With the backing of several matches from philanthropic organizations, the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley wrapped up a challenging year with its second largest fundraiser, the Avenues for Hope campaign, and in the last week blew past its $45,000 goal. âWe had definitely hoped for a big turn-out with that fundraising effort as we see this pandemic through,â said CRC executive director Betsy Hawkins. The nonprofit saw an enormous increase in requests for financial aid from community members in 2020 and disbursed over $82,000 in assistance to cover essential needs including housing, fuel, food, and medicine. Hawkins said that peopleâs needs have changed in character over the last nine months; in March and April, people were struggling with business closures and unemployment. Now, CRC is helping more clients who have to miss work because they have COVID, or were exposed, or because their kids are learning from home. Hawkins explained that many households here bank their income from the summer when work is plentiful to make it through the leaner months, and in a lot of cases that wasnât possible this year.