Telluride Rotary Club takes pride in making several grants, giving scholarships to high school seniors, and participating in community service projects. Below are highlights since mid-2024 of our club's actions to make a positive difference:
  • gave $11,500 in scholarships to Telluride High School seniors to support their college and vocational studies
  • co-sponsored and participated in the Walk for Hope event for suicide awareness
  • volunteered to help the Telluride Mountain Club improve the Valley Floor trail to make it more beginner-friendly and suitable for adaptive cyclists
  • donated $1000 to the Community Drivers’ License program to help Spanish-speaking immigrants get the training and support they need to obtain a driver’s license
  • continued to fund the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to send a free book to every child in the county age 0 to 5
  • continued a 23-year tradition of giving a new hardcover Scholastic children’s dictionary and Rotary coloring book to every third-grader in San Miguel County, made possible thanks to the sponsorship of Community Banks of Colorado.
  • Made grants to the Telluride AIDS Benefit to co-sponsor the Student Fashion Show and to Telluride Mountain Club to support a presentation on "Mental Health in the Mountains."
On the international front,  thanks to the research of member Dr. Nancy Kerr who leads the international committee, our club:
  • gave $1000 to a Rotary project in Western Kenya to fight malaria
  • gave $500 to expand the indigenous midwife program in rural Panama for maternal and child health, which our club also helped a couple of years ago with a larger grant
  • pledged $2000 to help build a community learning center on the Navajo Nation.
We ended the year with a holiday giving drive to support two emergency relief funds. Through individual donations and the club’s foundation, we raised $3050 for the Good Neighbor Fund and Unidos Fund. Both are funds of last resort to help people in the county who have emergency needs, and the The Unidos Fund is designed specifically for undocumented immigrant workers.
Telluride Rotary Club welcomes donations to its nonprofit foundation to support our service projects, grants, and scholarships. Please make a tax-deductible donation here or through the Donate Now button on the website menu.