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WEEK OF JULY 21, 2022
N VOLUME 63 ISSUE 37
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When bare feet bear a burden Upcoming Barefoot Mile fundraiser to raise money to combat child trafficking BY MAYA DAWSON SPECIAL TO CANYON COURIER
On July 20, Dr. Jeff Brodsky will have been barefoot for 12 years. No shoes. No socks. Ever. He’s been
barefoot in Africa at 110 degrees and in Alaska at -19 degrees, all in the name of fighting child trafficking. “If my going barefoot will motivate just one person to action in a way that helps to rescue even one more child, I will live barefoot the rest of my life,” Brodsky said. Brodsky is the president and founder of JOY International, a nonprofit organization based in Bailey that trains law enforcement, educates community members
and intervenes in child trafficking around the world. The nonprofit is funded exclusively by donations, and its Barefoot Mile fundraiser plays a huge role in fundraising. Upcoming fundraisers on July 23 in Littleton and Longmont and Aug. 27 in Marshdale will benefit the organization. Attendees will walk a mile barefoot in solidarity with impoverished and trafficked children to raise funds for JOY International.
Planting the seeds of high altitude gardening Evergreen Garden Club’s home garden tour inspires others BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Who says it’s impossible to grow flowers and vegetables at altitude? The six gardens in the Evergreen Garden Club’s High Altitude Garden Tour prove the naysayers wrong. From 7,600 feet to 8,600 feet in altitude, the gardens are not just beautiful, but magical in the bounty of color. For some of these gardeners, plants are an obsession — one called herself a “plant junkie” — while photographer and gardener Judy Black, who lives on Yankee Creek SEE GARDENING, P4
Registration for the event can be found at thebarefootmile.org. “I hate asking people for money, but I do what I hate to accomplish what I love, which is to see captives and those in bondage set free,” Brodsky said. On July 14, Brodsky spoke in Evergreen about his work. While only 10 people attended, the empty seats didn’t faze him. SEE BRODSKY, P5
Foothills entities get $2M for wildfire mitigation Gov. Polis announces grants at presentation in Evergreen BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Gardener Cherie Luke stands under an arbor her husband picked up at a garage sale in her backyard on Hiwan Drive. She spends several hours a day in spring, summer and PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST fall working in her flower and vegetable gardens.
The state of Colorado has awarded foothills agencies $2 million to help with wildfire mitigation, and the organizations want to use the money to perform work on the west end of Evergreen and Conifer to try to slow SEE GRANT, P4
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Kittredge park EFR station 1
6 Snow Creek fire 12 Life
7 Opinion 14 Class reunion
8 Recreation 21 House fire
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