A Great Time to Give Where You Live Many of you reading this are likely already aware of the breadth and depth of work being done by local nonprofits to address some of our community’s biggest needs: affordable housing, food insecurity, early childcare, mental and...
Just getting started… November 1, 2022, marked the 15th anniversary of the merger of the Gunnison Area Community Foundation (founded in 1997) and the Crested Butte Community Foundation (aka Friends of Paradise, founded in 2002). Dozens of community...
Better Together Notes from the Director's Desk Own It If you said or did it, you gotta own it. No excuses, no rationalizations, no blaming someone else. Recently, one of my grandkids (in another community) was barred from competing in a regional sports event. He...
Better Together Notes from the Director's Desk Tailgating One of the biggest frustrations during my entire driving career has been tailgating. When I look in my rear view mirror and can only see the headlights of the car behind me – my irritation level...
Better Together Notes from the Director's Desk Synchronicity and Interconnectedness I believe in synchronicity. Sometimes things do seem to come together for no apparent reason. I also believe that we are all interconnected and interdependent. This whole valley...