2018 Hometown Holidays

Consider volunteering to deal with holiday stress Doing for others is good for your health Page 3

Avoid spending too much over the holidays Proper, long-term planning can help Page 7

‘Tis the season for giving The end of the year is a great time to give to Colorado non profits Page 11

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November 22, 2018

Hometown Holidays

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Tips to cope with stress naturally and avoid pills

Tips to avoid overspending this holiday season

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Unique stocking stuffers for the entire family

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Clear Creek County Holiday Festivities

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When Colorado Gives, we all win

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Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market in Golden

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can help reduce holiday stress PAM PECCOLO SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

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ith the rush of friend and family gatherings, holiday parties, event rehearsals and present purchasing, downtime is rare and stress seems to increase at the end of the year. So, it’s helpful to have strategies to stay healthy and happy.

“During the holidays, especially, people are stressed out and it takes a toll,” said Brooke Jones, Vice President of the Denverbased Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. “But science tells us kindness lowers cortisol, so volunteering can help. It may take a little work to fit volunteering into your holiday schedule, but it can produce a ‘helper’s high’ that can last for days.”

Science also indicates if you do an act of kindness in public, people witnessing it produce oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone,” which aids in lowering blood pressure and improving overall heart-health.

“Everything in moderation is a good way to approach the holidays, and every day,” said Gabriel Guillaume, president and CEO of LiveWell Colorado, a nonprofit focused on increasing access to healthy eating and active living in low-income communities.

“What we put in our bodies can affect how we feel,” he said.

“Around the holidays, we eat a lot more foods higher in fat and sugar, and drink more alcohol.

The trick is to be aware and extra vigilant.”

“For instance, I go to a large family gathering of about 30 people and 40,000 calories of food on the table.

One thing I do is eat some healthy food ahead of time, like carrots or other vegetables.”

Exercise, such as yoga, can reduce stress and increase mindfulness, according to Aliza Sodos, owner of The Littleton Yoga Center in Littleton and iThrive Yoga in Parker.

“During the holidays, we need a

Staff serving food in a homeless shelter kitchen. way to calm down and yoga practices are good for that,” said Sodos. “The holidays are about doing, not being. It’s almost like having another job.”

“Restorative yoga is a style that is about re-

laxation and release. You hold poses that let you be quiet and help rebalance the body. We live in an adrenalinerushed world, so slowing down can remind us of our wholeness,” Sodos added.

To reduce stress during the holidays, here are some additional kindness

ideas from the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation: • Wheel out your neighbor’s trash bin • Be polite while driving • Write positivity sticky notes to brighten someone’s day • Send an encouraging email to a friend • Donate used towels or sheets to a shelter • Make handmade cards • Praise a local business online • Write a handwritten letter • Record a happy voicemail message for a loved one When you need to decompress this holiday season, remember to be kind, eat well, exercise, slow down and relax.

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‘During the holidays, especially, people are stressed out and it takes a toll. But science tells us kindness lowers cortisol, so volunteering can help. It may take a little work to fit volunteering into your holiday schedule, but it can produce a ‘helper’s high’ that can last for days.’

Brooke Jones, Vice president of the Denver-based Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

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Avoiding pills to deal with holiday Tips on the natural path

breathing for 5-10 mins every day.

Think Twice - Although medications for pain or stress are often sought for a quick fix solution, what’s the long-term effect of this? Is there a better, long-term solution?

Ask questions, advocate for yourself, seek out someone who aligns with your goals and values. See a physical therapist who understands how to help you.

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DR. BROOKE OLSEN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

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hy is it that instead of enjoying precious time spent with family & friends during the holiday season, unwelcome guests - stress and pain - tend to RSVP “yes”, even though their invite was purposefully lost in the mail?

Cousin Cheryl is insisting on bringing her own food, you’re pulling teeth to get a commitment from Paul’s family on whether they are coming for Thanksgiving, Christmas, both, or neither, and you’ve been diligently searching how to diffuse the political disaster that will happen when Joe and Laura are sitting at the same dinner table - again. No wonder you might be feeling the holiday stress. If you are noticing more back or joint pain, it’s not a coincidence either.

Stress, of any type, encourages us to move less, succumb to cravings, gain weight, and have interrupted sleep. This unfortunate cyclic pattern can turn into back or joint pain, depression, and anxiety topped off with frustration & helplessness. Quick fixes, including pills, will not help the root cause of this catastrophe.

We recently helped a 50+ year old mother with 6 month old back & hip pain who lost a family member unexpectedly a year ago. Whereas other professionals saw her pain as an opportunity to prescribe pills for pain and depression and told her to give it the old “wait & rest & see”, we saw her much differently.

While we understood how to fix her pain without these “band-aids”,

(Editor’s Note: Dr. Brooke Olsen is the co-owner of The Physio Revolution in Denver, which works with people on living free from pain killers, multiple doctor visits, and sitting sidelined from what you love to do, without the fear of pain holding you back. Learn more at https:// thephysiorevolution.com/about/.)

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our time spent together un-raveled much more than just joint pain.

Today, she is back to enjoying life as a designer, ramping up for the holiday’s work she loves and adores without pain pills, and back to a life she deserves especially in time for the holiday season to arrive!

These are some of the tips we gave her to help and you can use too: Think “Motion is Lotion” - It’s likely you’ll find the “snuggled up on couch” technique more comfortable than the “get up and get moving” idea. Find every excuse in your bones to get moving.

Literally. Your joints will love you for doing it!

Give Gratitude - Not just on Thanksgiving or on a holiday, but everyday. Find 3 things each morning and evening you are grateful for. Make this a habit and you’ll find more happiness.

Embrace the Silence There’s endless amounts of noise that surrounds us each and every day. Find some quiet time to work on yourself. Start by just focusing on your

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Holiday Parades Saturdays, December 1, 8, & 15, 10:30 – 11:15 am Saturdays in December, authentic and historic downtown Golden becomes a festive holiday center with traditional decorations and fun family events during and after the parade. The parade includes cowboys on horses, floats, marching bands, old cars, elves on unicycles, the Grinch in his corvette, and of course, Santa Claus!

Lunch with Santa Saturdays, December 1, 8, & 15, 11:30am – 1:00pm Join Santa and Mrs. Claus for lunch at Old Capitol Grill & Smokehouse after the parades. Located in one of the historic cornerstones of Golden. Tickets available online.

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Firestone recommends shopping online, where the added temptation is at a minimum.

“People know themselves. If you know that you aren’t disciplined in a store, shop from home. The worst thing you can do is go to the mall and have no idea what the heck you’re getting anybody,” said Firestone. “Shop online, and shop with a plan.”

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iz Orbis, a Westminster mother of two, begins budgeting for holiday gifts and expenses around October each year. She carefully chooses what toys and presents to buy her sons, but, she said, each year, no matter how carefully she plans, she still ends up spending more than she planned.

“No matter how I try, I always find myself with a credit card bill in January,” said Orbis. “It’s frustrating, because each year I think I’ve got it right.”

According to marketwatch.com, the average American racks up nearly $1,000 in credit card debt during the holidays, which may feel good at the time buying gifts for loved ones, but can take months to pay off and adds to holiday stress.

Nelisha Firestone, a financial advisor partner with Prosperion Financial Advisors in Greenwood Village, said planning for the holiday season all year long is the best way to avoid overspending during the holidays.

“There’s nothing worse than overspending at the holidays, then taking the first two months of the new year to dig out of the hole,” said Firestone.

“Set up a separate holiday account and add to it monthly. Then you don’t freak out and you won’t short-change your holidays.”

For those who don’t have the holiday budget they had hoped for should avoid impulsively buying gifts with credit cards, and offers these tips for maximizing your holiday budget this year.

Families vary in sizes and traditions, and it can be hard to know what to budget. Firestone recommends looking at the budget for each person,

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rather than as a whole, and spend accordingly.

“You don’t have to spend the same amount on everybody,” said Firestone.

“With smaller kids you can get away with spending less.”

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One strategy that has become popular is to use a credit card that rewards points for holiday shopping, with the intention being to pay it off in January and receive cash back or other rewards. According to Firestone, that can lead to overspending.

“If you know you’re going to overspend because you’re using a card, don’t use the card. It’s not worth the points,” said Firestone. “Cash is king, just use cash that you have so you

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Framed pictures, music playlists and dinner with your loved one are relatively inexpensive gifts and can be more meaningful than purchased gifts.

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inding small, unique stocking stuffers can sometimes be a challenge, so we’ve provided some suggestions to surprise your friends and loved ones.

“Astronaut Ice Cream is one of our most popular items for kids, tweens and lots of adults,” said Lindsey Lee, sales associate at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. “The freeze-dried food comes in Neapolitan and vanilla and is always popular around the holidays,” she explained.

“Then there’s Thinking Putty, another very popular product,” Lee said of the soft, bouncy, stretchy goo. “We have lots of choices. Some is sparkly, some changes color and some glows in the dark. It can have therapeutic uses and for people who fidget, it can help them focus.”

For the Grandpa or teen who believes socks are also a fashion statement, the Museum offers a variety in stylish themes from space doughnuts, spaceships, dinosaurs and nature to Einstein and Tesla

character socks, in adult to baby size.

If you’re looking for gifts in a rustic chic setting, The Emporium is a 10,000-square-foot “merchant mall” in Castle Rock that is home to 50 charming boutiques full of home furnishings, fashion, art and antiques.

“When people come in, we try to provide a happy atmosphere to shop and get lost in,” said Elizabeth Villwock, manager of The Emporium and daughter of the owner.

Walk along the hardwood floors to the back of the building and you’ll find the “Big Ass Brick of Soap” collection, perfect for the Dad in your life. Roughly the size of a building brick and weighing more than half a pound, these hefty soaps are available in fragrances such as Smells Like Victory, Campfire, The Frontier, and Leaf and Leather. A portion of the proceeds directly support veteran causes.

For Mom’s stocking, The Emporium has colorful spatulas, sparkly tree decorations and fancy wine bottle corks topped with shiny, festive snowflakes.

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For the Foodie in your life, a gift card for alcohol-infused doughnuts and monster cinnamon rolls from Habit Doughnut Dispensary in Denver, could be the food experience she or he has been waiting for.

According to Hayley Charles, Habit’s manager, the shop’s signature confections are the most popular. “The ‘Feed My Habit’ doughnut

is one of our best sellers,” Charles said. “It’s a house-made brioche dough with raspberry glaze, white chocolate streusel and blueberries.”

“We can also infuse alcohol in any of the doughnuts,” Charles added.

“Because Habit is paired with Carbon Coffee & Bar, we can add any alcohol you’d like to the doughnuts– Kahlua, Baileys, whiskey, tequila or anything else.”

For something a little more aromatic, check out the Festive Cup Coffee and Gift Boutique in Highlands Ranch.

“If you’re looking for something special for Grandma, we have shower steamers that smell garden fresh,” said Dawn Whitham, manager and owner. “You place the steamer on the floor of the shower or hang a sachet on the shower faucet.

When moisture hits the steamer, the fragrance is released. Our fragrances range from citrus and lavender to lemongrass, eucalyptus and orange.

They pair nicely with our Shea butter French soaps that are gardenia, lemon, sage, spiced rum and cucumber scented.”

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Wrap it up every weekend starting Black Friday! Shop your favorite Aspen Grove stores then bring your gifts to the Holiday Station, located near Gigi’s Cupcakes.

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Aspen Grove Gift Cards Give the gift of shopping at Aspen Grove this holiday. Gift cards can be purchased in the Management Office weekdays (Suite 550 behind Williams-Sonoma) between 9 AM - 4 PM. Aspen Grove Shopping Center 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Co 80120 | www.aspengrovecenter.com Follow Us on Facebook: AspenGroveCO

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When Colorado PAM PECCOLO SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

othing embodies the holiday season like the joy of giving. We love to see people light up when they receive a gift, especially when it touches their hearts and lives.

On Tuesday, December 4, Coloradans will join together for Colorado Gives Day, an annual drive to celebrate and increase philanthropy statewide through online giving to a wide range of nonprofits. For the seventh year, Community First Foundation and FirstBank are partnering to present the generous giving day.

In addition, Community First Foundation and FirstBank have created the $1 Million Incentive Fund, one of the largest giving-day incentive funds in the country. It will increase the value of every donation proportionally.

“Non profits provide a wide variety of programs and services that are es-

sential to the quality of life we enjoy here in Colorado,” said Renny Fagan, President and CEO of Colorado Nonprofit Association. “Colorado Gives Day is a convenient opportunity for people to donate to the non profits they support and to discover other non profits doing great work. Our communities are only strong if each of us contributes in our own way. We encourage everyone to join this statewide movement and make a donation on December 4.”

Michele Ostrander, president and CEO of the nonprofit Freedom Service Dogs of America, believes Colorado Gives Day has become a vital and highly successful component of their fundraising mix.

“When we first joined Colorado Gives Day in 2013, we had no idea what to expect in the way of donations,” said Ostrander. “That year, we raised just over $10,000. Since then, donations on Colorado Gives Day have increased substantially each year, with an amazing $118,000 raised in 2017!”

That money goes a long way toward funding the training Freedom Service Dogs needs to support their

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“It takes seven to 10 months and approximately $30,000 to house, feed, care for, and train one dog as a service dog for a veteran with PTSD, a child with autism, or another adult with disabilities,” Ostrander stated.

“Receiving that much funding on a single day allows us to provide four custom-trained, life-changing service dogs to clients that urgently need them.”

“We love you, Colorado Gives Day!” she added.

Karen Fox Elwell, President and CEO of Growing Home, Inc., finds the donations on Colorado Gives Day are essential to her organization’s work to break the cycle of poverty by strengthening families, nurturing children, and creating community.

“Colorado Gives Day mobilizes our friends to act on our behalf,” said Elwell. “Last year we raised over $20,000 on Colorado Gives Day–an important 10 percent of our overall individual giving. The partial match bolsters these donations, raising more money than if these donations were made on any other day.”

At mpowered, a nonprofit that

helps Coloradans learn about money management, Development Manager Alison Adsit sees Colorado Gives Day as a time her team becomes more involved in reaching out to new donors.

“We love Colorado Gives Day because it allows our staff and board to become fundraisers by creating their own Colorado Gives fundraising page. This creates some good friendly competition amongst our team for all of the right reasons, like connecting new people to our mission,” said Adsit.

But there’s another reason to get involved. “We get to be creative and have fun with it. This year, one of our staff members may or may not be getting a pie in the face if we reach our goal on Colorado Gives Day... stay tuned!”

To support non profits on Colorado Gives Day, donors can search for local charities and make a donation on the ColoradoGives.org website. Share the spirit of the season on December 4!

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Colorado Community Media will be hosting the Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market on Saturday, Nov. 24 and

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Sunday, Nov. 25. With more than 80 vendors with a variety of goods, this is the place to avoid busy retail shopping centers and get unique gifts for family, friends and co-workers.

Covering 11,000 square feet, the event will be held at Jefferson County Fairgrounds in the main exhibit hall with a special appearance by Santa Claus on Saturday, Nov. 24 between 10 am and 2 pm.

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Arvada Arvada Fair for the Band – Featuring fine arts and handmade crafts Friday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $3 entry fee. Located at Arvada High School, 7951 W. 65th Ave. Arvada.

Proceeds benefit Arvada High School Band and Color Guard. For more information, visit https:// sites.google.com/site/arvadafairfortheband/.

Elf – The Musical Nov. 20 – Dec. 23 at the Arvada Center for Arts & Humanities, located at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. One of the most beloved holiday movies in recent years can be seen live on stage. Ticket prices vary. Visit https://arvadacenter.org for more information.

Castle Rock Reindeer Games at Millhouse It’s holiday fun for the whole family on Friday, Dec. 14 between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. at 1381 W. Plum Creek Parkway. Enjoy kid-friendly activities in a winter-themed wonderland including live reindeer, Santa (parents bring your cameras!), cookies, hot chocolate, sleigh rides, outdoor games and an obstacle course. Kids will receive an elf buddy at the end of the obstacle course while supplies last. For more information, visit www.crgov.com.

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Elf on the Shelf Nov. 17-Dec. 25, Downtown Castle Rock Rocky the Elf is back in November and visiting places in #DowntwnCastleRock for the holiday season. Check in to see what Rocky is up to. For more check the Downtown Castle Rock Facebook page.

Golden Polar Express Train Ride Nov. 10 – Dec. 23 at the Colorado Railroad Museum, located at 17155 W. 44th Ave. in golden. The story of The Polar ExpressTM is theatrically re-created and combined with a magical train ride at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Children get to meet Santa and experience all the sights and sounds of this classic tale as if happening all around them. Learn more at http://colora-

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Craft Show and Mini-Market on Saturday, Nov. 24 and Sunday, Nov. 25 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, located at 1520 W. 6th Ave. in Golden.

Parker 2018 Christmas Carriage Parade Saturday, Dec. 8, at 12 pm, located in downtown Parker. The Parker Christmas Carriage Parade is a valued tradition held annually in downtown Parker in celebration of the holiday season. For more information, visit http://www. parkeronline.org/826/Christmas-

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Westminster Countdown to Christmas Saturday, Dec. 1, The city of Westminster kicks off the countdown to Christmas at 5:30 p.m. with the annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony at City Hall, 4800 W. 92nd Ave. in Westminster come see the magical wonderland of lights, complete with holiday music, hot chocolate, cookies and visit from Santa Claus.

There will be a full-sized sleigh and miniature train for photos, a bonfire and a hayride to complete the event. Free of charge, sponsored by the North Metro Arts Alliance, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and Credit Union of Colorado.

A Christmas Carol Friday, Dec. 9 - The Advent Radio Players will present a recreation of the 1939 CBS Radio Campbell Playhouse performance of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 6:30 p.m. at the Villas at San Marino, 5000 W. 75th Ave. in Westminster with an encore performance at 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at Westminster’s Advent Lutheran Church, 7979 Meade St. This is a live recreation of the original broadcast that a featured both Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore performed by the players group, with lighted applause and on the air signs. The performance is free, but donations are appreciated.

Make it and Take it Saturday, Dec. 15, Westminster Holiday Craft Make it and Take it, 2 p.m. at the Irving Street Library, 7392 Irving St. Families are invited to come make holiday crafts and decorations they get to keep and take home.

Astronomy Night at Standley Lake Thursday, Dec. 13, come enjoy a hot cup of cocoa while you learn about the night sky using one of multiple telescopes each trained on different celestial objects. All ages are welcome, but the class costs $5 and space is limited to 20. Register online at www.cityofwestminster. com.

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