Comments (0) Best Local Do-Gooder - 2012
Noel Cunningham - CLOSED
Noel Cunningham had the biggest heart in Denver...a heart so big that he didn't just worry about people in need here in town — where he hosted an annual Mother's Day brunch and numerous fundraisers at Strings, the restaurant he'd founded more than two decades ago — but people around the world. Many of Cunningham's good works were based in Ethiopia, which he and his wife, Tammy, had made the heart of their charitable efforts for close to a decade. But for all the help Cunningham gave to others, he could not ask his friends for help. That was the sad reality that former governor Bill Ritter, fresh from emergency surgery himself, shared in the heartfelt eulogy he delivered for Cunningham after the restaurateur committed suicide last fall. Cunningham may be gone, but his do-good spirit lives on.
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