The Prom Dress Exchange will host their annual pop-up event Saturday, March 18, 2023, where high school-aged youth can come by and shop an inventory of 2000 gently used and new formal dresses for a nominal fee. Two women started the organization 24 years ago who had the desire to see every girl who wanted to attend prom, to have access to a beautiful dress, regardless of their family’s income.

volunteer link: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/60b0949aaad2ca5fb6-2023

Prom Dress Exchange website: http://www.promdressexchange.com

Interview by Stacie Johnson

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This week is Sunshine Week, a nationwide event which promotes open government and access to public information. On today's morning magazine we’ll hear about an event this evening focusing on access to information about who is behind book bans. Also, a new Colorado Coalition for the Homeless report hopes to shift the debate among several Denver mayoral candidates. Then, on "the Cannabis Report", Leland Rucker follows up on Oklahoma's recent vote against legalizing recreational marijuana and how Oklahoma's choice to make it easy to get medical marijuana cards may be at play when questioning why the cannabis landscape is currently so different from what's happening here in Colorado.

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On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll be talking about pollinators and efforts to craft policy. Then, Chris Mohr will share his weekly commentary, Make Them Hear You and then Herbalist Brigitte Mars will bring us her Wednesday feature; Naturally.

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On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll hear about efforts throughout the state to make opioid-reversal drugs more accessible and readily available. Then, atmospheric rivers can now be ranked globally like hurricanes for their intensity and duration. That story and more on This Week in Water.

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On today's Morning Magazine, we'll be looking at how certain self-described conservative groups have set their sights on public schools, libraries, and education about overlooked and suppressed histories. Then, CiityCast Denver digs into the history of paleontology across the Front Range from the “bone rush” to fossils found during modern developments.

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On today's Morning Magazine, we hear about The World's Shortest St Patrick's Day Parade right here in Boulder, Colorado. After that, a vigilante Instagrammer updates traffic for his fellow I-70 commuters. Then, it's Sports Talk with Jimmie.

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With the aid of therapy horses Medicine Horse offers groups for veterans & active duty service members, people in recovery from substance abuse, people with disabilities, the LBGTQ+ community, women impacted by breast cancer, trauma & abuse survivors, children with autism, under-served/marginalized youth, and more. Horses, animals and nature, coupled with therapeutic expertise, makes what we do at Medicine Horse truly transformative

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On today's Morning Magazine, we'll hear about a bill that’s moving through the legislature that aims to provide a balanced legal framework around evictions Then, Radio Nibbles host John Lehndorff welcomes Eddy Connor, a founder of a new Boulder-born app, Goodie Bag, which offers discounted food from Boulder restaurants and food businesses.

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The city of Boulder has until the end of the week to respond to a lawsuit filed against it by the ACLU, we'll hear details. Chris Mohr will share his weekly commentary on Make Them Hear You and then herbalist Brigitte Mars will bring us her Wednesday feature, Naturally.

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On today's Morning Magazine program, a pandemic program that increased food aid to SNAP recipients has expired, and food banks across Colorado are bracing for an increase in demand. Then, on This Week in Water, after 20 years of talks, countries have agreed to a historic treaty to protect the high seas and hear from listeners on our comment line.

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