From our Staff Team to Our Readers, best wishes for a wonderful holiday season

and a great start to the new year!

Our Community Foundation's Twelve Days of Christmas

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12 Days of Christmas Highlights of Our Year...

Twelve youth gone biking

(Friends of Youth and Nature in Delta County promote outdoor rec activities for youth)

Eleven babies driving

(Family Health West’s Go Baby Go program provides modified toy cars for children with disabilities)

Ten orgs-a-dreaming

WCCF’s Dreaming Forward grants to projects and organizations expanding their program reach)

Nine vets supported

(Western Region One Source provides resources for veterans, military service members and their families)

Eight hammers swinging

(Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley’s new Wapiti Commons affordable housing complex in Rifle)

Seven pets-a-sheltered

(Homeward Hounds program provides special shelter pods for homeless people with pets)

Six horns-a-blowing

(Ouray County Performing Arts Guild concert series)

Five Golden Girls

(Joseph Center’s transitional housing for homeless women 50+)

Four dehydrators

(Food Bank of the Rockies’ new distribution center boasts dehydrator machines to preserve and package fruits and veggies for food pantries across the Western Slope – the only program of its kind in the country)

Three OWL camps

(School District 51’s Outdoor Wilderness Lab provides outdoor science learning for elementary school students)

Two new food trucks

(Purchased built-to-specification food trucks for D 51’s Lunch Lizard summer mobile meals program)

And a Center for Philanthropy

(Our Community Foundation is moving into a new office home in 2023!)

Gratitude Reflection

(written for and read at our 25th Anniversary Luncheon on 10/20/22)

Rivers and red sandstone monoliths,

Mountains and mesas,

Ranches and public lands --

We are thankful to live in this beautiful part of the world of special landscapes and close proximity to nature.

Founders and community leaders,

Generous donors and families,

Memories and legacies --

We are thankful for the many caring people who live here and who have contributed so much to our 25-year-old community foundation.

Caring and compassionate,

Hard-working and tireless,

Improving lives and expanding opportunities --

We are thankful for the nonprofit organizations that serve others and make life better in our communities.

A special place – special people – special work.

We celebrate this special anniversary of our Community Foundation.



Thank you to all our wonderful donors and friends for a great 2022!