🌱🏜️ Annual Report, Volunteer Opportunities and Upcoming Events
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Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance fosters awareness and appreciation of the landscape and cultural heritage of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument through collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management.

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Dear Friends and Supporters,

As the season shifts and nature blossoms, we at Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance are excited to update you on our recent accomplishments and what's coming up.

We've just released our 2023 Annual Report, highlighting the incredible work we've done over the past year. None of this would have been possible without your unwavering dedication. Take a look to see all the amazing work you've supported in preserving and promoting the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.

As the days get longer and warmer, it's the perfect time to get involved. Check out our upcoming volunteer opportunities:

These volunteer opportunities each offer a unique way to contribute to our community and environment, and we'd love to see you there!

And don't forget to mark your calendars for our upcoming events:

Blue Desert Tour 

  • Join us on April 12, 2024, at 6 pm at the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum. Experience the soulful rhythms of three indigenous Jazz performances against the breathtaking backdrop of Southwest Colorado. Thanks to Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for making this event possible! Plus, we're giving away a special door prize: two weekend passes to the Durango Wine Experience (April 26-27). No purchase necessary, but you must be present to win..

Four Corners Indigenous Art Market

  • Save the date! June 15th

Second Saturday Cultural Demonstrations
Ongoing from 10 AM - 12 PM

  • May 11 | Mark Stevens | Silversmith | Laguna Pueblo 
  • July 13 | Shannon Stevens | Photography | Laguna Pueblo 
  • August 10 | Sharlyn Sanchez | Contemporary Pottery | Acoma 
  • September 14 | Robert Torres | Silversmith | San Carlos Apache

Four Corners Lecture Series

  • May 3 | 4 PM | Semira Crank & Jeremy Martin | Visit With Respect
  • August 23 | 4 PM | Bobby Tober | Preserving Our Natural Night Skies
  • September 4 | 7:30 PM | Kurt Hillman | Intro to Night Sky Photography

Scroll down for more details on all these exciting events!

Follow us on Facebook and Instagramsubscribe to our email list or visit our website to stay up to date on everything that we are doing at Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance in 2024!

Thank you for being a part of our community and for your continued support in preserving the magic of Southwest Colorado.

Warm regards, 

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Markleigh Swanson, Executive Director 
Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance

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More ways to help!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City Market Community Rewards

Your purchases at City Market can generate donations for Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance. It’s easy to enroll in the Community Rewards Program. 

Simply visit this link: https://www.citymarket.com/i/community/community-rewards

Follow the directions on the page and select Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance either by name or use this code, WM546;

Don’t have a City Market loyalty card? No worries. New Users can easily create an account! 

This just requires some basic information, a valid email address and a loyalty card number or phone number.

REMEMBER, you must scan your registered City Market loyalty card or use the phone number that is related to your registered City Market loyalty card when you checkout for each purchase to count. Thank-you!

 

 

 

 

iGive.com: Changing online shopping for good.

Help Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance Raise Much-Needed Funds for free!

Every time you shop at any of the 1,800+ online stores in the iGive network, a portion of the money you spend benefits Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance. It’s a free service, and you’ll never pay more when you reach a store through iGive.  To get started, just create your free iGive account.

> Start iGiving at: www.iGive.com/SouthwestColoradoCanyonsAlliance

 

 

 

 

ShopRaise

Looking for another way to give?  Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance is proud to partner with ShopRaise. From groceries and apparel to technology and travel – a percentage of almost everything you buy using the ShopRaise app goes to support our cause.  Click to download and start supporting us with every purchase: https://ShopRaise.com/support/swcocanyons

 

 

Thank you for supporting Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument!

Thank you for your support!*

Thank you to our members and supporters who donated between January 1 and February 29, 2024. 

We appreciate your support!

Scott Aeschlimann
Blue Lake Ranch
Caroline Brown & Tom Ferrell
Emilie Budd
Keith Burt
City Market Community Rewards
Empire Electric Association, Inc. 
Carl Englehart
Mary & Leonard Gallagher
Carla Hendrickson
Adriana Kajon & Vickie Shields
Timothy Kearns
David & Deborah Kill
Barbara Lang
LOR Foundation
Christina Myers
John Norton
Dan Petersen
Thomas Pittenger
Michael Stillman
Kim & Charity Sturm
Jim & Lillian Wakeley
Wolcott Family Foundation

  Deep Gratitude to our Sustaining Members

Thank you for providing SCCA with a steady stream of support!

Steve Barker
Ken Boucher
Chris & Lou Burkett
Tris & Bruce Downer
Sharon Edgar Greenhill 
Tom Ferrell & Caroline Brown
Cynthia Gray
Teri Helm
Erik Hendrickson
Don Hoffheins
Diane McBride
David Melanson
Vince Miller
Greg Munson
Marcie & Jerry Ryan
Cynthia Sadler
Michael Stillman
Markleigh Swanson
Carol Taylor & Cliff Giffen
John Thyfault
Richard Wheeler

 

Thank You to our current Corporate Sponsors and Grant Funders!

 
Blue Lake Ranch 
 

 

 
 
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Sincere thanks to all our supporters!
*SCCA processed contributions from new and renewing annual and sustaining members and donors named in this newsletter between January 1, 2024 and February 29, 2024.  Corporate support and grants listed in this newsletter were given between March 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024. Please accept our sincerest apologies if your name or company is not listed here or if we have not yet processed your donation.

 

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