Overview
Be part of The Community Foundation's growing movement to build a local culture of giving! How can you use your time, talent, and treasure to make Boulder County a better place?
Getting Started:
- Search this directory of 500 non-profit organizations serving Boulder County and contact groups that spark your interests!
- Scan the Community Calendar for fun community benefits, workshops, meetings, and more!
- Check out the COG Blog to read about the work, ideas, and needs of local non-profits!
- Click on How to Give to get ideas for easy giving and to read the latest in philanthropy news!
Non-profit Partners:
Non-profit and Governmental Groups serving Boulder County may register on www.cultureofgiving.org by emailing COG@commfound.org. Participation is free. Please provide your organization's full contact information, mission statement, EIN# (required for posting), geographical area served (e.g., specific city in Boulder County, all Boulder County, Boulder County and beyond), issue area served (e.g., education, animals, health) and year founded. You will receive an email confirming your registration and account information. From there, start posting to the COG Blog and Community Calendar!
Giving is a ball! Pass it on!
Local Heroes
Lori Park
Circle of Care came into my life when my life needed healing. I had just lost a child to illness and was deeply despondent. I decided to volunteer for CoC and an amazing thing happened.
The love and support I received from the elders in our community helped me through my grief process and to heal. I realized that I needed them in my life more than or as much as they needed me. I am forever grateful for what the Circle of Care of Care Community provides for people of all ages and for what it did for me when I needed it most.
Monica Stoffregen
I decided to volunteer at Greenwood because I want to help injured wildlife. It's my belief that people have pushed wildlife to extreme circumstances by our development of land and agriculture and have made it harder and harder for a lot of species to survive.
Kay Harmsen
Professionals in a variety of fields can come together to give back to
the community, using what we know, what is dear to our hearts, and what
we're good at. Be innovative, you can do something. Create a cause.
Success Stories
Circle of Care, Dorothy R
Dorothy R
It’s easy to feel down and feel sorry for yourself when you have all these aches and pains and you don’t operate the same way as you used to. It seems like just staying home and not bothering to try to be active would be an easy way out.
Music to Our Ears!
Submitted by cogadmin on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 14:07Sounds from flutes, violins, mandolins, pianos, electric guitars, and singers floated out into the hallway from behind different practice room doors. Teachers snapped their fingers to set the beat and could be heard saying, "OK, let's take it again from here." Backpacks were piled on top of the lobby couches, and above and around the sound of busy feet could be heard all over the building. The feel was distinctly "kid," and the time was after-school music lessons at Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts.
The Wilderness Education Institute
Andrea Joliat
When my son, Louis, was three years old, we received a subscription to My
Big Backyard magazine. A couple of years later, he graduated to ranger
Rick. He's now 15 and we're receiving National Wildlife Magazine. During
those years, he learned a lot about the environment through the engaging
articles and by trying many of the projects.