Easter Seals Disability Services

“Moving Mountains…..Building Lives”

The Lodge Capital Campaign

Goal: To expand service, create accessible housing, and provide revenue during the off-season to support mission driven programs

The New Home Builders Lodge Celebrated it's Grand Opening on October 16, 2008

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Beautiful new Home Builders Lodge

Background

Easter Seals Colorado is a non-profit organization that serves people with disabilities. One of the programs operated by Easter Seals is Rocky Mountain Village (RMV), a year round recreational camp that serves children and adults with disabilities and their families. RMV runs summer camp and year round Respite and Family Education Weekends. Due to demand, Easter Seals Colorado needs to expand programs to be able to offer leadership weekends and summer weeks to more individuals with disabilities. The Lodge and all other housing buildings are at capacity and are inadequate to meet current needs.

It is time to turn this aging lodge into a multi-use facility that is totally accessible and family friendly. As the cost of operating our programs continues to rise, we find that many individuals with disabilities and their families are unable to contribute financial support for the services they need. To offset these fees we rent The Lodge to outside groups for off-season stays, banquets and lodging.

The Lodge has the highest potential to generate revenue and become self-sustaining during the off-season. Currently the lodge is 4,140 square feet, sleeps 30 people and offers only two bathrooms. The remodel and expansion is required for us to offer quality programs, as well as lodging and conference facilities. The increased revenues will allow us to keep our programs affordable to individuals with disabilities and their families.

Plans

The project will increase the structure to 8,200 square feet and almost double our lodging capacity from 30 beds to 53 beds and from 2 bathrooms to 9 bathrooms. The basement will be expanded and converted to a much-needed conference area.

The added space will allow for:

• Increasing services to those with disabilities from 800 campers to 1,000 campers during the summer months
• Expanding programs to families during summer and winter months
• Developing family camps
• Providing services to additional groups such as seniors and couples
• Ensuring interior access to all users, regardless of their disability
• Providing added meeting space
• Accommodating a more diverse and expanded constituency
• Increasing staff housing
• Developing a more energy efficient program site
• Creating a center for off-season rentals that has the potential to generate revenue for mission driven programs

The building phase of the Lodge Capital Campaign is currently in full-swing.  Click here to see the progress we are making.  Check back often to see how the Lodge begins to take shape!

Budget

Easter Seals Colorado has different giving levels for people to be a part of the Lodge Capital Campaign.  Your support is greatly appreciated.  Support from you and our stakeholders will allow Rocky Mountain Village to continue to be a premier facility.  Please follow this link for more information about being a part of the Lodge Capital Campaign or to make an online donation.

Partners

Many partners have come together to help us achieve our goals for the Lodge Capital Campaign.  Easter Seals Colorado and the Camp Committee would like to thank the Home Builder Foundation - Builder Captain Committee and the Project Managers for there time and effort to help us complete this project.

Easter Seals Camp Committee

• Todd Bachman
• James Bettinger
• Banky Blackmer
• Jason Buesing
• Chris Downs
• Brad Hass
• Dan Heinze
• Tom Houlihan
• Sharon Mowry
• Tracy Kovach
• Sam Newton
• Bill Paul
• Eldon Strong

Home Builder Foundation - Builder Captain Committee

• Dotti Bright
• Jason Buesing
• Cindy Hoover
• Dave Jackson
• Bill Miller
• Eldon Strong
• Mike Tayloe
• Doug Walter
• Luke Waugh

Project Managers

• Dolan Construction
• James Bettinger
• Matt Dolan

The Easter Seals Camp Committee, the Home Builder Foundation - Builder Captain Committee, and our Project Mangers would like to thank the following foundations, corporations and individuals who have generously partnered with us on the Lodge Capital Campaign.  (*Denotes Pledge)

Foundations

• Anheuser-Busch Foundation
• Boettecher Foundation
• Colorado Garden and Home Show
• Adolph Coors Foundation 
• Fredrick G. Fish Foundation
• Gates Family Foundation * 
• Home Builders Foundation 
• Helen K. & Arthur E. Johnson Foundation 
• Melvin & Elaine Wolf Foundation

Corporations

• ABC Retrographics
• A.G. Wassenaar Inc. 
• ABCO Engineering 
• All Coast
• Alpine Lumber Co. 
• Alternative Land Design
• Ames Construction
• Arvada Rentals 
• Avid Insurance 
• Barton Supply
• Benchmark Windows
• Beta Alpha chapter of E.S.A.
• BlueLinx Corporation 
• BMC
• Boise
• Buzz Saw 
• Cabinetry Showcase * 
• Colorado Contractors Association 
• Commercial Alliance 
• Custom Fence
• DeAndrea Coring and Sawing, Inc. 
• Denver Lumber Co.
• Diamondback Engineering 
• Dolan Construction 
• Doug Walter Architects 
• Fowler & Peth
• General Building Materials 
• Godden Sudik Architects 
• Hampton Lumber
• High Country Drains
• Holland & Hart 
• Home Builders Association 
• Home Lumber Co.
• Hutter Wholesale Hardware
• George T. Sanders
• Guardian Building Products
• Impact Engineering 
• Iron Pony Express
• Jacobs, Chase, Frick, Kleinkopf
• John Van Dyk Construction
• Kelly’s Construction 
• Kordziel Engineering 
• Majestic Development 
• A. Martin Construction
• MCM Enterprises 
• Mile High Trim 
• Milguard Manufacturing 
• National Waterworks 
• Neff Rentals 
• Paragon Design & Development 
• Plum Creek Product
• Prime Source
• ReCrete Materials, Inc.
• Riley Creek 
• Rio Grande
• Royal Treatment * 
• RW
• Saddleback Designs
• St. Peter Excavating 
• Sharp Mechanical Services 
• Shaw Industries
• South Valley 
• Standard Pacific Homes 
• SW Construction
• The Lighting Connection
• Thysen/Krupp
• TrusJoist 
• Universal Forest Products
• Watren Concrete Forming Inc.
• Western Fleet Services 
• Weyerhaeuser/ TrusJoist
• Worldwide Rental
• Wycap Steel

Individuals

• Kathryn Arbour
• John & Claire Arnold
• Todd Bachman
• Shirley Barenberg
• Ara Belle J. Burnett Trust 
• Banky Blackmer 
• Donna Boering
• Jim & Alice Brouhard
• Jason Buesing
• Christopher Campanella Fund
• Bill and Gale Dempsey 
• Chris Downs 
• Janet Drobinske
• Tom & Margie Gart
• Neil Gloude 
• Barbara Grandjean 
• Rob Hickson
• Martha Kennedy
• Dwight Martin 
• Nathan Montoya
• Sam & Hilda Newton 
• Kip & Anne Oram 
• Bill Paul 
• Joyce Peluso
• David Perry 
• Duane & Evelyn Plucknett
• Lynn Robinson
• Meshach Rhoades * 
• Eldon Strong
• Stan and Debbie Swank
• John & Ellen Van Dyk 
• Chris Whitley *
• Bruce & Jan Whitaker
• Dave & Betsy Worstell
• Martin Zinn

We apologize if omitted your name or your organizations. For corrections and updates, please email Shirley Barenberg at sbarenberg@eastersealscolorado.org [Back to Top]