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Challenging Times for Local Nonprofits

By Becki Rupp It was late March when Brian Beaulieu, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Chaffee County, and his board realized that they may not be able to hold their traditional Casino Night fundraiser in Salida in early May. They had five weeks to figure out how to shift gears. Cancelling was not an option—the event generates critical money for operating the organization’s programs for hundreds of kids in Chaffee County. Postponing would have pushed the event too close to the organization’s other fundraiser, which is held in the fall in Buena Vista. Enter Zoom—the virtual ...

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