Aspen Community Foundation’s (ACF) service area spans an 80-mile corridor along the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers. Home to many working-class families struggling financially, ACF works to increase youth success across our region through community partnerships and philanthropy.
ACF directs a collection of funds that have been created by generous individuals, families, nonprofits, and businesses for charitable purposes. Each year ACF awards millions of dollars in grants to nonprofits from these funds. We appreciate and value these donors.
The Preschool on Wheels program provides preschool to children in Rifle, Silt, and New Castle who would not otherwise have an opportunity for early childhood education.
It is the first mobile preschool to be licensed by the state of Colorado.
It is the first mobile preschool to be licensed by the state of Colorado.
ACF board member, Jeanie Humble reads to students on Gus the Bus
ACF board member Jeannie Humble reads to preschool students on Gus the Bus, one of two mobile classroom serving children in Rifle, New Castle and Silt. “Gus the Bus” and “Sunshine Bus” are the first mobile preschool classrooms to be licensed in the state of Colorado.
Roaring Fork Valley FRL by the numbers
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41%
41% of our region's students qualify for FRL
47%
47% of students in Garfield County qualify for FRL
60%
Over 60% of Carbondale Middle School students qualify for FRL
70%
Over 70% of Rifle's Wamsley Elementary School students qualify for FRL
