Today we showed up with our kiddos for their cooking class. They are baking cookies today and the…read morekids are super excited. The ladies, Mrs. Stella, Eileen, were very patient, nice, helpful and informative about everything we were doing. They asked questions, kept the kiddos engaged. The also had a raffle for gifts at the end for the kids. They also provided snacks and something to drink at the end as well. The kiddos got a little medal after completing with a certificate for a ice cream cone and we got a gift certificate to use at their thrift store. The overall experience was great. The place was clean, neat easy to find and fun.

My husband and I were looking for a worthy cause to donate a bunch of new and nearly new household…read moreand clothing items to. I looked on this company's website and was SO IMPRESSED with the fact that not only do they offer a grocery store to families- FREE OF CHARGE- but also a thrift store! So many "charitable thrift stores" are no longer charitable anymore and are more concerned with making a profit. The mission of many companies that run thrift stores now are no longer being upheld. However, this place holds up their mission! When I pulled up, the line was 1/4 of the way around the building. There were volunteers assisting the patrons, and also helped me figure out where I donate. They were friendly and they were interacting with the patrons in a very respectful manor. The entire system with entering the facility seemed to run like a well-oiled machine. The donation area had neat bins clearly labeled. I was greeted by John and handed over donuts I had picked up for the volunteers as a thank you. I interacted with 3 of the volunteers who were all so gracious and I could not praise this charitable organization enough! If you can only give to 1 place in your local community right now- give to this place! It is a worthy cause!

We recently donated a grocery haul to this establishment and honestly, the people volunteering…read morethere just ensured this is where we continue to donate to. Seeing someone who is so committed to helping your community is so inspiring. Thank you for everything you're doing!

My family and I moved to Colorado not to long ago. We have had some difficult moments but thanks to…read moreCharity's Hope I'm able to feed my family. The people there are so friendly and helpful and treat me and my family with the utmost respect.

If there is something happening in Monument, you better believe that Tri-Lakes Cares is involved…read more Their help and sponsors are far reaching. We, as a family have donated many times and they hve always been so friendly. They even have a shop that all proceeds go directly to things that are needed for the community. Tri-Lakes Cares has been working in the area for over 20 years. It's much more than a food pantry. It offers senior supplemental groceries. It helps families with emergency groceries. It also has a medial clinic. They offer well baby visits, sports and general physicals, chronic illness care, immunizations, and they have a flu shot clinic. There is a work force center, extensive job base center, computer trining center, GED, Susan's Closet (Wardrobe to work), Budget counseling, and post secondary Assistance Program. They have a school supply program and a Christmas Angel tree for the children. Also, AARP Tax aide. What a wonderful local program for local people.

The people who work here, volunteer here, and the services they provide to the local community are…read morebeyond words. They help with utility bills, medical services (certain types, of course), food, and monthly household necessities and now even providing lunches for school age kids in D38 during this time of crisis. Whether I'm donating a bag of food or st times, even receiving assistance, I just can't say enough about how wonderful Tri Lakes Cares is!

This is such a great organization that does so much good for others around the world! I have…read morepersonally met an awesome person Sarah that works with their domestic outreach program. She is so full of life and energy, that when she was explaining what she does... it honestly made me want to volunteer every extra hour I can just to be apart of something that amazing!

The people here are truly amazing! They treat you with the upmost respect and that means so much to…read moreme considering the current decline of customer service in the Springs lately. This church and the amazing people that go here are truly awesome thank you guys!!!

There is not enough praise and wonderful words to say about Little Sunshines Playhouse and…read morePreschool. They set the standards high and it definitely shows, they even hold conferences for each age group and will sit down and go through everything with you and address any concerns and make sure they help with any goals your child may need a little help with. Everyone is so welcoming and kind the minute you walk through the door; Mrs. Emma and Ms. Wendy have always answered all of our questions in a timely manner and are just so helpful. Ms. Wendy actually was in the infant room with our first when we first started attending LSP and she made the transition so easy and was always let us know that our daughter would be in good hands! It was a true comfort when you drop your first child off in a new place, but she always put our minds at ease and you could tell how much she cared for the children! Mrs. Heike was the infant teacher for our son and you can truly tell she loves all of the infants in her care and she is always communicates all the adorable things our son did or his accomplishments at that age. Our kids have since moved up in classrooms and the teachers along the way have been so fantastic! Ms. Elysia has helped to make our sons transition and drop off easier in the morning once he got older and drops offs became harder for him. She also pays such close attention to any of concerns and even gave me the links to the ASL the kids are learning to help us work with our son the very specific things they learned that day in class so we can help him work on his speech and ASL at home! She is truly just so wonderful! Ms. Lyuba his other teacher is always so kind! She makes sure to ask us how our day was and to make sure she shares something unique about our sons day or something he did that day and it's just so lovely knowing that when we are away at work he has such a wonderful teacher paying such close attention to him and celebrating his little successes! As for our daughter her current teachers have just helped to make her blossom! Ms. Aliyah (Aly) has been so great in helping us with our daughter and her speech and just really finding her voice! She has been so patient and kind and willing to help us with whatever her speech therapist has recommended! Mrs. Kim has made our daughters day multiple times by changing her hairdo into something more spectacular than what we sent her with that day, it literally is sometimes the highlight of her day! And it means so much to have someone make someone so small feel so darn special! And the floaters Ms. Seven and Ms. Kaley are also so amazing in helping out and dotting on the children and helping them learn along the way! Both of our children have learned and grown so much while at LSP! There has never been a day that our oldest has not loved her day! I could go on forever about how amazing this place is and how grateful we are for the care and curriculum the kids learn! So thank you LSP we are truly so blessed to have such amazing and loving teachers for our children!

I appreciate the kindness and support that both myself and daughter have received since being at…read moreLSP. My daughter is in the infant classroom and absolutely adores her teachers, more specifically Ms. Naomi and Ms. Lexi. They provide extra love and support when your kiddo isn't feeling well and always make efforts to support feeding when my daughter has been battling her bottles. I would recommend as my daughter is thriving here!

The worship was amazing they have an amazing kids/ student program! My daughter loves going to…read moreyouth group on Wednesday night and had any amazing time at winter camp.

Woodmen Valley Chapel talks a big game about love and generosity, but when it comes to actually…read morehelping people they can't be bothered. A church with a 12-14 million dollar budget wouldn't give any tangible aid to someone in need because she wasn't a member. Apparently, their compassion has a membership fee. Going to be hard to convince people of that "Christian love" if you are only willing to extend it so far. Y'all preach about being "pro-life" and serving the community, but you appear way more invested in new buildings and glossy branding than real acts of kindness or actually following in Christ's example. If you can't live the values you profit from, what's the point of your message, mission, and ministry? Woodmen Valley Chapel cares about appearances, not people struggling in their community.

Six months ago, after not attending church for nearly 20 years, I knew I needed to find a new…read morechurch home. I attended several churches before finding Academy Christian Church (ACC; Old Ranch Road location) and each one had too many things that kept me from feeling it was the right place for me to attend. I was searching for a welcoming Jesus focused, Biblically honest and true church where the worship and praise was participatory, not presentation like a concert and the songs gave glory to God, not me. The first time I arrived at ACC the doors were opened for me and I was greeted by several members and made to feel welcome. The worship and praise time was perfect and the sermon was true to Scriptures. I've been attending for 3 1/2 months and not once have I felt like an outsider - I've been made to feel like family. While they offer services online every week, I prefer the in-person experience. They have 2 locations, the Old Ranch Road & Voyager main location and another off of West Pikes Peak Avenue. I'm hoping to officially make this my new church home within the next week or two. God is good - all the time! May all of you reading this be blessed and I hope you'll consider ACC as I have.

The service is amazing and the youth group. I've learned and made so many friends and had so much…read morefun