The 25th anniversary Early Connections Gingerbread & Jazz gingerbread people, from left, Cyndi Parr, Jessye King and Johnny Bartlett.

Brandon and Kelly Payne were dressed to the nines at the Newborn Hope November Noel, hosted at The Broadmoor International Center. They contem…

Mary Minchow, former board member of Newborn Hope, and Alicia Moskal, a volunteer, are both very supportive of the organization.

Newborn Hope board member Cori Levinson received services from Newborn Hope when her son was born two years ago at 24 weeks. Her moving story …

Bert Vogler, left, and Malissa Burnell take a photo of Hotel Elegante’s Nightmare Before Christmas at Early Connections’ Gingerbread & Jaz…

The Sugarplum Cake Shoppe’s Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory at Early Connections' Gingerbread & Jazz gala.

His family was there to celebrate Kevin O’Neil, second from left, as the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC 2019 Business Citizen of the Year …

Rudy and Jean Bradac are the in-laws of Newborn Hope's Executive Director Allison Bradac. They describe Newborn Hope as "a beautiful service,"…

The evening’s Community Service Award went to Don Addy, Colorado Thirty Group, left, shown with incoming board chair Kathy Boe, Boecore, who c…

The grand-prize-winning gingerbread house team from Phantom Canyon included, from left, Matthew Farmer, Tricia Long, Monica Richardson and Ger…

Edition reader John Barry submitted this photo he took of Helen Hunt Falls at Sunrise Nov. 25. Submit your landscape photos to breeanna.jent@p…

Audrey White, 5, center right, looks at her skates as her father Jeremy White, right, ties her laces with her mother Libby White, left, and li…

From left, Westside CARES CEO Kristy Milligan, El Pomar CEO Kyle Hybl, Community Leader and Volunteer Sally Hybl and Empty Stocking Fund Execu…

Rosie Shaw, 7, ice skates during the grand opening celebration of Skate in the Park at Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs on Nov. 15. Ic…

Cherish Borjas, 16, and Jordan Swank-Jefford, 17, ice skate together at Acacia Park Nov. 15.

Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, enter the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center Thursday, Nov. 1…

Monique Reed wipes a tear from her eye as she and other family and friends wait for the soldiers from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th…

Sgt. Gian Carlos Dejesus hugs his 6-month-old daughter, Gianara Dejesus, while his wife, Cynthia Dejesus, and older daughter, Cynthia Dejesus,…

Annika Mote, 14, a former professional ice skater, twirls on the ice at the grand opening celebration of Skate in the Park.

Jahriel Vazquez-Baez, 3, holds hands with his father, Pfc. Joselier Vazquez, as they leave the events center on Fort Carson after a homecoming…

Frank Macon and Elizabeth G. Harper at the National World War II Aviation Museum in Colorado Springs. Harper partnered with Macon to co-author…

Spencer Penrose sits in the front left of his miniature railroad to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in 1938 in southwest Colorado Springs. The train…

Frank Macon, a Tuskegee Airman who worked for 23 years at Fort Carson, pictured with his “beloved” 1944 Stinson Vultee V-77 “Gullwing” aircraft.

Michelle Johns learns her numbers from PPCC nursing students and staff: Penny Stanton, Precious Spivey, Jamie Cohen, Colleen O’Donnell and Col…

The National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs received a Veterans Day present from a local veteran this month. World War II…