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Good morning friends of Care and Share! The holidays came a little early at Care and Share, and we’re already checking two things off our wish list: an automatic pallet wrapping device and pallet down stacker. Funding from the Colorado Department of Human Services is allowing us to purchase this equipment that will help our distribution center staff get more food to more of our partner agencies faster. Sometimes, we receive pallets of food that are stacked too high to fit on the racks in our distribution center. When this happens, our staff and volunteers spend extra time unstacking the food until it is short enough to fit on our shelves. Our new pallet down stacker will work like a giant spatula attached to a forklift, so we can take off all of the extra layers of product at one time instead of needing multiple people to move individual items or boxes off a pallet. Once a delivery is on a pallet and ready to be shipped, it has to be shrink wrapped to make sure everything stays togethe

This week’s theme in our weekly photo challenge  Spring Bank Holiday is this week in the UK and a few lucky people around the country are gearing up for a 3 day weekend. So share your adventures with us this weekend, whether you’re off on a camping trip, a walk, a bike ride – we want to see your long weekend outdoors! This theme is entirely up to you, we just want to see some great shots of you out and about this weekend and enjoying the outdoors, simple! It’s easy to get involved in our  #ScrapbookOutdoors photo challenge Tag photos you feel fit in with that week’s theme using the hashtag  #ScrapbookOutdoors on Instagram and Twitter, or upload them directly onto our Facebook wall. If your account is private, we won’t be able to see your photos unfortunately. We spotlight photos daily on Twitter and Instagram, and collect all of our favourites in our weekly recap every Wednesday. Follow GO Outdoors on Instagram:  @GOoutdoors Follow GO Outdoors on Twitter:  @GOoutdoo

  Winner of the Best Camping Innovation from Camping Magazine, Coleman BlackOut Bedrooms block up to 99% of daylight meaning you can finally enjoy that holiday lie in.   It’s ideal for young families and parents who want their children to go to bed at the normal time and keep them asleep for longer, despite early morning light and holiday excitement.   Fabric stores energy from the sun which means you’re kept cooler during the day and warmer at night when temperatures drop. Coleman have put this statement to the test and revealed that their BlackOut Bedrooms are up to 5 degrees cooler in the day and 1 degree warmer at night.     Browse the Coleman BlackOut Bedroom range here .     قالب وردپرس

I have Beardy Paul to thank for these tips (as well as for the headline!). Since learning to tie my own tapered leaders , I’ve been much happier with my set-ups. However, when fishing a three fly rig with droppers (which is most of the time on the larger reservoirs) I have been getting niggled by having to re-tie the tippet ends so often. As I change flies, eventually the droppers get too short and I have to re-do the whole end of the line. That was until Beardy Paul mentioned tippet rings! Now, I’d heard of them before but had discounted using them; they sounded fiddly and a waste of time. I couldn’t have been more wrong, they are genius! I simply tie a tippet ring onto the end of the tapered leader, then attach a dropper and another 4 feet of tippet for a simple two fly set-up. For a three fly set-up, I just attach another tippet ring, dropper and a final section of 4-5 feet for the point fly. And the best thing is that when the droppers get too short, you just tie on another len

Good afternoon friends of Care and Share, Some of you may remember Mark Ingles" light show from last year, but if you don"t, please visit this post . Mark is back this year, and his light show is better than ever! In exchange for seeing the lights, he asks for a canned food donation that he brings to Care and Share. How cool, right? Mark labors for 150 hours to decorate his house with thousands of lights, The house is located at 4910 Nugent Drive in Colorado Springs near Powers and Barnes roads. Please stop by and enjoy this beautiful ode to the holidays, and remember to bring some canned food for your neighbors at risk of hunger. Thanks for reading and happy holidays! قالب وردپرس

Take in the beauty of these lakes, lochs and reservoirs in the UK  When the sun comes out, there’s something inside of us that wants to head for the water. If a day on the beach isn’t your thing, then some time in the tranquillity of some of the stunning bodies of water around the UK might be just the ticket. Here we list 15 for you to try, and an walking route for you to try that takes them in.  Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond & Trossachs, Scotland Image by Flickr User: Mark Arguably the most famous Loch that doesn’t feature a monster. Loch Lomond is 14 miles long and not far from Glasgow, and is the largest mainland body of water (in surface area) in Britain. The loch is one of Scotland’s most popular boating and watersport venues including pursuits such as kayaks, canoes, windsurfers, jet skis, speedboats. The real draw of Loch Lomond though is the beauty of the area and is well worth a visit. Routes and Activities to try: 50 Reasons to Visit Loch Lomond & Trossachs Windermer

Katrina Bloemsma had a head start. Growing up in Colorado with her “ski bum” dad, she learned to ski at three. Her high school had mandatory outdoor education, which meant bouldering, rock climbing and mountaineering were part of the curriculum. She had her brief periods of rebellion—when she thought she would rather do ballet or work for a congressman—but the mountains pulled her back. Now Katrina is a senior instructor at the Seattle REI Outdoor School, and she has guided mountain climbing trips in the North Cascades and on Mount Rainier, Aconcagua and Denali. She talked to me about her experiences as a guide. What’s great about guiding at REI? We have women and men with very diverse leadership styles and skill sets, and we value them equally. That’s been very refreshing and positive. I’ve had the chance to mentor instructors who love what they do and who bring that passion to their teaching. How is that different from the guiding industry as a whole? Guiding is still a very male-dom

It’s lovely to finally see small lakes and reservoirs coming alive. Even though our trip to Farmoor for the World Bank Masters competition wasn’t as productive as we’d liked, it was good to see fish taking buzzers. We also had a good practice day at Sportfishs’ Haywards Farm Lake with trout taking buzzers and dries. So spring is finally on its way. Last week I headed off down to my local lake. As I got down to the waters edge I could see fish moving on the surface, not far out, and in good numbers which got the excitement levels up! It’s always great to see the fish feeding and it really sets you up for a great days fishing. Seeing that they were taking something off the surface I opted for an emerging buzzer imitation on the point and a normal buzzer on the dropper thinking this would surely be the killer set up. Fish were moving everywhere in front of me and although the wind was coming across at a difficult angle it was easy enough to flick a line out and let it drift across. A

Good morning friends of Care and Share! On Wednesday, Care and Share Food Bank announced the promotion of Shannon Brice as the Chief Development Officer effective immediately. Shannon fills the position previously held by Stacy Poore, who recently moved into Care and Share’s Chief Operating Officer role. Shannon has an extensive background at Care and Share, having worked here for more than nine years and most recently serving as the Marketing and Communications Director. Her passion for serving our neighbors in need is abundant and she is excited to serve in a strategic leadership position moving forward. “The work we do at Care and Share is so important and essential to having a vibrant community. I am excited to engage with our donors and the community as we move towards providing access to food for all of our Southern Colorado neighbors in need,” says Shannon Brice. “We are grateful to Shannon for her tenure at Care and Share and are confident that she will thrive in this new role.

New Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten Free Camping Recipes  Following the success of the first edition of our FREE to download camping recipes released in 2016, our latest version of The Camping Cookbook has been refreshed with some delicious and easy-to-make meals that you can prepare and eat on your campsite or even at home this year. All of our delicious recipes, which include some gorgeous new Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free meals, have been created by our handpicked bloggers to give you some inspiration ahead of your next camping trip. We’ve made sure that every one of the mouth-watering meals is easy to prepare and suitable for cooking on a campfire or eating cold. Forget your usual baked beans, make your own with our "Quick and simple baked beans" recipe Whether you’re looking for a family meal to fill you up after a long day in the great outdoors or a quick and easy snack to regain some energy after a morning hike, you’ll find something not only easy to make but g

Q&A with Terry Myers: On fish, family and why people should have more fun. Terry Myers seems to balance it all—marriage, motherhood, grandmotherhood, working on a ranch, volunteering, and of course having fun. I recently caught up with Terry while she was at her daughter’s house in Salmon, Idaho to learn more about “A Steelhead Quest,” her goal to catch a wild steelhead every month of the year—and to have fun while doing so. Photo by Becca Skinner . AL: I’m so happy this worked out to jump on the phone. I think you mentioned you live out beyond cellphone reception. TM: Yes. You’d love it here—I’m sitting along the river in my daughter’s hammock with a 30-foot yellow extension cord to my phone that’s about ready to die. AL: I love your steelhead quest story for many reasons. I want to ask about something you mention in the film, that having a fun goal is important “as a matter of defense against things that aren’t always going right in the world.” That resonates deeply with me. How

After years of talking about it, Beardy Paul and I finally decided to try some competition fly-fishing. Ian Barr was running the World Bank Masters at Farmoor in March so we entered the doubles competition. Practice As I live closer, I had a trip out the previous Thursday to try out the conditions and get some tactics sorted. Whilst the weather had warmed up a little, the water was still cold and, historically, Farmoor takes a little longer to warm up than other waters. I presumed the fish would still be relatively deep so started off with a fast intermediate and a team of flies: a weighted black and green lure on point, a cormorant on the middle dropper and a diawl bach on the top dropper. I started casting into the wind and was into a fish relatively high on the second cast, on the lure, but this proved to be an anomaly as most fish were indeed deep. I wandered around the reservoir throughout the morning catching a few on the lure deep down. As the day warmed up I changed to a fl

Good afternoon friends of Care and Share, All of the events listed below benefit the Empty Stocking Fund , which supports 20 health and human service agencies in the Pikes Peak Region (including Care and Share!). You can learn more about the events  here . Have fun while helping your neighbors in need! Tomorrow night (December 9th) , The Broadmoor movie theater will be showing Home Alone at 7pm! If you haven’t seen the Broadmoor during the holiday season, you need to check it out. It is absolutely beautiful! All donations collected at the door will go to The Empty Stocking Fund. Valet parking is complimentary. The suggested donation is $15 for adults and $10 for children. The Resource Exchange, Chapel Hills Mall, and Empty Stocking Fund bring you Breakfast with Santa on December 10th at 8:30am in the Chapel Hills Mall Food Court. Breakfast will include sensory-friendly activities. RSVP with the Chapel Hills Mall Guest Services at (719) 244-9482 or in person, located in the lower level

A recap of our favourite photos from #ScrapbookOutdoors Week 20:   For British Sandwich Week and National Vegetarian Week, we wanted you to head outdoors and show us your hard earned breaks and lunches with a view. We had some lovely photos back and here are some of our favourites: Instagram: @joey_oey_o - Lunch with a view #penyfan #mountain #brecon #breconbeacons #nationalpark #nature #outdoors #lunch #sun #spring #outside #lunch #view Instagram: @sarahkayprout - Lunch at Lands End, half way through our 18 mile hike from St Just and back on Sunday #gooutdoors #scrapbookoutdoors #hiking #landsend Instagram: @as_four_we_roam - We had my niece and nephew over for a sleepover at the weekend. We waited until it got dark and gave them all a head torch and went off into the woods for hot chocolate and marshmallows around a fire. They loved it and actually slept when they got home to bed! #childhoodunplugged #familytrails Instagram: @kittywake3 - Well earned sandwich after clambering t