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Glenwood Springs nonprofit YouthZone gets $25,000 grant
El Pomar donation matches one from EnCana Oil &Gas
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - YouthZone on Thursday received a $25,000 grant to boost its services in the Parachute area.
That money, from the El Pomar Foundation's Northwest Regional Council, will match a $25,000 grant that EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) has previously committed to YouthZone.
Those grants will help the nonprofit's efforts to open an office and provide a staff member to extend its services in Parachute, said Debbie Wilde, YouthZone executive director.
"The need has grown there," Wilde said of Parachute. "We really had the numbers to show that and the concerns that were there."
YouthZone helps young people become responsible, contributing residents and serves Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, Parachute and Rifle.
The El Pomar Foundation's Northwest Regional Council announced Thursday that the $25,000 YouthZone grant is a part of the $87,000 the council is donating to nonprofits in Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties.
"YouthZone is an outstanding program for our youth, providing them with the services they need to stay out of trouble and achieve success later in life," said Gregg Rippy, a Northwest Regional Council member and Glenwood Springs native, in a prepared statement.
"They have an impressive record of success, where more than 75 percent of children who are referred from the court system never repeat an offense after participating in YouthZone," Rippy's statement continued.
Wilde said receiving the grant was "fabulous," because YouthZone wouldn't be able to stretch its services to Parachute without the two $25,000 grants from EnCana and the El Pomar council.
Organizations who received the council's grants were recognized and rewarded for their "outstanding services in the areas of education, health care, youth development, services for people with disabilities, and services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse," according to a statement from the regional council.
The El Pomar Foundation's nine regional councils were established to understand and respond to the needs of Colorado's communities. El Pomar, based in Colorado Springs, has assets of more than $550 million and is one of the largest and oldest private foundations in the Rocky Mountain region, according to the foundation.
Contact Phillip Yates: 384-9117
pyates@postindependent.com
Post Independent, Glenwood Springs, Colorado CO
That money, from the El Pomar Foundation's Northwest Regional Council, will match a $25,000 grant that EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) has previously committed to YouthZone.
Those grants will help the nonprofit's efforts to open an office and provide a staff member to extend its services in Parachute, said Debbie Wilde, YouthZone executive director.
"The need has grown there," Wilde said of Parachute. "We really had the numbers to show that and the concerns that were there."
YouthZone helps young people become responsible, contributing residents and serves Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, Parachute and Rifle.
The El Pomar Foundation's Northwest Regional Council announced Thursday that the $25,000 YouthZone grant is a part of the $87,000 the council is donating to nonprofits in Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties.
"YouthZone is an outstanding program for our youth, providing them with the services they need to stay out of trouble and achieve success later in life," said Gregg Rippy, a Northwest Regional Council member and Glenwood Springs native, in a prepared statement.
"They have an impressive record of success, where more than 75 percent of children who are referred from the court system never repeat an offense after participating in YouthZone," Rippy's statement continued.
Wilde said receiving the grant was "fabulous," because YouthZone wouldn't be able to stretch its services to Parachute without the two $25,000 grants from EnCana and the El Pomar council.
Organizations who received the council's grants were recognized and rewarded for their "outstanding services in the areas of education, health care, youth development, services for people with disabilities, and services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse," according to a statement from the regional council.
The El Pomar Foundation's nine regional councils were established to understand and respond to the needs of Colorado's communities. El Pomar, based in Colorado Springs, has assets of more than $550 million and is one of the largest and oldest private foundations in the Rocky Mountain region, according to the foundation.
Contact Phillip Yates: 384-9117
pyates@postindependent.com
Post Independent, Glenwood Springs, Colorado CO
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