According to Serving Kids, a lack of clothing that allows students to fit in at school contributes to truancies and poor academic performance... read more
Colorado is ranked 48 among the states in education and statewide 10% of Colorado's residents lack basic literacy skills, according to The Learning Source... read more
While advances in medical science have improved chances of surviving a critical illness, the fact remains that 75 percent of healthy individuals... read more
One more student has a chance at financial support thanks to Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric who gave Eagle Legacy Foundation $1,000... read more
Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric (www.ApplewoodFixIt.com) was honored as the 2009 Large Business winner in the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Torch Award for Marketplace Trust... read more
Some say the teen years are the toughest for a kid, and maybe that's true for a parent. In reality, the toughest days are the first 30 - that first month of life when a newborn is adjusting to the world... read more
Part of the Optimist Creed reads, "To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true." That attitude has paid off for the members of the Arvada Optimist Club, the July winner of Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric's "Caring Community 12 in 12 Giveaway."... read more
A 2007 national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that 70 percent of Americans believe motherhood to be a more difficult undertaking than in generations past... read more
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported that cancer claimed the lives of nearly 20 children between the ages of five and nine per... read more
For many with limited mobility, a service dog increases ease of access in common situations like pushing the button on an elevator or picking up a set of dropped keys off the floor... read more
Middle school students are bringing earth science, wildlife biology, astronomy and ecology out of the classroom and into a mountain setting... read more
Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric gives back to the education of children. The Children's Outreach Program has been selected as the March winner of Applewood's $1000 "Caring Community 12 in 12 Giveaway"... read more
Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric is helping one family meet their goal of helping other families. The MJ Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation is the January winner of the $1,000 "Caring Community-12 in12 Giveaway."... read more
In the next 12 years the aging adult population in Colorado is expected to increase by 539,614. And, just over 10 million Americans, or nearly one-third of the elderly, need some type of long term care, according to the U.S. Census. Senior Resources of Broomfield, Inc., is the $1,000 May recipient of Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric "Caring Community 12 in 12 Giveaway."... read more
There are approximately 4.5 million individuals with developmental disabilities in the United States, according to the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Developmental disabilities are life-long mental and/or physical impairments and more than 90,000 children are affected by developmental disabilities in Colorado... read more
One in five children has received unwanted sexual solicitations over the web and 75 percent of all children are willing to share personal information, according to the Crimes Against Children Research Center... read more
Colorado has a child poverty rate of 15.3 percent and in Adams County alone, there are 128,156 households with children living in poverty – numbers that have steadily increased each year... read more
The saying "Stitched with love" takes on extra special meaning when a young one is wrapped in a quilt created by the many volunteers of Firehouse Quilts. The nonprofit is the December recipient of the $1,000... read more
Marching bands have come a long way from the drum and bugle corps of the military. Since the first halftime performance in 1907, marching bands have been entertaining crowds ever since. The Northglenn High... read more
Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in the country, occurring in about one out of 150 births, according to the Autism Society of America. Despite this statistic, Colorado ranks 48th in the... read more
On your mark, get set, GO! As September‘s winner of the Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric‘s $1,000 Giveaway, the Sertoma Mile High Soap Box Derby will be seeing more checkered flags... read more
Conducting more than 65,000 community service projects each year, Optimist Clubs around the world positively affect a total of six million kids. With support from Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric‘s... read more
Broomfield High School Cheer Squad is the proud winner of Applewood‘s July Crazy Giveaway. The squad of 24 cheerleaders took over the Applewood offices and offered up a cheer for the company... read more
One in every 400 African-Americans is affected by the inherited disease, sickle cell anemia. In Colorado alone, there are 300 patients diagnosed with sickle cell with an additional 10 to 20 more being born... read more
ring on the heat and the construction. May‘s winner of the "Crazy 12 for 12" Giveaway, Matthew French has high hopes this August for the development of a new trail he calls the Eagle Project... read more
Applewood Plumbing, Heating & Electric is "paying it forward" by giving away $1,000 a month to local non-profits who are nominated by area residents in their "Crazy 12 for 12 Campaign." This is the second year... read more
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