Eco-Cycle -
This organization provides publicly accountable recycling, conservation and education services to identify, explore and demonstrate the emerging frontiers of sustainable resource management. Our grant was used to increase their Green Star Schools program in Middle Schools and to support their Worm Bin Composting program.
(P.O. Box 19006, Boulder, CO 80308) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $7,500
La Puente Home - This organization serves the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado by providing emergency shelter, food assistance, case management, transitional housing and self-sufficiency services, homeless prevention, outreach services, job training for the homeless and community members in crisis. Our grant was used for general operating purposes.
(P.O. Box 1235, Alamosa, CO 80101) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $10,500
Angevine Middle School - This is a Boulder Valley middle school with many challenges and needs. They strive to be one community with many voices. They have a diverse student population and have limited resources to properly serve them. Our grant was used exclusively to purchase equipment for their media center that serves a school-wide communication system.
(1150 West South Boulder Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026) 501(c)
Grant Amount: $4,500
Boulder Athletic - This is a soccer organization offering soccer programs to children ages 4 through 18 in Boulder County. There are many levels of play and each child is encouraged to be the best they can be. Communication skills, team work, physical endurance and emotional strength are taught. So many life skills are learned through having fun playing soccer. We continued to donate to our scholarship fund for children whose families do not have the financial means to afford registration fees and proper gear.
(1790 30th St. Suite 450, Boulder, CO 80301) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $7,100
Boulder Valley Arts Alliance -
This alliance distributes funds to various organizations within Boulder County. Our grant was used exclusively to support Sound Circle's "Solstice Concert". Sound Circle is an a cappella women's vocal ensemble. They come together to experience the deep joy of making music together and to share that joy with their audiences.
(7943 Lefthand Canyon Dr., Jamestown, CO 80455) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Voices for Children - This is a Boulder County organization with a mission to help break the cycle of child abuse and neglect through the use of trained Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers. The CASAs provide investigation, advocacy, monitoring and direct service to the child victims. Our funds were used to provide CASA services to four child victims for one year.
(2305 Canyon Blvd, #101, Boulder, CO 80302) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,600
Intercambio Uniting Communities - The mission of this organization is to build bridges of understanding across cultures, increase opportunities and independence for immigrants, and create a stronger, more integrated Boulder County. Their goal is to help adult immigrants achieve economic self-sufficiency, self-esteem and to create an integrated, more accepting and tolerant community in which all members can effectively participate and contribute. Our grant was used to expand their Intercambio and Schools Together Program.
(4735 Walnut Street, Ste B, Boulder, CO 80301)
Grant Amount: $8,000
Educate! - This organization aims to provide refugees and highly underprivileged nationals in Africa with a quality of life in the present and an education for a bright future, in order for them to one day become leaders in the fight against the larger problems of disease, violence and poverty that exist in their home countries. Our grant was used for general operating purposes.
(4492 Burr Place, Boulder, CO 80303) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $12,500
Bridge House - Their goal is to feed the hungry in the Boulder area. They serve to provide a hot meal four nights a week to anyone who comes to their table. Our grant was for general operations.
(First Christian Church, 950 28th St., Boulder, CO 80302) 501 (c)3
Grant Amount: $500
Growing Gardens - This is a human services and youth development organization. Their mission is to enrich lives in Boulder County through environmentally sustainable gardening programs that empower people to experience a direct and deep connection to plants, the land and each other. Our grant was used in their Cultiva! Youth Project to enhance their beekeeping program.
(1630 Hawthorn Avenue, Boulder CO 80304) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Colorado Horse Rescue - This organization is dedicated to providing emergency relief, shelter, care, rehabilitation, and adoption services for abused, neglected, abandoned and unwanted horses. Our grant was used to support their annual purchase of hay.
(10386 North 65th St., Longmont, CO 80503) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti -
This hospital is located in Deschapelles, Haiti and serves the people of the Artibonite Valley in the creation of programs in health care and community development. They are a 190 bed hospital and are the only source of medical care for hundreds of miles. Our grant was for hospital medical supplies.
(P.O. Box 81046, Pittsburgh, PA 15217) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $2,000
Mission Wolf - This organization's prime objective is to connect people with nature and foster concern and support for wild habitat protection. Their first priority is to provide the resident wolves with as peaceful and natural life as possible in captivity. Due to human imprint on them, the resident wolves cannot be reintroduced into the wild. Through their educational program they travel around the country with several of their "ambassador wolves" to create an awareness of wolves and their importance to our ecosystems. Our grant was used for much needed bus repairs and maintenance.
(P.O. Box 211, Silver Cliff, CO 81252)
Grant Amount: $5,500
Horizon Alternative School - This is a K-8 elementary school that seeks to guide students to become self-directed learners and community contributors in a respectful learning environment. Our grant was used for general operations.
(4545 Sioux Drive, Boulder, CO 80303) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $500
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart - The Grey Nuns devote their lives to serving the world through teaching, health services, community outreach and prayer. Our grant was used specifically for the elderly sisters. The grant will be used to take the sisters out for several social events and activities.
(1750 Quarry Road, Yardley, PA 19067) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Prairie Dog Coalition - This organization is dedicated to the prairie dog and the restorations of their ecosystems. Our donation was for general operating purposes and "for the life of the prairie".
(2525 Arapahoe #E4-527, Boulder, CO 80302) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Reef Check Foundation - This organization's mission is to empower local people to improve the health of reefs worldwide through education, research and conservation. Their goal is to help governments to establish national coral reef monitoring and management programs. Our donation was to be used exclusively to train 15 Haitian students to scuba dive and become EcoDivers.
(P.O. Box 1057, Palisades, CA 90272-1057) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,810
Bar Harbor Food Pantry - This organization's mission is to provide a welcoming environment for the distribution of food and other household products free of charge to Hancock County, Maine residents in need. They are currently serving 400 households. The need is great and is increasing each month. Our grant was to be used exclusively to purchase food for the food pantry.
(36 Mount Desert St. Bar Harbor, ME 04609) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $3,000
Boulder County AIDS Project -
This organization’s mission is twofold: to provide support, advocacy and education to those in our community who are infected with or affected by HIV and to serve as an outreach and information center to prevent further transmission of HIV and the resulting AIDS.
Our funds are to be used exclusively to support their HIV Care Services - Dental Care Program.
(2118 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Think Humanity - This organization was created to provide relief, support and hope for a promising future to refugees in Africa. Their mission is threefold: Help to fight malaria by providing refugees with resources and manpower; provide love, comfort and security to orphaned children; and create an overall positive change for refugees. Our grant was used exclusively to purchase medications, medical equipment and furnishings for their clinic in Hoima, Uganda.
(2880 Spring Mountain Drive, Loveland, CO 80537) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Inc - This organization maintains an active group of volunteers trained and equipped for mountain search and rescue missions, it provides outdoor safety education, and assists in emergencies other than mountain disasters where first aid and rescue services are needed, such as fires, floods, blizzards and civil defense. Our grant was used for general operations.
(P.O. Box Y, Boulder, CO 80306) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $500
Longmont Ending Domestic Violence Initiative (LEVI) - This organization's mission is to establish a coordinated community-wide awareness and response to domestic violence in the boundaries of the St. Vrain Valley School District, primarily in the City of Longmont, Colorado. Our grant was used for general operations.
(225 Kimbark Street, Longmont, CO 80501) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $500
Maine Sea Coast Mission - This organization provides spiritual, health, and youth development programs in coastal and island communities from mid-coast to Downeast Maine. Rooted in a history of non-denominational service, the Mission offers hope, encouragement and help to strengthen individuals, families and communities. Our grant was used for their credit recovery program which is a part of their EdGe Program. A part of the grant also provided support for families at Christmas time.
(127 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $3,500
Spirit Wind Horse Rescue - This organization is dedicated to improving living conditions and providing crucial assistance for all equine creatures, but especially for physically and physiologically abused, neglected, troubled or abandoned and unwanted equines, by providing shelter, care, rehabilitation, retraining and adoption into a forever home or retirement within a safe environment. Our grant was used exclusively toward their retired horses to help pay for their special feed and supplements.
(P.O. Box 27, Hotchkiss, CO 81419) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $2,000
Colorado Film Festival - This organization's mission is to encourage and celebrate the art of film by creating a dynamic forum for artistic, social and cultural awareness in the community. Our grant was to be used exclusively for their Call 2 Action Program.
(1906 13th St, Suite 301, Boulder, CO 80302) 501(c)3
Grant Amount: $5,500
