SMART-GIRL

The Schaden Family Fund became involved with Smart-Girl in October, 2006. Smart-Girl provides a prevention and enrichment program that uses positive peer influence to support and inspire adolescent girls to make smart choices and become confident, capable and self-reliant women.

As Colorado's only research-based program that teams small groups of middle-school girls with highly-trained, high school and college-age mentors, Smart-Girl empowers girls to:

• Develop and practice leadership
• Develop group and social skills
• Learn problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Increase a sense of self-worth and empowerment
• Develop attitudes and values that lead to resilience and success in life
• Reduce vulnerability to self-destructive behaviors

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL

The Schaden Family Fund became involved with University of Colorado Law School in 2005. Established in 1892, the University of Colorado Law School is a top 20 public law school located at the base of the inspiring Rocky Mountains. Colorado Law's 500 students, selected from among the statistically best applicants in the nation, represent 100 undergraduate institutions and diverse backgrounds. The school has dual degree programs in business, environmental studies, telecommunications, and public affairs. With a low faculty-to-student ratio, its highly published faculty is dedicated to interacting with students inside and outside the classroom. The school's clinics, centers, and programs focus on areas of strength, including natural resources and environmental, American Indian, juvenile and family, telecommunications policy, and sustainable energy law. Colorado Law's graduates are leaders in their profession and committed to public interest work.

BOULDER COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE

The Schaden Family Fund became involved with Boulder Community Food Share in November, 1998. Community Food Share's mission is to ensure that all people in Boulder and Broomfield counties are food secure. In 2007, Community Food Share distributed over 4.5 million meals, one million meals more than in 2006. Our goal for 2008 is to distribute 4.9 million meals, 400,000 more than in 2007.

DENVER'S ROAD HOME

Denver's Road Home (www.denversroadhome.org) began in October 2003 in response to an increasing rise in homeless persons in the City & County of Denver and a mounting increase in public safety concerns. At that time, Mayor Hickenlooper convened a commission to develop and recommend a comprehensive plan seeking to address the root causes of homelessness and bring an end to homelessness for the Denver community. This plan is unique in its approach to not just serve the chronically homeless, but to offer opportunities and hope to all persons living on the street, in shelters or doubled up with friends and family in Denver, with a singular emphasis on persons and families whose incomes are at or below 30% area median income (those most in need and hardest to serve).