Educate!’s 3rd Annual Hike for Africa: Joining Forces Across Continents is Aug. 27

Saturday, August 27, 2011
8:30 am (registration begins at 8:30 am, hike begins at 9:45 am)
at Green Mountain in Boulder

Educate!'s 3rd Annual Hike for Africa celebrates the powerful connection between Educate!'s U.S. supporters and its Ugandan students as participants in Boulder and Kampala, Uganda trek to the top of a peak, symbolizing the common goal of empowering the next generation of socially responsible leaders. The money raised will go directly to support education programs in Africa and empower Educate!’s 1,400 students in Uganda to transform their communities.

For those who are not up for the hike, feel free to join Educate! just for breakfast and live music. Socialize with fellow Colorado supporters, hear updates about Educate! students’ work in Uganda, and enjoy live music by Lost Angel Station. There will be coffee, snacks and refreshments, as well as face-painting and coloring for kids. Dogs welcome but must be leashed at all times. Educate! is going Green this year so please bring your water bottles.

WHERE: Flagstaff Mountain to Green Mountain and back. Family-friendly hike with a two-mile option or challenging four-mile option.

COST: $15 Pre-sale and $20 after August 1st. Free for kids 12 and under. Pre-registration necessary.

REGISTER: http://www.experienceeducate.org/hike-for-africa

This event is sponsored by Vic’s Espresso, Lost Angel Station, Eldorado Water, Honest Tea

ABOUT EDUCATE!

Educate! unlocks the potential of African youth to solve the greatest challenges facing their communities. Educate!'s model is exponential empowerment––investing long-term in youth so they can positively impact many others. Educate! provides a proven mix of a social entrepreneurship and leadership course, long term mentoring, and an alumni program that helps high school students start enterprises. Today, Educate! is working with 1,400 diverse youth across Uganda and developing a model that can be replicated across Africa.

Visit the Educate! website for more information about this and other events.

Educate's! "Annual Ball" For the Future of Uganda with special musical guest FACE, Feb. 6

Saturday, February 6th
5:30-11p.m.
Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery & Event Center, Boulder, Colorado

Educate!, a Uganda and Boulder-based organization, will hold their Annual Ball to raise money for students in Africa. The money raised from the Ball will go directly to empower Educate!¹s 830 Scholars in Uganda to transform their communities.

The Ball is for all ages with dancing, live music by the nationally-recognized Boulder-based band FACE, a great silent auction and speech scheduled by Congressman Jared Polis. Also enjoy wine from Superior Liquor, beer tastings from Asher Brewery (Colorado's 1st all organic brewery) and food provided by Whole Foods, Bay Window Catering and BJ's Pizza Grill and Brewery. Besides being a wonderful time, the Ball is a benefit event to empower youth across Uganda to transform their communities by addressing poverty, disease, hunger and ignorance.

The event will be held at Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery & Event Center, Boulder, Colorado on Saturday, February 6. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Ball goes until 11 p.m.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:

7-7:45 - Educate! presentation with co-founder, Eric Glustrom, Educate! staff, and Congressman Jared Polis
8-845 - FACE performance
915-945 FACE performance

VISUALS: Colorado Educate! supporters socializing, learning about Educate! and working to create a better future for students in Uganda; dancing and performance by FACE.

ABOUT EDUCATE!:

Educate!, founded in 2002, empowers students across Uganda to drive the social, political and economic development of their communities. We teach a two-year curriculum on how to lead social change, provide long term mentoring, and create a life-long, national network that equips students with the skills and confidence necessary to transform their communities. Educate! students create locally-grown, market based initiatives that solve the challenges of poverty, disease, and environmental degradation. Today, Educate! is empowering 830 young leaders at 24 high schools across Uganda and has impacted over 10,000 people. A recent winner of the Champions of Quality Education in Africa competition, a collaboration between Ashoka¹s Changemakers and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Educate! was also recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as one of 100 Brilliant Companies in 2009, by DoSomething as an organization started by one of America's top five change-makers under 25 and by the Echoing Green fellowship, recognizing the highest potential startup social change ventures worldwide.

GET MORE:

• Visit the Educate! website
• Follow Educate! on Twitter
• View the Educate! Flickr Stream



Educate! Scholars at Mbale High School hold seedlings that they will be planting at their school compound.