On June 22nd, our Executive Director Brian Rants and Chair of the Board Melissa Schaap will be joining the Greater Good Academy’s Showcase.

The 1010 Project wanted to be apart of this incredible event because we share Greater Good’s emphasis on the Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet, and Profit. Entrepreneurs who desire to not only be profitable, but also profit their communities are the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.

Join us to get plugged into breaking the cycle of poverty here in Denver!

June 22, 2010 – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Mi Casa Resource Center, 360 Acoma Street

Click here to register online

Will he be smiling after biking to the top of Pike's Peak?!

On August 29th at 8am, Jack will begin an audacious two-fronted assault: Ascending Pike’s Peak & Ending Poverty.

The Assault is a fully supported event giving a limited number of cyclist the chance to tackle the hardest climb in North America…Participants will ride from the highway toll gate at an altitude of 7500 ft. to 14,115 ft. at the summit…continue reading about the ride or make a contribution towards the ride.

Jack Rants is the Community Care Pastor at Pulpit Rock Church in Colorado Springs Colorado, and the father of 1010′s Executive Director. When asked the obvious question of “Why are you doing this?!” he replied

“I am no longer content to merely hope that the plight of those living in abject poverty improves. Even though I can’t do everything, I am intentionally taking responsibility to do something. Through partnering with The 1010 Project any of us has the ability to effectively and responsibly break the cycle of poverty for people trapped in it and living without hope of being freed from it. My “Assault on the Peak” is an opportunity for many of us to enable 1010 to allow the world’s poor to find their way out of the despair and hopelessness of complete and utter poverty.”