Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Contact the Aspen Mine Center:
Phone: 719-689-3584
Email: info@aspenminecenter.org
Since 2006, Community of Caring has stepped in to meet the needs of struggling families for Christmas. Each year, Community of Caring spends money on Walmart gift cards and selects children from the Angel Tree by local families for gift giving. These are just a few of the programs the Aspen Mine Center has to help families and children in need. Staff and volunteers spend time organizing and calling families and picking up community donations of food and gifts for the Christmas Programs. Other Christmas events that the Aspen Mine Center hosts or helps sponsor include:
- Gold Camp Christmas Tree Decorating Contest/Auction and Benevolence Tree
- Soup for the Soul Contest
- Greatest Gold Camp Cookie Contest
- AMC Toy Drive
- Angel Tree Gift Distribution
- Shop With a Hero
- Lighted Headframe Guided Tour
- Christmas Parade
- Visit with Santa
- Colorado Springs Chorale
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GOLD CAMP COUNTRY CHRISTMAS 2025
Holiday Silent Auction
Starting November 24th through December 5th, organizations and individuals will be bringing in their decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and baskets for the annual Holiday Silent Auction fundraiser. Items will be displayed in the Aspen Mine Center and can be bid on through December 13th. All funds raised go to the Community of Caring. Contact the Aspen Mine Center at 719-689-3584 or visit www.cocamc.org for entry forms.
Winter Wonderland Community Christmas Party and Reception
Join us at the annual Winter Wonderland Reception held this year on December 11 at the Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek. The holiday trees will be decorated and lit. Wreaths and baskets will also help fill the room with Christmas cheer. These items are part of the silent auction that takes place to raise funds for the Aspen Mine Center holiday activities.
Enjoy great food and sip hot drinks to the sounds of SilverWood Flute & Guitar Duo composed of Treese Kjeldsen and Sherri Kardong.
Soup for the Soul and Cookie Contest
This annual fundraiser pits staff against staff, friends against friends, and everyone against everyone else in this fun annual cooking event. Contestants pay $5 to enter their best bowl or cookies and tasters pay $5 to get a sampling of all the goodies. Competition is fierce. Stop in the Aspen Mine Center Friday, December 12th from 11:30 to 1:30 to indulge your taste buds and determine who is the best of the best in Cripple Creek this year.
Christmas Craft Fair
The CC Parks and Rec will be hosting the annual holiday craft fair from 9 to 3 on Saturday, December 13th. Over 30 vendors will showcase their unique creations so you can find the perfect gift for those hard to buy folks on your list! Items range from handcrafted treasures to delectable treats. If you can’t find a gift here, you’re not looking hard enough!
Gold Camp Country Christmas Day
Enjoy hot chocolate, cider and S’mores at the Aspen Mine Center beginning at 11 am on December 13th before the start of the annual parade kicking off at Noon down Bennett Avenue. Enjoy a variety of entries! Santa will disembark his sleigh at the Aspen Mine Center following the parade. Kids, young and old alike, visit Santa and tell him your holiday wishes while enjoying a great lunch and viewing the collection of trees, wreaths, and baskets in the silent auction. Winners of the auction as well as parade entries will be recognized at this time.
Be sure to stop out to see our famous Cripple Creek Donkeys in their winter pasture! Precautions are in place to protect them from Equine Herpes Virus. Please don’t visit if you’ve been around other equine in the past 30 days. Use hand sanitizer and limit your visit to 30 minutes at the pasture
Colorado Springs Chorale Holiday Concert
December 13th at 3:30 residents and visitors alike are invited to the Cripple Creek Baptist Church to enjoy the sounds of the Colorado Spring Chorale, performing their annual holiday concert. The church is located at 137 N 1st Street, just a block north of Bennett Ave. The Colorado Springs Chorale presents a concert of holiday selections to benefit the programs of Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Adam Torres, Artistic Director, Lee Meyer, Assistant Conductor, and Joseph Galema, Accompanist, lead the chorale in a medley of holiday song. No ticket is needed. Be sure to arrive a little early as the church generally fills up to standing room only. A free-will donation to the Aspen Mine Center is requested as this is one of their annual fundraisers.
Everything from food, clothing to financial assistance can be found at the Aspen Mine Center. Whatever your needs come visit us and see if we can help. Click on the image below to go to our services page to see what programs are available.
The Aspen Mine Center has a number community partners that provide resources for a variety of needs such as mental and physical health, food, transportation, and social services. Click the image below to find out more about our partner agencies.
Depending on what situation you might have, we can often provide a safety net for you and your family’s basic needs. Click on the image below to go to our Client Case Management page to learn more about the types of assistance they can provide.
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Providing a green resource for clothes, shoes, accessories, furniture, and other household items. Visit us to see our selection or shop online!
Make sure no one in the community goes hungry this year, by donating to the food pantry. We make sure all bellies are full and happy.
Our Client Case Management Program is your first stop. Welcome to compassion, commitment and a light at the end of your tunnel.