44 • 2010 Directory of Nonprofit and Volunteer Organizations
Nonprofit and Volunteer Organizations Mission: The Veteran Trauma Court provides jail diversion services to U.S. military veterans who are facing lower felony charges in the Fourth Judicial District, Colorado, directly linking eligible veterans to treatment services that will support their recovery from a range of trauma spectrum disorders connected to their military service. One unique component of this pilot program is the Peer Specialist Program. Peer Specialists are U.S. military veterans who volunteer to act as a mentor and provide one-on-one support to VTC program participants. The Peer Specialist Program provides a unique and rewarding opportunity for volunteers – the opportunity to make a powerful difference in the lives of other veterans and have a positive impact on our community.
VIBES - Visually Impaired and Blind Skiers of Colorado Springs
5636 North Union Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Phone: 719-593-1982 Web: www.coloradovibes.org Mission: A community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling the blind and visually impaired to experience recreational activities through a shared vision. The goal is to produce psychological, physiological and therapeutic benefits for the participants, thereby increasing self-esteem, independence and personal growth.
Villa San Jose, Inc.
1810 South Corona Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80905 Phone: 719-632-7444 Web: www.archdiocesanhousing.org Mission: To provide safe affordable housing and services to low-income seniors.
Villa Santa Maria, Inc.
405 East Saint Elmo Colorado Springs, CO 80905 Phone: 719-632-7444 Web: www.archdiscesonhousing.org Mission: To provide safe affordable housing and services to low-income seniors.
Vision 2K Consulting Services, LLC
CNE Member PO Box 78 Fountain, CO 80817 Phone: 719-382-3417 Mission: Individual consultant working with nonprofit organizations, focusing on grant/proposal writing, planning, other strategic activities.
VisionTrust International
P.O. Box 50524 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: 719-268-2943 Web: www.visiontrust.org Mission: Dedicated to the care and development of impoverished children living in third world countries. Our mission is to develop these orphaned and neglected children into mature Christians, equipped to live productive lives within their own culture. We do this by enabling Christian nationals to meet the children’s physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Visiting Nurse AssociationColorado Springs Division 5373 North Union Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Phone: 719-577-4448 Web: www.vnacolorado.org
Mission: The Visiting Nurse Association of Colorado (VNAC) has a long tradition of caring. Founded in 1889 and serving the community for over 100 years, we are the state’s oldest home health agency. Leading the way in providing high quality and compassionate home and community health services, we are a full service agency with offices in Denver and Colorado Springs. We provide nursing, rehabilitation and speech therapies, medical social work and paraprofessional assistance.
Volunteer Center of the Pikes Peak Region CNE Member 518 North Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-955-0762 Web: www.VolunteerPikesPeak.org Mission: The Volunteer Center at the Pikes Peak United Way mobilizes people and resources through partnership, advocacy and promotion of voluntarism.
Volunteer Information Network and Community Exchange (VINCE)
UCCS 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Phone: 719-262-3454 Web: www.vince.uccs.edu/ Mission: The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has introduced this new online database. Here, nonprofit organizations from all over Colorado Springs can post their volunteer opportunities. Then UCCS students can browse and apply for opportunities that interest them. The VINCE program is a great way to find new student volunteers, and helps link UCCS students with organizations and causes in the city around them.
Volunteers of America - Foster Grandparent Program
3140 Mallard Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80910 Phone: 719-632-1448 Web: www.voacolorado.org Mission: The heart of the Foster Grandparent Program is regular, one-on-one interaction between a grandparent figure and child/youth helping that young person grow, gain confidence and better achieve his or her academic, social, emotional or physical potential while giving the grandparent the opportunity to remain physically, mentally and socially active.
WAY-FM Media Group
5475 Tech Center Drive, Suite #210 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: 719-533-0330 Web: www.wayfm.com Mission: WAY-FM is a faith-based, listenersupported media organization reaching out to youth and young adults. For over 20-years WAY-FM remains the only media group nationwide featuring Christian music on local radio and streamed on the internet, and producing live local concerts for this impressionable age group. Our signature is marked by local involvement that positively and tangibly impacts every community’s youth and young adult culture we are in.
Walsh Art Center dba Baca County Cultural Development Council PO Box 616 Walsh, CO 81090 Phone: 719-324-5408
Mission: The Baca County Cultural Development Council doing business as the Walsh Art Center is organized to introduce and develop local artists and art programming. Our mission is cultural development, economic empowerment and population stability of Baca County.
Welcome Home Warrior
PO Box 7217 Woodland Park, CO 80863 Phone: 719-439-3621 Web: www.whwarrior.org Mission: Welcome Home Warrior is a nonprofit organization established to provide services to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, their families, and others veterans and community members interested in understanding and coping with the effects of war.
Wells Fargo Bank
CNE Member 90 South Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-577-5491 Web: www.wellsfargo.com
Wells Fargo Insurance Services CNE Member 5755 Mark Dabling Boulevard, Suite 300 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: 719-785-8120 Web: http://www.acordia.com/
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
CNE Member 225 North Gate Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Phone: 719-488-0880 Web: www.wmmi.org Mission: The mission of the WMMI is to educate the public about the history and continuing contributions of mining in the American West through its collection, restoration, exhibition and interpretation of artifacts related to mining, metallurgy and their support industries.
Western Professional Associates dba Disability Professionals
311 West 24th Street Pueblo, CO 81003 Phone: 719-542-3888 Web: www. mydisabilityprofessionals.com Mission: A not-for-profit law firm dedicated to representing individuals with social security disability claims. Our mission is to enable the disabled to obtain self-sufficiency and medical care by advocating for Social Security Disability benefits. Serving all of Colorado and Wyoming.
Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center
CNE Member 423 South Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-884-0378 Web: http://www.WesternRegionalCAC.org/
Western Strategies Center 2202 Wood Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Phone: 719-661-0520 Web: www.westernstrategies.org