J. Charles "Chuck" Chisholm is a long-time local community activist. Chuck is a retired railway research engineer, with a background in design and analysis of train crashes, derailment, ride quality and improving railroad safety. He retired in 1998.

Even before retirement Chisholm was helping parents of…

Over the past 40 years, the Women's Resource Agency has helped 60,000 women and girls improve their lives, saving an estimated $18 million in public assistance as clients have moved from living in poverty to being economically independent.

But it hasn't been an easy haul, says the organization's founder, Marilyn Kastel, a retired college administrator.

"It's been on the brink several times. It's taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears to keep it alive," she says of the…

This year’s 14th annual Adopt-A-Cause holiday fundraising campaign by the employees at the Colorado Ski & Golf store in Colorado Springs raised $2,852 for Memorial Hospital for Children, a designated children’s hospital with nationally and internationally recognized programs, and a complete range of pediatric specialties.

Making the donation even sweeter for the Memorial Hospital for Children is the matching donation of 50 cents for every dollar raised on individual…

To help celebrate the sixth annual Glass Slipper Ball, Fresh•Ink held a photo contest, with two tickets to the gala fundraiser being the prize for the winning submission.



Sarah Porter submitted the winning photo of her and her husband dancing at The Broadmoor hotel, where they spent their wedding night.



“I waited and waited and wondered if I was ever going to meet my Prince Charming. But last year I met the most amazing, kind and loving man in the world and on New Year’s…