Kurt Vonnegut said it best when he said, “Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake...Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” Embracing creative experiences as a universal tool to improve quality of life, Teton Arts has set out to grow our program …
Youth Philanthropy Gives Back
While last fall’s awards ceremony was in a non-traditional, Zoom format, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy Program rounded out its 10th year - granting $44,000 to date. This amazing program instills the concept of philanthropy in high school seniors while funding specific needs within our nonprofit community. Through this avenue, the Community Foundation is able to both …
Community Counts: Teton Valley Museum
A legacy to proudly exhibit: Teton Valley has abundant qualities to admire. It has super skiing, stunning mountains, beautiful meadows and streams. Its world class recreation and the support industries are booming. Cattle graze and crops flourish. Visitors to the Teton Valley Museum learn that the same things that draw people to Teton Valley now are what drew people here in the …
Community Counts: Teton Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Local veterinarians are not able to take in wildlife patients. Local DVM, Summer Lee Winger, sees the dilemma first-hand, that the regular veterinary clinic is not the channel for wildlife rehabilitation. “It is difficult in most cases to work on wildlife in a normal clinic setting. The goal of wildlife treatment is to treat, rehab, and release with as little human interference as …
Community Counts: St. Francis of the Tetons Episcopal Church
Since its beginnings in Teton Valley in 1993, St. Francis of the Tetons made community service a cornerstone of its ministry. Our mission statement puts it well: as followers of Jesus, we strive to “walk humbly, patiently and kindly with our neighbors.” Since its inception the church reached out through various networks to offer assistance to community members in …
Community Counts: Teton County Idaho Search and Rescue
Teton County Idaho Search and Rescue is a group of 28 volunteers who donated 3,226 hours in 2020 in training and rescues. The group is entirely made up of volunteers dedicated to providing the public prompt, professional emergency services for people who are lost, injured, stranded, or in need of rescue primarily within Teton County Idaho. Our team is enhanced by 4 …
Support the Community Foundation directly thru the Tin Cup Challenge!
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is a nonprofit that works year-round to support local organizations and our community. Our Competitive Grant program is just one of the avenues the Foundation uses to ensure necessary support of critical needs within our community. Competitive Grants are funded through the generosity of Business and Community Challengers …
Community Counts: Community Resource Center of Teton Valley
Resilient. Someone recently suggested this term to describe the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley (CRCTV) after a year spent responding to the pandemic. It caused us to pause and reflect. We most certainly had to flex, bend, think and reconfigure in order to rise to the challenges of 2020. Yet rise we did. With the help of generous donors, we were able to launch an online application that …
Community Counts: Teton Valley Food Pantry
Teton Valley Food Pantry (TVFP) leads the movement to end hunger in Teton Valley. In good and challenging times, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances live without a secure source of food on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. In 2020, the Teton Valley Food Pantry provided 3,890 household food distributions serving over 14,000 individuals; this …
Community Counts: Teton Valley Aquatics
Teton Valley is surrounded by beautiful trails, mountains, rivers, and lakes for us to explore, recreate on, and enjoy. Yet, many of these environments pose a threat to unprepared users, particularly our wonderful rivers, lakes, and ponds. Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death in the United States for ages 1-4 and the second leading cause of death for ages 5-9. In our valley alone, …