By Jakob Rodgers – January 17, 2015 Call it a stocking well-filled. For the eighth straight year, The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund topped its goal of $1 million in donations and matching funds – reaching a highly sought goal while also eclipsing last season’s haul. As of Friday morning, the campaign had raised […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette • Published: January 6, 2015 Todd Swank left a $7 million company that he was managing in Tulsa to move to Colorado Springs for a new ministry opportunity. “I was just ready for something significant in my life,” Swank said. He took the chance to move when a […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette Janene Marshall-Gatling went to the YMCA to get her children in swimming lessons, but the agency has become much more for the family. The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region supports those in the military with memberships, crisis prevention, programs, classes and more. Marshall-Gatling is a battalion commander […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette • January 1, 2015 Tom’s wife suffers from many illnesses, and she must be mindful of the food she consumes. When she was a teenager, she was diagnosed with endometriosis and was told she wouldn’t be able to have children, but the couple has three. “She has had […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette • Published: December 31, 2014 Robert Rodriguez worked in radio until 2012 and also had jobs at a call center and Colorado Springs’ first Wal-Mart. So the fact that he can no longer work full time is tough on him. Rodriguez had to stop working because of a […]
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BY ELLIE COLE Special to The Gazette • Published: December 30, 2014 Tiffany knew she needed help. She was a single mother of two daughters and was pregnant. She was homeless but was working and trying to go to school. She heard about REACH Pikes Peak from another local organization, and even though it was […]
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By Anslee Wolfe Special to The Gazette • Published: December 29, 2014 Susanna Vigil’s toothaches have become so painful that she has trouble eating. “My teeth are really getting horrible. It’s hurting to eat. One molar broke off, and I have so many cavities. It’s horrible,” she said. “I eat soft foods. I can’t bite […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette • Published: December 28, 2014 After 19 years in an abusive relationship, Emily knew she had to get out. She and her husband were fighting, and he pushed her to the floor. Her oldest son came to check on her, and a neighbor below heard the noise and […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette • Published: December 27, 2014 LaVieta Martins went to Westside Cares when she was homeless and trying to find a room to sell her incense. While Westside Cares wasn’t able to help her then, it has helped her in numerous ways ever since. The first time she returned […]
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By Ellie Cole Special to The Gazette • December 26, 2014 It was one of Pat Kule’s high school students seven years ago who led her to volunteer for Peak Vista. Her student confided in Kule that she had never really seen a doctor. She had grown up in a different state and she needed […]
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