What is Brokers Benefiting Kids?

In 1992, Steve Leonard, President of Pacifica Holding Company, founded Brokers for Battered Kids (BBK) to bring awareness to the needs of children in the Denver community. Utilizing the help of Denver Active 20-30 , Steve rallied the Denver real estate brokerage community to help raise money for charities that provide services to children at risk. The founding sponsors were Pacifica Holding Company (Steve Leonard), Northmarq Capital, Inc. (Steve Koeneke) and Land Title Guarantee Company (John E. Freyer). The Denver Active 20-30 Children's Foundation is a nonprofit service organization that manages and disburses funds raised. BBK is one of the three fundraising events that Denver Active 20-30 coordinates each year.

In the second year, Brokers for Battered Kids was recognized by the Denver Nuggets Community Fund, as a charity event consistent with their ideals and goals. Accordingly, the DNC Fund agreed to match dollars with BBK for children's charities. Over a few short years, the event and fundraising grew rapidly. Originally these efforts were formed by commercial real estate brokerage companies and now encompasses developers, lenders, and vendors. National real estate organizations with local chapters like NAIOP, CREW, BOMA, and IREM made commitments to sponsor the event and local real estate organizations such as DMCAR followed suit. The Colorado Real Estate Journal joined the efforts and became the print media sponsor.

In 2002 the name of the organization changed to Brokers Benefiting Kids at the request of some local charities. Over the past 15 years, BBK has donated in excess of $4,000,000 to change the lives of hundreds of children at risk. BBK's ability to reach out to Denver metro kids is directly related to the commitment of our major sponsors. On behalf of the many kids that benefit from BBK's charitable contributions - Thank You!

The members of BBK and the Colorado commercial real estate community cordially invite you to become an integral part of our 16th annual event. With your generous donations, we can offer financial support to grass roots organizations whose programs are targeted to metro area youth who are either at risk or in need.

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