Our Club's three fundraisers--peach sales, 10K Raffle and Field Of Honor--allowed the Club to have a major impact on our community. During fiscal year 2024-2025, we awarded more than $35,000 in grants to non-profits in our community.
Our Community Service Committee sorted through numerous grant applications and ultimately awarded grants to 11 area non-profits. Grants ranged from $4,000 to $1,000 and were for a variety of causes coats and boots for underserved community children, rent subsidy, music for marginalized persons, literacy, etc.
Non-profits benefitting from Club fundraising included the following:
- Project Self Sufficiency
- Coats & Boots
- Neighbor to Neighbor
- Off The Hook Arts: musical instruments
- CSU Writing Center
- Hispanic Women's Farming Proyecto (FC Community Action)
- Sound Effects
- Food Bank of Larimer County
- Mujeres de Colores
- Outreach Fort Collins
- Fort Collins Action Network, Hispanic Farming ProjectNetwork: Hispanic Farming Project
Eight additional non-profits--one that specificaly provide services to veterans and first responders--were key beneficiaries of funds generated from the Field Of Honor through sale of medallions, donations and Community Supporters. Grants ranging from $4,000 to $600 were provided to the following non-profits:
- First Responder Trauma Services
- B-Bold Empowered Adaptive Living
- High Plains Honor Flight
- Vets Honoring Vets
- Berthoud American Legion Post 67
- Larimer County Search & Rescue
- Health 4 Heroes
- Platte River Veterans Fly Fishing
“Grants awarded to non-profits address the needs of our community, ” stated Brooke Cunningham, who headed up the Club's Community Service Committee. "We are passionate about our community and having a lasting impact on it. We want to make the world a better place for all.
“These grants are why we fundraise.”