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 of our club's actions to make a positive difference:
- gave $23,000 in May of 2026 in scholarships to high school seniors to support their college and vocational studies, and also gave $250 prizes with the Service Above Self award to two THS seniors
- donated $1000 to Beacon Telluride to support seasonal workers and $500 each to two regional funds that provide one-time emergency grants to help individuals and families through sudden hardships (Good Neighbor Fund and UNIDOS Fund)
- granted $500 to the Telluride AIDS Benefit Student Fashion Show in spring 2026, and students used the funding to create a fashion line
- gave $500 to co-sponsor the Immigrant Heritage Fiesta in June
- co-sponsored and participated in the Walk for Hope event for suicide awareness
- co-sponsored and participated in the community cleanup "Trash Bash"
- 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.
On the international front, thanks to the research of member Dr. Nancy Kerr who leads the international committee, our club:
- donated $3000 to a Nepal boarding school to fund five girls’ education there
- 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
- gave $2000 to help build a community learning center with a focus on STEAM education on the Navajo Nation.
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.
