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February 2009

[click "Play" button to hear interview with Nancy Anderson]

The SMRC Angels left to right- Melanie Montoya, Nicole Hagan, Melissa Sumpter, Nancy Anderson, Angela Goforth, Lauren Shaddox
Melanie Montoya, Nicole Hagan, Melissa Sumpter,
Nancy Anderson, Angela Goforth, Lauren Shaddox

On Saturday night, February 7, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m., the San Miguel Resource Center holds its annual “Chocolate Lovers Fling,” an all-out bash and the nonprofit’s only major public fundraiser.

Supporting the Fling means help is on the way for you, a family member, or a neighbor should a call to the organization’s hotline ever become necessary.

The organization generates fully 1/3 of its annual budget from the Fling and counts on the generosity of contributors and the success of the event to be able to offer innovative services from these discretionary funds.

04 February, 2009 /

The Wilkinson Public Library and Telluride Adaptive Sports Program host a showing of the adventure movie, "Blindsight" and events with mountaineer/motivational speaker Jeff Evans on Wed, Feb. 4 and Thur, Feb. 5. On Wed. see Jeff at Schilling Studio and Gallery, 151 S. Pine, ($50/person,...

03 February, 2009 /

TIO's Eileen Burns was on hand this past weekend to capture (and join in) the festivities in the Mountain Village and on the Telluride ski mountain. Her video provides a view of the revelry, the scenery, and the art of ice sculpture that were enjoyed...

03 February, 2009 /

[ click to hear the interview with Maegan Boyce]

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Maegan and Peaks
co-worker Zabe James

The San Miguel Resource Center is a small nonprofit with only five employees, yet it provides a menu of services of  that includes:

Short-term counseling
Follow-up contact
Support group treatment
Emergency shelter/safehouse
Information and referral
Criminal justice system support
Personal and legal advocacy
Emergency financial assistance
Emergency housing assistance
Safety planning 
Children’s art alchemy

02 February, 2009 /

  [ Click to hear Susan's interview with Jessica Forsyth] 

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The CHIP team

It was the wish of the Telluride AIDS Benefit’s muse, Robert Presley, to keep WestCAP healthy. The community-based referral, advocacy and service provider helped him in his fight against AIDS and remains of paramount importance to everyone on the Western Slope living with HIV/AIDS. TAB’s largesse, however, extends beyond WestCAP, its primary beneficiary, to Denver, where over the years the nonprofit has been able to give thousands of dollars to the Children’s Hospital Immunodeficiency Program or CHIP.

CHIP began providing specialized care for HIV+ children in the Rocky Mountain region in 1991. CHIP remains the only entity in the region providing comprehensive, coordinated, family-centered services to infants, children, youth (13-24), pregnant women, and parents of HIV-infected children.

02 February, 2009 /

 Since 1977, the San Juan Mountains have been the site of an annual cultural event produced by the Telluride Society for Jazz. The Telluride Jazz Celebration combines performances on outdoor stages in during the day with theater and club shows at night: the best of both worlds.  With its new dates in June, which coincides with the 26th annual  Telluride Balloon Rally, the weekend event becomes even more colorful.

"Jazz means a certain kind of spontaneous interaction on stage and off. Because of how small we are, any impact on our home, Telluride, is positive," said Paul Machado, impresario, the Telluride Jazz Celebration. "At its improvisational center,  jazz in town is so good it makes your ears smile.

"Featured artists typically represent a tangle of styles  and rhythms that add up to one unforgettable experience in sound.

02 February, 2009 /

Another Telluride favorite event, KOTO's "Name That Tune" takes place at X Cafe at 7:00 pm, Friday evening, Feb 6.The top three teams will win great prizes, and there are audience prizes as well. However, pride in the winning teams' musical knowledge is the biggest...

01 February, 2009 /

A number of Telluride residents spoke to Beth Roberts of The New Community Coaltion about how to make Telluride, our region, and the world greener in 2009. On this video we hear from Giselle Winter, David Allen, Katie Klingsporn, Simon Collins, Andrew Dolese, and Nigel...

01 February, 2009 /

[click to hear Susan's interview with Andrew Currie of E2]

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Robert F. Kennedy, jr.

Environmental Entrepreneurs or E2 is a national community of business professionals who work towards developing economically beneficial solutions to top priority environmental issues. Specifically E2's diverse membership of about 850 nationally works in tandem with the Natural Resources Defense Council, lending the voices of experience needed to advance sound environmental policy based on the economic merits.

E2's bottom line: It is not business versus the environment. It is business and the environment.

The synergies between E2 and our region's The New Community Coalition are obvious: both organizations recognize that quality interactions among members of a community are key to identifying, coordinating, and implementing sustainable projects that secure our future locally, regionally, and nationally.

01 February, 2009 /