Comeback Yoga: Colorado Gives Day Nonprofit Spotlight “After what it’s done for me, I want to keeping bringing more yoga to more veterans.” In our first installment of the Colorado Gives Day Nonprofit video series, we’re happy to present Comeback Yoga. Comeback Yoga is dedicated to assisting veterans, active duty military and their support network to cultivate a healthy lifestyle through free… Read More
Colorado Gives Day: A Nonprofit Story For the past nine years, Colorado Gives Day has been an annual reminder of the generosity so many Coloradans possess. Since 2009, Colorado Gives Day has raised more than $217 million, including $35.1 million raised for more than 2,400 nonprofits in just 24 hours last year. Dec. 10, 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of this… Read More
FirstBank Employees Pose as Servers; Surprise Hundreds for Colorado Gives Day FirstBank partnered with several different restaurants throughout the state, including Officers Club Lowry and Parker Garage, where they went undercover as “servers in training,” and through an unexpected twist of events, surprised over 800 diners by paying their tabs. The goal was to encourage goodwill and inspire lucky recipients to pay that act of kindness forward to… Read More
FirstBank Surprises Hundreds of Coloradans for Colorado Gives Day It took three days, six gas stations and 60 employees to surprise more than 500 Coloradans across the state — all in an effort to encourage giving back. Before Thanksgiving. FirstBank partnered with fuel stations in Denver, Boulder, Summit County, Greeley/Evans and Colorado Springs, and pumped free fuel for hundreds of unexpected commuters across the… Read More
Why FirstBank Paid For Over 100 People’s Groceries A few weeks ago, our management team (VP of Marketing Joe Amato-Baril, Banking Officer Cassie Sosa and Regional President Emily Robinson) went undercover as King Soopers employees and surprised more than 100 unsuspecting shoppers by paying for their groceries. In return, we asked them to consider paying it forward to their favorite charity on Colorado… Read More