A home for the community On Wednesday, June 27th, the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation’s Workforce Housing Steering Committee opened the doors for an open house and celebration. The whole community was invited to get a sneak peek of this newly built 1478 sq. ft. home located at 311 N Cooper Avenue. Features include 3 […]
Do you work in Red Lodge? Tired of renting? Are you Income qualified? If the answer is “YES” to these questions, YOU are the perfect candidate to purchase this brand new home built for the Red Lodge Workforce! Come down to our open house June 27th at 4pm for a special ribbon cutting and a […]
Get Help with Tedious Paperwork This winter the Office of Public Assistance (OPA) closed due to state budget cuts. Carbon County was one of 19 OPA offices to close in the state. In response, the Foundation facilitated a Community Dialogue to learn more about what services we would be missing and to determine next steps. […]
Thriving Nonprofit Springs News Fun Run is rolling out, grant making is supporting the community, and nonprofits keep the good word coming! Kicking Off Fun Run 15! We are excited to have 61 participating charities this year including 3 new charities: Girls Scouts of Montana and Wyoming, Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute, and Carbon County […]
Stay Connected to Resilient Community, Read About What’s Going On As we come out of winter, we reflect on what we have learned and start planning for the future Mental Health in School A mental health curriculum was launched in the Red Lodge High School freshman and sophomore health classes. Forty-four students received education from Malcolm […]
Check out the Robust Arts and Culture Spring News Now that spring has sprung we are getting ready for the summer months and enjoying the renewing breath of spring. Volunteers Making Space for Community Old Roosevelt is fast becoming a diversified venue for the community – made possible by the many hours donated by our great […]
Allow us to introduce the Volunteer Champions of 2017. We all know the term “Champion” means winner. And all the people we are honoring are winners in our eyes. There is a second definition of Champion relevant to us today: “SOMEONE WHO WORKS HARD FOR A CAUSE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OTHERS.” We call them […]
Arts and Culture is Becoming More Robust In Red Lodge Music to Our Ears On January 5th, 60 people enjoyed a concert featuring Baroque Music Montana under the direction of Carrie Krause at the home of Mitzi and Jim Vorachek, with refreshments provided by Babcock and Miles and Honey’s. Everyone enjoyed the amazing music […]
Check out the Good News with Community Nonprofits Keeping Charities Focused on Their Mission, Not Paperwork A fiscal sponsor is a nonprofit organization that provides financial oversight and other administrative services to help build the capacity of charitable projects. The Foundation is currently the fiscal sponsor for 13 awesome community organizations. One of the […]
What’s Up with Connected Youth? The Early Childhood Development Program Supporting Young Families With the recent closure of an in-home daycare, the Early Childhood Fund has become even more important. This fund supports families that struggle with affording daycare and preschool and it has already funded 4 families with over $2,000 since December. In […]