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24th Annual Philanthropy Awards Honors Community MembersThe 24th Annual Philanthropy Awards on November 21st celebrated the vital contributions nonprofit organizations and individuals make to our mountain community. Friends, colleagues, community and family members gathered at Keystone Conference Center to honor this year’s Philanthropy Award recipients. The event, sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, Climax Molybdenum Company and The Summit Foundation, recognized and honored donors, volunteers, nonprofit leaders, and organizations for their commitment to the community through varying entities.

The 2014 awards were presented to Sha Miklas as Outstanding Board Member, Brian Edney as Outstanding Citizen, Lake Dillon Theatre Company as the Outstanding Community Organization, Ashley Smith as Outstanding Educator, Nubia Sanchez as Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit Organization, Laura and Jerry Dziedzic as the Dr. Oliver Stonington Outstanding Philanthropists, Sue Rodgers as Outstanding Volunteer, Ben Hull as Outstanding Youth, Jeff Westcott as the David Olbright Outstanding Youth Mentor, and Conexiones received the Community Collaboration Award. Including this year’s recipients, 242 individuals, families, community organizations and businesses have been recognized for their generosity and support to our community over the past 24 years.

Honored as Outstanding Board Member, Sha Miklas serves as Board President for High Country Conservation Center. In addition, she volunteers

with Continental Divide Land Trust and Domus Pacis Family Respite. She is known for her natural leadership, chairing events and committees for these nonprofits, and for inspiring others to become more active in the Summit County community.

Outstanding Citizen Brian Edney spearheaded the extraordinary fund-raising efforts for the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center. He led Summit County Library Foundation’s revitalization and helped form the Capital Campaign committee for this $2 million fund-raising effort. Brian also chairs Silverthorne’s economic advisory committee, serves on the Board of Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival and has been instrumental in establishing a neighborhood scholarship program which has raised $100,000.

Celebrating its 20th season, Lake Dillon Theatre Company (LDTC) was recognized as Outstanding Community Organization. LDTC was complemented for its community partnership initiatives including the LDTC Gives Back program, in which they offer up to four performances annually to support fellow nonprofit organizations, as well as their arts scholarship program, youth theatre workshop scholarship program and an integrated in-school enrichment program.

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Ashley Smith, Language Arts Instructor at Summit Middle School, was honored as this year’s Outstanding Educator. Nominated by one of her students, Ashley exemplifies enthusiasm, optimism, mentoring, and an ability to develop meaningful relationships with both students and staff. In addition, she is valued for her inspiration and supportive nature as a coach of the high school rugby team.

Honored as Outstanding Professional in a Nonprofit Organization, Nubia Sanchez serves as the Parent Educator at Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC). A former resident of Mexico, Nubia has been in this position with FIRC for nine years and has helped over 200 local children, along with their parents, achieve developmental milestones to help them enter kindergarten ready to succeed. In addition, Nubia leads the monthly Mamacitas group which is empowering Latino women in our community.

This year’s Dr. Oliver Stonington Outstanding Philanthropist Award recognized Laura and Jerry Dziedzic. Jerry currently serves as President of the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance (BHA), while Laura serves as President of Breckenridge Music Festival (BMF). In addition to their generosity to organizations like BHA, BMF and The Summit Foundation, the Dziedzics made a lead gift in the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center’s capital campaign.

With hundreds of volunteer hours logged in our community annually, Sue Rodgers was aptly recognized as Outstanding Volunteer. Known as the “go-to” parent, Sue has coordinated hot meals during parent teacher conferences at both Summit Middle School and High School. As a board member of Summit Youth Hockey, Sue manages the volunteers for their annual Hockey Classic. Additionally, Sue serves as a Mountain Mentor, has been fostering a dog and her seven puppies for the Summit County Animal Shelter, and annually co-chairs a rummage sale for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Summit High School Senior Ben Hull was recognized as the Outstanding Youth. A pre-collegiate program student, Ben serves as Class President, President of the Spanish Honor Society, as well as Captain of the Summit Tigers football team. Ben is a Gold Honor Roll student and has been a member of the Leadership class each of his four years at Summit High. In February, Ben participated in a medical mission trip to Haiti.

The David Olbright Outstanding Youth Mentor Award was given to Jeff Westcott. “Westy” has been a mentor to local youth for the past 20 years as a ski race coach and the past 13 years as the founder and director of Mountain Bike Junior League. Westy has inspired youth to be respectful, active participants and to volunteer in and appreciate our community. Through his personal connection with every kid in his programs, he encourages sportsmanship and the development of good character.

The Community Collaboration Award was presented to Conexiones, a collaboration between Summit School District and FIRC. The partnership connects English Language Learner families with home visits and classes to improve academic success. Student attendance, behavior and test scores have shown marked improvements in the 70 families served through this program.

The Summit Foundation thanks the community for all of their heartfelt nominations and support for these wonderful individuals and organizations.

In mid-December, The Summit Foundation will be moving its office from Lincoln Avenue to the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center (BGVCC) on Harris Street in Breckenridge. The new offices will encompass nearly 1,600 square feet, providing a conference meeting room and reception area, along with room for future growth in the organization’s staffing.

The Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center is the home of a $10 million renovation collaboration between the Town of Breckenridge, Summit County Government, and a successful Capital Campaign that brought in contributions from various foundations and generous donors. This building was the original 1909 Schoolhouse in Breckenridge and has served many uses over the past 100 years, most recently as the Colorado Mountain College campus in Breckenridge.

Located on the third floor, The Summit Foundation offices will be adjacent to offices for Breckenridge Film Festival, as well as an archive room for Breckenridge Heritage Alliance. Also located in the building will be the South Branch of the Summit County Library, community conference space with a catering kitchen, a coffee shop, and the Speakeasy Movie Theater.

We invite you to visit us in our new offices at the BGVCC Grand Opening Celebration on January 10, 2015 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information on the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center, visit bgvcenter.org.

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Help us Reduce our Carbon FootprintIf you would prefer to receive our newsletter electronically, send an email to sumfound@summitfoundation.org, and provide your preferred email address as well as your full mailing address so we may remove your address from the printed publication.

From the time they purchased their first home in Breckenridge in 1989, Susan Propper and her husband Don Dankner knew their retirement home would be in Summit County. In 2010, that intention came to fruition when they became full-time residents and began their involvement in Summit County’s nonprofit community.

“We always felt that retirement would give us the chance to give back to our community and Summit County presents so many rewarding opportunities to do this work,” Susan said.

Before their move to Colorado, Susan and Don both worked as lawyers in Washington, D.C. Their legal skills and background have been instrumental in their volunteer work for groups like Continental Divide Land Trust, Summit Community Care Clinic, Summit Public Radio and TV, as well as Family & Intercultural Resource Center. They have also begun a mentoring program for first-generation college students at Colorado Mountain College.

In addition, Susan is one of the newest members of The Summit Foundation’s Board of Trustees, having joined the Board in January 2014. She and Don have been long-time supporters of The Foundation, but she is pleased to now have the chance to increase her involvement.

“I believe that The Foundation is a key component of the nonprofit community in this area,” Susan noted. “It helps so many good organizations accomplish important missions and provides benefits to all of us who live or vacation here. I’m proud to be a part of that effort.”

Board of Trustee ProfileSusan Propper

Photo by Carl Scofield

Susan and Don are avid hikers, cross country skiers and enjoy snow shoeing. They have two grown daughters, one resides in Washington, D.C. and the other lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Membership in the Peaks Society Continues to GrowThe Peaks Society of The Summit Foundation was established to honor and recognize the generosity and foresight of individuals who have planned for the future by designating a gift in their estate to meet ongoing community needs. Naming The Summit Foundation as a beneficiary in your will, retirement plan, trust or insurance policy can be the simplest gift to permanently link your long-standing support to The Summit Foundation.

The Peaks Society celebrates those who have made a commitment to The Summit Foundation to continue to support charitable causes after their lifetimes. Thank you to these individuals who have let The Summit Foundation know of their planned gift intentions. We hope others are inspired by their example. Members of The Peaks Society include:

Lauren and Ken AdamsPamela and Arthur AlbinSusan Rae AndersonMaureen and Mike BartelLarry BeebeLynne and Bill ByrneSue and Howard CarverPatti and Tim Casey

Marsha and Cary Cooper Nancy and Bob Follett Ann and Tim Gagen Marge and Jerry GavendaElly and Bob Gordman Judy and Fred GreenKathy and Jim GrotemeyerLinda and Richard Hague

Marilyn and Marc HoganPat HutsonNancy and Tom KeltnerSally and Andy LewisJoanne and Dick MasicaCindi and Kevin McDonaldJen and Bob McIntoshRobert E. Miller

Amy and Rob MillisorDebra and John Boyd MitchellPam and Rick OshloDave PattersonKasey and Bradd ProvorseSandee and Steve SmithAnnMarie Damian and Jack TaylorMary Jane and Hans Wurster

Recognizing The Summit Foundation as a beneficiary in your IRA is one way to leave a legacy gift to your community – and has significant tax advantages for your heirs. If you have made a charitable estate gift to The Summit Foundation, or are considering making a planned gift to recognize The Foundation, please consider informing The Summit Foundation so we may also recognize you as a member of The Peaks Society. Beyond preparing a gift to The Summit Foundation and informing us, members have no obligations. Thank you for considering The Summit Foundation in your legacy planning. To learn more about planned giving and/or The Peaks Society, contact The Summit Foundation’s Director of Development Kasey Provorse.

The Summit Foundation Takes Initial Steps to Improve Grant Process and Measure OutcomesThe Summit Foundation’s Board of Trustees has been working diligently to identify ways the organization can improve grantmaking and better measure the impact and outcomes of grant allocations. With the guidance of Mission Spark, a consulting firm specializing in this area, we have reviewed best practices in grantmaking and outcome measurement and met with donors, board members and area nonprofit organizations to identify outcome measurement processes that would provide information on the impact of The Summit Foundation grants and the corresponding programs of our community nonprofits.

The Summit Foundation is ready to introduce the first phase of this initiative. We have carefully redefined our current general funding categories into five key “Impact areas”. Through these impact areas, The Summit Foundation intends to be able to measure and communicate the impact of our grantee initiatives.

New Impact Areas Current Grant Categories that may fit in the respective Impact Area Foster Healthy & Safe Communities Health & Human Services

Create Bright Futures for Children & Youth Education, Health & Human Services, Sports & Recreation Encourage Community Engagement & Enrichment Arts & Culture Create Thriving Adult Communities Education, Health & Human Services, Sports & Recreation Promote Environmental Stewardship Environmental Stewardship

The overall intent of this initiative is to better quantify the impact of our grants – ultimately to “grant smarter.” We anticipate that this Initiative will enable The Summit Foundation to better demonstrate the impacts of our grants to our donors and communities, as well as to measure how well we are performing against our stated Mission of “…improving the quality of life…in Summit and neighboring Communities.”

The full implementation of this Outcomes Measurement Initiative will be gradually and carefully phased in over the next several grant cycles.

For more information on these impact areas, and their effect on grant applications, contact Lee Zimmerman at 970.453.5970.

Honor Clients and Family Members this Holiday SeasonA contribution is a wonderful alternative to sending holiday greeting cards or gifts to honor your clients, friends, family and loved ones.

The Summit Foundation invites you to benefit more than 90 nonprofit organizations and over 100 scholarship recipients by making a tax-deductible donation to our community this holiday season.

“I’ve had nothing but great, rave reviews from my clients about the donation I make in their names to The Summit Foundation during the holiday season,” says Aleda S. Kresge, CFP, Principal at Affinity Wealth Management Group. “I used to belabor the holiday gifts for clients for hours and hours. Now it takes me 20 minutes to pull together the list of clients, write the check, and share those details with The Summit Foundation for the notecards – which The Summit Foundation sends directly to my clients.”

In addition to providing you an acknowledgement letter recognizing your tax-deductible donation, The Summit Foundation will send a note acknowledging your gift to your clients, family and/or friends.

Contributions may also be made in honor or in memory of special loved ones.

Visit summitfoundation.org to make a donation online and use the tribute line to let us know how you would like the acknowledgment to appear (i.e. “in lieu of holiday greetings,” “in lieu of a gift,” “in honor of...,” “in memory of...,” etc.)

Or mail a check to The Summit Foundation at P.O. Box 4000 Breckenridge, CO 80424.

Best wishes for a happy, safe and joyous holiday season!

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Contribute to Nonprofits on Colorado Gives DayTuesday December 9, 2014

Julie Lyne and daughter, Elle Lyne-Schiffer, are a fantastic mother-daughter volunteer duo from Blue River. These two have been stand-out volunteers at The Summit Foundation’s Duck Race over the past two years, working in the busy “Duck Central” sales booth the day of the race.

Julie and Elle have lived in Colorado since January 1999. Originally settling in Park County, they moved across the pass in 2008 to a home in Blue River. For the past 12 years, Julie has been an administrative technician with Colorado Mountain College at the Breckenridge Campus. She handles the publishing of class schedules, web content and marketing. In her free time, Julie is a painter and also volunteers with the NRO, Frisco’s Concert in the Park which benefits Advocates for Victims of Assault and serves on the FIRC Fashion Show committee.

Elle is a 15 year old sophomore at Summit High School where she is a member of the volleyball team, yearbook, and Leadership Class. Elle also plays competitive club-level volleyball throughout the state.

Elle loved attending the Duck Race as a little girl and would play in the Blue River during the races. Labor Day weekend was a time that their family visited Breckenridge and The Summit Foundation Duck Races were always a key component of their family gatherings. In 2013, they were asked to volunteer at the race and were assigned to a hectic duck sales booth. They were naturals and loved being a part of the day’s activities. The Summit Foundation staff quickly recognized their talents and signed them up to help again in 2014. Julie felt it was important to volunteer with her daughter and they both enjoyed meeting people that care deeply about our community. From a mother’s perspective, she said it best: “It feels like Elle was so little just yesterday and suddenly she is taller than me, has her (drivers) permit, and will be racing off to college tomorrow. I probably won’t remember all the crazy long days filled with early alarm clocks, packed lunches, and late night study sessions, but I do have precious memories of the few hours spent together volunteering at the Duck Race, and those I will always treasure.”

An active teenager that is involved in her community, Elle enjoys volunteering for The Summit Foundation because of the wide reaching support The Foundation offers. Elle has realized that even small jobs make a huge difference and she would encourage other local teenagers to volunteer because it gives teens an opportunity to make the community in which one lives a better place. When asked why Elle likes volunteering with her Mom she said, “it allows me to see a side where she shows selflessness and appreciation for our community. Also, she lets me drive the car home!”

The Summit Foundation appreciates Julie and Elle and the 200 volunteers that assist with the Annual Duck Race. For more information on volunteering with The Foundation, contact Elisabeth Lawrence at tsfevents@summitfoundation.org.

Volunteer ProfileJulie Lyne and Elle Lyne-Schiffer

The fifth consecutive Colorado Gives Day, an initiative to increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving will take place on Tuesday, December 9, 2014.

To motivate donors to give on Colorado Gives Day, Community First Foundation and FirstBank partnered to create a $1 Million Incentive Fund. The incentive fund, one of the largest giving-day incentive funds in the country, proportionally increases the value of every dollar donated. The 2014 Incentive Fund is 300 percent larger than last year.

As one of over a dozen nonprofits in Summit County registered with “ColoradoGives,” The Summit Foundation will be eligible to receive donations through this annual event. Colorado Gives Day officially begins at 12 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9 and ends at midnight the same day, however donations may be pre-scheduled. Donations given through the ColoradoGives.org website will be directed to the charities specified by the donor. Once again, credit card and processing fees will be covered by Community First Foundation, FirstBank and other sponsors to ensure 100 percent of Colorado Gives Day donations go directly to participating nonprofit organizations.

In addition to The Summit Foundation, Summit County and neighboring community-based organizations eligible to receive contributions through the 2014 Colorado Gives Day include Advocates for Victims of Assault, Alpenglow Chamber Music Festivals, Animal Rescue of the Rockies, Boys and Girls Club of South Park, Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, Breckenridge Music Festival, CASA of the Continental Divide, Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, Continental Divide Land Trust, Domus Pacis Family Respite, Family & Intercultural Resource Center, Friends of the Dillon Ranger District, Full Circle of Lake County, High Country Conservation Center, Lake Dillon Theatre Company, Mind Springs health, SOS Outreach, Summit Community Care Clinic, Summit Public Radio & TV, and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado.

To donate to The Summit Foundation on Colorado Gives Day, Tuesday, December 9, or to pre-schedule a contribution prior to that Tuesday, visit the following website and select the “Donate” button: coloradogives.org/summitfoundation.

For more information, contact The Summit Foundation or visit our website, summitfoundation.org.

Photo by Joe Kusumoto

The 2014 10U Boys 2nd Place team after their championship game this past summer.

Nonprofit ProfileSummit Youth Baseball & Softball/Summit Extreme

Thanks to Summit Youth Baseball & Softball and Summit Extreme, America’s favorite pastime has seen a resurgence in Summit County.

For over 20 years, Summit Youth Baseball & Softball (SYBS) have been providing the youth of Summit and Park Counties an opportunity to experience and develop sportsmanship and teamwork that can be applied far beyond the field of play. Offered to boys and girls ages 4 to 14, this is the first introduction that many children have to organized team sports. SYBS currently serves 300 youth each year.

Through a 2014 grant from The Summit Foundation, SYBS was able to offer scholarships to make the sports of t-ball, baseball, and softball affordable for local youth. In addition to scholarships offered, new safety equipment was purchased that was utilized by every team in the league. In the Spring of 2015, also with the help of The Summit Foundation, SYBS will begin a capital campaign to construct dugouts and fencing at some of their fields, to continue to maximize safety for its participants.

In 2008, Summit Extreme was founded to work in conjunction with SYBS. Its focus is on competition play, as well as more in-depth training and learning for youth ages 8 – 13 interested in the sport of baseball. In 2013, the Summit Baseball Training Facility opened in Dillon. A grant from The Summit Foundation is what literally helped “turn the lights on” in this facility and provide year-round baseball practice facilities to over 100 Summit County youth. In 2014, with further help from The Summit Foundation, turf and cages with netting were added in the Training Facility. Additional equipment and instructional aides were also purchased.

The Training Facility offers baseball camps during school breaks and allows local competitive travel teams the ability to practice in the still snowy Spring months. The facility also serves as a place for any child to practice, no matter what level they plan to compete at. This past summer, the 10U team from Summit Extreme was the 2nd runner up in the UAAA Tournament for the state of Colorado. Summit Extreme and SYBS and credit much of this success to the support of The Summit Foundation in providing these youth a practice facility that they can use, no matter what the weather is.

Jack Taylor, a 5th grader at Upper Blue Elementary School and a member of the 10U Summit Extreme team said: “Playing baseball has helped me learn to get along with kids from different abilities and mindsets. This is a thinking game and it has really taught us to have to think together if we want to win.”

To assist with the upcoming dugout capital project or for more information on SYBS and Summit Extreme, contact Todd Taylor at 970.390.1442 or toddtaylorbreck@mac.com.

Annual Parade of Homes Earns Record-Breaking $30,975

During the last two weekends of September, more than 2,000 individuals visited the 20th Annual Parade of Homes in Summit County. Summit County Builders Association hosts this premier home tour to showcase the latest in building design and trends. Throughout the two weekends, The Summit Foundation staffed featured homes to earn the proceeds from the $15 admission. City Market in Breckenridge and Dillon and Bank of the West branches within Summit County all sold tickets, which helped this be a record-setting event. As a volunteer outreach, Bank of the West employees also staffed a Devigne Developing home in Breckenridge that sold tickets. The Summit Foundation is grateful for their employees’ donated time to help make this event a success.

Mountain Living magazine hosted the annual Awards Party which was emceed by Elisabeth Lawrence, Events & Marketing Coordinator for The Summit Foundation. The magazine’s editors honored Fazendin Brothers with the Peak Award for its Wolf Rock Road home in Keystone. That home also was honored as the Overall Winner in its size category. Other Overall Winners included Thebeau Construction for their construction of a cabin on Tarn Trail in Blue River; Raptor Construction was recognized for their modern home on Pheasant Tail in Silverthorne; and Double Diamond Property & Construction received awards for their impressive contemporary home located in the Highlands in Breckenridge.

The Summit Foundation is appreciative of the Summit County Builders Association for this wonderful event and is thankful to be recognized as the event’s beneficiary.

For more information on the Summit County Builders Association visit summitcountybuilders.org.

Built by Pinnacle Mountain Homes, this Shock Hill neighborhood home in Breckenridge was featured in this year’s Parade of Homes.

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This season, give the gift of care to fellow community members. Summit County Cares is a fundraising campaign that raises funds to assist individuals and families with their basic needs. 100 percent of money raised between November 24 and December 31, 2014 will be used to help families facing eviction, loss of utilities, illness or hunger. Last year, the campaign raised $46,000 and provided assistance to more than 700 locals who would have been homeless, gone without electricity, or not been able to receive needed medical care.

Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC) reports over 97 percent of its clients face financial struggles because of sudden or seasonal job loss, reduction of hours, a medical emergency keeping them from work or the need to get out of an abusive relationship. By donating to the Summit County Cares fund, support is provided to clients of Family & Intercultural Resource Center, Advocates for Victims of Assault, Summit Community Care Clinic and Summit County Social Services who are facing emergencies.

With a goal to raise over $50,000 this year, funds donated through The Summit Foundation to this campaign will be coordinated by FIRC to assist clients and families in need.

By facilitating the contributions for this campaign, The Summit Foundation continues to play an important role in the struggle to help families and individuals in crisis. Realizing the immense need in our community and proactively working with local nonprofits benefiting from the Summit County Cares fund, The Summit Foundation is helping curb the shortfall of funds for basic needs that Summit County citizens see year after year.

Thank you to the media partners of Summit County Cares: Summit Daily News, Always Mountain Time, Krystal 93, TV8 Summit, and Comcast Spotlight for helping to make this campaign possible. And thank you to the Breckenridge Restaurant Association for donating the sales of their Fall Dining Passports to this year’s Summit County Cares campaign.

To make your donation, send a check payable to Summit County Cares to The Summit Foundation or visit summitfoundation.org and click “donate now”. The Summit Foundation’s online donation form provides the opportunity to designate your contribution to the Summit County Cares campaign.

Summit County CaresHelping Neighbors in Need

On Saturday, August 30th, more than 9,100 rubber ducks raced down a roaring Blue River for The Summit Foundation’s 27th Annual Great Rubber Duck Race. This long standing community event raised a record setting $119,000 for The Summit Foundation.

The Hudson Auto Source Kids Duck Dash started the day’s races with 796 ducks raining down into the Blue River with the help of Red, White, & Blue Fire Department and their impressive ladder truck. Age-appropriate prizes donated by Peak-A-Boo-Toys, Vail Resorts Echo, and Frisco Adventure Park were awarded to the top 56 ducks. Tom Macleish won the grand prize of a week vacation, which was donated by Interval International.

A record setting 244 ducks participated in the FirstBank Business Battle Duck Race. Frisco business Stork & Bear had the swiftest duck, and their staff and clients will enjoy a backcountry ski trip for 12 at Ski Cooper, donated by FirstBank. Over 60 businesses also participated in a duck decorating contest in which the ducks were displayed at FirstBank Breckenridge for the week leading up to the race. The creative duck “Horton Hears a Quack”, decorated by the Owner Relations Department of Breckenridge Grand Vacations won the first place prize, a glass fusing party at Ready, Paint, Fire in Breckenridge.

At 3 p.m., the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Great Rubber Duck Race began. Excitement grew as participants watched 9,131 ducks swiftly race down the Blue River in hopes of securing one of 84 prizes. New this year, the first three ducks crossing the finish line were all grand prize winners. Penny Banks, Michael Nowotny and Joe Natale had the swiftest ducks, winning a one-week stay in a two-bedroom suite with Interval International. The front-running ducks entered the Hyder Construction finish line in 21 minutes.

In addition to the duck races, spectators found themselves choosing from additional activities that complemented the day’s events, including kids’ amusements from AirBound and Tumble Bubbles, delicious treats from Higgles Ice Cream of Silverthorne, face painting from Faces by Heather, performances by Shrek characters from the Backstage Theatre, and a finish line barbecue hosted by Bonnie Q BBQ and Blue at the Riverwalk. Throughout all three races this year’s emcee, Michael Klepper of Krystal 93, kept the crowd up-to-date on race results and ongoing events and activities.

The Summit Foundation is indebted to the 2014 sponsors and major prize donors: Breckenridge Grand Vacations, FirstBank of Summit County, Hudson Auto Source, Town of Breckenridge, Peak-A-Boo Toys, Climax Molybdenum Company, PeakOne Surgery Center, Vail Resorts Echo, Vail-Summit Orthopaedics, Whole Foods, Unity Snowboards, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Hyder Construction, Copper Mountain Resort, Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center and Ready, Paint, Fire. The Summit Foundation is also grateful for the 200 volunteers who helped sell ducks throughout August and the weekend of the race.

Save Saturday September 5th, 2015 for the 28th Annual Great Rubber Duck Race.

The 27th Annual Great Rubber Duck Race Sets All Kinds of Records

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2014/2015 Event Calendar

December 9, 2014 Colorado Gives Day. coloradogives.org

January 10, 2015 Grand Opening Celebration

BGVCC, Breckenridge

April 10, 2015 Spring Grant Application Deadline

June 6 & 7, 2015 28th Annual Golf Tournament,

Breckenridge Golf Club

June 25, 2015 Grant & Scholarship Awards,

Copper Conference Center

September 5, 2015 28th Annual Great Rubber Duck Race,

Breckenridge

November 20, 2015 25th Annual Philanthropy Awards, Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge

The Mission of The Summit FoundationThe Summit Foundation strives to inspire donors, build partnerships, and mobilize resources to support organizations in Summit County (and the surrounding Communities) that foster Health & Human Service, Education, Art & Culture, Sports & Recreation, and Environmental Stewardship.

What’s Inside

Thank You to Our Partners for a Stronger Community.

• 24th Annual Philanthropy Awards Honors Outstanding Community Members

• The Summit Foundation is Set to Move to BGVCC

• Board of Trustee Profile: Susan Propper

• The Summit Foundation Adopts Outcome Measurement Initiative

• Volunteer Profile: Julie Lyne and Elle Lyne-Schiffer

• Nonprofit Profile: Summit Youth Baseball & Softball/Summit Extreme

• 2014 Summit County Parade of Homes Raises $30,975

• The 27th Annual Great Rubber Duck Races Sets All Kinds of Records