The Hippie Limo Donates Magical Mystery Tour Packages to Local Charities
The Hippie Limo believes that it is both a responsibility and a privilege to support its local community. In particular, we feel very much drawn to organizations that help children and under-privileged and distressed families. That is why we have donated several three-hour Magical MysteryTour packages to local fundraisers for their silent and live auctions.
Take a look below at the organizations we have donated to and consider supporting them through monetary and volunteer opportunities.
Children’s Hospital Foundation
Children are among our most precious resources as well as the most vulnerable. Because of this we have donated four packages to support each of the following Children’s Hospital fundraisers. To find these events and others follow this link to the Children’s Hospital Foundation’s events calendar.
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Caruso Family Charities Gala – March 2, 2013
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Children’s Hospital Colorado Gala – October 5, 2013
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Creating Ties Burn Camps Dinner – November 1, 2013
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Morgan Adams Concours d’ Elegance – August 24, 2013
The Children’s Museum of Denver
Engaging children’s minds, supporting their creativity, growing their curiosity, and inspiring their minds are among the best ways to help children grow mentally and personally. Check out the Children’s Musem of Denver’s events calendar.
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Children’s Museum 40th Birthday Bash – May 31, 2013
Sister Carmen Community Center
Sister Carmen is a non-religious family resource center supporting individuals and families in East Boulder County. We volunteer and donate to this organization regularly. You can learn more about the Sister Carmen Community Center on their home page.
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The Big Event 2 – April 6, 2013
Consider learning more about these events as well as other opportunities to support you own favorite charities and organizations.
More Benefits & Fundraisers!
Curious about the fun we have had with the Hippie Limo? We have stories and pictures galore:
- Look under Current Events & Musings in the right sidebar for the most recent rides
- Visit Benefits & Fundraisers for a complete rundown of all of our related activities
- Peruse our Photo Gallery to see some of the best images groups have shared
- Be inspired by pictures from celebrations around the world that feature vintage VWs on Pinterest
- Hop over to In the Press to see what the media and blogosphere are saying about us
- Preview a ride in the Hippie Limo from The Experience
- Click on the services listed on the Hippie Limo main page to explore other fun options
When you’re ready, check out our Limo Packages & Rates or our Beer, Wine & Sights Tours to see what we can do for your special occasion!
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Hammersmith 9th Annual Golf Classic to Benefit Rocky Mountain PBS – 6/15/2012
My family has been proud supporters of PBS and NPR for all of our adult lives, so it is fitting that after we were contacted by a friend about the Hammersmith 9th Annual Golf Classic to benefit Rocky Mountain PBS that we agreed to donate a Magical Mystery Tour package to the event.
I personally know nothing of golf, though my wife has played a few rounds here and there. She tells me that the course is quite nice so I hope any of you that are interested can head out to Heritage Eagle Bend at 23155 E. Heritage Parkway in Aurora, CO on June 15th, 2012. There is a breakfast at 7:00 am followed by a Shot Gun Start at 7:30 am. A limited number of spots are available and reservations are made on a first request basis.
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WOW! Museum Annual Auction & Casino Night Gala – 4/13/2012
The World of Wonder! Museum, or better known as the WOW! Museum, is our neighborhood combination science, learning, and indoor activity center. Several months ago we purchased a membership to this Lafayette, CO gem after we discovered how much our son loved to play on its lifesize exhibit of a pirate ship and toddler-size version of a train station, as well as explore its natural science hands-on activities.
The WOW! Museum will be hosting its 7th Annual Auction & Casino Night on Friday, April 13, 2012 from 6:30pm-Midnight at A Spice of Life Event Center in Boulder, CO. The event will be held to benefit its 2012 Scholarship Fund. Some highlights for the evening are:
- Appetizers, sit down dinner (choice of steak, fish or vegetarian dinner)
- Complimentary cocktails (until 9:00pm)
- Jazz Music compliments of Dave Fulker Quartet
- Bid on Mystery Boxes and great items in the Silent Auction Event
- Emcee Ken Clark, FOX 31′s Good Day Colorado
- Exciting Live Auction conducted by Gary Corbett
- Evening Helicopter Rides with Copters for a Cause ($75 per person; all proceeds benefit WOW!)
- Try your luck at the casino gaming tables
As part of the Hippie Limo’s committment to supporting local institutions, we are donating a Magical Myster Tour to the silent auction. To attend and have a chance to bid on this and other fabulous packages, note the following:
- Tickets: Early Bird Ticket: $70 per person if purchased by March 13th. $75 per person (purchased after March 13th)
- $500 for Table of 8; Purchase Tickets Online Today
- Event attire: Black & White Cocktail
If you are also interested in donating an auction item? Click here to fill out a donation form If you are unable to attend? Please consider making a monetary donation online in support of the gala event
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Support Baby Phillips Fundraiser & Silent Auction – 3/31/2012
Jason and Bryttney Phillips are expecting their second child at the beginning of April. It has been difficult for them to conceive and go to term with their pregnancies so they were ecstatic to finally have another chance to have a baby! Their baby boy will be here soon! However, they have recently received some heart breaking news.
The baby has been diagnosed with Shone’s Syndrome which is is a form of heart disease that has two main features. First, there are multiple problems with the left side of the heart, which receives blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body. The valves and passageways are often too small or blocked. Second, the abnormal areas on the left side get worse over time. To help correct the problem the baby will undergo several open heart surgeries as well as be in the NICU for a long period of time.
Bryttney works for Take a Break Childcare, an award-winning Lafayette business that my son attends for 12 hours a week to allow me to have time to work on the Hippie Limo business (and sometimes just to work on the Hippie Limo itself) as well as search for a part-time position as an Instructional Designer. We have been nothing but pleased and amazed with the quality of care my son has received there, not to mention the genuine dedication and lovingness of the staff.
That is why the Hippie Limo is donating a Magical Mystery Tour to the Baby Phillips Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction on March 31, 2012 at 5:30pm. The event will be held at Take-A-Break located at 408 West Baseline Rd Lafayette CO, 80026, For more information contact D’Ona Phillips at 303.564.6688. Tickets for the Dinner and Auction are $10 a person
If you are unable to attend you can also give direct financial support by going to Support Baby Phillips at GiveForward.
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Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts & Colorado Music Festival – 3/3/2012
Whenever possible my family and I attend one of the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts’ special events, recitals, or concerts. My son loves to watch the performers and students and listen to the variety of music styles and instruments they play. As a result at two years old he declared that he wants to play the violin and the guitar.
When the RMCMA, which is an award-winning community music school in our home town of Lafayette, CO, contacted the Hippie Limo about their Crescendo! Big Sound fundraiser I was compelled to contribute. Our family is committed to supporting our local businesses and art programs, so we immediately offered the RMCMA a Magical Mystery Tour package for their live auction. As it turns out this was a fairly apropos gift as the event will be held at the Shelby American Museum in Boulder, CO.
Please come out and visit the Crescendo! Big Sound fundraiser on March 3, 2012. This event will include dinner and drinks, a silent auction, a performance by the RMCMA Jazz Combo, an array of classic cars, big vocal sound by New York-based Ashraf Sewailam and Raouf Zaidan, and an exciting live auction by Martin Auctioneering. Go to the RMCMA website for details and registration.
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Mi Casa Taste & Tango Argentina Fundraiser and Silent Auction – 1/21/2012
The Hippie Limo may be off the road until the upcoming 2012 season (May 1 – October 1), but our Samba is still on the information super highway, which means we always get calls from interested clients and fundraisers. Just before Christmas I was contacted by Blythe Hawthorne-Loizeaux at Mi Casa Resource Center in Denver to see if we would be interested in donating a package to their Taste & Tango Argentina fundraiser and silent auction. Mi Casa has a 35-year history of helping Latino families achieve financial independence through business development assistance, career training, and youth and family programming. Blythe told me that in 2011 Mi Casa served nearly 1,700 people, which was more than double the number it served in 2008, and that they were expecting to help even more individuals this year. The frantic rush of the holidays kept me from getting back to Blythe quickly, but once the dust settled after New Years I called Blythe and offered Mi Casa a Magical Mystery Tour package for their silent auction.
Please join Mi Casa for its Taste & Tango Argentina, an evening of Argentinian wine, food, and dancing on Saturday January 21, 2012 from 6 to 9pm at the Warwick Hotel in Denver. The menu has been created by Hosea Rosenberg of Blackbelly Catering and season five winner of Bravo TV‘s Top Chef, and the evening is co-hosted by Denver restaurant reviewer the Gabby Gourmet. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Nancy Freimuth at 303.539.5609 or nfreimuth@micasaresourcecenter.org.
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Butterfly Pavilion Wings & Strings Fundraiser – 11/12/2011
One of my 2-year-old’s favorite trips is to the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, CO. Though its animal habitat is home to a vast array of butterflies, it also houses live and preserved examples of many other critters including insects, arachnids (that’s spiders to you and me), and aquatic invertebrates (my son loves the aquarium and the starfish tanks). The Butterfly Pavilion also has several interactive exhibits and educational programs, and even thoughtfully provides an every-age appropriate play area and interactive rain forest exhibit where parents can sit back and kids can engage in some energy-busting play and learning. All of this, and the demonstrated friendliness of their staff, prompted my wife and I to purchase a family membership, which we make use of at least one a month.
When the Butterfly Pavilion contacted me about their Wings and String Gala wanting to know if the Hippie Limo might want to donate a Night (or Day) on the Town package to their silent auction, I enthusiastically said ‘Yes.’ Please join the Butterfly Pavilion on Saturday November 12, 2011 from 6 to 9pm, for its second annual Wings and Strings Gala. You will be able to enjoy gourmet South American cuisine, themed cocktails, Peruvian music, and a silent auction where you will be able to bid on the Hippie Limo package in addition to many others to benefit a good cause.
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Longmont United Hospital: An Evening to Remember – 11/5/2011
Laura F. Kinder, the Director of Volunteer Services at Longmont United Hospital, contacted me about their volunteers’ major fundraising event coming up on Saturday, November 5th at The Plaza in Longmont, CO. Its called An Evening To Remember and proceeds will support the revitalization of the hospital’s outpatient services which includes the laboratory, diagnostic imaging and patient registrations.
Last year the Longmont area saw an increase to 87,000 visits, which means the hospital is in great need an upgrade to its facilities. One of the event chairs read an article about the Hippie Limo in the Colorado Hometown Weekly and thought a packages from us would be perfect for their event. We are happy to donate our last Magical Mystery Tour package to them and wish them the best in their event.
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Outreach United Resource (OUR) Center Silver Anniversary Gala – 10/1/2011
Longmont’s Outreach United Resource Center, better known as the OUR Center, contacted me after one of their members saw the story A Man and His Van about the Hippie Limo in the Business Section of the Colorado Hometown Weekly. The OUR Center’s mission is to help individuals and families experiencing hardship to obtain food and clothing as well as address their potential needs regarding utility and rental assistance, shelter, prescriptions, affordable child care, budgeting advise, transportation, job searching, and advocacy in getting help for disabilities. The populations with these needs are ever growing these days, but sadly the resources for meeting them are shrinking. Christine Marckesano, the OUR Center’s Communications Director, noticed my own mission of supporting non-profit and not-for-profit organizations with a social mission and asked if I would be willing to donate a package to their upcoming Silver Anniversary Gala and Silent Auction (sponsored by Amgen) to help raise funds to support their efforts. Over the years I have found myself and several people close to me experiencing some the same needs they are committed to addressing, and in honor of myself, my family members, and my friends, the Hippie Limo is glad to have the opportunity to donate a Magical Mystery Tour package to their cause.
Please join the OUR Center on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 5:30 PM at the The Plaza Conference Center in Longmont, CO to celebrate their 25th Anniversary of service to the community. The evening will include auctions, dancing, dining, and the music of Colorado’s favorite swing orchestra, The Hot Tomatoes! Sponsorships start at $1,000 and include tickets and recognition. Individual ticket price is $75 for this formal, black-tie optional affair.
For more information contact Elaine at the OUR Center: 303-772-5529 Ext. 224 / elaine@ourcenter.org
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Denver Children’s Diabetes Foundation’s Carousel Ball – 10/1/2011
In second grade I recall one of my friends often having to leave class for something that required the school nurse to stop by the room. One day I asked my friend why she had to leave. She said that she had to get a shot. I wasn’t sure why she was getting a shot so often, but just the idea of it made me wince. Years later I figured out that she was receiving insulin for diabetes. I remember her refraining from eating certain sugary things during lunch, and seeing her sometimes feel isolated from the other children because they were a bit suspicious of her leaving class so often. Young children can sometimes go out of their way to find reasons to exclude other children. I remember feeling very sad for her when she sat alone on the playground. Most days I sat with her or we played tether ball or hop scotch. I think she became my first crush!
I have no idea what happened to her. Having moved at least a dozen times since the second grade I have no idea how to contact her, either. But when I saw an advertisement for The Carousel Ball, a Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver event to be held on October 1, 2011 at the Denver Marriott City Center, I wanted to honor her in a way symbolic of how I felt for her. The Hippie Limo will be donating a Magical Mystery Tour to the foundation’s silent action at the event.
Here’s to you, Beth, wherever you are.
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Sister Carmen Community Center Fundraiser – 8/6/2011
Sister Carmen Community Center in Lafayette, Colorado, an organization providing Boulder County residents with assistance for food, rent, utilities, transportation, medical care and other basic needs, will be holding a fundraiser and silent auction on Saturday, August 6th from 11am-10pm at Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt on South Boulder Road. This event will also be Menchie’s grand opening.
In keeping with our desire to help organizations with worthwhile causes in our community, the Hippie Limo donated a Night (or Day) on the Town package to the event. Come out, eat some frozen yogurt, and help your community at the same time. Fifty percent of sales will go to SCCC.
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt
535 West South Boulder Road in Lafayette
Next to Starbucks
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Denver Children’s Hospital “Giddy Up” & “Caring and Curing” Galas and Silent Auctions – 6/23/2011 and 9/10/2011
Helping others has always been a part of my life, but never more so than when I had my first child. For the first time I really understood how it feels to KNOW that you would give your life for someone without hesitation. I also began to understand what it meant to want to be sure that EVERYTHING you do contributes to the love and support your child needs.
On the odd side of this otherwise noble realization is that I now possess an over-sensitivity to situations where a movie’s child characters experience even the smallest trials or inconsiderations. This is apparently true even when I watch a comedy. I found out how easily I can be triggered when my wife and I rented The Hangover. In case you do not know, the movie is about a group of friends who wake up the morning after a bachelor party with absolutely no idea of what had happened the night before. They spend the following two days reconstructing the tangled and surreal events of their party, with a particular goal of finding one of their missing friends – the groom! The first clue they uncover regarding their misadventures is a three-month old baby in a closet of their wrecked hotel room.
For the first 20 minutes or so of the film they carry this baby around with them, cracking jokes at each others’ expense (and occasionally at the baby’s) and pulling a few hijinks. What was going through my mind this whole time? Instead of appreciating the humor and laughing, I was raving to my wife saying “When were they going to change that baby?” “Surely,” I said, ”it had soiled its diaper by now. How bad would that diaper rash be? Do they have any cream? Why haven’t they fed that baby yet?” In the context of the film it had been hours. Breast fed or formula fed, that child certainly would be hungry. And why wasn’t the movie showing them going to a grocery store and getting some milk and a bottle! I began to fret about how abandoned the baby must feel being removed from its mother and wondering what long term consequences this might have for the child’s development.
As you can imagine, my wife, though she appreciated my feelings, became a bit annoyed with the commentary. Especially since the baby in the movie showed no signs of distress about any of these things. Thank goodness that the baby was reunited with its mother within a few minutes after my last remark about how these guys were talking this baby out in the Las Vegas heat in an outfit that was obviously not breathable!
The above brings me to the point of this post. Just a few days ago I was in an urgent care center for something I felt should be looked at sooner rather than later. From across the room and behind several drawn curtains I heard a child come in. I am fairly sure it was a little boy. He was crying for his mother and sounded so very distraught. Though I know I should not have eavesdropped, I couldn’t help but hear the doctors trying to calm him down and attempting to find out more about what was hurting him. I could not make out much through the sobs, but when the doctors left him they paused just outside of my drawn curtain and began talking. They were whispering, but still I could make out that the child was having complications from some sort of ongoing treatment. Already torn up from just imagining how terrifying it would be for a child to be hauled into an urgent care even for something as simple as stitches, I begin to have serious sympathy pains. As I was being released I again overheard the doctors saying that everything was going to be alright for the boy after a very easy treatment. It was then that I began to think that it would be a good idea for the Hippie Limo to donate to a child’s care fund of some sort.
I visited Blacktie Colorado, a website that lists all of the charity and fund raising events in Colorado. I found two events held by The Children’s Hospital that were appropriate for donating a ride in the Hippie Limo.
Giddy Up Gala June 23rd, 5:30-11:00
Location:
Crooked Willow Farms
10554 South Perry Park Road
Larkspur, CO
The Children’s Hospital Gala – Caring and Curing. September 10, 5:30-11:45
Location:
Hyatt Regency Hotel at Colorado Convention Center
650 15th Street
Denver, CO 80202
I sent out offers and had an immediate affirmative response. I will be happy when my offer is redeemed by the lucky winners and hope that a ride in the Hippie Limo would be attractive enough to garner a great deal of funding for The Children’s Hospital. Please go out to these events, have a good time, and bid your hearts out for The Children’s Hospital and the Hippie Limo.
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Denver Children’s Museum’s 38th Annual Birthday Gala and Silent Action – 6/3/2011
If you’ve ever been to the Children’s Museum of Denver you know the absolute delight that comes to a child’s face when she or he first sees and then touches the interactive displays. I can only imagine what a liberating experience it must be for a child who has heard a thousand times, “No, no. Don’t touch,” to suddenly be free of all such restrictions and restraints. I had never been to such a museum in my childhood. When I was a child people largely believed that children should be seen rarely and heard never. Obviously a whole building full of activities that encouraged children to be free, loud, and inquisitive was not something any adult either imagined or desired. It was when my father-in-law came to town for my son’s first birthday that he and my wife decided we would take a trip to Denver to see the Children’s Museum. I had no idea what to expect.
When I saw the real Fire Engine near the front door, complete with flashing lights and infinitely turnable and pressable buttons and levers, I felt the little child in me jump out for just a moment. The feeling didn’t stop the whole day as we explored the working grocery store where children could not only shop but also ring each other up at the checkout, the huge wooden train set full of tracks, engines, and cars of all sorts, and the seemingly impossibly large rubber room where kids could climb and roll and jump in what would seem complete safety. I was so happy that there was something around like this for my son to experience. I definitely hope we will be able to bring him to the museum often.
When I found out that the Children’s Museum was having a 38th Annual Birthday Gala and silent auction on June 3rd from 6:00 to 10:30, I saw it as an opportunity to show my appreciate for such a wonder adventure in childhood. The Hippie Limo has donated a ride to the museum’s silent auction. We hope it serves them well. Who knows, maybe the Hippie Limo will end up being an exhibit there someday.
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Boulder’s Food, Libation, & Independent Cinema (FLIC) – 5/25/2011
Boulder’s Food, Libation & Independent Cinema (FLIC) offers a once-a-month independent film series and accompanying variety show like none you’ve ever seen (or should I say scene?). The evening begins with food, drink (alcoholic and not) and a great throwback to the old days, pre-show cartoons! Going beyond just screening films, FLIC also offers up local artists (cinema and other) and live performers for everyone’s enjoyment.
As the FLIC site says, “You’ve never lived a movie like you will at FLIC. From schools to businesses, from hipsters to the hip-replaced, from poets to performers, FLIC is putting the community back in the theater.” In a similar vein you will also never have an evening out (or day cruise, or wedding, or magical mystery tour) like you will in the Hippie Limo. That is why the Hippie Limo will be teaming up with FLIC on May 25th, 2011 for the screening of a special film Nowhere Boy, the story of the teenage John Lennon. As the father of a toddler and a baby-on-the-way, I rarely have an opportunity to see an art film in the company of other art lovers, so this evening out has a particular draw for me.
Come on out to see a great film, have a wonderful time, and take a gander at the Hippie Limo. Who knows, there might be a ride involved!
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Human Rights Campaign Colorado Gala Dinner and Silent Auction – 5/21/2011
The Human Right Campaign (HRC) advocates for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trangender Americans with the goal of ensuring that they are embraced as members of their homes, places of employment, and communities. Many of our closest friends as well as family members are part of one of the above groups, and in addition to the emotional support and love we give them every day, we would like to contribute somehow to the support of all members of these communities nationwide. That is why the Hippie Limo is donating a Magical Mystery Tour ride to the HRC Colorado chapter’s Gala Dinner and Silent Auction.
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Colorado School of Mines Athletics Fundraiser and Silent/Live Auction – 5/20/2011
The Colorado School of Mines is fortunate enough to have my wife working for them. This means that whenever there is a banquet or major event I am autotmatically part of her entourage. One of the year’s major events is the CSM Department of Athletics Fundraiser and Silent/Live Auction. The Orediggers have had a particularly good 2010-2011 season and celebration was definitely in the air at the event. This year we were able to make a contribution to the effort by donating a ride in the Hippie Limo to the live auction. Our Samba was paired with a set of four Colorado Rockies tickets, which would make for a fun evening combo. Not only would you be able to enjoy all of the popcorn and cracker jacks you would ever want (not to mention a few beverages of a more adult nature), but you would also be able to talk about the evening’s game with your friends without the distraction of keeping your eye on the road. Here’s to the winners, Sarena and Jason Cassino. The Hippie Limo is looking forward to your evening in Denver and hopes the Colorado Rockies win the night just for you.
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Colorado Environmental Coalition Rebel with a Cause Gala – 5/19/2011
Come out and help support the Colorado Environmental Coalition’s efforts preserve public lands, water quality, animal habitats, as well as to promote progressive transportation and growth practices at the 2011 Rebel with a Cause Gala. This year the CEC will be honoring environmental visionary Bill McKibben of 350.org. The event will be on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Seawell Grand Ballroom in Denver.
The Hippie Limo makes a green limousine donation to the CEC of another Magical Mystery Tour for a lucky couple or group. Please roll up for your Magical Mystery Tour by supporting the CEC today.
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Broomfield Senior Resources Meals on Wheels Basket Auction – 5/6/2011
During the respective terminal illnesses of my immediate family, Meals on Wheels was there to provide occasional (as much as was possible with minimal funding) nutrition when we most needed it. The time and energy it took to take care of each of my family members was great, and we did not often have time to prepare a good meal for any of us, let alone for the person who needed it most. We were grateful for every dish they brought as it gave our sick family member a good meal and gave us just that much more time to be with and care for them.
Though most of my family members have passed in different states, when I see a local Meals on Wheels organization I can’t help but want to support it. Nearby we have the Broomfield Senior Resources that provides a Meals on Wheels service. The organization is having a Basket Auction to benefit their efforts on Friday, May 6th, from 6:00 until 8:00. Registration for the auction begins at 5:30 p.m. The event consists of a silent auction from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. followed by a live auction from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. During this time complimentary wine and appetizers will be served. Admission to the event is free and you will surely have a good time. The event is held at the Broomfield Community Center, 280 Lamar Street, Broomfield Colorado. Click here for a map to the center.
The Hippie Limo has donated a ride to one of the baskets for silent auction bidding. Please stop by and contribute to one set of wheels and then enjoy a ride in another with the Hippie Limo!
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Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center Annual Dinner and Silent Auction – 5/5/2011
The Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center’s stated mission is “to protect and save the lives of abused and neglected children through zealous legal advocacy, innovative programs and public policy reform.” To paraphrase their website’s further description of services, the RMCLC helps children navigate the legal system while also providing them with mental health and educational resources to address their personal and educational needs.
Movies and television have done a good job of both vilifying and lauding the efforts of such organizations, but their mission goes beyond the portrayals. Children are among the most vulnerable and unempowered groups across the world, and in the absence of supportive and loving parents, they need other resources to help them grow to be secure, loving, and productive adults and members of society.
The Hippie Limo is proud to have the opportunity to donate one of its Magical Mystery Tour rides to the RMCLC’s Annual Dinner and Celebration. Here is yet another chance to support a worthy cause while also enjoying a special ride in our Wayback Machine.
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Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s Puttin’ on the Leash Benefit and Silent Auction – 4/23/2011
Being the proud adopter of many stray and injured animals, the Hippie Limo is donating a package for a three-hour night out in Boulder to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s upcoming benefit and silent auction Puttin’ on the Leash – 2011. The benefit will be held April 23rd, 6:00 PM at the Coor’s Event Center on the University of Colorado campus. This year’s theme is based on the society’s characters Jacques Catsteau and his dogged crew of ocean explorers. I imagine this means attendees should consider wearing nautical-based evening wear. Special guests at the event include Mike Nelson, Chief Meteorologist of Denver Channel 7, and Dr. Lee Woods of Broadway Animal Hospital. You can expect stories, presentations, food, and drink at this once-a-year affair.
Originally the Hippie Limo had planned to be parked out front of the event so would-be bidders at the silent auction could see the fun awaiting the winner. Unfortunately, construction at the Coor’s Event Center precludes even the HSBV from parking its mobile adoption center on the grounds. Maybe next year.
We are happy to be able to donate to this worthy cause. Over the last 20 years my extended family, in-laws, nuclear family, and friends have adopted 25 strays, both directly from the street (or forest in some cases) as well as from Humane Societies in three states. Each of these animals have been a joy to our lives and we want to help ensure that organizations like the HSBV continue to help pair needy animals with loving owners.
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Outward Bound of Denver’s Getting Kids on Course Gala and Silent Auction – 4/14/2011
As a member of the Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) and an associate instructor in the club’s Wilderness Trekking and Backpacking schools, I have a strong belief in supporting the enjoyment and exploration of the great outdoors. I had heard of Outward Bound several times in my youth but had never looked into its mission until recently. I saw a donation box at the CMC and decided then to learn what the organization was about. It was pretty easy to do since the national office was right in the building.
They told me that the local Outward Bound Denver chapter would be hosting a Getting Kids on Course Gala and silent auction on April 14th, 5:30-9:00 at Invesco Field. Again, I saw an opportunity to contribute to an organization and a cause I believe in. The Hippie Limo will be donating a ride to the Outward Bound silent auction and we sincerely hope that it helps draw in the funds that the organization needs to keep fulfilling its mission.
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Denver Teen with a Dream Silent Auction – 4/9/2011
My father, mother, uncles, one grandfather, and one grandmother have died of cancer of one variety or another. All of these people at least lived into their middle 60s or a bit longer before their lives were cut short. But what if a life is taken away before it is hardly lived? This is a thought that occurred to me not long after I experienced a life-threatening illness only a few weeks before my first child was born. There are several organizations that help with the medical side of an illness such as cancer, but I began wondering if there was a framework in place for giving emotional support to both children and their parents while they are receiving cancer treatments.
Coming across Teen with a Dream offered me a chance to give something in this vein. Teen with a Dream is charity founded specifically to enrich the lives of pediatric cancer patients and the lives of their families by combating the effects of social isolation and loneliness during chemotherapy, They do this by providing specialized social, educational, and financial programs. The Hippie Limo will be offering a ride to Teen with a Dream’s silent auction on Saturday, April 9, from 5:00-10:00. The event will be held at the Cable Center 2000 Buchtel Blvd. Denver, Colorado (map)
Jay Sheridan Memorial Fundraiser in Lafayette – 4/2/2011
Stan’s will be performing oil changes in return for a donation to the cause, and Higgy’s will be providing ice cream for a donation, as well. All materials for “Ice Cream and Oil Changes” will be donated by Stan’s, Higgy’s, and their industry partners. One-hundred percent of the money collected will be donated to Officer Sheridan’s Memorial Fund. Numerous law enforcement agencies and fire departments will also have their emergency vehicles on display for both children and adults to view while waiting for their oil change or eating their ice cream.
Hippie Limo is helping out by being the first car to donate and receive an oil change, being on display alongside the emergency vehicles, and offering 10-minute joy rides in exchange for a donation to the cause. Come on out, support a good cause, and take advantage of a quality oil change, some tasty ice cream, and the coolest retro ride around.
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Update: 4/3/2011
The benefit was a wonderful success. Stan’s Automotive performed 40+ oil changes, including the Hippie Limo, and Higgy’s Ice Cream served around 60 customers. As advertised, many law enforcement and fire agencies were on hand, including the Boulder County Sheriff’s Department, the Lafayette Police Department, the Limon Police Department, the Lafayette Fire Department, and the Rocky Mountain Fire and Rescue. You can see a few of the photos below. Both myself and my son were particularly impressed by the Rocky Mountain Fire and Rescue’s massive go-anywhere, do-anything, fire-terminating engine. That thing was HUGE and the operators were gracious enough to allow children of all ages to to explore it.
My son and I made a friend in Ellen, a Lafayette Police Department Officer who gave my son a badge sticker that he is wearing tonight on his pajamas, and we also enjoyed watching older children sit in the uber-cool Dodge Charger Interceptors from the Boulder Country Sheriff Department. (As much as I LOVE my Hippie Limo, I would really like to take a spin in one of these . . . though not in the back, of course! 
. The Hippie Limo itself garnered more than a few interested parties, and though I have no idea how many people actually stopped and took a look at her, I think most really enjoyed the rockin’ 60s tunes and the flashback (or completely original) experience.
All-in-all, close to 5k in funds were raised for the Jay Sheridan memorial fund which will go to support his widow and daughter.
-Peace, Love, and Smiles-
The Hippie Limo
Rocky Mountain Fire & Rescue
Boulder County Sheriff Dodge Charger Interceptor
The Hippie Limo - Onlookers
