Each year the Greeley Stampede partners with community organizations in numerous ways to help with their fundraising and awareness campaigns. For the 95th Annual Greeley Stampede, over $980,000 was donated back into the community, which is nearly ten times the amount of previous years.
Partnerships include designated rodeo nights like “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” where fundraising dollars go to the NCMC Breast Center. Additional events like the Western Art Show, Golf Tournament and Big Buckle Ball benefit the Stampede Foundation who in turn offers education-based scholarships to local youth. Assigning event tasks in exchange for fundraising dollars, offering a free “Community Booth” during the event, and larger monetary donations to help with capital improvements like the Buckle Club and Aven’s Village are many of the ways the Stampede helps give back.
For the 95th Annual event the Greeley Stampede also partnered with Weld Food Bank and offered a designated area in the Events Center for their CanSculpture Challenge. The Stampede also helped collect over 500lbs of food by offering carnival wristband discounts on a designated day with every can donated.
Organizations who benefited (not including 100+ community event donations):
| A Woman’s Place | Greeley Wesleyan Church | Storm Academy FC |
| Boy Scout Troop 53 | Greeley West Poms | The Wild Animal Sanctuary |
| Boys & Girls Clubs | Greeley West Wrestling Team | United Way of Weld County |
| CEEN Head Start | Hope Springs | University High School |
| Celebration Pointe Church | HorseBuds Therapeutic Riding Center | University Schools Foundation |
| City of Greeley | Miss Rodeo America | Weld County 4-H |
| Colorado Visiting Nurse Association | NCMC Breast Center | Weld County 4H CWF |
| Dalmatian Rescue of Colorado, Inc. | Partners Mentoring Youth | Weld County Explorers Post 459 |
| Delta Tai Delta | Platte Valley FFA | Weld County Sheriff’s Posse |
| Eaton High School | St. Peters Church | Weld Food Bank |
| Frontier Academy | Stampede Foundation | Zac's Legacy Foundation |
| Greeley Transitional House | Stampede Wranglers | |
“We appreciate the support we receive from the community during our event and we want to continually find ways to support our community,” said Justin Watada, Greeley Stampede General Manager.
For information on how to involve your group contact getinvolved@greeleystampede.org or visit www.GreeleyStampede.org. Dates have been tentatively set for June 23- July 4, 2017.
ABOUT THE GREELEY STAMPEDE: The Greeley Stampede, a 501(c)4 nonprofit corporation, is the Colorado’s premiere summer western celebration. This longstanding event has grown in diversity and popularity since its inception and has provided music and rodeo entertainment to hundreds of thousands of people every summer. The Stampede was inducted in the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2014 and the event was named 2015 Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) Mountain States Large Rodeo of the Year. The Stampede will be celebrating its 96th annual event in 2017. For more information about the Greeley Stampede visit www.greeleystampede.org.
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