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What are We Doing for Dominic D?
Dominic’s family hopes he will always be remembered.
Our friends have relentlessly continued to make sure Dominic will never be forgotten.
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150 Celebrate Winners of the Inaugural Scholarship in Dominic’s Name
Nearly 150 friends and supporters gathered to celebrate 5 talented young athletes who earned the first Dominic DePalma Memorial Scholarships. Leadership from Beside Dominic DePalma was a Broomfield High School Class of 2023 athlete who lived for his friends and loved his family. A passionate player and empathic teammate, he knew that leadership doesn’t always come from captains and coaches. Sometimes leadership comes from the unrecognized teammate who is leading while standing by your side.
Bumper Stickers and Magnets
With a prom deadline, the DePalmas collected enough support from family and friends to produce 2,000 bumper stickers and magnets, pinpointing the message, “Never Forget: Your DD will get you home.” Dominic’s handwriting is featured, as well as Dominic’s drawings of himself and his home, and a QR code that leads here. As we did for what would have been Dominic’s senior Prom, we hope to flood the cars of Broomfield High School students and
Memorial Benches
The entire community came together to construct three memorial benches: Broomfield Commons Country Estates The Dominic DePalma Memorial Garden Benches are placed where kids will be reminded to make safe decisions before getting into cars. The DePalma front yard has transformed into a memorial garden, where all are welcome to be still and remember Dominic. Thank you for donations that have come separately from this page. The Montera, Bursey, and Holden families donated a combined
TURNING AROUND THE SHIP
The DePalmas plan to expand messages of responsible behaviors around alcohol to adults throughout the community. While they realize this cannot happen in a day, week, or month, in time they hope to guide the community toward making alcohol and other substances less available and less attractive to kids under 21. They aim to emphasize the importance of parents demonstrating safe behaviors, then backing up these actions by offering fun, safe activities for their kids to do. The goal is to create communities where parents don’t offer alcohol to other people’s children, or allow these dangerous behaviors in their presence, succumbing to “everyone is doing it” reasoning.
Another area the DePalmas hope to tackle is making it harder for kids to obtain alcohol illegally, making it more difficult for kids to get alcohol from grocery stores, liquor stores, and by obtaining and using fake IDs.
The DePalmas aren’t naive. They realize the gargantuan task at hand. But they believe all who have been impacted by impaired drivers will join their crusade.
“While viewing glaciers on a 2019 family cruise to Alaska, we entered a channel that had no exit,” Tami DePalma remembers. “The captain told us it takes quite some time to turn around a massive ship of its size in such tight waters, and encouraged us to be patient while we take in the beautiful sights around us.”
Tami DePalma realizes that changing the way an entire generation thinks about alcohol and other substances will take time. But she believes that the lives of our youth are worth the effort. Tami hopes that the high school years are much safer for Eleana, Dominic’s sister, and other Coloradans.
How does Dominic’s dad, Gino, ask that we honor Dominic’s life? “Tell your people that you love them every chance you get.”
Past Events
150 Celebrate Winners of the Inaugural Scholarship in Dominic’s Name
Nearly 150 friends and supporters gathered to celebrate 5 talented young athletes who earned the first Dominic DePalma Memorial Scholarships. Leadership from Beside Dominic DePalma was a Broomfield High School Class of 2023 athlete who lived for his friends and loved his family. A passionate player and empathic teammate, he knew that leadership doesn’t always come from captains and coaches. Sometimes leadership comes from the unrecognized teammate who is leading while standing by your side.
First Bank: Banking for Good
The first thing I did when our bank called was ask my friend, Melissa, if it was legit. “Yes, you won a $500 deposit, just for having a College Savings Account at FirstBank,” she explained. It was a lie. After we picked up our daughter from school and brought her to our branch, a manager escorted us to a room. It seemed odd. Wouldn’t this minor deposit be signed at a little desk in the