What does it mean to be Jewish in this moment?



Rabbi Menachem director of the Jewish Outreach Initiative, a program nestled under the non-profit organization, Aish of the Rockies, helps people answer that question for themselves.

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Jewish Outreach Initiative (Website): https://www.joidenver.com/

Jewish Outreach Initiative (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/joidenver

Jewish Outreach Initiative (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ JOIdenver/

Rabbi Menachem (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lehrfield

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63: Jewish Outreach Initiative

The bathroom is often the most private part of any home. But what if you don’t have a home? Showers For All, and its founder, Jenn Kloeppel, can’t give every person they serve their own home with their own bathroom but what they can offer to those living on the streets in Denver is a chance to take a shower and do their laundry for anyone who is struggling with homelessness and poverty. Additional Links Showers For All (Website): https://showersforall.org/ Showers For All (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/showersforall/ Showers For All (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/showersforall/ It Matters To Me (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/itmatterstomepodcast⁠ It Matters To Me (YouTube): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@itmatterstomepodcast It Matters To Me (Website): ⁠https://itmatterstomepodcast.com/

62: Showers For All with Jenn Kloeppel

Stewardship goes further than just picking up trash.



Becca Schild and the non-profit she leads, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers, makes sure it’s a community driven event that nourishes not just the Roaring For Valley but also the people who give their time and energy.



Additional Links

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (Website): https://www.rfov.org/

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/rfovolunteers

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/RoaringForkOutdoorVolunteers/



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61: RFOV with Becca Schild

Colorado’s fourteeners don’t maintain themselves you know.



Brian Sargeant and the rest of the grew that makeup Colorado Fourteeners Initiative help ensure these towering peaks are here for generations to come through trail stewardship and public education.



Additional Links

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (Website): https://www.14ers.org/

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/colorado14ersinitiative/

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/Colorado14ersInitiative



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60: Colorado Fourteeners Initiative with Brian Sargeant

Founded in Aspen, Colorado in January 2013, Huts For Vets provides at no cost to participants, wilderness and communal experiences as therapeutic healing for U.S. veterans and active-duty service members.



Erik Villasenor is their Executive Director and being an Army veteran himself with combat deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan, he was once a participant at a retreat before stepping into the leadership role he has now.



Additional Links

Huts For Vets (Website): https://hutsforvets.org/

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59: Huts For Vets

Back on My Feet bridges the gap between emergency resources and self-sufficiency to truly help someone recover from homelessness, addiction, and often both.

They empower members to break free from those cycles through the unrelenting power of fitness, community support, and employment resources.

Additional Links

Back on My Feet (Website): https://backonmyfeet.org/

Back on My Feet (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/backonmyfeet/

Back on My Feet (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/user/BackonMyFeetNational/videos 



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58: Back on My Feet with Jenn Wells

Climate change... a topic we're all too familiar with but still have so much to learn about. Aspire Adventure Running organizes single and multi-day running adventures across Cascadia and Northern California. This year, they hosted their first Climate Summit to bring together professionals from all walks of life to discuss current research, technologies, and trends in this ongoing debate.



Additional Links

Aspire Adventure Running (Website): https://www.aspireadventurerunning.com/

Aspire Adventure Running (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/aspire.adventure.running/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/hikingmyfeelings/]

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57: Climate Change with Aspire Adventure Running

She has a runner’s body. It is also a body that lost 200lbs and has run 100-mile ultras and climbed mountains. All after enduring years of mistreatment from overeating, undereating, binge eating and no eating.

Callie Vinson is an ultra-runner and advocate for body diversity and inclusivity within outdoor sports. She shares her deeply personal story in hopes it’ll inspire you to think twice about what’s holding you back.



Additional Links

Callie Vinson (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/callievinsonn/

Callie Vinson (Outside Magazine): https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/culture-running/people/callie-vinson-believes-in-herself/



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56: Body Positivity with Callie Vinson

She has a runner’s body. It is also a body that lost 200lbs and has run 100-mile ultras and climbed mountains. All after enduring years of mistreatment from overeating, undereating, binge eating and no eating.

Callie Vinson is an ultra-runner and advocate for body diversity and inclusivity within outdoor sports. She shares her deeply personal story in hopes it’ll inspire you to think twice about what’s holding you back.



Additional Links

Callie Vinson (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/adamcasey/

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Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Claire took her passion for skiing to the next level when she co-founded SheJumps alongside the professional freeskier, Lynsey Dyer and journalist, Vanessa Pierce in 2007.


Since then, SheJumps has created over 46,000 opportunities for women and girls to get outside by offering a variety of outdoor activities ranging from wilderness survival and mountaineering to technical maintenance and skill-building clinics.


We talk about what is was like to start SheJumps at the age of 22 and how its mission has grown over the last 16 years to include people who may not have the easiest access to wild landscapes.


We also talk about the challenges young women and girls face in participating in the outdoors compared to men and the small but meaningful changes that need to happen to address that.


Additional Links

SheJumps (Website): https://www.shejumps.org/

SheJumps (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/shejumps/?hl=en

SheJumps (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/SheJumps/


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55: SheJumps with Claire Smallwood

A show where we look at the intersection of nonprofits and the outdoors so that we can highlight the people existing in that overlap.