{"id":2451838,"date":"2019-12-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=316999"},"modified":"2019-12-04T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:00:00","slug":"give-where-you-live-nonprofits-strengthen-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/give-where-you-live-nonprofits-strengthen-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Give where you live: Nonprofits strengthen our community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note: <\/em><\/strong>This sponsored contest is brought to you by Mountain West Gives. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Join Mountain West Gives for a rally at the tree lighting ceremony in Carbondale during First Friday, Dec. 6, to drum up momentum for Colorado Gives Day (Dec. 10).<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

With 49 local nonprofits participating in Colorado Gives Day, there are at least 49 ways you could make a significant community impact this holiday season.<\/p>\n

In the Roaring Fork Valley, a regional effort called Mountain West Gives is working to drive Colorado Gives Day donations to local nonprofits. Colorado Gives Day, an annual statewide charitable giving drive, is Dec. 10.<\/p>\n

\u201c$100 here will do so much more than at the national or state level,\u201d said Julie Olson, executive director of the Advocate Safehouse Project, and one of the coordinators for Mountain West Gives. \u201cIt gives soul to our community when we work together and collaborate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olson said that it\u2019s sometimes easy to forget about the work local nonprofits do, but when you look at the services they provide to everyone, it\u2019s easy to see how the impacts are so vast. From environmental causes that affect all of us to English language learning services that contribute to a literate community, nonprofits help us more than we often realize.<\/p>\n

\u201cNonprofits enrich our community,\u201d Olson said. \u201cThey are a safety net in our community, and even if you might not need one of them today, you or your family might need our services in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From Aspen to Parachute, there are 49 nonprofits participating in Mountain West Gives this year. Contributing to these groups will help your money stay right here in the community, providing much-needed services for the people who live and work here in our valley.<\/em><\/strong>
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Helping our neighbors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nonprofits play a critical role in the Roaring Fork Valley, providing important services to meet local needs that wouldn\u2019t otherwise be met. Blythe Chapman, executive director of River Bridge Regional Center and one of the coordinators of Mountain West Gives, said giving to these groups ensure funds stay in the community to help our neighbors.<\/p>\n

\u201cNonprofit organizations are a bridge between the private and public sectors that help solve more problems to improve the world in which we live,\u201d Chapman said. \u201cIn the past, a lot of people in our community were giving to these bigger statewide or nation-wide organizations and the money wasn\u2019t staying here locally. \u2026 We\u2019ve got to start with our community here if we\u2019re going to expect any significant support and change for our entire larger community like the state or the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nonprofits play a critical role in the Roaring Fork Valley, providing important services to meet local needs that wouldn\u2019t otherwise be met. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Making it easy to donate online<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olson said the Mountain West Gives website makes it so easy to donate, which is especially helpful for the smaller organizations that wouldn\u2019t typically be equipped to accept online donations.<\/p>\n

If you go to the Colorado Gives Day website and search by county, that brings up a false list of organizations because it includes nonprofits that aren\u2019t truly local. For example, national and statewide organizations that might conduct business in the county will appear on the list, but Olson said those funds aren\u2019t necessarily guaranteed to remain in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not here \u2014 they\u2019re not the heart and soul of Garfield, Pitkin and Western Eagle Counties,\u201d Olson said.<\/p>\n

On the Mountain West Gives landing page, you can type in the services for which you\u2019re interested in, such as animal-related services or health and human services. It\u2019ll then display the local organizations participating in Mountain West Gives, including descriptions about the causes they support. This helps donors focus their dollars since it can be a little overwhelming if you don\u2019t know where to give.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround here, neighbors are really important. Living in rural Colorado, people recognize that we\u2019re supported by each other,\u201d Chapman said. \u201cLocal giving is so important \u2014 give where you live.\u201d<\/p>\n

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