Cocker Kids Foundation - Delta County, Colorado

(970)921-4855
info@cockerkidsfoundation.com
www.cocker.com



The Foundation exists to help area youth achieve personal goals that may otherwise be unattainable.
 

Funding

Among many others, the Foundation has fully or partially funded:
COMMUNITY PROJECTS/PROGRAMS
  • Delta County Health & Human Services (quarterly funding for variety of unique situations not normally covered by their funding)
  • Delta County Addiction & Recovery (program that supports safety and healthy family living for children and families in recovery )
  • Needlerock Mobile Medical Clinic (medical equipment to help with youth asthma & allergies)
  • Libraries (children’s section)
  • North Fork Children’s Christmas Party (for disadvantaged children)
  • Hospice/Child and Teen Center of Western Colorado (Camp Good Grief!-- support for children dealing with death)
  • Hilltop Tandem Families Program (second family support group for struggling families)
  • Library Toy Lending Program
  • Blue Sage Center (provides space for kids’ theater, dance classes, etc.)
  • Creamery Arts Center (provides art classes for kids)
  • North Fork Pool & Park (Handicap accessible walking/bike trail for kids)
  • North Fork River Improvement Association (youth river awareness)
  • Playgrounds
  • Skis for Kids Program (introduces x-country skiing to youth groups and schools in the valley)
  • Paonia Cherry Days Kids’ Carnival
  • Kids' Pasta Project

    SCHOOLS
  • Delta County School District Backpack Program (early learning)
  • CKF “Dream Catcher” Scholarships ($5000 given annually)
  • Technological upgrades in the schools
  • Playgrounds
  • Professional Development
  • Peer Programs
  • Motivational Speakers
  • Opera Performance
  • Destination Imagination (extracurricular program)
  • Computers
  • Book Vouchers (enables youngsters to bring new books home)
  • Sport & Band Uniforms
  • Preschool Scholarships
  • Band Instruments
  • Art Programs
  • Theater Program
  • Track Program
  • Accelerated Reader (self-paced reading comprehension program)
  • Field Trips (science, nature, music, theater)
  • Eagles Nest Activity (program for 4th-6th graders in robotics)
  • Celebrate the Beat (dance program)
  • K-3rd grade Manners Curriculum
  • 5th grade Girls’ Feelings Forum
  • Library Books

    INDIVIDUALS
  • Destination Imagination (sent winning team to Global Competition in Knoxville, TN)
  • Foreign Exchange Program
  • Ambassadors of Music (performing in Europe)
  • Future Business Leaders of America
  • Class Trips (Greece, Italy, Mexico, Costa Rica)
  • People to People Travel (non-profit program that takes kids to Washington D.C., Europe & Australia/school affiliated)
  • Student Ambassador Program (international travel for students)
  • International Science Fair
  • Language Study
  • Leadership Camp
  • Outdoor Camps
  • Music Camps
  • Debate Camp
  • Fluency Fast (Foreign language camp)
  • Children’s Theater
  • Dance & Music Lessons
  • Kids'Pasta Project service trip
  • Youth Soccer
  • Baseball & Basketball
  • Peewee Football