My favorite part of our membership campaign is my deeply held belief that membership actively strengthens the Voice of Community. This creates the community that we collectively desire-one that we work together to make our reality. Why is this important? The Voice of Community refers to all aspects of our humanity: values, opinions, beliefs, perspectives, […]
How does a family making 80%-120% of the Area Median Income ($58,500-$73,000, $125,000 for a family of 3) buy a home in Red Lodge, the town they live and work? Most can’t. Assuming this family has good credit, $10,000 for a down payment, and less than $800 in monthly debts, they could afford a home […]
Experience reading in a whole new way! The Red Lodge Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with the Red Lodge Carnegie Library to provide the Reading Adventure Backpack Program. Reading Adventure Backpacks are geared towards kids ages 0-5, with a focus on bringing families together through reading. Each backpack contains several books centered around […]
Allow us to introduce the Volunteer Champions of 2017. We all know the term “Champion” means winner. And all the people we are honoring are winners in our eyes. There is a second definition of Champion relevant to us today: “SOMEONE WHO WORKS HARD FOR A CAUSE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OTHERS.” We call them […]
What would you do to make Red Lodge Even Better? Don’t Just Tell Us, SHOW US. Make your Submission to the PICTURE IT! Youth Photo Contest. Submit your picture that represents what you would do to make Red Lodge an even better place to grow up and then provide a caption of your photo telling […]
Develop practices for personal listening, learning in public, and identifying collective actions to move topics forward. Red Lodge Area Community Foundation & Beartooth Front Community Forum Present Creating Gracious Space Monday, March 26, 2018, 9:00- 4:00, Old Roosevelt School 519 S Broadway Free event The purpose of this one day workshop is to introduce the principles and practices […]
On January 31 the Office of Public Assistance (OPA) in our county was closed due to state budget cuts. This is a great loss to the community as the staff provided a tremendous resource that not only assisted clients with health coverage and benefit applications, but also shared their knowledge with several community service providers […]
Combining Art and Our Outdoor Spaces On February 7th, the Old Roosevelt Project received a 1:1 matching grant for $10,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts to reinvent the outdoor spaces at Old Roosevelt. In creating theses outdoor spaces, we will work with local artists to capture the creative spirit and vibrancy of […]
Getting Together to Talk About Youth Danielle Shilling, Youth Internship AmeriCorp VISTA, Red Lodge Area Community Foundation On Wednesday, February 7th the Foundation hosted a Youth Steering Committee meeting at Old Roosevelt. This meeting brought together various voices in our community focusing on youth engagement. With over thirty participants there was a wide range […]
What Do We Do? What does the Foundation really do? We work alongside community members and cross sector organizations to facilitate community conversations to remove barriers and build assets, through shared responsibilities and collective leadership from every sector. We focus on recognizing and identifying the tension of what is and what could be that drives […]