The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) announced its Round One 2023 Direct Effect award recipients. The Boys and Girls Club of Chaffee County (BGCCC) received $10,000 as the only recipient in this area.
The Direct Effect Awards recognize Colorado nonprofits whose missions align with CHFA’s work to strengthen Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development. CHFA is donating $942,060 to eighty-five organizations across Colorado during Round One. Applications for Round Two open on September 1 and close on September 29. More information about applications and eligibility is available online.
Boys and Girls Club Chaffee County
The Boys and Girls Club of Chaffee County’s website states, “Our mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.” During the summer, they opened their doors for fifty-six days for over four hundred kids. The Buena Vista and Salida clubs offered new programs alongside classic summertime activities, such as water day, field trips, and rocketry.
Longfellow Elementary hosted summer school in June and July at the Salida Club. Students worked on reading and writing skills through activities with the help of teachers from the school.
Buena Vista and Salida Club kids came together for water day, which featured a slip n’ slide, water slide, and reusable water balloons. The water day was a welcome break from the summer heat for the kids.
Both clubs also focused on science this summer, participating in rocketry with Mr. Justis. One day was spent engineering and constructing rockets. The next day showcased their hard work with the rocket launch; an opportunity that the club thanked Justis and the volunteers that deliver programs like these for area youth.
Middle school club member Jimmy C. spent his summer producing and directing Pirates! The Musical, at the Salida Club. Jimmy and fellow middle schoolers Paityn and Kayla, obtained the rights to the musical, cast the play, led rehearsals, and designed costumes and stage props, all on their own. Their efforts culminated in two performances on August 9 and 10 in the Club’s Maddie Pendon Performance Room.
Programs like these are the reason why the Chaffee County Boys and Girls Club received the CHFA award, which will enable them to continue educating and caring for community youth.
The Club’s Great Futures Gala is also on the horizon. The Gala is set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 27 at the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort Pavilion. The event will feature a dinner, auction, updates about the Boys and Girls Clubs, a speech from the Youth of the Year (Irene Alvarez), and live entertainment from comedian John Novosad.
Tickets are available online now for the Great Futures Gala. General admission is $50.
Below is the full list of the CHFA 2023 Round One Award Recipients, including BGCCC:
A Little Help
$10,000
Achieve, Inc.
$15,000
All Points Transit
$15,000
Animas View Mobile Home Park Cooperative
$10,000
Aurora Housing Authority
$5,000
AYA Foundation
$15,000
Baby Bear Hugs
$5,000
BeyondHome
$7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chaffee County
$10,000
CAFE Food Rescue
$10,000
CASA of Pueblo
$5,000
CASA of the Seventh Judicial District
$5,000
Centennial Area Health Education Center
$10,000
Center for Work Education and Employment
$7,500
Centro Humanitario
$10,000
ChildSafe Colorado
$5,000
Conejos County Housing Authority
$20,000
Crossroads Safehouse
$5,000
The Delores Project
$15,000
Dream Centers of Colorado Springs
$15,000
Earthlinks, Inc.
$20,000
Ekar Farm
$10,000
The Empowerment Program
$15,000
The Family Center/La Familia
$10,000
Family Life Services
$5,000
Family Promise of Colorado Springs
$7,500
Groundwork Denver
$15,000
The GrowHaus
$15,000
Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County
$7,500
Habitat for Humanity of Mesa County
$10,000
Homeward Pikes Peak
$15,000
Hope Communities
$10,000
Housing Catalyst
$5,000
Housing Resources of Western Colorado
$7,500
Ithaka Housing
$10,000
Jackson County Council on Aging
$10,000
JUST Living Recovery
$15,000
Kids At Their Best, Inc.
$20,000
Lift Up of Routt County
$10,000
Loaves and Fishes Ministries of Fremont County
$15,000
Maiker Housing Partners
$10,000
Mercy’s Gate
$10,000
Metropolitan Diversity and Economic Equity
$10,000
Mi Casa Resource Center
$20,000
Mile High United Way
$10,000
Minds Matter Colorado
$10,560
Montbello Organizing Committee
$10,000
My Father’s House
$7,500
Neighbor to Neighbor
$10,000
NorthWest Colorado Center for Independence
$20,000
Ogallala Commons, Inc.
$15,000
Outreach Fort Collins
$7,500
Peak Education
$10,000
Phillips County Family Education Services, Inc.
$5,000
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity
$20,000
The PLACE
$15,000
Prairie Family Center
$5,000
Project Angel Heart
$15,000
Region 10 League for Economic Assistance and Planning
$20,000
Restoration Outreach Programs
$10,000
Re:Vision
$15,000
Rural Communities Resource Center
$10,000
San Souci Cooperative
$7,500
Sangre de Cristo Community Care
$5,000
The Savings Collaborative
$14,000
SECORCares
$10,000
Silver Key Senior Services
$10,000
Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative
$20,000
Southwest Improvement Council
$10,000
St. George Episcopal Mission
$15,000
Sun Valley Youth Center
$7,500
TGTHR
$15,000
Thistle Community Housing
$7,500
The Thrive Network
$7,500
Urban Peak
$10,000
Valley Housing Fund
$10,000
Valley Settlement
$7,500
The Village Institute
$7,500
Vindeket Foods
$15,000
Volunteers of America Colorado
$15,000
Warren Village
$20,000
We Fortify
$10,000
Western Slope Veterans Coalition
$5,000
Whiz Kids Tutoring
$7,500
Women2Women
$7,500
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