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Thank You Letters

KYD thanks Bayfield Middle School

Know Your Dough, a Durango nonprofit that provides financial literacy programs tailored to the needs of local youth and young adults, would like to thank Bayfield Middle School and teachers Liz Cartwright and Taylor Swanemyr for hosting The Money Game program. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve local youth.

Allison Andersen, KYD executive director

‘Our Place’ thanks supporters

As Adult Day Care at “Our Place” comes to a close, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our many supporters over the last 7½ years. All our amazing volunteers’ dedication to clients was exemplary. Our program would not have been possible without them.

Thank you to: Elizabeth Crawford, Kay Neal, Terry Clark, Liz Oetter, Evelyn Ramey, Kathy Schuetz, Sheri Ligtenberg, Betty Kibby, Linda Curtiss, Susie Stuber, Glenda Ehrig, Margaret Crawley, Rowean Crader, Angela Fernandez, Elaine Hartnett, Marilyn Monger, Vic Lopez, Marie Davidson, Carra-Lyn Lappen, Terri Belcher, Becky Blair, Kay Seiwald, Beth Robinson, Mary Kay Aigner, Ron Holligan, Tom Schiltgen, Phylis Tucker, Kevin McCarthy, Jerry Mulder, Louetta Phelps, Jim Ottman, Connie Trautman, Jane Marentette, Claudia Root, Janice Lyons, Kathy Albert, Tammy Hoier, Barbara Elliott, Jeri Wood, Tom West, Marliss Nelson, Jan Mallet, Lilian Tucker, Sallie Collum, Betty Loffer, Jeni Mimmack, Cindy Burnett, Laura Burnett, Sandy Goodell, Chrissy Bernard, Katie McGuinn, Donna Stone, Nancy Custer, Terry Harris, Sheila Burnett (deceased) and Ida Kolb (deceased).

Thank you to Fast Signs and First National Bank of Durango for the generous support; the businesses and individuals who donated to our golf tournaments over the years; Durango/La Plata Senior Center for providing the Meals on Wheels program; caregivers who trusted us to care for their loved ones; and all the organizations who have blessed us with grants and support: Colorado Respite Coalition, Durango Area Association of Realtors, La Plata Electric Association, Durango Civitan International, Sky Ute Casino Resort, First United Methodist Thrift, Life Church, Allison Community Presbyterian, First Presbyterian Church, Marvel Grange, Ballantine Family Fund, United Methodist Women, Purgatory Resort, Wells Fargo and the Columbine Classic Duet golf tournament.

Last, but certainly not least, thank you to our amazing, hardworking and talented board members: Tom Stuber, Liz Oetter, Terry Clark, Kay Neal, Curt Johnson, Tom Schiltgen, Jim Ottman, Elaine Hartnett, Ruth Micikas, Reg Graham, Pat Beard, Phyllis Tucker, Louise Saunders, Marti Sheppard, Mike Brinnon, Sandy Goodell, Erin Youngblood, Michelle Schramko, Elizabeth Crawford, Dr. Marie Davidson, Christie Schler, Marcie Jung, Adele Brown, Duane Heidenriech, Dottie McShan, Dr. Vic Lopez, Roger Haney, Robb Bourdon and Karen Wallace.

To my wonderful assistant Michelle Winner, what a blessing it was to work beside you.

It has been an honor and a privilege to manage “Our Place.” I am so grateful to the 62 families who entrusted their loved ones to our care and First United Methodist Church for giving me the opportunity to serve them.

Tanya Boyce, executive director of Adult Day Care at “Our Place”

#MeToo march supporters thanked

On behalf of the Indivisible Durango women’s rights #MeToo march and rally, we would like to thank all who supported the event: traffic-control volunteers, the city of Durango, Mike Kelly, Durango Police Department, Smiley Café, Gail Harris, Merken Karr, Jude Harrison, Natalia Sells, Sexual Assault Services Organization, Planned Parenthood, Women’s Resource Center and Indivisible Durango.

Thank you for helping make a difference in Durango.

Sweetie Marbury