What is One Lafayette?

The City of Lafayette finances a community fundraiser to help local non-profits provide essential services

• Food, shelter and other emergency family assistance programs
• Tutoring, mentoring, and leadership programs for young people
• Transportation, support, independence and dignity for the elderly, developmentally disabled and physically challenged
• Medical care for low income families and the uninsured
• Support and services for at-risk children

Contact Pam Spring to make a donation. 

In 2011 One Lafayette gave out $41,950 to 21 non-profits that help people in Lafayette.  Funding comes from the City’s general fund budget and from contributions made by citizens in the Lafayette community.  Essential Community Resources funds were received by sister Carmen, Meals on Wheels, Safehouse (SPAN) Clinica Campesina, Saint Benedict Health and Healing ministry, Flatirons Habitat for Humanity, Voices for Children, Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County and Rocky Mountain Legal Center.

Special Project Grant awards went to WOW! Children’s Museum, The I-HAVE-A-DREAM Foundation, Bobcat Football, Centaurus Band Boosters, Community Action Development Corp, Courage is Change, Project YES, Audio Information Network, Peanut Butter Players, the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts and Imagine.