Last week, I had the pleasure of attending Kimberly’s annual ice cream social (and a 150 Table!) in Pleasant Valley. As soon as I walked through the door and met her for the first time, Kimberly greeted me with a big hug. I immediately felt the warmth and welcome she extends to all her friends and neighbors.

Organized by the Fountain Creek Watershed District, this year's annual cleanup will take place September 26 through October 6. From Palmer Lake to Pueblo, volunteers of all ages and abilities are invited to help remove litter from local waterways, parks, and open spaces. 

Sunshine, smiles, and a whole lot of community spirit took over North Shooks Run Park on Saturday, August 8, as the Middle Shooks Run Neighborhood Association (MSRNA) hosted its annual Summer Fest!

Hey Neighbor is one of 10 organizations across Colorado to receive a 2026 Leadership Practitioner Catalyst Grant from the Boettcher Foundation.

Pastor Mady Long and Outreach Apprentice Mac Conn both work with youth at the church and asked about service projects in the neighborhood. Since many neighbors of all ages utilize the park at all hours of the day, Executive Director Kelly Bull and District 3 Community Coordinator Maria Cordova suggested cleaning up litter where Spring Run Creek runs through Meadows Park and feeds into Fountain Creek. In addition to signing up for the Clean Up the young people also agreed to help pull weeds from front yards that have been converted into edible rain gardens.

Dwan first connected with Hey Neighbor through Neighborhood University, where she discovered a community committed to helping people build meaningful relationships right where they live. The message resonated deeply because it reflected something she had already been seeing in the small business community.

After 25 years of calling Newport Heights home, Michele Brown is still finding new ways to bring her neighbors together. When she saw a flyer about Hey Neighbor’s 150 Tables Across COS initiative at her church, she decided to host a Table of her own. Although she had never planned a block party before, Michele rolled up her sleeves and went door to door, delivering flyers and taping invitations to the neighborhood mailboxes.

What if the cure for a lonely neighborhood was as simple as a folding table in your driveway? One woman's story of turning silence and closed doors into cookies, hot chocolate, and neighbors who finally know each other's names.

If you've ever skipped a cleanup because you pictured three hours of clean up in a "really nasty spot," we get it. The traditional model is brutal. TOSC built the One Bag Challenge around a different idea entirely: pick up what you can in one bag!

Once the summer launches and the fun begins, I feel like time speeds up and things start flying by me faster than I can register them. So I wouldn’t be surprised if you missed the release of our Annual Report, I would have!

Last month, our staff gathered at Stellina Pizza Cafe in Mid Shooks Run for a fundraising night benefiting Hey Neighbor. Ten percent of the evening’s proceeds were graciously donated to Hey Neighbor, and all four Community Coordinators were there to connect with patrons and share more about our work.

There's a peaceful kind of magic at 6:30 a.m. biking around Colorado Springs. I set out on Wednesday, June 24th, to join hundreds of neighbors for Bike to Work Day, my favorite day of the year! It is a citywide tradition that trades four wheels for two, even if just for one morning.

This month, we’re spotlighting someone who’s a great friend to both two-legged and four-legged neighbors alike. Anna Lambacher!

My first Table as a Hey Neighbor Community Coordinator was nothing short of neighborly. Although I didn’t know anyone in attendance, I immediately felt welcome by our host, Renee, whom I had never met before, along with her friends and neighbors.

Summer is the best time to be outside and to gather with people in the open air. It’s one of the reasons so many people have signed up to host an event with 150 Tables Across COS. When the setting is outdoors there’s no limit to where and how many can gather.

Jenn of Buzzy Bee organized the yearly Bee-Yond Family Fun Event and registered it as a 150 Tables Gathering. Check out their website for many more upcoming gatherings and free crafts to do with the kids in your life!

Hey Neighbor was highlighted agin for its push to connect the community through its facilitation of 150 Tables Across COS! This time we were highlighted in Springs Magazine.

We all know how it feels to have people show up when we organize something. It’s validating, supportive, encouraging, and fun. Participation is 90% of community building, and when we asked the Hey Neighbor Neighborhood Leaders to come out for a potluck at Mid Shooks Run park with us, they showed up.

We’re 5 planting parties in, and the Stratton Meadows neighborhood is starting to transform into an edible, beautiful, and water-wise oasis.

Dawn Marie Barrows a Hey Neighbor Neighborhood Leader and founder of Chore Champs, she sat down with Johnny Levy on the Faces of COS Podcast.