Back at one of the girls’ favorites: LuBird’s inclusive playground in Aurora. Thanks to all the Next viewers who chipped in for a Word of Thanksgiving microgiving campaign to help build it in 2021!
February 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Back at one of the girls’ favorites: LuBird’s inclusive playground in Aurora. Thanks to all the Next viewers who chipped in for a Word of Thanksgiving microgiving campaign to help build it in 2021!
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #246. You've raised $14,296,178 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
March 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #246. You've raised $14,296,178 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
These weekly microgiving campaigns deliver on a deal we made in June 2020. So long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS allows me to share these microgiving campaigns, I'll find an organization worthy of our hard-earned dollars each week. You've built a powerful force for good.
December 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
These weekly microgiving campaigns deliver on a deal we made in June 2020. So long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS allows me to share these microgiving campaigns, I'll find an organization worthy of our hard-earned dollars each week. You've built a powerful force for good.
Philanthropy isn’t just for rich people. @nexton9news.bsky.social viewers’ $5 microgiving just passed $15M raised for Colorado’s non-profits. That’s made a positive impact in every corner of our state. Thank you!
May 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Philanthropy isn’t just for rich people. @nexton9news.bsky.social viewers’ $5 microgiving just passed $15M raised for Colorado’s non-profits. That’s made a positive impact in every corner of our state. Thank you!
Honored to connect with 75k of you here in such a short time. If we haven’t met: I’m a local journalist in Denver focusing on accountability/transparency in government, reporting on extremism, and organizing a weekly microgiving campaigns for non-profits in Colorado (200+ weeks $14M+ and counting!)
January 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Honored to connect with 75k of you here in such a short time. If we haven’t met: I’m a local journalist in Denver focusing on accountability/transparency in government, reporting on extremism, and organizing a weekly microgiving campaigns for non-profits in Colorado (200+ weeks $14M+ and counting!)
Our weekly Word of Thanks microgiving campaigns are pivoting, effective immediately, to feeding Coloradans in need as SNAP food benefits lapse. We'll continue this effort each week for the foreseeable future. Our first campaign kicks off on tonight's program. Details to follow.
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Our weekly Word of Thanks microgiving campaigns are pivoting, effective immediately, to feeding Coloradans in need as SNAP food benefits lapse. We'll continue this effort each week for the foreseeable future. Our first campaign kicks off on tonight's program. Details to follow.
This is the 303rd week of our community microgiving projects. You’ve raised $18M for nonprofits across Colorado. I’ve received a lot of questions about the future of our microgiving efforts. While I don’t have precise answers yet, I’m determined to keep these going.
March 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is the 303rd week of our community microgiving projects. You’ve raised $18M for nonprofits across Colorado. I’ve received a lot of questions about the future of our microgiving efforts. While I don’t have precise answers yet, I’m determined to keep these going.
Your Word of Thanks microgiving has raised $15M for nonprofits in every corner of Colorado. My promise from 2020 stands: as long as you’re willing to give and I have the platform through 9NEWS to share these microgiving campaigns, we’ll do good together each week. Thank you.
August 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Your Word of Thanks microgiving has raised $15M for nonprofits in every corner of Colorado. My promise from 2020 stands: as long as you’re willing to give and I have the platform through 9NEWS to share these microgiving campaigns, we’ll do good together each week. Thank you.
I'm not big on bets and dares but a Dad offered to match my $500 to fight hunger through the Help & Hope Center if I gave his kids a call. So I got dialing. Your latest weekly microgiving campaign has raised $35,000 tonight. Thank you! www.coloradogives.org/story/Hhc
June 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'm not big on bets and dares but a Dad offered to match my $500 to fight hunger through the Help & Hope Center if I gave his kids a call. So I got dialing. Your latest weekly microgiving campaign has raised $35,000 tonight. Thank you! www.coloradogives.org/story/Hhc
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #243. You've raised $14,111,160 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
February 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #243. You've raised $14,111,160 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
Food lines were 2X normal this morning at the Weld Food Bank, which told me 2/3rds of their visitors said they were impacted by the SNAP food benefit freeze. Our microgiving campaign has raised $50,000 for Weld Food Bank so far. Even $5 helps: weldfoodbank.org/wordofthanks/
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Food lines were 2X normal this morning at the Weld Food Bank, which told me 2/3rds of their visitors said they were impacted by the SNAP food benefit freeze. Our microgiving campaign has raised $50,000 for Weld Food Bank so far. Even $5 helps: weldfoodbank.org/wordofthanks/
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #247. You've raised $14,308,734 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
March 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #247. You've raised $14,308,734 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
Thank you. I got into broadcasting and journalism at age 15. It's the only job I've ever known. In the time since, unleashing the community's generosity through our Word of Thanks microgiving is the single most rewarding thing I've been able to be a part of.
August 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you. I got into broadcasting and journalism at age 15. It's the only job I've ever known. In the time since, unleashing the community's generosity through our Word of Thanks microgiving is the single most rewarding thing I've been able to be a part of.
Wow! Thank you. Next viewers have donated $90,000+ to support two rural public radio stations in Colorado: KRZA in the San Luis Valley and KSUT in the Four Corners. To chip in to this latest Word of Thanks microgiving campaign: cfssc.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Wow! Thank you. Next viewers have donated $90,000+ to support two rural public radio stations in Colorado: KRZA in the San Luis Valley and KSUT in the Four Corners. To chip in to this latest Word of Thanks microgiving campaign: cfssc.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Your weekly microgiving has raised $18M in the last six years. Thank you! To nominate a deserving organization: www.wordofthanks.org
Word of Thanks — Nominate a Colorado Nonprofit
One organization. One community. Every week.
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June 28, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Your weekly microgiving has raised $18M in the last six years. Thank you! To nominate a deserving organization: www.wordofthanks.org
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #244. You've raised $14,246,546 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
February 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #244. You've raised $14,246,546 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #248. You've raised $14,434,962 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're willing to give and 9NEWS as long allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #248. You've raised $14,434,962 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
Disclosure: This report includes an interview with Sharon Barber, who leads the basic needs non-profit Las Animas Helping Hands, which was the recipient of a Word of Thanks microgiving campaign I organized in 2022.
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Disclosure: This report includes an interview with Sharon Barber, who leads the basic needs non-profit Las Animas Helping Hands, which was the recipient of a Word of Thanks microgiving campaign I organized in 2022.
While these are uncertain times in society and local journalism, I am committed to finding a way to continue these microgiving campaigns as long as you are willing to join me in giving. Thank you.
September 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
While these are uncertain times in society and local journalism, I am committed to finding a way to continue these microgiving campaigns as long as you are willing to join me in giving. Thank you.
Through 307 consecutive weekly microgiving campaigns, you've raised $18M for nonprofits across Colorado. Go to www.wordofthanks.org for an interactive map and searchable list of all the causes you've generously supported. Thank you.
April 24, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Through 307 consecutive weekly microgiving campaigns, you've raised $18M for nonprofits across Colorado. Go to www.wordofthanks.org for an interactive map and searchable list of all the causes you've generously supported. Thank you.
I certainly could be doing more to evolve journalism. @nexton9news.bsky.social has won four Murrows for innovation in its eight years on air but I’ve failed to launch another major project apart from our Word of Thanks weekly microgiving.
How do you feel you contribute? How do you think you’re innovating, or are you on the fear side?
November 26, 2024 at 1:41 AM
I certainly could be doing more to evolve journalism. @nexton9news.bsky.social has won four Murrows for innovation in its eight years on air but I’ve failed to launch another major project apart from our Word of Thanks weekly microgiving.
Coloradans gathered for three special moments today where the power of community was on display. Each was thanks in part to the generosity of your Word of Thanks microgiving campaigns. If you have a moment, I’d like to take you to each.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Coloradans gathered for three special moments today where the power of community was on display. Each was thanks in part to the generosity of your Word of Thanks microgiving campaigns. If you have a moment, I’d like to take you to each.
Your Word of Thanks weekly microgiving campaigns have a new home: www.wordofthanks.org.
Nomination forms, a searchable list of the 300+ non-profit recipients, and an interactive map of the communities you've helped across Colorado with your $18M in giving.
Nomination forms, a searchable list of the 300+ non-profit recipients, and an interactive map of the communities you've helped across Colorado with your $18M in giving.
May 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Your Word of Thanks weekly microgiving campaigns have a new home: www.wordofthanks.org.
Nomination forms, a searchable list of the 300+ non-profit recipients, and an interactive map of the communities you've helped across Colorado with your $18M in giving.
Nomination forms, a searchable list of the 300+ non-profit recipients, and an interactive map of the communities you've helped across Colorado with your $18M in giving.
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're still giving and 9NEWS allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #232. You've raised $13,718,166 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
November 26, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Each week of microgiving is a pledge kept: as long as you're still giving and 9NEWS allows me to organize this, we'll stay after it. This is week #232. You've raised $13,718,166 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you! I welcome microgiving ideas at next@9news.com.
Just got the final totals. Your Word of Thanks microgiving campaign to support rural public radio stations in Colorado raised $98,381. That will be split between KRZA in the San Luis Valley and KSUT in the Four Corners as both stations face a loss of federal funding. Thank you.
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just got the final totals. Your Word of Thanks microgiving campaign to support rural public radio stations in Colorado raised $98,381. That will be split between KRZA in the San Luis Valley and KSUT in the Four Corners as both stations face a loss of federal funding. Thank you.