Post-News Community is proud to present a $5,000 grant to Partners of Delta, Montrose and Ouray during the Ride The Rockies bicycle tour’s stay in Montrose, June 17-18.

Nonprofit agencies from each of the seven host towns on the 2008 Ride The Rockies route were invited to apply for funding through the Post-News Community/Ride The Rockies grant program. One organization in each host community was selected to receive a $5,000 award. The host towns provide valuable resources in order to make the tour run smoothly. They offer lodging, food, transportation, entertainment and volunteers to support the riders during the event. This grant program allows Post-News Community to thank the host towns by providing financial support that will impact the community long after the last cyclist departs from the town.

Since its inception in 2001 and including this year’s grants, the Post-News Community/Ride The Rockies grant program has distributed more than $350,000. This year, Post-News Community will be presenting grants totaling $35,000 during the bicycle tour. These grants are being given to nonprofit organizations that provide literacy programs or serve low-income youth through recreation, education or the arts.

Partners of Delta, Montrose and Ouray offers and supports positive life experiences for at-risk youth by providing one-to-one mentorship with an adult volunteer. In addition to their traditional mentoring program they also offer an Art Partner program which matches youth with screened and trained professional artists in renewable three-month mentoring apprentice relationships.

Post-News Community’s mission is to improve and enrich the lives of those in our community through support of programs that benefit children, arts and culture, education and literacy, and the provision of basic human services. For more information, visit www.post-newscommunity.com.