Introducing new leadership staff Kimberly Carmitchel will serve as onsite General Manager and Kathy Baldwin-Heitman is supporting remotely as Executive Administrator Dear Shadowcliff friends, Whether you connect with us as a summer visitor, volunteer, or Grand County neighbor, you know that spending time at Shadowcliff is a special and unique experience. In order to best […]
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There’s no shortage of stories about the ways Shadowcliff impacts people’s personal journeys. This summer, Craig Adams was on site as an intern from McAfee Theologial Seminary in Atlanta, GA, and part of his research involved conversations with Shadowcliff guests, volunteers and stakeholders from different generations. One special story that Craig rediscovered is from Steve
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Shadowcliff has been stewarded by many wonderful and gifted people over its 65+ year history. Last month, we said goodbye one of those special people – Walt Friesen. The Friesen family have been dear friends, guests, and volunteers at Shadowcliff for multiple generations, but it started with Walt. In fact, if you’ve ever participated in
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Teach – Learn – Share – Discuss Community-sourced Topics & Presenters Upcoming Sessions! Deconstructing Sustainability to Reconstruct Relationship Shadowcliff board member, Mary Silwance, will present these sessions offered by the Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition, the Environmental Action Committee of Village Church, and Earthkeepers of Heartland Presbyterian. Deconstructing Sustainability to Reconstruct Relationship Monday, February 28 and Monday,
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When the Rempels retired in 2002, the Board committed to sustain the Rempel’s vision and proposed making annual payments to the Rempel Family over a 20-year period. Patt and Warren resisted; Shadowcliff was, for them, a calling: a gift to the world. But the Board wanted to “pay forward’ their gratitude for that that gift,
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(by Ariana Friedlander, Shadowcliff Board Chair) This past June, the board embarked on an ambitious task, find our next executive director. More specifically, we sought to find a leader that exhibited a long, pragmatic (and possibly far fetched) wish list of qualities and skills. Then hire them before the end of the 2018 season. We
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In May we shared the news of Patt Rempel’s passing. The Rempel family has now provided details of a memorial service for Patt, and a touching letter written by Sue Rempel, Patt and Warren’s daughter. Invitation: A Celebration of Patt’s Life Aug 11, 2018 at 1:00pm Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church 1980 Dahlia St, Denver
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“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.” – Winston Churchill (most frequently attributed) In the beginning of May, a small but mighty crew descended upon Shadowcliff and began what would prove to be one of the most challenging volunteer construction projects in recent organizational memory: replacing
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On Wednesday, May 9th at 12:55 am, Shadowcliff co-founder and beloved Rempel family mom and grandma Patt Rempel passed from this world to the next. She was surrounded by family and friends, and left this world in a peaceful state. In the months leading up to Patt’s passing she visited with our Board of Directors
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“We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children’s memories, the adventures we’ve had together in nature will always exist.” – Richard Louv, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving
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