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SockT Hdonations help the homeless E SEASON FOR SHARING
Team Rise Realtors partners with Fort Lupton’s Change4Change BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A pair of Adams County realtors are doing what they can to extend the glow of generosity from the holiday season for another few months. Robin Scott from Commerce City and Kaycee Nuce from Brighton set out a box at Fort Lupton’s KM coffee shop to raise sock donations to keep the feet warm for people in need on February 5. “We wanted to give back to the community. And we know during the holidays, a lot of nonprofits are receiving a lot of gifts. We wanted to keep it going throughout the winter months to make sure that people in need are provided with warms socks,” said Scott. Scott and Nuce — Realtors with Team Rise Elevate Property Group — are collecting unworn socks to donate to Fort Lupton’s Change4Change. Its organization helping people with clothing and food within the community. Change4Change will distribute the socks to the homeless in the surrounding areas,” said Nuce. It’s Scott and Nuce’s first sock drive, and the goal to make it an annual event. So far this week, they had three sock drives. They had
From left, Realtors Robin Scott from Commerce City and Kaycee Nuce from Brighton with a box of over a 100 socks to donate to Change4Change. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD
one in Commerce City at Reunion Coffee shop. The second was at Cinn-A-Brew in Brighton, and the third at KM Coffee shop in Fort Lupton. Scott and Nuce have collected over 100 pairs of socks at each location. They are hoping to push for over
400 pairs of socks or more. “We know that we are helping so many, and I feel humbled. We have socks every morning. We know people need a place to sleep at night. There are people out there that need help,” said Scott. “I can’t imagine being out there in the
cold.” “I’ve always have been big on helping however I can. After raising kids, I know. It’s great to partner with Robin, and we can come together to do things that our hearts desire, and we get to see it come to fruition,” said Nuce.
Weld graduation rate in line with state numbers RE-8 District discusses success rate, redistricting
need to do a better job of taking care director districts based on populaSo said Superintendent Alan Kaytion. It may also decide whether to lor during the January virtual meet- of those kids.” stick with its present seven direcing of the Weld Re-8 school board. tor districts, rework the alignment The graduation rate for 2019 was Redistricting talks to open to include at-large seats or cut the 83.7 percent. The state’s average In other business, the board number of board members. was 85 percent. Over the past seven agreed to start discussions on BY STEVE SMITH The board also agreed to a series years, Kaylor said the district has redistricting as soon as Thursday, SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM of self-governance items, which been close to the state norms. Kaylor Feb. 11, during its next workshop Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton discussion. and the FortThat Lupton Food and Clothingincluded Bank provide community “honoring” board decitimeline depends The graduation rate from the Weld was happy with the numbers. members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert with Change 4 Change, “With a smaller number of graduon whether available material is on RE-8 School District is in line with sions in public. Board member Cody ates, it doesn’t takemore many throw hand, though. what other schools in that the state another organization helpsare with the food drive. See ontoPage 2. these numbers off,” he said. “We Re-8 needs to balance out its doing. SEE GRAD RATES, P3
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