weeks before her passing. Penny also helped to establish six local area libraries and trained forty volunteers. Her reach never exceeded her grasp and she warmed our hearts with her acts of selflessness and caring. For more information, please feel free to contact us |
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In the fall of each year, Almost Home, Inc. makes its once annual request for donation.
The Sponsorship Campaign is a fundraising event in which donation request letters are sent to individuals and businesses.
In FY 2006, a record setting $54,101.53 was raised!
If you would like to learn more or hope to be involved with the Sponsorship Campaign, please contact us.
Farmers
Colorado Greenhouse
David Petrocco Farms Dean’s Produce
Golden West Farms
Kitayama Brothers
Palizzi Farm
Pete and Jakie Palombo
Priola Greenhouse
Sakata Farms
Sasaki Brothers Farms
Tagawa Greenhouse
The Robbins Company
Villano Brothers Farms
Committee Members
Benna Leinwand
Gordon and D’Ann Bacon
Michael Cox
Melanie Poss
Ruth Dunnell
Sally Beldock |
Community Sponsors
American Pride Coop
Brighton Fire Protection
Brighton Police Department
Brighton Rotary Club
Butts Rental
C.T. Power Trucking
City of Brighton Public Works
First Presbyterian Church
Grease Monkey
Kwik Kopy Printing
Metro West Newspapers
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling
Safeway
The Jewelry Company
Tiara Printing
United Power
Valley Bank and Trust
Wal-Mart
Waste Management
Wendy’s |
Thanksgiving Food Baskets and Christmas Adopt-a-Family
. Each year through the gracious giving of our community sponsors, individuals , organizations and businesses, Almost Home reaches out to make sure an estimated 350 Brighton Families enjoy a complete Thanksgiving Dinner in a box . As in year ’ s past, this year we joined forces with
the people at His Hands Food Ministries/The Worship Center @ Brighton to make this a huge success. We would also like to recognize the following :
Valley Bank & Trust
Brighton Early Morning Rotary
Brighton Federal Credit Union
Meineke Car Care
Platte Valley Medical Center
Brighton Eye Associates
Division of Homeland Ministries
New Horizon Four Square Church
SCIL Inc.
Peters & Power Equipment
Girl Scout Troup #2
Brighton Kiwanis Club
Sakata Farms
Brighton Safeway
Safeway Corporation
Robbins Company
Deb Olsen at Val-U-Ads
Local Color & the Daily Post
Brighton Chamber of Commerce
Brighton Standard Blade
Volunteers who invested their time and hard work to make this event an annual achievement.
We are currently collecting names of Donors and Families in Need for our Adopt-A-Family for Christmas. Thus far United Power, Mile High United Way and United Power have all stepped up and have made the commitment to donate a toys for an estimated 350 Children. Also, Elite Marshal Arts Academy of Brighton is once again spearheading a major toy drive on behalf of Almost Home, Inc. |
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Joseph Manuel Gomez was raised in the farming community of Trinidad, Colorado. His father was a coal miner. Joe’s concern for homeless people developed from his mother’s kindness to strangers. She fed hungry people in exchange for help with chores. Joe attended Junior College in Trinidad and then joined the U.S. Navy where he learned medical technology. He first worked at Rose Memorial Hospital; then, while a lab technician at Valley View Hospital, Joe married Sue who was a lab aide there. Joe and Sue enjoyed assisting in marriage counseling at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Brighton. They had two sons - Joe, Jr. and Daniel. Joe was ordained as a Deacon on June 11, 1994, and was assigned to the parish at St. Augustine. Unfortunately, at age fifty-six, Joe died on June 23, 1994.
Joe and Sue were active in the effort of the St. Augustine parish to provide shelter for homeless people. Maida Feresquez and Father Jude Geilenkirchen helped to organize the service, and from 1986 to 1992 the church basement was used. Joe spent countless hours working on this ministry. Even after the coalition of community volunteers was formed in 1992 to continue the shelter program, Joe and Sue often shared their own home with homeless persons.
In memory of Joe Gomez and the generosity he exemplified, Almost Home, Inc. honors individuals each year for outstanding service to homeless individuals.
Past Joe Gomez Memorial Award Winners include: Rev. Richard L. Stratford, Sam Winchester, Pete R. Rulison, Dr. Stephen F. Cardos, Jim and Nancy Thomas, Edith and Jim Garland, Jewel Miller, Miriam Proctor, Ruth Ann Guetlein, Lois Lesser, Gordon and D'Ann Bacon, James Hall, Manuel Esquibel, Stacy Davis. |
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