Related Efforts

Cripple Creek-Victor Schools' Community of Caring Program: The Community of Caring program is a character-building framework for K-12 schools formalized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Its core values are caring, respect, responsibility, trust and family. Cripple Creek-Victor Schools' art teacher Mary Bielz facilitated the CCV schools' becoming Community of Caring schools several years ago and later also adopted the name for the Community of Caring Foundation of Cripple Creek, Colorado, the nonprofit organization behind the Aspen Mine Center. To visit the website of the national organization promoting the school-based program, click here: Community of Caring Schools Website.

Cripple Creek-Victor Schools' PeaceBuilders Training: PeaceBuilders is a research-based curriculum to teach schoolchildren and communities how to prevent and address bullying. The Cripple Creek-Victor School District has been granted funds to implement the program from an $8.6 million Bullying Prevention Initiative funded by The Colorado Trust, and it began the three-year program at the start of the 2005-2006 school year. Local details are available from the schools' administrative offices, 689-2685, and from the Gold Belt Communities Build A Generation Coordinator (see the listing immediatly following this for contact details). To visit the website of the international PeaceBuilders organization, based in Long Beach, California, click here: PeaceBuilders International Website.

Gold Belt Communities Build A Generation: Headquartered at the Teller County Centennial Building, the GBCBAG program aims to build in the present for the future of our children. Its mission is to build a safe, compassionate community that fosters communication and mutual respect, with adequate resources to promote lifelong learning and positive interaction. The office compiles community risk and resource assessment and analyzes the gaps to encourage collaborative efforts to fill them. Coordinator Lisa Noble can be reached at 686-7912 or by email at noblel@co.teller.co.us.

Habitat for Humanity of Teller County: The organization builds and rehabilitates homes which it makes available for low-income families to purchase through affordable mortgages. Homebuyers must take part in the construction and meet other requirements through an application process. The Teller County group can be reached at 687-4447. To visit its website, click here: Teller County Habitat Website.