Denver7 Gives

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The past eight months have been challenging for people in Boulder County dealing with the aftermath of the Marshall Fire. For one Colorado teacher, it meant starting the new school year from scratch.

Natascha Ambrose, a first-time teacher at Eagle Ridge Academy in Brighton, was adjusting to the career change when the fire devastated her neighborhood in Superior.

She and her family lived in the Sagamore neighborhood and escaped with a little more than the clothes on their backs. They have since re-located to a new home in Broomfield.

This year, she started a new job teaching freshmen students about technology and business, but she has been struggling financially to purchase items for school.

But thanks to your donations to Denver7 Gives, we teamed up with Walmart in Broomfield to surprise Ambrose with a shopping spree, where she was able to pick out essential school supplies and decorations for her classroom.

After losing so much, the teacher said she's thankful to provide her students with a sense of normalcy. Watch the story by clicking in the image below.

Helping Ambrose was the only good dead to come out of Denver7 viewers.

This week, Denver7 also presented a check of $1,500 to the folks over at Metro Caring. Last month, someone stole one of the trucks the nonprofit uses daily to pick up about a ton of donated food and bring it to the facility's headquarters on East 18th Avenue. Denver police recovered it a week later but it was "basically totaled" and staff couldn't use it.

Without a truck, there would be less food on the shelves and, in turn, less food in the pantries of those the nonprofit serves.

This week, however, Denver7 viewers came through for the nonprofit and raised more than $1,000 to help them as they find a replacement.

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