The Seeley Lake Community Foundation’s Change Your Pace Challenge (CYP) is a month-long campaign for community-wide giving, motivating community members to donate to their favorite participating local non-profits, knowing the impact of their gift will multiply thanks to the CYP Match Fund.
The Seeley Lake Community Foundation invites everyone to the Change Your Pace Challenge Kickoff Party on Wednesday May 1. Join us for an opportunity to mingle with local non-profits and enjoy lunch, sponsored by Republic Services. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Foundation Building (3150 MT Hwy 83 N, in downtown Seeley Lake) and the Change Your Pace Challenge begins at noon with an opening ceremony.
Twenty local organizations are participating in CYP this year, raising money for important projects benefiting the greater Seeley Lake area. CYP runs from May 1-31, 2024.
SLCF Executive Director Claire Muller says, “Every dollar makes a difference! Donating 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 $10,000 in the CYP Match Fund, and this amount will grow throughout the next month. A special thank you to Energy Partners, the headlining sponsor of this year’s CYP Match Fund. Thanks also to Citizens Alliance Bank, Republic Waste Services and Cory’s Valley Market, other major CYP Match Fund sponsors.
The 2024 participating CYP organizations are: Alpine Artisans, Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Blackfoot Challenge, Clearwater Resource Council, Loving Hearts Thrift, Missoula Aging Services, Ovando School Cultural Enrichment Committee, Seeley Lake Community Foundation, SLE Parent Teacher Club, Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor’s Center, Seeley Lake Nordic Ski Club, Seeley Lake ROCKS, Seeley-Swan Community Food Bank, SSHS Destinations for Education, Sela Senci, Sparrow’s Vine Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Center, Sullivan Memorial Community Park (Community Hall), Swan Valley Connections, Upper Swan Valley Historical Society and Veterans & Families of Seeley Lake.
Beginning May 1st, supporters can give online through the SLCF website, both to participating organizations, and the CYP Match Fund: https://www.seeleylake communityfoundation.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 (pick a brochure up at the Foundation Building) to the SLCF at PO Box 25, Seeley Lake, MT 59868.
After the donation period closes on May 31st, each organization’s donation totals will be tallied, and the match percentage will be calculated based on how big the CYP Match Fund grows.
Everyone is welcome to attend the CYP Check Presentation Ceremony at noon on Friday June 14 at the Foundation Building to see the totals of what we accomplished together.
This is the 9th annual Change Your Pace Challenge. Since 2016 over $632,000 has been raised through the program for 25 different local non-profits, including over $95,000 in 2023 alone.
The Seeley Lake Community Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit that is proud to encourage community philanthropy and increase support for all the great work our local groups are doing.
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