Grand Foundation

UPDATE: Spoke with my parents tonight and they shared the first-hand account of the destruction this fire has caused. Now over 400 homes destroyed and 30k acres of Rocky Mountain National Park. Truly heart breaking. Please help as you can!The East Troublesome Fire has devastated Grand Lake and continues to threaten Granby, CO, Hot Sulphur Springs, and surrounding areas. The fire started on Wednesday, October 14th, and grew six times its size in 24 hours, engulfing more than 125,000 acres as of noon on Thursday.The speed, size, and location of the fire have forced evacuations and the closure of Rocky Mountain National Park and many surrounding roads. Several Grand County residents have lost their homes. Weather, terrain, and beetle-kill lodgepole pine have contributed to the growth of this fire, which has led to the East Troublesome Fire achieving the title of the fourth-largest wildfire in Colorado history.Luckily for my parents they were able to evacuate safely, but like so many of their neighbors they lost everything.  Ellie's Path was a footpath named after our late family hound dog that lead from my parent's cabin to a garden shed where they started their humble beginning there enjoying the mountains they love.This Go Fund Me is not for my parents, but for the Grand County community and for restoring the beautiful mountain experience that they and so many others have fallen in love.Please help.You can also donate at the Grand County Wildfire Emergency Fund.

Thank you for your contribution to help the recovery efforts in Grand County from the East Troublesome fire. Miles has generously offered to match every dollar donated up to $5,000. This fundraiser will be open until Thursday, November 10. 

More information about Grand Foundation: The Grand Foundation is a philanthropic organization serving all of Grand County, Colorado. The Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in Grand County by proactively addressing current and future needs in the areas of Health & Human Services, Arts & Culture, Education, Amateur Sports and Environment.

Hello Friends Around the Country,

Let us show those that lost it all that there is reason for hope in the kindness of strangers.

2020 has been unrelenting.

For most of us, we still can count in our blessings that we have a roof over our head.

For many of our neighbors in Grand Lake, CO whose homes and lifelong memories burned to the ground last week in the East Troublesome Fire, they cannot say the same.

If your heart breaks for them like ours and want to know what you can do to help these families, please show them they are not alone in their loss. Let’s show them that there is a nation of big hearted, generous, kind fellow Americans that want to help them rebuild their lives.

Within our network and community, we are looking to raise $8,369.  8,369 feet is the elevation of Grand Lake, CO and would be an incredible goal to reach! Help us achieve this goal with your donation and please, if nothing else, share this link with your own networks.

If 2020 can teach us anything it is that we are strong when we help one another.  We’ve already seen a tremendous outpour from local people; Americans’ concern for one another is alive and strong. Let’s open our hearts, our wallets, and raise a lot of money for our neighbors in need.

Thank you,

The Raines Family - Chris, Christy, Hannah, Kelly and Lauren

Photos: The photos included below are of local families whose homes burned in the fires. They are provided by our friend and amazing local photographer Jennifer Bauckman.

PLEASE NOTE: All donations are sent directly to the Grand County Foundation Wildfire Emergency Fund which is directly helping local families rebuild.