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A Conversation with Joni Kumor, WYCF Statewide Board Chair
When Joni Kumor moved to Casper, she and her husband did not think they would stay for long. Forty years later, though, they are still there, and more committed to their community than ever. Joni is the new chair of the Wyoming Community Foundation statewide board,...
Year-round Pride in Casper
Supported by the Grace Amspoker Fund and the Tony Cate Fund This story is from our fall 2021 newsletter. See the full newsletter here! Every June, Casper celebrates its LGBTQ+ population, while its LGBTQ+ citizens celebrate the community they love. People from across...
Reaching Young People in the Smallest Communities: The Food Group’s Teen Pantries Program
Supported by the Sheridan-Johnson Community Foundation Endowment Fund This story is from our fall 2021 newsletter. See the full newsletter here! In small communities like Arvada and Clearmont, there are young people facing unique challenges. Food scarcity and lack of...
Learning and Growing through Art Education: C-V Ranch School’s Arts, Culture, Community & Wyoming Special-Needs Youths Program
Supported by the McCarthy Social Services Fund This story is from our fall 2021 newsletter. See the full newsletter here! Art can teach us things about ourselves that nothing else can. “Art lets me express my emotions in a safe way,” remarks one student at the C-V...
Horses Lend a Helpful Hoof for Mental Health: Rainhorse Equine Assisted Services
Supported by the Gordon & Edna Sykes Fund and S. Wesley & Margarget F. Hyatt Fund This story is from our fall 2021 newsletter. See the full newsletter here! Wyomingites know that when you face a problem, sometimes you just have to “cowboy up.” But some...
A Legacy of Literacy
From our Summer 2021 Newsletter, which you can read here! Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation: Wyoming Reads Every September, around 30 of Casper's most dedicated educators, volunteers and other community members gather to make an important decision. There is lobbying;...
A Second Chance at a Forever Home
From our Summer 2021 Newsletter, which you can read here! Black Dog Animal Rescue, Cheyenne and Statewide Auggie seemed hopeless. The stray, a miniature Australian shepherd, was deaf, and his deafness had made him anxious and high-strung. The family that found him...
Connecting to Nature, Connecting to One Another
From our Summer 2021 Newsletter, which you can read here! Casting for Recovery, Absaroka Ranch, Dubois It's not just about learning to fish," Mary Turney, program coordinator of Casting for Recovery, points out. "It's about the medical and emotional impacts of having...
Joe McGowan Memorial Fund
From WYCF's Spring 2018 Newsletter In November of 2014, Kevin and Anne McGowan received the worst possible news. Their 21-year-old son, Joe, lost his life while attempting to break up a fight. You can imagine, the event shook the McGowan family to the core. As Kevin...
More than Meets the Eye: Unaccompanied Students Initiative
Ellbogen Initiatives Fund at WYCF From our Fall 2020 Newsletter. See the full newsletter (PDF) here. t’s easy to judge a person or situation when you are on the outside looking in. We may not want to admit it, but we’ve all done it. For Tamara Moore, Executive...
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