Gail and Deb

December 4,

After they packed the Soldier Boxes on Monday, Gail Ridings, owner of TallGrass Spa and her family of employees stuffed Christmas stockings for the children at Mountain Resource Center. This philanthropy serves a large area of the mountain communities in Colorado. Their mission and vision are to provide high quality, integrated health and human services that enrich the lives of people in communities they serve. It is a community-based nonprofit in which neighbors help their neighbors. It was Mountain Resource Center that was instrumental in giving immediate help for victims of a vicious wildfire a couple of years ago by not only assisting property owners but finding safe places for their pets. Mountain families in crisis have this fine local organization they can contact.

Gail became involved at Christmas time 15 years ago when she noticed a real need with this nonprofit. That year she found a Christmas tree for them by contacting a local business and now it has grown into Mr. and Mrs. Claus arriving on a Conifer fire truck with the firemen. The children receive a stocking stuffed with meaningful and fun items. When asked about how she got involved with this organization her 'I' quickly turned into ‘we’.

Her employees voted to support this wonderful nonprofit. They can donate an amount from their October and November paycheck as well as line up donations for these stockings. These photos illustrate the joy these wonderful women have in their hearts for this organization.

I am grateful for Gail's loving heart and her wonderful family at TallGrass who will make this Christmas a little better for the children served by Mountain Resource Center.

“For it is in giving that we receive.” ~ Francis of Assisi

Peace.