Metropolitan Homes' Tiny Miracles Raised $1.39 Million for The Children's Hospital...Proceeds Benefit Down Syndrome Services and other TCH Programs

Metropolitan Homes' Tiny Miracles fundraising events, including the Tiny Miracles Golf Invitational, the Tiny Miracles Trot and the Vallagio neighborhood grand opening helped raise $1.39 Million for The Children's Hospital. Proceeds from Tiny Miracles events benefit Down syndrome services at The Children's Hospital as well as the neonatal intensive care unit, the special care unit, the heart institute and the experimental therapeutics cancer center.

More than 600 guests turned out for an elegant dinner, silent and live auction on August 29, 2007 to cap off the fundraising effort. Guests included Bruce and Marcy Benson, Jack and Pat McDonnell, Laura Barton, Ernie and Sharon Magness Blake, Ricki and Dave Rest, Lee and Debbie Alpert, John Sie, his daughter Michelle Sie Whitten and her husband Tom Whitten, John and Simonne Gallaty, Dan Haltom and Alli Tool, Keith and Michelle Callender, Michael and Letty Rozell and Metropolitan Homes' CEO Peter Kudla and wife Bonnie.

"Peter is a testament to the huge difference that one person can make for so many others in need. His compassion, vision and tireless determination is imbued in every aspect of this 7 th annual Tiny Miracles. We are so proud to be part of it," said Michelle Whitten, Executive Director of the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation.

"It's not just me but my family and my wonderful staff at Metropolitan Homes. We just want to help kids," said Peter. "If you go to The Children's Hospital and see what they do there everyday and you don't step up to the plate, what kind of person does that make you?"

The Anna and John J. Sie Foundation, a sponsor of Tiny Miracles, is committed to enhancing the lives of people with Down syndrome through funding and galvanizing scientific and clinical research. One of the Foundation's major goals is to make Colorado the best place for people with Down syndrome to live through the formation of innovative and effective private-public-government collaboration. Once achieved, Colorado can serve as a template for other states to tackle issues related to Down syndrome and can become a model to enhance the lives of other marginalized and underserved populations.