Elevating Connections

Elevating Connections We support siblings separated in foster/kin placement and raise youth voice through the arts.

Elevating Connections is a 5013C organization dedicated to reuniting siblings separated in foster care through summer camp and sibling connecting events.

The journey to our 10th Poetry Jam begins this Saturday! 🎤✨Young people ages 10 and older who have experienced foster ca...
08/19/2026

The journey to our 10th Poetry Jam begins this Saturday! 🎤✨

Young people ages 10 and older who have experienced foster care or another out-of-home placement at any point are invited to connect, get creative, and learn how to participate.

Whether you express yourself through poetry, spoken word, music, storytelling, or visual art, there is a place for your voice. No experience is needed, and you do not have to perform to participate.

📅 Saturday, August 22
⏰ 1:00–4:00 p.m.
📍 See the flyer for location details
🍕 Food provided

Interested? Complete the short interest form:
https://forms.gle/cvFex2VZyvZdkU7h9

Every voice matters. Every story matters. 💙💚

08/08/2026

End of Summer Bash

07/30/2026

Come with us to this quarter’s Denver Women In Business for Good event. What a great way to hear about local nonprofits doing amazing work. 

Our first day of counselor training ended with a hilarious game night with Iots of laughter and snacks! #
05/31/2026

Our first day of counselor training ended with a hilarious game night with Iots of laughter and snacks! #

05/27/2026

In one week our campers will be enjoying Carnival Night at Camp Connect! It's one of our favorite activities and often times the first carnival our sibling campers have ever attended! Our matching donation campaign is ending on Sunday. Please consider making a donation that will be matched 100% and help us offset the costs for camp. We have more programming to do this year!!

Camp Connect begins June 1.In just a matter of days, siblings impacted by foster care will arrive at camp to reconnect, ...
05/22/2026

Camp Connect begins June 1.

In just a matter of days, siblings impacted by foster care will arrive at camp to reconnect, laugh, build memories, and simply get to be kids together.

There is something incredibly powerful about watching
siblings find each other again.
To watch walls come down.
To watch friendships form.
To watch kids feel safe enough to just be themselves.

This work is about connection, belonging, and community.

And right now, every donation is being doubled through our matching campaign as we work to finish strong before camp begins.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated, shared, encouraged, and supported this work. It truly takes a community to make Camp Connect possible.

💚 Donate here: https://mtyc.co/miqoag

Every story matters.
Every connection matters.

A message from our Founder and Executive Director Stacey Sanders It is with a heavy heart and much sadness that I share ...
05/19/2026

A message from our Founder and Executive Director Stacey Sanders

It is with a heavy heart and much sadness that I share that we have lost one of our young adult participants to su***de. Matthias Barron joined our Elevating Connections family last summer and he quickly became a regular presence at our events. Matt was looking for community, connection, and a place to belong. Matt wanted very much to be part of a community that accepted him for who he was. He never really had that growing up.

Matt was a gifted writer and he summoned up a great deal of courage to share a beautiful piece of spoken word at our annual Poetry Jam in October of 2025.

One of the hopes that we have for the young people we serve is that they will make connections at our events that will continue outside of Elevating Connections. As I made phone calls to each of the young people he knew I quickly discovered that he indeed had made strong connections outside of our events. It is my hope that Matt knew he was valued, loved, and seen. He belonged.

For reasons we may never know, Matt made the decision to end his life on April 23, 2025. What I do know is that the ripple effect of his life will carry on through the people whose hearts he touched and the lives he impacted. Matthias Barron will not be forgotten
by anyone who knew him.

Matt will be remembered and honored as his community comes together to support each other and to celebrate Matt. All are welcome.

Rest well, Matt.

Address

5655 S. Yosemite Street Ste. 205
Greenwood Village, CO
80111

Telephone

(720) 473-1820

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