BOULDER, CO (November 17, 2017) — Each year, Elevations Foundation, the charitable arm of Elevations Credit Union, awards community grants to local nonprofits making a difference along the Front Range. This year’s funding totaled over $50,000, celebrating work within the focus areas of early childhood development, mental health, and environmental education and sustainability.
Last night, the 2017 Annual Grantee Reception was held at the Elevations Community Room at its Diagonal Branch in Boulder. Elevations Foundation Board Vice Chair Dennis Paul stated, “This year’s event highlighted the vital services these nonprofits provide to our local communities. Elevations Foundation is pleased to support these local great organizations doing such powerful work.”
Elevations Foundation is excited to improve lives locally by backing organizations that change the landscape of support for so many members of local communities. Through grant funding, Alternatives for Youth (AFY) will further expand their iTHRIVE program, the only early intervention alcohol/drug treatment platform for teens 12 to 17 years old and their parents in Boulder County. AFY expects to reach a minimum of a hundred teens and their parents/ guardians through the six-week iTHRIVE sessions in 2017-2018.
An additional example of support is the continued growth of the Healing Warriors Program. With their grant, the nonprofit will continue to provide free clinic sessions including PTSD, pain management, and Sleep Series care for over one hundred veterans in Fort Collins and beyond.“We are humbled to support such dynamic services and look forward to bettering the lives of our neighbors,” Paul continued. “Each of our recipients are truly inspirational to the communities they back.”
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Complete List of 2017 Grant Recipients include: Read Aloud Loveland (Loveland), WOW Children’s Museum (Lafayette), Bright Eyes Mayors Book Club (Longmont), TLC Learning Center (Longmont), Westminster Legacy Found (Westminster), Early Childhood Council of Larimer County (Fort Collins), Healing Warriors (Fort Collins), Second Wind Fund (Boulder), Friends of Broomfield (Broomfield), Blue Sky Bridge (Boulder), Alternatives for Youth (Longmont), Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Fort Collins), Eco-Cycle Green Star School Program (Boulder), Growing Gardens (Boulder), Thorne Nature Experience (Boulder), Growe Foundation (Louisville), and Cal-Wood Education Center (Jamestown).
2017 Elevations Foundation Grantee Organization Representatives with Foundation Board Vice Chair, Dennis Paul (far right) and Board Member, Carol Krismann (third from left)
Elevations Foundation is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that was established in 2010. Elevations Foundation provides relief in times of need, life-changing scholarships for local students and impactful community grants for early childhood development and mental health nonprofits. The important work of Elevations Foundation is fueled by individual donors and Elevations Credit Union. Learn more at elevationscu.com/foundation.
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