Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz has announced more than $3.3 million in COVID-19 emergency relief and behavioral health grants in communities where the company operates.
According to a press release from Vail Resorts, the goal of the grants is to provide critical services throughout the pandemic and to improve access to mental health services.
Summit County grant recipients were Building Hope Summit County, the Family & Intercultural Resource Center and The Summit Foundation. Building Hope received $300,000 to fund programs like therapy scholarships and a peer-support program. The resource center received $125,000 to grow its Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma program, which is a bilingual peer-support program. The Summit Foundation received $200,000 for its COVID-19 relief fund.
Gabriel Loomis, a first-grader at Dillon Valley Elementary, participates in online learning at his home. Shae Loomis, Gabriel s mother, said she s noticed a difference in how the district approached online learning this time compared to their experience when schools closed in March.
Photo from Shae Loomis
When the Summit School District started the year in a hybrid learning model, district officials made it clear that having school during a pandemic would require flexibility.
On Nov. 20, that flexibility was put to the test, when the district announced all schools would be participating in online learning from Nov. 30 through Dec. 18. Students won’t return to hybrid learning in the schools until after their holiday break ends on Jan. 4.