Colorado Affiliate Wins Big at National Leadership Conference!

Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado Wins Big at the 2024 Leadership Summit

Colorado Affiliate Comes Home A Winner

Congratulations to the Boys Hope Girls Hope Colorado Team for taking home the Performance Management Tool Excellence Award-a brand new award category that Headquarters acknowledged at the recent Leadership Conference held in St. Louis this past March. This award was determined across six core organizational domains (Leadership, Governance & Learning; Human Capital Management; Business & Operations; Resource Development & Fundraising; Brand, Marketing & Communications; and Programming & Participant Outcomes). Colorado was awarded the top award in this category.

Legacy of Hope Award Recipient From Colorado

Another reason to celebrate in Colorado is that Boys Hope Girls Hope Colorado Alumni, Apshara, was awarded the Legacy of Hope Honor at this years' Leadership Summit, an award presented by Headquarters. Legacy of Hope is awarded to alumni of Boys Hope Girls Hope who exemplify the spirit of being well-educated, career-ready, and community-minded. Apshara is a graduate of the University of Denver and is currently pursuing her master's degree in public health at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus. Apshara immigrated to the US at age nine with her family from Nepal, where she grew up in a refugee camp. Always a great student, Apshara dove headfirst into her studies and volunteering. She got her first nursing license at age 16, earned multiple scholarships for college, became an inaugural Micron Foundation scholar, and went into medicine to help underserved groups, like women, children, and refugees. Congrats Asphara!

Pictured above: Apshara receiving her Legacy Award, along with National Headquarters Treasurer, John Wunderlich

Apshara also participated on an alumni panel at the BHGH leadership conference. Other alums from Guatemala, Detroit, Cleveland, and Baltimore joined her. They shared their experiences as scholars and collegians and provided input as to what was helpful and what could be improved.

Foursome and Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available!

"The Hope Challenge gives us the opportunity to celebrate the mission of Boys Hope Girls Hope while enjoying one of the most beautiful golf courses that Colorado has to offer. It also allows us to invite people from the community to learn about the great work that Boys Hope Girls Hope is doing in THEIR community to help educate the future leaders of our state. Not only do we give them the chance to hear from the organization's leadership, but they get to hear from actual scholars whose lives have been changed for the better by Boys Hope Girls Hope," said Doug Lestikow, Closet Factory, Presenting Sponsor of the 2024 Hope Challenge.