Imagine a Future Without Hunger Jarrett first came to the Gunnison Valley about 20 years ago. “In the beginning, I made snow up at Crested Butte during the winter and did ranch work in the summer,” he shared. He loved working outside, but found it difficult to live...
Meals of Love Vic and Candy Shepard. Thinking about it, I’ve known them most of my life. If you’ve lived in the Gunnison Valley any time in the last 35 years, you probably know of them, too. Vic and Candy ran the restaurant Le Bosquet and the prepared food store Why...
O.N.E. Community Gregorio. Kit. Rolando. Harry. Liz. Callie. Rosa. When news came that their mobile home park was up for sale, seven caring members of the Gunnison Valley community stepped up to represent their 300+ friends and neighbors at Country Meadows as a new...
A Local Launch Started in the late-1990s by Tom Murphy and two colleagues, the American Institute of Avalanche Research Education (AIARE) was transformational for advancing avalanche education in the United States. Prior to AIARE, there was no nationally-recognized...
The Fabric of Our Community “Stories make it possible for us to be human.” – Daniel Taylor Every Spring, nonprofits and community programs that receive grant funding from the Community Foundation report back with statistics, reflections and lessons learned during the...
