Grants Approved - April 2021
April 2021 - Grants Approved Total $14,200
The Journey Ahead $500. To assist with the cost of a professional speaker and facilities for the Journey Ahead, an all-day program for 8th grade boys that teaches setting goals, making thoughtful choices, expanding thinking, and inspiring them to make a commitment to excellence.
Routt County Council On Aging $1,700. To purchase 400 shelf stable meals for 200 seniors in Routt County. The shelf stable meal is a component of RCCOA’s Meals on Wheels home delivery meal program. Shelf stable meals complement the warm meals, ensuring that a senior has food on hand during power outages, on days when RCCOA does not deliver meals such as weekends, and during any other emergency that might arise. In 2020 RCCOA delivered 13,289 meals on wheels.
Northwest Colorado Health $500. To support their two-day bereavement workshops held at Humble Ranch which supports their Hospice Families. The workshop utilizes equine therapy, meditation, Qigong, along with grief counseling to build mindfulness, connection and self-care. These workshops support 20-30 people annually and participants vary in age and demographics, and all are living with deep grief from the loss of a loved one.
Rocky Mountain Youth Corp $2,000. To purchase program supplies and materials for their Routt County Service Learning Crew program. The program provides education and experience in citizenship, volunteerism, community service and self-development for youth 11-13 years of age. The program serves 120 youth annually.
Steamboat Creates $1,000. To help purchase a 20x20 tent to accommodate as many children as possible and to expand enrollment for their Young at Arts Camp that currently serves 244 kids. The camps provide a safe environment to keep Routt County children healthy while engaging them in creative activities including writing, performance, painting, drawing, gardening, print making, comic book making and much more.
Sk8 Church $1,000. To cover the cost of ramp repairs and to build a new permanent skateboard obstacle in their skatepark. Sk8 Church offers a safe and sober refuge for youth and young adults ages 12-25 years old in the Steamboat community. The skatepark is their most popular aspect of their facility and is highly used.
Steamboat Springs Youth Hockey $1,000. Help allow SSYH to expand their free offering of Introduction to Hockey to a second session. Through this program 50 children ages 5-11 participate and children without equipment are supplied with the necessary items.
SOROCO High School $2,000. To purchase necessary materials and equipment to offer First Air / CPR / AED training to all Freshmen and any desired staff. SOROCO High School’s goal is to have all students certified prior to graduation. The majority of the students and their families live more that 30 minutes from the Hospital, making this life saving curriculum all the more important for safety in the rural communities of Oak Creek, Yampa, and Phippsburg.
Steamboat Reading $2,000. Funding for scholarships for low-income families to provide reading intervention (tutoring) to struggling readers during the summer. The scholarships cover 60-95% of the fees. Learning to read is a vital skill for all children to be successful in school and nearly 20% of students struggle to ready and many need several hours of one-on-one support from an expert reading instructor every week for at least a couple years to succeed.
Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Colorado $2,000. To help fund BGC’s Summer of Service program for their teen members in the Mary Brown Teen Center. Community service is proven to help participants increase self-esteem, gain empathy, build long-term generosity and earn better grades. The Summer of Service will help their pre-teens and teens learn how to help others and live a life of service. This is a pilot project for BGC and they expect to serve 50 teens.
Yampa Valley Sustainability Council $500. To help support implementation of the Yampa Valley Climate Corps (new volunteer management program). This program connects volunteers with suitable Natural Climate Solution project volunteer activities and anticipates it will reach 250 people. The intention is to get people out on the land to take climate action through volunteerism.