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Getting young children out of the house boosts mental and physical development, encourages social skills, provides a distraction from daily stress and challenges, and is part of a healthy lifestyle. We put this together for our clients, The Family Center/La Familia - a list of free and low cost family events in northern Colorado – and at popular Denver attractions – so you can keep your young ones engaged and thriving this spring! February and Forward  Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms SCFD Free Days Cost: FREE 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Rd., Littleton (720) 865-4346, info@botanicgardens.org Dates: February 17, March 16, April 21, June 7 Advance online registration is required. Tickets are released on the 15th of the current month for the following month. Free days include regular garden access (no ticketed special events).  Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street SCFD Free Days Cost: FREE 1007 York St., Denver (720) 865-3500, info@botanicgardens.org Dates: February 17, March 16, April 21, June 7 Advance online registration is required. Tickets are released on the 15th of the current month for the following month. Free days include regular garden access (no ticketed special events).  Denver Museum of Nature and Science SCFD Free Days Cost: FREE 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver (303) 370-6000, guestservices@dmns.org Dates: February 27 (Black Science Day), May 1 (Día del Niño), May 23 Museum capacity is currently limited during the pandemic. The museum encourages guests to check the ticketing page daily leading up to free days for the latest information and availability.  Baby & Toddler Storytime at Loveland Public Library Cost: FREE Dates: Every Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. and every Tuesday at 11 a.m. in February 300 N Adams Ave, Loveland (970) 962-2587, LibraryChildrensDivision@cityofloveland.org Encourage early literacy skills with books, rhymes, music and fun! Suggested for children ages 0-3 and their caregivers. Space will be very limited, so please arrive early. Masks will be required for everyone ages 3 and up per the current Larimer County mandate. Preschool Storytime at Loveland Public Library Cost: FREE Dates: Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. throughout February 300 N Adams Ave, Loveland (970) 962-2587, LibraryChildrensDivision@cityofloveland.org Enjoy books, songs and activities while building early literacy skills. Suggested for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Space will be very limited, so please arrive early. Masks will be required for everyone ages 3 and up per the current Larimer County mandate. Bilingual Storytime - Hora de los Cuentos Bilingües at Loveland Public Library Cost: FREE Dates: Every Thursday in February at 11 a.m. 300 N Adams Ave, Loveland (970) 962-2587, LibraryChildrensDivision@cityofloveland.org Join Miss Claudeth for stories, music, fingerplays, and fun in English and Spanish! Suggested for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Hora de los Cuentos Bilingües ¡Únase a Miss Claudeth para disfrutar de cuentos, música, juegos de dedos y diversión en inglés y español! Recomendado para niños de 0 a 5 años y sus cuidadores.  Family Night at Urban Air Fort Collins Cost: $49.99 includes a large cheese pizza, four water bottles, and two hours of play for a family of four Upcoming dates: February 24, March 3, March 10, March 17, and March 31 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 4250 Corbett Dr., Fort Collins (970) 682-3374 One ultimate pass for a family of four, plus dinner. Reservations are valid for 3-5 p.m., 4-6 p.m., OR 5-7 p.m. Jumperoo! Parent/Tot Fun at Urban Air Fort Collins Cost: $9.99 per child + one FREE parent per child Upcoming dates: February 11, February 18, February 25, March 4, and March 11 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 4250 Corbett Dr., Fort Collins (970) 682-3374 Parents and caregivers – enjoy some time with just the little ones. Tubes, playground, and trampolines available. Enjoy parent-child playtime and stay for some lunch! Reserved for children 5 and under only. Kids’ meals can be purchased for $3.99.  Super Cool Kids Club Cost: FREE Upcoming dates: Every Thursday from 4-5 p.m. The Lyric Cinema 1209 N College Ave, Fort Collins (970) 426-6767, marketing@lyriccinema.com Weekly live music, art projects, educational demos, and more. Past kids clubs have included jugglers, reptiles, dancers, chemistry experiments, pottery wheels, musical theater, and story time. The Super Cool Kids Club is based on community building – don’t worry if you’re running late, as our festivities often run until 5:30 p.m. Feel free to stay for dinner, too! Indoors during winter; masks required.  STEM Program – Can We Send Trash to Space? Cost: FREE Larimer County Garbage Garage Education Center 5887 South Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins (970) 498-5775, gcohen@larimer.org Dates: February 15-18, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Grade school. Explore what might happen to trash in space. Design an air powered rocket and test it out. Registration required. Coming in March:  Denver Art Museum SCFD Free Days Cost: FREE 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver (720) 913-0130, info@denverartmuseum.org Dates: March 8, April 12, April 24 Ticket reservations are encouraged. Tickets for March 8 are currently available; later dates coming soon. Children 18 years and younger are ALWAYS FREE.  DIY Reusable T-Shirt Bag Workshop for Teens Cost: FREE Larimer County Garbage Garage Education Center 5887 South Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins (970) 498-5775, gcohen@larimer.org Dates: March 4 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Practice reusing by turning an old t-shirt into a tote bag. We will show you how to do it yourself. It's easy! Provide your favorite used shirt or use one of ours. Registration required for adults and teens.  Spring Into Song (ages 3-6) Cost: FREE Larimer County Garbage Garage Education Center 5887 South Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins (970) 498-5775, gcohen@larimer.org Dates: March 9 and March 11 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Registration required. Recycling education and activity – move, learn and sing: Make an upcycled musical instrument, observe the different sounds different objects make, and go through our outdoor Recycle Hero Obstacle Course as fast as you can.  Free Admission Day at Global Village Museum Cost: FREE 200 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins 970-221-4600, info@globalvillagemuseum.org Date: March 12, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures welcomes all visitors for free on Saturday, March 12, the 110th anniversary of the Girl Scouts. Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts on March 12, 1912. "Girl Scouts Impact the World” is currently showing in the Museum’s Main Gallery. The exhibit highlights how Girl Scouts have made the world a better place through courage, confidence, and character. No registration required.  Spring Break – Early Bird Gets the Worm Cost: FREE Larimer County Garbage Garage Education Center 5887 South Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins (970) 498-5775, gcohen@larimer.org Dates: March 15-18; two sessions per day – 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m. Registration required! For grade school aged participants with their caregiver. What do you know about birds and worms? Learn what they have to do with garbage. Make an upcycled bird feeder. Pot a plant you can care for at home. Starting in April:  Denver Zoo Free Days 2300 Steele St., Denver (720) 337-1400, guestcare@denverzoo.org Spring dates: April 10 (Lottery runs from March 29 - April 2) To provide the best experience for all guests, the Denver Zoo is offering a limited number of tickets for each Free Day, using an online lottery system. Anyone who wants to attend a Free Day must register online during the open lottery period for a chance to obtain up to five (5) vouchers for its corresponding Free Day. We invite you to take advantage of these community events and special deals to entertain the whole family this spring – on a budget!  Contact MBD Marketing & Events
Small Business. Big Impact. Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us We serve the entire Front Range; Denver, Southern Wyoming, the CO Mountains, and Northern Colorado: Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley, Windsor, Berthoud, Estes Park, Lyons, Longmont, Boulder, Wellington, Johnstown, Evans, Severance, Timnath, Mead, Frederick, Firestone, Milliken Safe, In-Person fundraisers are back and better than ever! When Covid-19 hit in full force back in 2020, many non-profits were forced to pivot with their fundraising plans. In-Person galas, games, and races were all forced to move to virtual events - some within days of their original event. Others were simply forced to cancel. These changes sent avid givers and supporters from ballrooms and racetracks into their living rooms and chatrooms. It also sent non-profit event planners and professionals into a two-year-long strategic pivot just to sustain their mission and goals. As we move from full Covid-19 lockdowns and mandates, nonprofits and their donors are headed back to in-person events. Bringing people back together after a two-year hiatus is exciting. As event planners who work with a lot of non-profits, we are thrilled to be able to create a sense of normalcy for our clients. As we plan we are creating new ways to bring people back together in safe, comfortable, and engaging ways - a new normal.  ur calendars are full of new in-person events Spring is typically a time for non-profits to hold their Galas and large-scale fundraisers. As we look at our calendar, we are full of a variety of in-person fundraising events. We are creating and executing a total of eight large-scale in-person events for clients now through June. These events range from game shows, corporate giving events, open houses, auctions, and galas. Our clients are eager to get back in front of their donors and the community. While we are too, we are still planning these events to be socially safe and able to pivot at a moment’s notice, should restrictions surrounding the pandemic change. We are encouraging our non-profit clients who are hosting spring events to incorporate social distancing steps and protocols into their planning. We suggest that our clients include their safety measures on their event landing pages. We also encourage them to provide hand washing stations and hand sanitizers for their guests. Most importantly, we are promoting clear communication between their organization and their guests. When it comes to the health and safety of donors and supporters, strong, consistent communication is best! Spring Events are highlighting organization missions Many of our clients have missed the face-to-face connection with their donors and supporters. That is why we are working hard to create compelling and engaging programming for their events. Focusing on the organization’s mission is the best way to re-engage with donors and supporters. This is the most important part of these in-person spring fundraisers. We want to make giving easy and fun! Some of the events that we are currently organizing include:
Getting back in person has been a long time coming We are excited to be able to plan events that reconnect our clients with their donors. We pride ourselves on planning that creates safe and fun events for our clients. Finding and creating new opportunities to re-engage supporters and donors is a fun challenge. Our events may still have some pandemic elements - we anticipate many clients choosing to go the “hybrid” route for a while in order to meet supporters on their own comfort level. We believe that this will be the new “normal” of the future. But, we also believe that these new Spring Fundraising Events will serve to re-engage the greater community around the missions of these organizations. People are ready and excited to get out, to come together, and to have fun! Two years apart has been two years too long!  Contact MBD Marketing & Events Small Business. Big Impact. Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us We serve the entire Front Range; Denver, Southern Wyoming, the CO Mountains, and Northern Colorado: Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley, Windsor, Berthoud, Estes Park, Lyons, Longmont, Boulder, Wellington, Johnstown, Evans, Severance, Timnath, Mead, Frederick, Firestone, Milliken  Couples Travel from Across the Country for the Fifth Annual Loveland Valentine's Day Group Wedding2/16/2022
Dozens of couples married or renewed their vows at this year’s Loveland Valentine’s Day Group Wedding and Vow Renewal! My Big Day was honored to put on this event in the Sweetheart City for a fifth year, and the weather was beautiful for this year’s ceremony in front of the LOVE sculpture at the Loveland Visitor’s Center.  Couples gather in front of the LOVE sculpture at the Loveland Visitor’s Center to get married and renew their vows at the Loveland Valentine’s Day Group Wedding and Vow Renewal. We were thrilled to have couples join us from all over the country – as far as Florida – and from all parts of Colorado. One of our couples renewed their vows after nearly 40 years together! We love being part of each of our couples’ special days.  A couple exchanges a kiss while the bride holds a bouquet of fresh flowers at the Loveland Valentine’s Day Group Wedding and Vow Renewal ceremony on Valentine’s Day. As always, our event partners are a huge part of this event’s success:
 A man in a suit (officiant Todd Harding) stands in front of the large, red LOVE letters sculpture at the Loveland, Colorado Visitor’s Center as couples participating in the ceremony look on. This year’s event received coverage from news outlets statewide. We invite you to view some of the fantastic articles, photo galleries, and videos from this event: Thank you to all of the adventurous couples who joined us for this unique event in 2022! We hope to see you in 2023! Check out the event details here: http://www.valentinesdayinloveland.com/ This event is based in Loveland, CO but serves all of Colorado and surrounding states. While the majority of our guests come from Northern Colorado and Denver, we have had wedding couples join us from NE, WY, MS, MO, IL, and Florida! Celebrate Valentine's Day in the most unique way with us!
 Just 24 hours ago 34 couples said "I DO!" at the Loveland Valentine's Day Group Wedding & Vow Renewal Ceremony. Our incredible photographer, Dick Knapp has already sent us all of the wonderful photos. Find them HERE: https://www.valentinesdayinloveland.com/2022-photos.html Our lovely photobooth host, Exposure Selfie Photobooth also provided us with copies of all photobooth pics. And.... we are all over the news! KUNC will be calling some of our amazing couples for interviews and later sharing their story. Below are some other stories you can find about the BIG DAY! Loveland Reporter Herald Fort Collins Coloradoan Telemundo Denver We hope everyone enjoyed our unique and wonderfully special way of celebrating LOVE in the Sweetheart City, Loveland, Colorado!!! An extra thank you to all of our gift bag sponsors, city supporters, On The Rocks Mobile Bar, Todd Harding, Branden Sipes and event planning team: https://www.valentinesdayinloveland.com/partners.html  We love our tradition of asking couples who attend our Loveland Valentine's Day Wedding & Vow Renewal Ceremony to submit readings with special meaning to them. We have had some wonderful submissions over the years! Below are some ideas for our future wedding couples when looking for the RIGHT WORDS!  "The Gift," Pam Brown “In you are flowers and firelight, stars and songbirds, the scent of summer, the stillness just before dawn. I love you today, dressed in glory. I will love you always- dancing, singing, reading, making, planning, arguing. I will love you cantankerous, and tired, courageous and in terror, joyful, fearful and triumphant. I will love you through all weathers and all change. For all you are is precious to me. And every day I live with you and share your love is a gift to me.” "Slow Me Down, Lord!," Wilferd A. Peterson “Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak and know that it is great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of nature’s enduring values that I may grow towards the stars of my greater destiny.” "New Beginnings," Barbara Crooker “May this be a day of new beginnings the sun, like a fragrant apple; the summer air, soft on your hands as the kiss of a child. May berries melt like honey on your tongue. May your heart rise in wonder at the clouds drifting across the sky. May the trails under your boots be covered in pine quills, let the leaves rain down like memories in the autumn of your heart. May the snow beneath your skis run as fast as watered silk, may the cold air kiss your cheeks, turn them red as summer's roses. May the rivers always flow with their unexpected beauty, the first freshets of snowmelt, the rush of early spring. May you always walk in gladness through whatever path or highway; may you always walk within the golden circle of your love.” "In One Another’s Souls," Rumi “The moment I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how useless that was. Lovers don’t meet somewhere along the way. They’re in one another’s souls all along.” "Now Touch The Air Softly," William Jay Smith “Now touch the air softly, step gently, one, two... I’ll love you ’till roses are robin’s-egg blue; I’ll love you till gravel is eaten for bread, And lemons are orange, and lavender’s red. Now touch the air softly, swing gently the broom. I’ll love you till windows are all of a room; And the table is laid, And the table is bare, And the ceiling reposes on bottomless air. I’ll love you ‘till heaven rips the stars from his coat, And the moon rows away in a glass-bottomed boat; And Orion steps down like a river below, And earth is ablaze, and the oceans aglow. So touch the air softly, and swing the broom high. We will dust the grey mountains, and sweep the blue sky: And I’ll love you as long as the furrow the plough, As however is ever, and ever is now.” "In Your Light I Learn How to Love," Rumi“ In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” "I Saw Two Clouds at Morning," John G. C. Brainard“ I saw two clouds at morning, tinged by the rising sun, and in the dawn they floated on, and mingled into one; I thought that morning cloud was blest, it moved so sweetly to the west. I saw two summer currents flow smoothly to their meeting, and join their course, with silent force, in peace each other greeting; calm was their course through banks of green, while dimpling eddies played between. Such be your gentle motion, ‘till life’s last pulse shall beat; like summer’s beam and summer’s stream, float on in joy, to meet a calmer sea, where storms shall cease, a purer sky, where all is peace.” "Touched By An Angel," Maya Angelou“ We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love's light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.”  "A Wedding Toast," James Bertolino “May your love be firm, And may your dream of a life together be a river between two shores by day bathed in sunlight, and by night illuminated from within. May the heron carry news of you to the heavens, and the salmon bring the sea’s blue grace. May your twin thoughts spiral upward like leafy vines, like fiddle strings in the wind, and be as noble as the Douglas fir. May you never find yourselves back to back without love pulling you around into each other’s arms.” "At Nightfall," Charles Hanson Towne “I need so much the quiet of your love After the day’s loud strife; I need your calm all other things above After the stress of life. I crave the haven that in your dear heart lies, After all toil is done; I need the star shine of your heavenly eyes, After the day’s great sun.” "It Was Said With Such Authority," Gary E. McCormick “I’ll give you the gist of what was said It was about love and the sayer said it had nothing to do with receiving He said love was all about giving plain and simple You could tell this guy walked the talk He made it clear you must love yourself before you can begin to love another The guy reminded me of that lover from Galilee” "Devoted," Lori Eberhai “My heart can be your home, my soul can be your refuge. You can turn to me when you are weak, you can call to me when the way is not clear. I will be your promise and your prayer, I will always be there, Constant and complete. Run to me, reach out for me, and I will love you in a unique and tender way. Bring your love to me, share your love with me, sing your love to me, and I will offer you peace, ease and comfort.” "The Privileged Lovers," Rumi “The moon has become a dancer at this festival of love. This dance of light, this sacred blessing, this divine love, beckons us to a world beyond, only lovers can see with their eyes of fiery passion. They are the chosen ones who have surrendered. Once they were particles of light, now they are the radiant sun. They have left behind the world of deceitful games. They are the privileged lovers who create a new world with their eyes of fiery passion.” "How Do I Love Thee?," Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.  "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]," E.E. Cummings i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart "Stardust," Lang Leav If you came to me with a face I have not seen, with a name I have never heard, I would still know you. Even if centuries separated us, I would still feel you. Somewhere between the sand and the stardust, through every collapse and creation, there is a pulse that echoes of you and I. When we leave this world, we give up all our possessions and our memories. Love is the only thing we take with us. It is all we carry from one life to the next. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  |
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