phone: 719-221-1114
email: achurchsalida@gmail.com
website: achurchsalida.org
A Church is a community project that works to promote connection and provide an open space for nonprofits, civic groups and individuals working for positive change.
phone: 719.530.1198
email: info@avhelpinghands.org
website: arkvalley.helpfulvillage.com
Helping local older adults stay and thrive in their own homes with the help of local volunteers.
701 Gregg Drive,
Buena Vista, CO 81211
phone: 719-395-2737
website: www.ark-valley.org
email: info@ark-valley.org
Founded in 1995, Ark-Valley Humane Society ensures the welfare of companion animals through compassion and care. With a Live Release Rate of 99%, Ark-Valley Humane Society is dedicated to providing each animal with the care they deserve and the hope for a second chance.
709 Palmer Street
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-9500
website: www.bgcchaffee.org
email: director@bgcchaffee.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaffee County is part of a national affiliation of more than 4,000 local clubs with Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
phone: 719-395-6938
website: BVHope.org
email: buenvavistahope@gmail.com
Bringing our Valley HOPE is a non-profit organization with a vision to eliminate Human Trafficking within Central Colorado. Our mission is to prevent Human Trafficking through education and to support survivors.
phone: (719) 888-4955 , (708) 207-3009
email: meagan@careandshare.org
website: careandshare.org/food-bank-in-alamosa/
Care and Share Food Bank’s core purpose is to bridge the gap between hunger and abundance. Their mission is to provide food, partnering opportunities, and education to fight hunger and food insecurity in Southern Colorado communities. With your help, the future of Southern Colorado will be hunger-free.
phone: 719-539-3686
website: www.salidacaringsharing.org
email: salidacs@gmail.com
Non-profit, donation center, non-profit benevolence organization, free items for those in need. Donations appreciated. Volunteers needed!
Current Hours of Operation:
Thrift Store: Monday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm.
Thrift Store Donations: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (at the dock in the rear of the building – alley between 3rd and 4th Streets.) 10 am to 2 pm.
Resource and Assistance Center: Monday through Friday 10 am to 1 pm.
Sanctuary Soup Kitchen: Hot meal served Tuesday through Friday 11 am to 1 pm.
211 East 3rd St
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-207-4573
email: TThurman@cfigj.org
website: cfigj.org
The Center for Independence (CFI) is a 501c (3) non-profit operating under a government mandate going back to 1978. We were started in Grand Junction in 1982 by 3 blind women who wanted to know how to live independently with their vision loss. Fast forward to today and we provide case management and training services for people with disabilities across 12 counties of the Western Slope. Our home office is in Grand Junction with satellite offices in Montrose, Glenwood Springs and Salida.
phone: 719-539-7700
website: centralcoloradoconservancy.org
email: Jes@CentralColoradoConservancy.org
Conserve and restore: natural areas, water resources, scenic areas, view corridors, land for aesthetic or recreational value. Protect: riparian habitat, agricultural and ranching land, wild life habitat, fragile ecosystems. Enhance access to public lands. Preserve historic resources.
website: www.centralcoloradomountainriders.com
email: CentralColoradoMountainRiders@gmail.com
CCMR is an all-volunteer nonprofit motorcycle club and partners with local land managers to keep surrounding trails clear of downed and hazard trees, maintain existing trails, and advocate for new multiuse trails. We have formally adopted 8 singletrack trail segments in Chaffee, Fremont, and Saguache counties. Our trailhead kiosks are designed to educate and help prevent user conflict in order to create a positive recreation experience for all users.
phone: 719-221-0374
email: info@centralsbdc.org
website: centralsbdc.org
We support your business with no cost confidential consulting, free or low cost training, and access to capital. Schedule your initial appointment click here – centralsbdc.org/what-we-do/consulting/.
Email: Michaelhannigan7@gmail.com
Website: www.chaffeecommunity.org/
The new Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF) is one of the top priority projects to emerge from the Envision Chaffee County process earlier this year.
The Community Foundation has a unique opportunity to build on Envision momentum. CCCF will be able to engage diverse stakeholders to develop innovative solutions to challenges common across the intermountain west.
448 E 1st Street Suite 274
Salida, CO 81201
(Touber Building)
phone: 719-207-0502
email: chaffeecountycrimestoppers@gmail.com
website: www.facebook.com/CCCrimeStoppers
Crime Stoppers is a national Crime Stoppers organization that spans the United States to create a network of local programs that work together to prevent and solve crimes in communities and schools across the nation. Our vision is to establish Crime Stoppers as the premier community-based crime solving program.
7990 W. Hwy 50, Ste C
Salida CO, 81201
phone: 719-221-5114
website: www.ccecc.org
email: sromack@ccecc.org
Founded in 2007, Chaffee County Early Childhood Council (CCECC) is a non-profit, serving ages 0-8, that facilitates broad collaboration across the communities of Chaffee County to identify and address local needs related to early childhood.
123 G Street
PO Box 1011
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-2018
website: www.chaffeecountyedc.com
email: info@chaffeecountyedc.com
The mission of the Chaffee County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) is to assure that Chaffee County is Open for Business and to retain, expand, and create jobs in Chaffee County. The CCEDC is comprised of a working board of successful local business people that are deeply rooted and representative of the community and have experience with a wide range of issues.
10165 County Road 120
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-6151
Non-profit organization. The Chaffee County Fair occurs annually, the end of July to the first part of August. The Fairgrounds offer many amenities, including a 6,000-foot exhibit hall, meeting room with demonstration kitchen, commercial kitchen, a 10,000-foot event center, open-air livestock pavilion, two outdoor arenas, paved and unpaved parking, RV park with electricity and livestock and horse stalls. The Fairgrounds can handle many events. Past events include motorcycle rallies, state horse show and rodeo events, RV group rendezvous, 4×4 rallies, estate and antique auctions, music concerts and many others.
448 East 1st St. Suite 137
Salida , CO 81201
phone: 719-539-4510
Chaffee County Public Health is dedicated to promoting health and preventing disease by supporting individuals, families, and communities. Our services include, but are not limited to:
230 W. 16th Street
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-920-3497
email: info@chaffeehousingauthority.org
website: chaffeehousingauthority.org
The Chaffee Housing Authority was formed in October of 2019 through agreements between Chaffee County, Buena Vista, and Salida, with the purpose of ensuring all Chaffee County residents and workers have access to safe, stable, and affordable housing.
phone: 719-395-8059
website: www.collegiatepeaksforum.org
The Collegiate Peaks Forum Series sponsors free lectures featuring nationally recognized persons schooled in Philosophy, Religion/Spirituality and Science. Lectures feature a 45 to 60 minute presentation by the speaker followed by 30-40 minutes of lively Q&A with the lecturer. The Collegiate Peaks Forum, Inc. is a Colorado non-profit corporation and all donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
phone: 303-507-7664
website: www.coloradobeer.org
email: guild@coloradobeer.org
The Colorado Brewers Guild is made up of 44 independent breweries in Colorado whose common goal is promoting the enjoyment of fresh beers brewed locally.
website: https://www.coloradofarmtotable.org/
email: info@coloradofarmtotable.org
phone: 719-207-2209
Colorado Farm To Table is a 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit organization that grows nutritious vegetables for donation to those in need of healthy food throughout Colorado.
We grow, harvest, and donate fresh, healthy, sustainably grown produce, at no cost, specifically to organizations feeding food-insecure Colorado families struggling to put food on the table.
CFTT engages youth and people of all ages in volunteer farming experiences to grow high quality, nutritious produce for hungry families in Colorado. People from all walks of life work together at Colorado Farm To Table. Volunteers are encouraged and welcome. Working side-by-side is a great way to soak up some sunshine, get in some high-altitude exercise and make new friends while helping those in need. We think you’ll find it to be a rewarding, hands-on experience.
6573 Ridge Road
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-221-3307
email: jmallett541@gmail.com
website: coloradoheadwaters.org
Protecting our water at the source: Colorado Headwaters is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We focus on public land and water conservation on the public lands and ranches. Colorado Headwaters is dedicated to protecting the Colorado and other headwaters rivers at their source. Threatened headwaters ecosystems are crucial to Colorado’s prosperity and well-being. We must act now to protect vital resources.
phone: 719-239-4500
website: www.coloradotints.com
email: coloradotints@gmail.com
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Colorado TINTS is Salida’s most original theater company. Standing for “theater in non-traditional spaces, TINTS was established in Dec 2017 to bring original, under-reported/unknown stories to the public through theater. TINTS is committed to making theater shows accessible to audiences by utilizing non-traditional theater spaces such as community centers, restaurants, schools, etc. TINTS is comprised of a team of writers, directors, actors, producers and filmmakers who partner with community groups and individuals to create original, socially relevant work.
phone: 719-395-6938
website: eahaven.org
The vision of Elizabeth Ann’s Haven is to make available a safe community for women who are survivors of human trafficking: a community that works together to build hope-filled futures.
The mission of Elizabeth Anne’s Haven is to offer a safe sanctuary and to provide tools for women residents who are survivors of human trafficking, enabling rehabilitation of their body, mind and spirit.
We are currently fundraising to build a home in Chaffee County to house 6 women. It will use a two-year free residential program incorporating intensive outpatient programs, 12-step meetings, school and or job readiness classes, employment, financial planning, fiscal stability and finally a transition plan to move out of the home.
phone: 719-530-2583
email: sbarron@chaffeecounty.org
Family & Youth Initiatives is a prevention division within Chaffee Health and Human Services that provides support to over 1000 local youth and families a year. Programs range from one-on-one mentoring between adults and youth, to parenting and family programs, to educational programs, to divert youth from high risk behaviors.
240 N F Street
Salida, CO 81201
email: fibark.colorado@gmail.com
website: Fibark.com
FIBArk Community Paddling Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting community members to discover white water paddle sports through yearly events and programs. They work to provide local youth with the opportunity to safely engage in whitewater paddle sports and learn river safety and etiquette and offering a space where community members can learn about whitewater paddle sports, the history of the Arkansas River and the history of the FIBArk organization.
phone: 719-398-0301
email: Info@FoodshedAlliance.com
website: FoodshedAlliance.com
The Foodshed Alliance is a grassroots, cooperative nonprofit. Our mission is to facilitate a thriving local food economy by strengthening relationships between local producers and the community. We manage the farmers markets in Buena Vista and Salida as well as host ShedFest, a hyper-local, end-of-season celebration of the region’s talents and bounty.
website: www.brownscanyon.org
The mission of Friends of Browns Canyon (FOBC) is “To protect, conserve, and enhance the ecological and aquatic resources of the wildlands within Browns Canyon.”
8913 W. Hwy 50
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
phone – tours: 719-539-6177
website: HutchinsonHomestead.org
The Hutchinson Ranch, established in 1868, is one of the oldest continuously operating cattle ranches in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. It was honored as a Centennial Ranch by the State of Colorado in 1986. The Homestead house itself, built in 1873-74, was listed in the National Registry of Historic Places in 1973.
448 E. 1st Street, Suite 208
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-530-5597
email: director@fullcirclerj.org
website: www.fullcirclerj.org
FCRJ is a non-profit 501c3 organization that promotes the safety of our community by
PO Box 1964
Wheat Ridge, CO 80034
phone: 720-917-4900
email: yrichard@goodbusinessco.org
website: https://goodbusinesscolorado.org/
Good Business Colorado is a grassroots organization of values-driven business owners challenging the lines of partisanship and advocating for a prosperous economy, equitable communities, and a sustainable environment. Our members believe that business success cannot be measured by profit alone and that business plays a key role in ensuring our planet, communities, and bottom lines are all thriving.
209 E 3rd Street
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-5106
website: www.garna.org
emai: info@garna.org
A nonprofit membership-driven organization whose mission is to foster stewardship of the resources of the Arkansas River region through education, volunteerism and experiences. We accomplish our mission through formal partnerships with natural resource agencies and work with local, like-minded organizations, development awareness of and appreciation for the resources of the Greater Arkansas River Area through educational activities, volunteer projects, community involvement and partnerships.
8913 W. Hwy 50
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-239-0955
email: info@guidestonecolorado.org
website: www.guidestonecolorado.org
Guidestone is a 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit organization that is growing a vibrant agricultural future through education, community building, and partnerships.
Office Address
27951 CR 319
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Office Phone: 719-395-0482
ReStore Phone: 719-966-6004
website: www.chaffeehabitat.org
email: info@chaffeehabitat.org
email: Jenny@chaffeehabitat.org
Chaffee County Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit ecumenical Christian housing ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child is entitled to a simple, decent, affordable place to dwell in dignity and safety. Our focus is not simply the construction of a house or houses, but also the empowerment of the residents in our community. Chaffee County Habitat, an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, was founded in January, 2000.
website: www.heartoftherockieswedding.com
email: heartoftherockieswedding@gmail.com
Heart of the Rockies Wedding Association is a collaboration of multiple vendors and venues involved in the wedding industry of Chaffee County.
email: info@LWVChaffeeCounty.org
website: www.lwvchaffeecounty.org
The League of Women Voters of Chaffee County (LWVCC) is a nonpartisan political organization open to all men and women of voting age, members of all political parties and unaffiliated voters. The Chaffee County League was formed in 2003 and today has more than 100 members — including women and men of all ages from Buena Vista, Poncha Springs, Salida, and elsewhere in the county. The League encourages informed and active participation in government; works to increase understanding of major public policy issues; influences public policy through education and advocacy; and holds public meetings to present and discuss local issues. Monthly programs are open to the public and cover a wide range of issues important to the county and state.
Mobile Dance Group
website: www.monarchmavericks.wordpress.com
email: monarch.mavericks@yahoo.com
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The Monarch Mavericks is an SSD / Plus / Rounds square dance club that dances every 2nd and 4th Saturday afternoons of the month at the American Legion Hut, 10th & H, in Salida, Colorado. Square dancing is from 1:30-4:00 with rounds between tips. Pre-rounds for round dancers is 12:45-1:15. Professional callers from Colorado and surrounding states always deliver a fun, high-spirited dance experience. The Mavericks are high energy, all-inclusive, singles and couples of all genders are welcome, and novice dancers are especially encouraged.
phone – shuttle: (719) 530-8980, (719) 530-0223
website: www.mountainvalleytransit.com
email: info@mountainvalleytransit.com
website: www.peaktopeakpickleball.com
email: Pickleball Ambassador, Cheryl Piderit Piderit2@live.com
Peak to Peak Pickleball Club, as a volunteer and non-profit organization, is dedicated to promoting and facilitating the sport of Pickleball in Chaffee County and the surrounding area, thereby:
145 Sabeta Avenue (Office)
P.O. BOX 129 (Mail)
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
phone: 719-539-3381
fax: 888-869-9066
cell: 719-207-0307
cell 2: 719-850-2078
website: rocc.realtor
email: rocc-ceo@rocc.realtor
As a chartered local association through the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), REALTORS® of Central Colorado (ROCC) brings the power of NAR and the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) to the local REALTOR® and affiliate members. After merging with the San Luis Valley Board of REALTORS® in 2015, ROCC provides services, including MLS, to its members in Salida, Buena Vista, Leadville, Fairplay, Westcliffe, Alamosa, Monte Vista, and South Fork. The Upper Arkansas and San Luis Valleys are home to ROCC and our members.
phone: 719-207-4150
website: www.salidaartwalk.com
email: info@salidaartwalk.com
For more than 22 years in a row, visitors from throughout the Rocky Mountain region will converge on Salida, CO, in late June for the mountain town’s eagerly awaited “Salida ArtWalk” weekend.
148 E. 2nd Street
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-6976
email: bpoe808@bresnan.net
Non-profit, fraternal organization.
phone: 303-641-3534
email: 20091112SB@gmail.com
The Salida Bridge Club is a non-profit organization with a three fold mission: to promote the game of contract bridge with a duplicate format, to create a fun and exciting activity open to beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert players, and to foster great programming through our fundraising for the Salida School District. Join us every Thursday from 11am to 3pm. Lessons, light lunch, and game provided. Reservations: Sue and Randy 303-641-3534.
Jennifer Dempsey
140 North C Street
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-239-4500
website: thesalidacircus.com
www.socialcircuscolorado.org
email: info@salidacircus.com
The Salida Circus Outreach Foundation (SCOF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in September 2007 to provide circus training to children and adults in Chaffee County a personal development and community-building tool. Tutors offer weekly workshops and three annual camps to teach acrobatics, stiltwalking, juggling, trapeze, unicycling, plate-spinning, clowning and more. Participants have the opportunity to participating in more than 20 shows per year at senior centers, nursing homes, festivals, fundraisers, parades and other community events.
phone: 719-539-3351
website: www.salidacommunitycenter.org
email: info@salidacommunitycenter.com
The Salida Community Center’s mission is to promote an environment of support and advocacy to adults by fostering opportunities for fellowship, recreation, health and wellness, life-long learning and partnering with other community organizations.
phone: 719-207-4456
website: www.salidaaspenconcerts.org
Salida Aspen Concerts is a nonprofit, community-funded partnership with the Aspen Music Festival and School that has brought world-renowned classical musicians to Salida and Buena Vista for more than 40 years. Always appreciative, our enthusiastic audiences bring performers, like Joyce Yang, William Hagen and Orli Shaham, back to Salida year after year.
phone: 719-207-1480
toll free: 719.581.9812
website: www.salidacouncilforthearts.org
email: info@salidacouncilforthearts.org
The Salida Council for the Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Salida, Colorado. The organization was originally founded in 2002 as the nonprofit “ArtWorks, For the Heart of the Rockies,” with an aim to facilitate community access to arts grants and other types of government and foundation funding.
email: salidafiberfestival@gmail.com
website: www.salidafiberfestival.com
The Salida Fiber Festival, started in 2012 and conducted entirely by volunteers, has become one of the premier events in Central Colorado and one of the most diverse and well-attended fiber festivals in the West.
website: www.salidamountaintrails.org
email: salidamountaintrails@gmail.com
Salida Mountain Trails (SMT) is an all-volunteer 501c3 organization dedicated to planning, building, and maintaining non-motorized multi-use recreational trails near the City of Salida. We were founded in 2004 to address the need for developing legal, environmentally responsible trails to replace a network of user-created unsustainable trails. We have built over 23 miles of trails near Salida – creating both the Arkansas Hills Trail System and the Methodist Mountain Trail System. SMT has established strong effective relationships with the BLM, Forest Service, City of Salida, Chaffee County, and local professional trail builders.
406 1/2 W. Hwy. 50
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-7483
website: www.salidamuseum.org
email: salidamuseum@gmail.com
The Salida Museum was opened in 1954, using two back rooms of the Hot Springs Pool. The museum was founded and operated by Harriet Alexander. When Mrs. Alexander died in 1971, she left funds to build the current museum building.
215 E. 3rd St.
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-539-7436
email: administrator@salidapregnancycenter.com
website: www.salidapregnancycenter.com
The mission of the Salida Pregnancy Resource Center is to support our community through life affirming action. We fulfill that mission through providing services to families and women with unplanned pregnancies as well as families with planned pregnancies. We offer pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, STD testing, pregnancy information, parenting classes, birth control information, adoption and abortion information, classes for dads, material support through our Baby Boutique. We are connected with many organizations that serve pregnant women and their young children such as Baby and Me; Tobacco Free, Nurturing Parenting classes, Nurse Family Partnership, Chaffee County Early Childhood Council, and Early Head Start. We were established in 1989 to provide support to women choosing to carry an unplanned pregnancy to term. In 2016 we have served over 125 families in and around Salida.
website: www.clubrunner.ca/salida
“Service above Self.” Rotary is an international service organization. In Salida, Rotary is the largest service organization with 60 active members – known locally for the Band Shell in Riverside Park, scholarships given annually to deserving high-school students, for the annual Memorial Day Bluegrass Festival, 4th of July Beer Garden, and for the many contributions given annually to needy community organizations.
email: ssabclub@gmail.com
website: salidaschools.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/SalidaSpartanAthleticBoosterClub
The purpose of the Salida Spartan Athletic Booster Club is to celebrate and support all Spartan athletes and coaches. Membership is one of the many ways the group collects funds to support athletics in the form of team grants, athlete and coach dinners, and scholarships for graduating seniors.
944 E. Rainbow Boulevard, PMB 221
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-239-0085
website: www.clubrunner.ca/salidasunrise
email: salidasunriserotary@gmail.com
The Salida Sunrise Rotary Club was started on August 4, 2011. It is the second Rotary Club in Salida, Colorado making the total number of Rotarians in our community of over 100! We focus on service to local youth, the environment and international service.
phone: 720-261-6294
email: lesliannematthews@gmail.com
website: salidatheaterfestival.com
The Salida Theater Festival is a in their second year as a non-profit unity, as of 2024. The Salida Theater Festival is an all volunteer organization designed to market and promote the Salida Theater Festival. The volunteers bring together multiple theater production companies to participate in each year’s festival. These companies are mainly local to Chaffee County, but invitations also go out to outside companies. In 2023, the Salida Theater Festival had a company in Chicago, and in 2024, there will be one from Denver.
7405 W US HWY 50, Suite #122
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-530-5980
website: www.connectingcolorado.com
email: Debbie.Jordan@state.co.us (Career Services)
email: adaly.guerra@state.co.us (Business Services)
Workforce Centers provide a variety of FREE services to assist employers and job seekers alike.
These include:
Workforce Center “Career Counselors” can connect workers and Job Seekers with local employment, training, and educational opportunities, as well as any available funding; they can also help clients improve their interviewing skills and resume.
27900 County Road 319
Buena Vista, CO 81211
phone: 719-398-3530
email: tortega@mtnboces.org
website: mtnboces.org
The purpose of SWAP is to assist young adults in making the transition from school to employment, provide successful employment outcomes, increase community linkages, and new patterns of service for young adults. SWAP is intended to provide employment-related assistance to young adults with disabilities, who are experiencing mild to moderate barriers to employment.
phone: 303-720-4509
email: caprice@teamevergreen.org
website: shiftevents.org
Shift Events is a 501c3 nonprofit with the aim of benefitting communities through our top-tier cycling events, including the annual Salida76 bicycle race in Salida, CO.
The heart of our operation lies in our commitment to community improvement. A substantial part of our earnings is directed to projects and nonprofit organizations that make real differences in people’s lives – over $4M in our history.
Silver Cliff Ranch (SCR) is a nonprofit rental facility that combines an awe-inspiring natural setting with a culture of service to create a welcoming place for youth and families to heal, learn, and joyfully explore through positive, outdoor experiences and authentic interactions. With rustic, cabin lodging and dining services for over 200 people alongside amenities including a hot-springs fed swimming pool, full-size gymnasium, and historic Opera House meeting space, SCR is an affordable, year-round destination for church youth groups, nonprofits serving underserved youth, and families with minor children.
phone: 719-221-4008
email: info@salidaparksopenspacetrails.org
website: https://salidaparksopenspacetrails.org/
Salida-area Parks, Open-space & Trails (SPOT) is a volunteer, non-profit organization with a mission to promote the creation, preservation, improvement and appreciation of parks, open space and trails in the greater Salida area.
220 W. Sackett
Salida, CO 81201
phone: 719-530-0933
website: www.salidasteamplant.com
email: info@salidasteamplant.com
The SteamPlant is a stylish, urban event venue in downtown Salida. Great gatherings of all kinds happen at the SteamPlant including conferences, concerts, weddings and theatrical events. Owned by the City of Salida, the SteamPlant Event Center will provide a special and memorable venue for your event.
phone: 518-598-3440
website: sitsi.org
email: synergyinserviceindustry@gmail.com
Synergy in the Service Industry is a new 501[C][3] non-profit in Chaffee County. Synergy’s vision is to support and normalize access to mental health and wellness in the Chaffee County food and beverage service industry. Synergy removes barriers to accessing affordable mental health and substance use treatment by covering the cost of mental health care sessions. Any current service industry worker who is interested in obtaining free mental health care sessions can email Synergyinserviceindustry@gmail.com to start the process. Through mental health support, county wide training and awareness, Synergy aims to foster the creation of health workplaces.
phone: 719-539-7347 (available 24 hours a day)
website: alliancechaffee.org
email: director@salidaalliance.org
Counseling services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, crisis intervention, support groups, emergency financial assistance and legal advocacy to adult and child victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. All services confidential and free of charge. A non-profit.
website: www.collegiatepeakstu.org
Non-profit organization whose goal is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s cold water fisheries and their watersheds. Activities include habitat restoration projects, stream enhancement, educational classes for all ages (fly casting, fly tying, water quality, entomology, etc), fishing outings, clean-ups, informative programs, etc. Meetings alternate between Salida and Buena Vista on the second Wednesday of the month. Check website.
3224-A Independence Road
Canon City, CO 81212
phone: 719.275.7408
website: www.uaacog.com
email: victoria.casey@cwfc.net
UAACOG was formed in 1974 under Federal Legislation and State Executive Order allowing the formation of “regional councils.” There are 14 planning and management regions in Colorado. The purpose of the organization is to provide community services on a regional basis that are not practical or efficient to provide on an individual county or municipal basis. Services have evolved over the years, but the benefits are more important than ever.
phone: 719.539.4396
website: valleytovalley.net
We provide Seniors with activities, socialization and support services in a safe, friendly, dignified, loving and caring environment. We are State certified, Alzheimer’s Association recognized.
phone: 603-960-2090
website: www.waldenchambermusic.org
email: Jgkriebel47@gmail.com
Walden Chamber Music Society is a non-profit organization which presents classical chamber music concerts to our mountain community. Walden Chamber Music Society also makes generous donations to local schools to assist with their music programs, and to help students gain an appreciation of classical music. Their concerts are free for students K-12. In 2025, they are entering into their 23rd season of presenting concerts.
