DAR hosts Flag Day celebration
The Blue Spruce Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution will host a Flag Day celebration on Thursday, June 14, at 11 a.m.
The event will be at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St.
The festivities are free and open to the public and will include presentations honoring the American flag.
MAD Greens fights MS
MAD Greens – Inspired Eats, which has a location at 150 S. Union Blvd., is helping out those suffering from multiple sclerosis with the “A Fresh Way to End MS Forever” promotion.
MAD Greens is a sponsor of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis organization and is donating 20 percent of proceeds from meals and catering events purchased from June 18 to Aug. 19.
Customers need only bring in a promotional flier to one of the 11 restaurant locations for a portion of the price of their purchases to go toward helping the 88,000 people affected by MS in Colorado and Wyoming.
Summers’ immunity bill signed into law
On May 29 Gov. Hickenlooper signed into law Senate Bill 20, which was sponsored by Rep. Ken Summers, R-Lakewood, which creates immunity for people who report a drug or alcohol overdose to emergency services.
Those who report the overdose must do so in good faith, and cooperate with law enforcement and emergency responders.
The bill also provides immunity for those suffering from the overdose.
According to a press release from Colorado House Republicans, fear of police involvement is the top reason that people don’t call emergency services after seeing an overdose. It also noted that in 2010 Colorado was third in the nation for deaths from overdoses.
Second Wind founder honored by alma mater
Second Wind Fund co-founder and first executive director Jeff Lamontagne was recently given the Jennifer Loren Herskowitz ’88 Point of Light Award by his alma mater, Cornell University.
Second Wind Fund, headquarted in Lakewood, serves youths at risk for suicide and was founded in 2002. Since its creation, it has provided counseling services to about 3,000 underserved, at-risk teenagers.
The Jennifer Loren Herskowitz ’88 Point of Light Award goes to a senior or alumnus who demonstrates the core values of the Cornell tradition.