by Alicia Corliss | Jul 17, 2023 | Notes From the Director
Local Nonprofits Save Lives Content warning: the blog post below contains mentions of suicide, domestic violence, and cancer. While all our nonprofits in the Gunnison Valley engage in life-changing work, this month we want to shine a spotlight on three local...
by Alicia Corliss | Jun 19, 2023 | Notes From the Director
Community Grants Stories: Educating the Youth of Gunnison Valley In April, our 2022 Community Grants Recipients submitted their grant reports including impact stories from last year. Your investment in and support of CFGV allows us to nurture a strong nonprofit sector...
by Alicia Corliss | May 15, 2023 | Notes From the Director
Welcome, Jessica Wurtz! Our CFGV team is excited to be adding a new member in May. Jessica Wurtz recently started as our Director of Philanthropy. This new position on our team will deepen our role in the community as a partner in philanthropy and broaden our work...
by Alicia Corliss | Mar 20, 2023 | Notes From the Director
Collective Impact – The State of the Community One Year Later In March of 2022, the Community Health Coalition (CHC) presented the 2022 State of the Community Report at a series of public meetings. The full report ran 283 pages. We covered it extensively at the...
by Alicia Corliss | Mar 13, 2023 | Notes From the Director
STEPping Up to the Plate Ronda Connaway was born in the eastern plains of Colorado, not far from the Kansas border. In her early childhood, her family farm suffered through the swath of challenges brought on by the 1930s – not only the Great Depression, but also the...
by Alicia Corliss | Feb 21, 2023 | Notes From the Director
2022 Annual Survey Results In late 2021, we did our first annual survey of community members to learn a bit about how people view the Gunnison Valley community at a particular moment in time. We also wanted to learn how you view CFGV and our role in leading work...
