Selena Lapaz, Dance Instructor of Ballet Folklórico de Durango
“Ballet Folklórico de Durango is our local dance group, we accept all ages and no prior experience is necessary! A big act of kindness for our group is when a family member offers to help with wardrobe changes. It helps so much. In between dances, when the girls have to run and get dressed to have somebody there to help them and say, ‘Hey, let me help you, let's get you dressed for this next song,’ helps the girls not to worry and get back on stage. Another big thing to mention is having any of the friends or siblings cheer us on, it gives the girls such confidence to have someone in the audience.”
Alex Vick, Creative Director and Co-Founder of The HIVE DGO
“We are a non-profit that caters to skateboarders, rock-n-rollers, and alternative artists. We didn’t have too much coin jingling in the purse. But this year, a local community member reached out to Kelsey, our Executive Director, and donated $100,000. She came over to my house with tears in her eyes and told me that someone had donated this huge sum of money and that we were given this second chance. I believe second chances in a general way are a huge show of kindness!”
Gyana Bundy Gomar, Program Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado
“One of the things that BBBS does in a really profound way is allowing the youth through, their mentors, to really expand their horizons. A match that I can think of, the Big is in real estate, and her little, after seeing her do her job, she’s like, ‘I want to do real estate!’ The options that she saw for herself were so small, and now she is like, ‘Oh, I can do that!’ Individuals can have such a powerful impact in our lives, whether they know that or not, right? And I think that’s what’s so cool about BBBS and mentorship, it ripples! Those random acts really ripple out to support our communities.”