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The "Culture of Giving," a movement of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County is a joint effort of The Community Foundation, The Daily Camera, Sterling-Rice Group, Philanthropiece, Slice of Lime, and The Heyman-McConnell Family, among others.
We believe that thoughtful giving is a skill, one that requires research and learning. We hope to facilitate that process by bringing people, information, and resources together.
On this site you will find the following:
- Directory of Boulder County Non-profit Organizations;
- Educational information about How to Give and daily Philanthropy News;
- Community Calendar of Boulder County Non-profit Meetings and Events;
- Information about Culture of Giving Junior Philanthropy Programs: Art Contest, Elementary Program, and Junior Philanthropy Blog;
- Boulder County Non-profit Job Openings, Press Releases, Hot Topics, Wish Lists, and more on the COG Blog; and
- Online option to Give Now.
Local Heroes
Gretchen Beall
Professor Emeritus of College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder
My own life has been enriched by the arts, from the music in my family
to my career at the University. Since retirement, volunteering first in
the arts with The Longmont Council for the Arts and the Longmont
Symphony Orchestra, and then following other social concerns have
helped me to discover and know a whole new community.
Claire Riley
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteer
He's only
2-1/2 but he makes me laugh!! We have a regular, weekly routine- he in
his car seat and me at the wheel. First he says, Open that- pointing
at my sunroof. So I open and he waves and gets some air. Then he says,
Close that and it happens.
Arlene Strand
Seventeen years ago my husband and I returned to Nederland after living
in Australia for four years. I was homesick for that lovely country,
and the many friends we had made living there. By becoming involved in
volunteer work I could overcome that feeling of being isolated in a
small town where I had not yet had a chance to make friends.
Success Stories
The Dairy Center for the Arts
For the past few years, The Dairy Center for the Arts
has benefited from a partnership with the local tech company, Boulder
Corporation (BC). Founded in 1998, Boulder Corporations goal is to
deliver the highest quality and most cost effective product solutions
for their customers Information Technology needs. Adopt-A-School
NCAR Warehouse ManagerBefore EXTRAs! for Education we took nine truckloads to the landfill one day. Schools could have reused most of it. Now we specifically save items in the warehouse for delivery to schools.
Thorne Natural Science School summer program
Wendy K. Potestio
parent
We are so fortunate to live in such an ecologically diverse area. The
Thorne programs take advantage of this and create incredible learning
experiences that are thought-provoking, yet playful. My children have
learned a real appreciation for the local flora and fauna.