WESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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$380,000 in grants in 2008 Holy Family School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,430 Home Care of the Grand Valley . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 Homeward Bound of the Grand Valley. . . . . . . . $1,000 Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado . . . $16,048 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Junior Achievement of the Roaring Fork Valley . . . . $1,000 KAFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Kids Voting of Mesa County . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 KVNF Public Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,200 League of Women Voters of Mesa County . . . . . . $1,500 Marillac Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,100 Mesa County Business Education Foundation . . . . . $1,137 Mesa County Department of Human Services. . . . . $2,410 Mesa County Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,104 Mesa County Public Library Foundation . . . . . . . $4,600 Mesa County Right to Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Mesa Developmental Services . . . . . . . . . . . $1,230 Mesa Land Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Mesa State College Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000 Montrose County Senior Citizens Transportation . . . . $500 Museum of Western Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . $1,100 Needlerock Family Health Outreach Clinic. . . . . . $1,000 North Fork River Improvement Association. . . . . . $5,200 Ouray County Historical Society . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Ouray Performing Arts Guild . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Palisade High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Partners of Delta, Montrose & Ouray . . . . . . . . $1,000 Ridgway School District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 River Canyon Cooperative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Riverside Educational Center . . . . . . . . . . . $2,459 Roaring Fork Valley Early Learning Fund . . . . . . . $400 Rocky Mountain PBS-KRMJ . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,020 Roice-Hurst Humane Society . . . . . . . . . . . . $149 Rotary Club of Paonia Foundation . . . . . . . . . $10,000 RSVP Mesa County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Salvation Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,316 Senior Companion Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . $472 St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation . . . . . . . . . . $14,100 Surface Creek Community Services . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Surface Creek Valley Historical Society. . . . . . . . $4,109 The Tree House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Two Chairs Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 United Way of Mesa County. . . . . . . . . . . . $4,972 Valley View Hospital Foundation . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Voyager Youth Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Weehawken Creative Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Western Colorado Aids Project. . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Western Colorado Botanical Gardens . . . . . . . . $1,356 Western Colorado Center for the Arts . . . . . . . . $4,275 Western Colorado Food and Agriculture Council . . . $1,000 Western Colorado Math and Science Center . . . . . . .$50 Western Slope Center for Children . . . . . . . . . $3,013 Western Slope Food Bank of the Rockies . . . . . . . . $100 Wounded Warriors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 YouthZone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,650 EDUCATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE Happy campers with Ridgway’s Voyager Youth program enjoy a field trip to the Black Canyon. SPECIAL CAPITAL PROJECTS The Harold and Margaret Porter Church Challenge Fund provided $400,000 in matching funds over a four-year period to rebuild the Delta United Methodist Church fellowship hall. • • • •
Scholarship Funds HELPING A YOUNG PERSON WITH EDUCATION Laura R. Genelin Memorial Scholarship Fund Remembering a special mother and friend Education is a great gift to give a young person. A college degree can open doors and expand opportunities. WCCF currently manages thirteen different scholarship programs established by our donors. We help refine eligibility guidelines and criteria for scholarships, advertise the availability of scholarships, review applications, interview students, and verify enrollment and grades. Laura Genelin was in her mid-40s when she was diagnosed with cancer. A wife and mother of three children, a teacher and an active school and community volunteer in Eagle, CO, Laura always exhibited a zest for life. She loved living in the Vail Valley. Favorite pastimes included skiing, snowshoeing, scuba diving and being outdoors. When she passed away in 2008, her family and friends established a scholarship fund to benefit students graduating from public high schools in Eagle County who want to become teachers or to study health and medicine. Notes her husband, Paul, “Laura left us way too soon. But her spirit can live on through this scholarship. She was a teacher. She was always interested in better medicines to enhance life. We do this to remember and honor her.” J. Robert Young Scholarship Fund Honoring a long-time champion of education Alpine Bank prides itself on being a locally-owned bank serving 20 counties in western Colorado. In honor of the Bank’s 35th anniversary, employees made donations that were then matched by the bank to capitalize a new scholarship fund. Named after Alpine Bank’s Chairman and CEO, the J. Robert Young Scholarship Fund will award scholarships each year to young people graduating from public high schools in communities served by Alpine Bank who have demonstrated good academic performance and are interested in pursuing a business degree. Notes Kris Gardner, Executive Vice President at the Bank, “We wanted to do something that both honored Bob and would help the communities we serve. Bob has always been dedicated to providing young people with a college education. This seems like a natural way for our Bank to celebrate its 35th year in business.” Other WCCF Scholarship Funds • Kay Armstrong Memorial Scholarship • LeRoy Bacon Memorial Scholarship • Genevieve Clough Fellowship • Fruita Rotary Club Scholarship • Lew Goodhart Memorial Scholarship • Derrace Hoey Scholarship • Jason Manspeaker Memorial Scholarship • Albin Salton Memorial Scholarship • Faye Shofner Tally Scholarship • Stewart/Watson/Wheeler Scholarship • Mike Williams Memorial Scholarship • • • •
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