LCF Spring Newsletter 2022

Together, we can make a difference! The LCF Advisory Board members would like to thank you for your support these last two years as we navigated the COVID-19 pandemic together. As the mask mandate has been lifted and more and more people venture out, we are thrilled to be able to connect with you at a variety of community events.  FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR BOARD MEMBERS Your donations at work! LCF was very thankful for the 1st Annual Hootenanny Fundraiser last summer. Between this joint fundraiser with LEAF, our year-end appeal and our monthly donors, LCF was pleased to grant $37,000 in Community Support Grants and $7,500 in Scholarships. For more details regarding how YOUR contributions were spent, see LCF's 2021 Annual Report.       Our monthly donors build community LCF is very thankful for all of our monthly donors. We know that we could not build this community without YOU! We call our monthly donors "Community Builders", because building a better community is at the very heart of our mission.  For just $1/day or $30/month, you can help local projects get off the ground and send high school students to college. At LCF, we like to think that our monthly donors plant seeds that bloom all year long. Seeds like human services, community connectivity, youth investment and local ecology help grow our community into a bountiful garden of beautiful wildflowers.      DONATE MONTHLY! BECOME A COMMUNITY BUILDER! Former LCF Board Chair, Monica McGuckin explains why she thinks it is important to donate monthly. Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts! LCF's fundraising committee has been hard at work this first quarter. Thanks to local businesses and partnerships, LCF has been able to raise some funds while having FUN. Thank you Neil Sullivan at the St.Vrain Market for donating a portion of the proceeds from the Valentine's Day Bake Sale to LCF.  Thank you Monica McGuckin for donating over 1,000 beanie babies to LCF. Beanie Babies can be purchased for $10 each at participating stores in town.   Thank you Western Stars & Art Gallery, HJB Designs, Sage & Grace Botanicals, Red Canyon Art, and Uniquely Lyons for helping us raise money for LCF by carrying these cute beanie babies. We hope you will find gifts and treasures when you patronize these businesses. Wildlife and farm animal beanie babies can be found at HJB Designs. Sage & Grace Botanicals carries a variety of woodland animals. Easter beanie babies can be found at Western Stars Gallery & Studio, Uniquely Lyons as well as Red Canyon Art. Not only was LCF proud to fund the Winter Wonderland Concert Series, we were also very pleased to connect with the community when we served beverages and baked goods at two of the concerts. Thank you for your generous donations! Lucky Lyons Race was a great success! Thank you so much to everyone who showed up to walk, run or volunteer at Lyons 1st Lucky Lyons Race. LCF was fortunate to partner with Gemini Adventures to bring Lyons this fun 5k/10k race. Proceeds will benefit LCF and the Boulder County Wildfire Fund. The Marshall Wildfire  On December 30th, 2021 the most destructive wildfire in the state's history, the Marshall fire, destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in Boulder County. The global outpouring of generous support for the Boulder County Wildfire Fund (managed by the Community Foundation serving Boulder County) has been overwhelming and as of March 10th, the Wildfire Fund has raised over $36 million from more than 74,000 donors. To learn more about how these funds have been disbursed, please clickhere. Number of homes lost in Colorado's most destructive wildfire: 1,000 Number of people who have donated to the Wildfire Fund: 74,000 Dollars raised at benefit concert for the Wildfire Fund: $750,000 Save the Date June 4th from 10am-4pm for the Artisan Market and BBQ Cook-off