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Solutions and stories related to bolstering quality healthcare, preventative care resources, and local initiatives that support healthy lifestyles.

Story
Efforts to Keep Healthy School Meals in Rural Colorado Free for All

By Ilana Newman, The Daily Yonder

Solution Dry Suits Help Libby Sustain Local Search and Rescue Operations
Local Champion:
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Date funded:
May 30, 2024
Grant Amount:
$8,500
Solution An Equipment Infusion Keeps Weiser Youth Sports Safe and Affordable
Local Champion:
City of Weiser
Date funded:
May 15, 2024
Grant Amount:
$17,528
Solution Vision Screenings Bring Life Into Focus for Taos Youth
Local Champion:
Lion's Club of Taos
Date funded:
May 14, 2024
Grant Amount:
$15,000
Solution Equine Therapy Provides a Healing Alternative for Children in Taos
Local Champion:
Nonviolence Works, Inc
Date funded:
May 13, 2024
Grant Amount:
$7,200
Solution A Simple Fix Helps Weiser Volunteers Support More Cancer Patients
Local Champion:
Angel Wings Network
Date funded:
May 8, 2024
Grant Amount:
$4,962
Solution A CPR Machine Saves Lives in Monte Vista
Local Champion:
Monte Vista Community Ambulance Service
Date funded:
April 19, 2024
Grant Amount:
$9,634
Solution Lander Gives Girls Early Athletic Exposure by Launching a Youth Volleyball Program
Local Champion:
Lander local
Date funded:
April 19, 2024
Grant Amount:
$5,128
Good Portions Mobile Soup Kitchen trailer
Story
Everyone Gets to Share a Meal—and Their Stories—at Good Portions Mobile Soup Kitchen

When a Lander local realized not everyone who needed free, healthy meals could actually get to them, she found a way to bring hot meals to them instead.

Solution An Emergency Backup Keeps the Libby Food Pantry Up and Running
Local Champion:
Libby Food Pantry
Date funded:
April 15, 2024
Grant Amount:
$27,538

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