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The new year always provides a great opportunity to wrap up old business, celebrate successes, and approach the coming twelve months with a renewed enthusiasm and purpose for the work we do! If you haven't yet, please take a moment to honor your own accomplishments in 2008, even before you tackle those new year's resolutions!

Citizens Project had a great 2008! Just a few of our achievements were:

We are pleased to be a part of The Colorado Nonprofit Association’s Generous Colorado campaign. GenerousColorado.org connects Coloradans with the nonprofits that need them most. Nonprofits create a community of hope, love and belonging for thousands of Colorado families and individuals with essential services like shelter, food, clothing, health and safety. These organizations need you to make the difference.

Check out The Colorado Nonprofit Association’s commercial, titled Philanthropy at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJS6MJqByY

This year’s Holiday Stove Party was a great success! Over 75 guests helped us raise over 3,000 dollars to build 40 stoves for Central American families in need. The forest-saving, life-changing stoves use 70% less firewood, and reduce the risk of health issues and possible burns. Just 75 dollars worth of brick, mortar and metal can change the lives of families. In our existence, we have built more than 25,000 stoves in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Haiti. We would like to thank the Davis/Peterson family and all of our donors who make the Forest Saving Stove Program possible.

Trees, Water & People is pleased to announce that we have received an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming. The BBB Accreditation remains the most reliable way for consumers to identify trustworthy businesses.

BBBs throughout North America have launched an updated versions of their BBB Reliability Reports, which feature a more visually appealing and user-friendly format, and a new rating system. The new rating program will replace the scale of “satisfactory” and “unsatisfactory” with a more comprehensive letter grade (A+ through F).

Getting married? Now you can support Trees, Water & People by registering with the I Do Foundation. From honeymoons to invitations to wedding gifts to charitable wedding favors, the I Do Foundation allows couples and their guests to make wedding-related purchases that generate donations in lieu of gifts. All of these services are available free of cost at www.IDoFoundation.org. Check it out today, and be sure to select Trees, Water & People as the beneficiary of your charitable wedding.

We are proud to announce that we have achieved Charity Navigator’s four star rating for our ability to efficiently manage and grow our finances. This exceptional designation from Charity Navigator differentiates us from other nonprofit organizations and shows the public we are worthy of their trust.

Green Dining is not about eating your greens- it’s about sustaining out environment. FortZED Green Dining Week will be held from November 3-9. During the week, participating Fort Collins restaurants will commit 8 percent of the week’s average daily revenue to implementing sustainable practices like investing in energy efficient equipment and implementing conservation programs.

99.9 The Point has been in the Fort Collins community for many years and will be doing a November non-profit awareness month. The Point will be featuring Trees, Water & People (TWP) on-air and on their website this Wednesday, November 5!

Tune into 99.9 FM and visit www.999ThePoint.com to find out more about TWP’s efforts. TWP would like to thank 99.9 The Point for this opportunity!

Awesomely great take on McCain's total dismissal of women's reproductive health.