The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County

Local Groups Use Catalog To Help Youth; Community Foundation, Brett Family Foundation Team Up To Adapt New York Program Locally

CONTACT:

Josie Heath, Lindsey Eklund
The Community Foundation
(303) 442-0436

Colleen N. Carden
Brett Family Foundation
(303) 442-1200

Two local foundations are bringing a new kind of catalog to Boulder County. The Catalog for Giving, originally launched to help charities serving disadvantaged youth in New York, has raised over $3 million there, since its inception.

The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County and the Brett Family Foundation have teamed up to adapt the idea locally, and will launch a Catalog for Giving, Boulder County – only the fourth affiliate in the country – on October 25. The catalog features area nonprofit organizations that work with youth, including descriptions of their work and how donations will help the group’s mission. People may then use the catalog to donate directly to the group of their choice, with 100 percent of their donation going to the designated organization. Linda Shoemaker, president of the Brett Family Foundation, ran across the Bay Area’s Catalog for Giving while on a trip to San Francisco, and was impressed by the idea.

Boulder County nonprofits that provide services to disadvantaged children and youth applied in May 2001, and the two foundations, working with a selection committee of community members, picked 12 groups to tell their stories in the catalog. Those groups chosen for inclusion had to demonstrate a sound financial picture, strong programmatic work and represent the diversity of our county.

"Community support and donations to these groups will help them continue their amazing work with the youth of Boulder County," said Lindsey Delaplaine, Vice President of Programs at The Community Foundation. "We would love to see people get excited about something happening here and have an easy way to connect with it."

The Daily Camera has agreed to insert the Catalog in papers on Sunday, October 28. The Catalogs will also be available throughout Boulder County in offices, shops and organizations, or by calling 720-565-3898 or on the website, www.cfgbouldercounty.org.

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