The Coolest Place In Town (by Dan)

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Before it was the home to the ACL Boulder, 5744 N 71^st St. was the home to the Hendricks family.  The daughter of the Hendricks family had developmental disabilities, and after realizing that they didn’t need such a large house, the Hendricks Family decided to sell it to the ACL-Boulder at a huge discount.  Because it was originally a house, the ACL Boulder had renovated it for 3 years to put in offices for their volunteers.  At the same time, they were able to keep many of the original features of the house to make it seem more like a home. 

When walking into the ACL Boulders learning center, the first thing you see would be their enormous kitchen.  This is where the cooking classes take place so that children and adults can learn to bake items such as cookies and bread.

If you go a little further into the house, you would find yourself in the largest part of the house.  It was once a garage, but with the renovations, the ACL Boulder was able to turn it into an activities room.  This is where most the classes take place such as the belly dancing class, acting class, computer class, yoga class, and the Express Yourself class which is hosted by The Crossroads Church in Boulder Colorado.



And right outside the activities room there lies an eight bed garden which is home to the gardening classes.  This is where they learn to grow anything from tomatoes, to zucchini, to even pumpkins for their Pumpkin parties.

            The ACL Boulder has a lot of room for new members as well as new volunteers so if you have time, and enjoy helping others, come by the ACL Boulder learning center whenever you can.