Overview

The "Culture of Giving," a movement of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County is a joint effort of The Community Foundation, The Daily Camera, Sterling-Rice Group, Philanthropiece, and The Heyman-McConnell Family, among others.

We believe that thoughtful giving is a skill, one that requires research and learning. We hope to facilitate that process by bringing people, information, and resources together.

On this site you will find the following:

Non-profit and Governmental Groups serving Boulder County may register on www.cultureofgiving.org by emailing COG@commfound.org.


 


Local Heroes

Dr. Bob McCurdy

Clinica Campesina Family Health Services
“Can you walk for me? I want to see how nice and straight your back is,” Dr. Bob McCurdy asks Taylor, a one-year old Clinica Campesina patient who'’s keenly interested in taking a bite out of his stethoscope. “Come on. Let me see you walk.”

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Roy Young


After years of being driven crazy by watching the peace and environmental groups I worked with scrounge for money, I did something I never thought I'’d do –-- I became a successful businessman in order to have money to give away to groups whose work I admire.

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Jan Shaner


It's probably essential for all of us to maintain a sense of purpose in order to be content with our lives. You don't need any special skills. All you need is to care enough to reach out.


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Success Stories

The Caring Pregnancy Center


Over two years ago I was contemplating an abortion. Luckily, I called the right place for counseling and I received great help. There I realized that I did not want an abortion and there were ways that I could keep my baby and continue with my education.


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Circle of Care, Dorothy R

 Circle of Care Dorothy R
It’s easy to feel down and feel sorry for yourself when you have all these aches and pains and you don’t operate the same way as you used to. It seems like just staying home and not bothering to try to be active would be an easy way out.


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Salud Family Health Centers

Plan de Salud del Valle, Inc., or Salud Family Health Centers, was established in Fort Lupton in 1970 as a migrant health center. Over the past 33 years Salud has grown to become one of the largest community health center delivery systems in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region.


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