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November 18, 2021

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 101 | ISSUE 40

Thanksgiving meals offered to families in need

SPECIAL REPORT

Arapahoe County, church volunteers band together to deliver food BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Colorado Center for the Blind in Littleton.

PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

They came seeking confidence; they left traumatized Sexual abuses were kept quiet for decades at the world-renowned Colorado Center for the Blind, former students and employees allege BY DAVID GILBERT DAVID@COLORADOSUN.COM

More than a dozen previously unreported instances of sexual misconduct and abuse spanning at least two decades at the Colorado Center for the Blind in Littleton have surfaced during an internal

investigation of the school’s parent organization. Among the offenses were the alleged sexual assault of a 13-yearold girl by a summer youth camp counselor in 2001, of which police have no record; a teacher accused SEE BLIND, P6

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ABOUT THIS SPECIAL REPORT This project is a collaboration of Colorado Community Media, publisher of this newspaper, and The Colorado Sun. The Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Cars full of volunteers turned out on a brisk Saturday morning outside a Cherry Hills Village church near Englewood to deliver bags of food to hundreds of families ahead of Thanksgiving. A collaboration between Arapahoe County’s Human Services Department and Brave Church, at 3651 S. Colorado Blvd., the food drive on Nov. 13 saw over 60 cars of volunteers arrive to pick up food from the church before driving throughout the county and beyond to bring food to more than 315 families, about 1,500 people. “A lot of our families have transportation barriers,” said Kala Slater, a volunteer and community outreach organizer for the county. “So it helps the community get more involved and helps serve our families better.” For the past 18 years, the county’s Human Services Department has held food drive events around the holiday season to help families put food on the table. But it wasn’t until last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced shut downs and social distancing, that the department began partnering with other community organizations to deliver food right to families doors. Slater said it’s a model that’s likely to stay, enabling the county to reach more than double the number of families it served last year, which was 115. SEE FOOD DRIVE, P4

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

Colorado residents discuss what makes them thankful

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