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So much to love on Valentine's Day in Northern Colorado!

2/5/2020

Loveland Colorado’s 74th Valentine Season

Love is in the Air this Valentine’s Day as Loveland, Colorado
Launches 74th Valentine Season

Head to the city for the Sweetheart Festival, to get married, lock your love, enjoy hotel deals & more!

In Loveland, the nation’s Sweetheart City, valentine season starts now. Visit Loveland and partners have unveiled details and plans for the 74th year of the valentine program including the Sweetheart Festival, group wedding, valentine beer and coffee, love locks and the new valentine wine by Sweetheart Winery. All activities and events happen the first two weeks of February.

Loveland’s Second Love Lock Sculpture
Loveland has unveiled its second love lock sculpture which will sit in the Foundry Plaza downtown for six weeks, through the Sweetheart Festival, before moving to its permanent location along the south shore of Lake Loveland near the American flag and Statue of Liberty sculpture. The 12-foot-3-inch-tall, 14-foot-3-inch-wide steel sculpture is a simple, heart design created and constructed right in Loveland by Doug Rutledge, Beatty Construction Services and Loveland Ready Mix Concrete.
Love locks sell for $20 at the Loveland Visitors Center, or visitors can bring their own. Locks will also be for purchase during the Sweetheart Festival in the 4th Street Gallery. The love locks can be customized with a paint pen or hand carving to include names and dates of those locking their love.
Love locks are a symbol of love and commitment that has been inspired by an ancient custom, which is believed to have originated in China – where lovers lock a padlock on a chain or gate and then throw away the key, symbolically locking their love forever.

The Loveland Sweetheart Festival
February 14-15, 2020
Spend Valentine’s Day at the free Loveland Sweetheart Festival Feb. 14-15, 2020.
Bring the family or your sweetheart for free fun including a Special Effects Laser Light Show, LIVE entertainment, Palace of Sweets, Kids Street with games and activities, Tunnel of Love, interactive art projects, Sweetheart Classic 4-miler and Little Miss Valentine and Little Mr. Cupid contest. The festival is an extension of Loveland’s 74+ year history in the nation’s Sweetheart City. The festival features something for everyone – families, couples, beer, wine and chocolate lovers, running lovers, art lovers and forever loves. Open 5-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 and 2-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Lovelandsweetheartfestival.com

Loveland’s Valentine’s Day Group Wedding
Friday, February 14, 4:30 p.m. in the Foundry Plaza
Say “I Do” in the land of love at Loveland’s Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. The wedding features a romantic, candlelit ceremony with music and readings voted on by wedding couples, a customized ceremony, keepsake photos, a love lock for the new love lock sculpture, gift bags, signature wedding cupcakes, and a chance to win a huge gift basket. Fun Fact: All marriage licenses that get issued from Loveland have a special “Sweetheart City” designation. Valentinesdayinloveland.com.

Valentine Hotel Packages
The Townplace Suites by Marriott – Loveland’s first downtown hotel – has a “Leave the key to your heart in Loveland” hotel package for valentine weekend. In addition to a one night’s stay in a luxurious suite and complimentary breakfast buffet, guests will receive a bottle of Champagne, a sweet treat, discounted movie tickets, and a love lock to place on Loveland’s two love lock sculptures.

Sylvan Dale Ranch Romantic Sweetheart Getaway packages include a one- or two-night bunk and breakfast package Feb. 14-16 in a cozy fireplace cabin at the ranch complete with a dinner for two, hearty ranch-style breakfasts and access to 3,000 acres of hiking trails, game courts, game room, and horseshoe pits. Trail rides will also be available by reservation weather depending.

Fundraiser for The Family Center/La Familia

9/24/2019

What you should know:

Most people don't realize the severity of our childcare challenges in Colorado. You may be surprised to learn that:

Colorado Is a 'Child Care Desert' meaning that there is an undersupply of care for young children. *source: AmericanProgress.org
2019 statistics show that 51% of all families In Colorado live in a child care desert. Larimer County is one of the counties MOST AFFECTED. *source: ChildCareDeserts.org
Low availability and high costs of child care keep families from the middle class in Northern Colorado *source: Coloradoan article
Colorado is one of the states with the HIGHEST COST of child care. *source: CNBC
Colorado preschool teachers in district-run schools made $30,500 on average -- nearly $22,000 less than public elementary school teachers (and significantly under the national average) *source: The Colorado Sun
Nearly 9 out of 10 single mothers of color with a young child have income that is inadequate to cover basic needs *source: The Women's Foundation of Colorado

The Family Center /La Familia is making an incredible impact regarding these challenges: *source: 2018 statistics

Annually, our sliding fee program helps children distributing nearly $100,000 in scholarships.
Our childhood program serves nearly 70 children per day during the school year and over 50 per day over the summer.
We are expanding – adding a new preschool classroom expected to open in the Fall of 2019.
We are the only non-profit childcare provider in our region that offers full wrap around services from infant to adult that benefit the whole family.
We have helped 230 families with utility assistance totaling $70,000.
Our advocacy closet assists over 150 families each year with diapers and basic hygiene products.
We are the only non-profit In Northern Colorado the specifically serves the Latinx community.
Our community garden provides families with fresh vegetables. We also use this produce in our kitchen to create meals for the children in our early childhood program.
Our family development program has over 40 families that our advocates see on a regular monthly basis and many more for periodic resource and referral or crisis intervention.

With your support, we can grow our non-profit program, allowing parents to work/attend school, afford childcare, receive resources and assistance, and pay fair wages to our valuable staff. All we do for our Northern Colorado families is done through the focus of our core values:
Trust - Compassion - Diversity - Equity - Inclusion - Love

My Big Day was so thrilled to be asked to put on the big annual fundraiser for this non-profit!

The Family Center/La Familia serves Northern Colorado in a number of capacities.

Surprising statistics are listed below, along with photos by Derek Kaufman Photography.

You can support The Family Center/La Familia in a number of ways. Visit their website to learn more:

The Family Center/ La Familia
(970) 221-1615
309 Hickory Street #5 Fort Collins, CO 80524
www.thefamilycenterfc.org

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2019 Sloshball in the Books

8/9/2019

Another Sloshball tournament is in the books!
Thank you to all of our spirited players - and to our amazing refs!
We also appreciate our sponsor Prost Brewing in Fort Collins, and our icy goodness on a hot day - Divine Ice Cream.
Photos from Jen West Photography are live on our Sloshball Photos page: LINK

My Big Day is featured in Voyage Denver

7/29/2019

Thank you Voyage Denver for featuring My Big Day's owner, Christine Forster. Find this and other stories in their: The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative section.

You can read the article here: LINK

Sloshball is Coming!

5/24/2019

Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 3rd!
Sloshball is back!

Our theme this year is "All American Sloshball!"
Wear your best Red, White & Blue.

Thank you to our event sponsor, Prost Brewing!

More info HERE

11th Annual Easter Keg Hunt in the Books!

4/22/2019

Thank you EVERYONE for making our 11th annual NoCo Easter Keg Hunt a huge success! The weather was perfect, the teams were spirited, and all of Old Town was buzzing about why there were 200 people running around in costumes!

Jen Zamzow West with Jen West Photography already published a number of amazing pictures! More to come! All photos will be on our website: https://www.mybigdaycompany.com/easter-keg-hunt-photos.html

Thank you to the wonderful businesses who participated this year. Thank you for all the wonderful words of praise!

Avogadro's Number Akinz Mobb Mountain Distillers The Still Whiskey Steaks SALUS Old Town Churn All Sales Vinyl Rocket Fizz Fort Collins, CO Wagz Pet Market & Grooming Tap and Handle Pour Brothers Community Tavern Lucky Joe's

LeAnn Rimes Concert in Colorado

3/25/2019

Concert/Event Vendors:

Big Paulie Productions
Romeo Entertainment Group
Island Grove Event Center
Kenny's For Catering
DesignWorks
My Big Day Events
Impulse Photography
Summit Limosine
JAX Security
TLC Limos
Batter Up Cakes
Sacred Thistle
NoCo Party Bus
Mobility & More

This past weekend the My Big Day team was honored to plan a private LeAnn Rimes concert. We worked with amazing vendors and had a great time putting on such a memorable show!

LeAnn Rimes and her family were simply lovely. She has the voice of an angel, is a true professional, and a natural beauty.

We also had the opportunity to work with Elvie Shane, one of the sweetest artists you'll ever meet!

My Big Day loves being entrusted with such heavy responsibility. We are proud of our work, and grateful for the business!

The custom design for the party by DesignWorks was simply OUTSTANDING!

The guests had an incredible time. Below are some photos our team took. Professional photos coming soon!

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