The Seed Announces New Alliance Partners

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Innovative Technology Creates Online Platform for Five Organizations

The Seed, the collaboration and connection platform for women and resources, announces its new Alliance Partners: American Business Women's Association-Downtown Denver (ABWA), Denver Tech Center Colorado Business Women (DTC-CBW), Hip Housewives, and Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade, and Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network.

“We are excited to announce our new Alliance Partners for The Seed,” commented Erin Seabold, co-founder of The Seed. “The purpose of building alliances with community and corporate partners is to give our members the opportunity to find the tools, resources, and information that they need in one convenient place. Through our partners, we envision thousands of connections taking place that will assist our members in building and maintaining a sustainable business through long term relationships.”

Budget and resource issues have restricted some organizations from publicizing tools and resources available to assist business owners in succeeding. With the advent of social networking, interactive web-based collaboration has become an immediate priority for organizations. However, the budget to create and maintain this technology has proven to be a burden due to cost.

“We will assist our Alliance Partners by creating an online platform for various entities with a similar goal of supporting women, business owners and resources,” said Seabold. “Our goal is to have this platform used by these resources everyday to communicate to their constituents.”

The Seed will assist its Alliance Partners in communicating opportunities through The Seed’s press coverage, newsletters, blogs, posts and feeds in order to reach a larger constituency with greater impact, drive usage of alliance partner tools and resources, and increase attendance at local events.

For more information, visit www.TheSeedConnection.com.

About The Seed

The Seed focuses on assisting women in identifying and connecting with the resources that they will need to build a successful business. The Seed creates a collaborative platform for government, educators, corporations, entrepreneurs and individuals to come together and share information in one convenient location. As members of The Seed Society, women are matched to resources and fellow women in business, based on what they are looking for now, tomorrow, and in the future. To see how you can promote your business to other women and businesses around the world for only $60 annually, visit www.TheSeedConnection.com.

Renew255 Showcases Three Floors of Healthy Living

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Joint Grand Opening Event will Benefit Operation Smile

Four businesses—Avanti, bod:evolve, the office of Carrie Louise Daenell, ND, and the office of Brian Willoughby, MD—at 255 Detroit Street in Denver will host a joint grand opening for their businesses on Thursday, January 14 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will benefit Operation Smile.

“As we enter the New Year, our thoughts turn to resolutions and renewing our health from the inside out,” commented Brian Willoughby, MD, owner of the building. “The four businesses located at 255 Detroit offer the very best in skincare, cosmetic surgery, naturopathic medicine, and much more.”

With a theme of healthy living, the event will consist of a cocktail party encompassing the three floors of the building. Attendees will enjoy an “antioxidant bar,” healthy passed hors d’oeuvres, creative cocktails, and gift bags.

For $20, guests can register to win “A Day of Beauty,” which are three prizes valued at $250, $500, and $1,000. The proceeds from this and other donations will directly benefit Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity.

The event will also showcase the newly remodeled 255 Detroit Street building, originally constructed in 1982. Designed by Sexton Lawton Architecture, the building features a three story tower of translucent glass, a penthouse canopy with a full-height sliding glass wall, and other modern design elements.

More information on the participating businesses:

• Avanti Skin Center of Denver is an innovative skin care center that provides medical-grade treatments in a luxurious spa-like experience. Offering facials, laser hair removal, Botox, and more, Avanti’s services will improve skin tone, texture and tightness. With the stage set for pure relaxation, the full-time staff of doctors, nurses, and estheticians customizes individual plans for healthier, better looking skin. Visit www.avantidenver.com to learn more.
• bod:evolve was established by Dr. David Broadway and Dr. John Millard in March 2008 as a vanguard for the evolution of body sculpting and body design procedures. With all that is new and continuing to advance in the cosmetic surgery and aesthetic field, patients deserve far more than traditional procedures. They deserve to partake in the most evolved form of body contouring and beauty maintenance. For more information, visit www.bodevolve.com.
• Carrie Louise Daenell, ND, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and a nationally recognized expert in natural health care, creates cutting edge health-optimizing protocols at her LiveWell Center. When results matter, LiveWell Center is your resource for the “best of the best” that natural medicine has to offer for: Bio-Identical hormone replacement therapy and menopause, reversing bone health challenges, healing the aging metabolism and weight balancing with age, total digestive repair, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, food allergy resolution, stress hormone and brain chemistry balancing, and drug-free sleep support. Visit www.DrDaenell.com for more information.
• Brian Willoughby MD, a fellowship trained oculoplastic and orbitofacial surgeon, specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the eyes and face. Now in his eighth year of practice, he has devoted much of his time to developing and refining the process of volumetric facial rejuvenation, using the patients’ own body fat to restore the youthful shape and contour of the aging face. In addition to performing other more traditional facial cosmetic procedures, Dr. Willoughby regularly treats traumatic facial injuries, facial skin cancer, and all types of eyelid and orbital disease. To learn more, visit www.eyesandface.com.

About Operation Smile

Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform lives across the globe. Founded in 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. Since its founding, Operation Smile volunteers have treated more than 130,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities and the organization has a presence in over 50 countries. In addition to contributing free medical treatment, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals in its partner countries and leaves behind crucial equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency. For more information, visit www.operationsmile.org.

*Images by Sexton Lawton Architecture

This Holiday Season, End the Wait

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As part of its Holiday Gift of Life Campaign, The National Kidney Foundation Serving Colorado, Montana and Wyoming is reminding Americans that for the holidays, the greatest gift anyone can give is the promise to register for organ and tissue donation or by considering living donation.

“More than 100,000 people are waiting for organ transplants in the U.S.,” commented Judy Norman, Regional Vice President of the foundation. “This holiday season, help end the wait for those on the transplant list by giving a present that really counts—the gift of life.”

The National Kidney Foundation is doing its part with its End The Wait! initiative, a comprehensive plan to end the wait for kidney transplants.

“Most of the people on the list will wait too long for an organ and too many will die while waiting,” said Norman. “We’ve decided to meet this challenge head on and lead a broad-based initiative that will increase the pool of living and deceased donors.”

The National Kidney Foundation Serving Colorado, Montana and Wyoming is dedicated to preventing kidney diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation. To learn more about becoming an organ donor or about the End The Wait! initiative, visit www.kidney.org.