Nineteenth century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said that music is the universal language of mankind. For Peruvian-born Manuel Molina, founder of Young Musicians for the World, this assertion has held true.
Category: Community
Alpine Bank Telluride
In Telluride this fall, as Alpine Bank celebrated a big anniversary, its leadership chose to give gifts to the community in the form of $1,000 grants to 30 nonprofits and community organizations.
Helping teachers help kids
Alpine Bank’s Teacher Reimbursement program offsets classroom expenses.
Special Olympics Colorado
For Coloradans with intellectual disabilities, there’s an organization that actively works to remove barriers to fitness and competition. For 53 years, Special Olympics Colorado has been providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Roaring Fork Hounds Pony Club
That’s what inspires and bonds the participants in the Roaring Fork Hounds Pony Club, a nonprofit that’s been helping riders gain confidence and leadership skills since 1970.
Mountain Middle School
If given the chance, would you ever go back to middle school? It’s a time of intense cognitive, physical and emotional change for humans. For most, it’s a commonly held truth that those years are among the most challenging. But in Durango, Colorado, the solar-powered, carbon-neutral Mountain Middle School is changing the paradigm.