BOULDER, Colo.— Each year, Elevations Foundation, the charitable arm of Elevations Credit Union, awards community grants to local nonprofits making a difference along the Front Range. This year’s funding totaled over $50,000, celebrating work within the focus areas of early childhood development, mental health, and environmental education and sustainability.
During 2017 Annual Grantee Reception at the Elevations Community Room at its Diagonal Branch in Boulder. Elevations Foundation Board Vice Chair Dennis Paul stated, “This year’s event highlighted the vital services these nonprofits provide to our local communities. Elevations Foundation is pleased to support these local great organizations doing such powerful work.”
Elevations Foundation said it is excited to improve lives locally by backing organizations that change the landscape of support for so many members of local communities. Through grant funding, Alternatives for Youth (AFY) will further expand their iTHRIVE program, the only early intervention alcohol/drug treatment platform for teens 12 to 17 years old and their parents in Boulder County. AFY expects to reach a minimum of a hundred teens and their parents/ guardians through the six-week iTHRIVE sessions in 2017-2018.
An additional example of support is the continued growth of the Healing Warriors Program. With their grant, the nonprofit will continue to provide free clinic sessions including PTSD, pain management, and Sleep Series care for over one hundred veterans in Fort Collins and beyond.
“We are humbled to support such dynamic services and look forward to bettering the lives of our neighbors,” Paul continued. “Each of our recipients are truly inspirational to the communities they back.”