El mensaje que sigue es en español Dear TRENDS Diary,Guillermo: I am the Cultural Brokers Resilience Program Coordinator at Boulder County and when the COVID crisis hit, my biggest concern was to make sure that the most vulnerable Latino populations of Boulder...
El mensaje que sigue es en españolDear TRENDS Diary,My life changed a lot due to the pandemic. Even though I am accustomed to solitary work because of my profession (researching, creating art and writing); I am also a volunteer for different organizations and...
Dear TRENDS Diary - My 60th Birthday was on March 22. I had been planning, for a year or more, some big trips to California and France and Spain to celebrate. I was recently widowed, so I was kind of facing the big 60 on my own, welcoming it in with these...
The reality is that many of Boulder County's nonprofits will not survive this crisis, unless individuals continue stepping up to save the important organizations that support and enhance the needs and lives of us all. The Longmont Community Foundation and Community...
Dear TRENDS Diary -A woman named Shelly Tygielski in Florida started this on March 13 at her kitchen table. The idea was a super grassroots way of matching someone in need due to the COVID-19 crisis with a patron who would be willing to provide that person some...
Dear TRENDS Diary,A friend of mine saw a post from a woman in Massachusetts who was going around and taking pictures of people on their front steps, super casual. I’m following what she’s doing: Standing at a distance and shooting. It takes maybe five minutes; mine...
“As the federal government responds to the COVID-19 crisis, many nonprofits find it increasingly challenging to navigate new programs, such as Families First and CARES acts. We want to help nonprofit leaders better access government resources.” In response to the...
"The ongoing health crisis has created an equally debilitating economic crisis. The economic stressors on Boulder County farmers are significant, with limited access to their customers and markets. Helping sustain our local food producers through this crisis is a...
"...we need to explore the intersections between the current pandemic, the associated economic crash, and the other crises we face. This refocusing of efforts is especially important in the area of climate action." By Brett Ken Cairn, Senior Policy Advisor for Climate...
Dear TRENDS Diary, FOCUS Reentry is a nonprofit mentorship program for the jailed population before and after they get released. Much of that has shifted. We’re doing remote work: helping our clients get medications, enroll in benefits, get necessary supplies,...
Dear TRENDS Diary,Between the three Walnut Cafes, we had about $30,000 worth of food inventory. We had a meeting before that weekend they shut us down. I told everyone that regardless of what happens, we’ve got you. We’ll feed you.Right away, we gave away all of our...
Dear TRENDS Diary,I got the most unexpected check-in call today from BVSD transportation. It was the woman who assists my special-needs son on his morning bus ride to school (or did, before the shutdown).My son was assigned to a new school in another town just a...
Dear TRENDS Diary,I’m a developer of affordable housing, and I own a handful of affordable rental properties in town. Because of the income limits on these units, the tenants are nearly all in jobs that have been impacted by COVID-19 — restaurant workers, massage...
Dear TRENDS Diary,Like all of Boulder’s yoga studios, Radiance Power Yoga shut down all in-studio classes in mid-March. Yoga teachers generally don't make much and a few of the studio's teachers were living paycheck to paycheck, so this got scary for them...
"Due to the nature of life in our local mountain communities, the people we serve have been disproportionately affected by this crisis. In addition to serving increased numbers of people, we have found it necessary to expand and adjust our services, too." “We’ve seen...
Ashish and Lizzie Kothari – along with their young son, Ashwin – share a sense of gratitude and compassion, along with a commitment to actively help their neighbors in need. “Since we moved here from Chicago five years ago, the Boulder community has been...
Dear TRENDS Diary,I live in Wild Sage co-housing in North Boulder. There are a few of us in the community that sew, and there are people who have fabric stashes. We created a sewing circle, following recommended rules: Six or fewer people at a time, spaced six feet...
Dear TRENDS Diary,Roberta: I was having a hard time at the beginning of the pandemic because of my post traumatic stress disorder. I was having nightmares again, and I was not sleeping well. One day, I remembered that I have a sewing machine, I have fabric — I can...
Dear TRENDS Diary,As we learn our way through the Covid-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in the midst of what will likely be a transformational experience in human history. When we were celebrating the first year in a new decade, no one could have imagined the world in...
Boulder County artists, musicians, and cultural institutions are finding innovative ways to continue to bring a range of virtual creative experiences to local audiences as we shelter in place...from performance events to classes, workshops, and more. According to your...