Change Your Pace Challenge begins June 1st

SEELEY LAKE - The sixth annual Change Your Pace Challenge kicks off next week! The Seeley Lake Community Foundation's Change Your Pace Challenge is a campaign for community-wide giving, celebrating the people and organizations that make our community great.

During this month-long fundraising period (June 1-30, 2021), the "CYP" motivates community members to give to their favorite participating local nonprofits and community groups, knowing the impact of their gift will grow thanks to the CYP Match Fund. Fourteen local organizations are participating this year, raising money for important work to benefit the greater Seeley Lake area. All donations go through the Seeley Lake Community Foundation, allowing donors to support as many organizations as they wish, using one donation form.

Look for a CYP donation brochure insert in next week's Pathfinder! Beginning June 1, supporters can give online through the SLCF website, both to participating organizations, and the CYP Match Fund seeleylakecommunityfoundation.org/change-your-pace-challenge/  Mail checks, made out to the Seeley Lake Community Foundation and accompanied by the Donor Form section of the CYP brochure, to the SLCF at PO Box 25, Seeley Lake, MT 59868.

SLCF Executive Director Claire Muller said, "Every dollar makes a difference. Giving through the Change Your Pace Challenge is a concrete way to help local groups that support the Montana you love. This year's Change Your Pace Challenge will kick off with over $9,000 in the CYP Match Fund and we're excited to see this amount grow throughout the next month. A special thank you to Energy Partners, a headlining sponsor again of this year's CYP Match Fund. We hope that the Change Your Pace Challenge motivates community members to give to their favorite participating local nonprofits, knowing their dollars will be stretched and the impact of their gift will grow thanks to the CYP Match Fund! We're proud to encourage community philanthropy and increase support for all the great work our local groups are doing."

2021 participating CYP organizations are: Alpine Artisans, Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Blackfoot Challenge, Clearwater Resource Council, Missoula Aging Services, Seeley Lake Community Foundation, SLE Community Park, Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor's Center, Seeley Lake ROCKS, Sela Senci (the Seeley Lake Senior Center), Sparrow's Vine Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Center, Swan Valley Connections, Upper Swan Valley Historical Society and Veterans & Families of Seeley Lake.

After the donation period closes on June 30, each organization's donation totals will be tallied and the match percentage will be calculated based on how big the CYP Match Fund grows.

Since 2016, almost $380,000 in funding for Seeley Lake area organizations have come in through the Change Your Pace Challenge. The Seeley Lake Community Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit that engages philanthropy, provides leadership, and enhances the quality of life and economic vitality of the Seeley Lake area.

 

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