100% of all your donations go to
Larimer County Search and Rescue
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Larimer County Search and Rescue is a 501(c)(3) organization.
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100% of your
contributions to LCSAR are tax deductible.
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95% of our annual expenses must
be paid for with money we obtain through fund raising.
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All of our members and staff are volunteers so most
of your donation pays for search and rescue - not administration.
Larimer County Search and Rescue engages in fund raising
activities that comply with the values listed below.
LCSAR FUND RAISING VALUES
Trust: We shall uphold the rules and regulations
specified in our Bylaws and Policies, and in any agreements we have made,
verbally or otherwise, with other agencies or individuals. We will not sell or
make public any donor information without the expressed consent of the donor.
Integrity: We shall not engage in any fundraising
activities or tactics that we find unappealing or distasteful or that we know
others find unappealing or distasteful – like random telephone solicitations by
non-team members. Since none of our members and staff are paid, our expenses can
and should be largely focused on things related to search and rescue.
Administrative expenses shall be kept to a minumum.
Honesty: we shall only request money for projects
that are approved by the LCSAR Executive Board or that are a normal part of
accepted team needs. All future fund raising success depends upon how truthful
we have been about our needs and our expenses.
Accountability: We shall spend all monies earmarked
for specific purposes on those purposes and do so in a timely manner and we
shall document appropriate reasons and justifications if this does not happen.
Throughout the year, LCSAR has a number of fund-raising projects including
hosting Radical Reels in April, Alpine Koi and Homescapes Parade of Ponds in
July, a Raffle starting at the New West Fest in
August, and various activities at the Long's Peak Scottish-Irish Festival in
Estes Park in September.
For information about donating to LCSAR or questions about our fund-raising projects, please contact:
Fundraising Coordinator
E-mail: Fundraising Coordinator
If you wish to make a donation to LCSAR...
by check
(send your check to the address below)
Larimer County Search and Rescue
1303 N Shields St
Fort Collins CO 80524-1014
Office: 970-498-5314
E-Mail:
Fundraising Coordinator
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LARIMER COUNTY'S GIVE-10 INITIATIVE
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We wish to express our most sincere appreciation and thanks to the many people,
corporations, organizations, foundations, and groups that have made donations
to LCSAR.
Fundraising Projects
COMMAND TRAILER
Fundraising Goal - $ 30,000.00
Command Trailer
Won't you please help us by considering a contribution for a
new Command Trailer. The trailer is used on all searches to provide a protected
environment for mission management as well as a place for family and friends to
be protected from the elements and to be together. Please help us to continue
our significant life-impacting work!
ONGOING PROJECTS
In addition to the yearly focus project, we have ongoing and future projects that we always must give
attention to...
OPERATING COSTS ($ 15,000.00)
Our current operating cost budget line is $ 15,000.00. We feel this is very
reasonable considering the numerous non-specific costs that are involved with running any
type of organization. Some of the more substantial expenses include vehicle and equipment
insurance ($5,400.00); fuel and routine vehicle maintenance and upkeep ($ 3,000.00) and
miscellaneous administrative (files/training/copying) expenses ($ 2,500.00).
We also have membership dues to organizations like the MRA and
NASAR.
TECHNICAL RESCUE/MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASE/REPLACEMENT ($ 12,000.00)
Each year the team
spends from $ 10,000.00 to $ 12,000.00 replacing worn equipment. Rescue rope replacement (2 - 300 foot
Static ropes @ $ 500.00 each). Miscellaneous Technical Hardware (2 - brakes $ 150.00 each, 50 - locking carabiners $ 15,00 each, 4 - ascending devices $ 75.00 each, 1 - litter spider $ 125.00). Rescue vehicle
tires, $ 500.00. Medical supplies replacement, $ 2000.00. Not all of this gets replaced every
year but it happens frequently. Because of the rugged environment we train and operate in, we have
costly and rapid deterioration of equipment. Having back-up equipment is a must rather
than a luxury for obvious safety reasons.
TRAINING, TECHNICAL/MEDICAL ($ 10,000.00)
LCSAR has an active program to fully and partially reimburse our members for fees and transportation costs
associated with outside training. Some special classes not available locally are required
for some of our advanced ratings. We have provided limited/partial funding for these
classes to encourage members to take advantage of these opportunities and bring
information and expertise back to the team. We also like to bring in guest speakers once
or twice a year which may mean paying for transportation and teaching fees. Text books on
technical rescue, search theory, and survival among other topics, also comes out of the
training budget. Annual training expenses have been averaging around $ 10,000.00.
TECHNOLOGY ($ 5000.00)
Law suits against service professionals are increasing.
Sometimes even the volunteer ranks are attacked. The need for accurate documentation of
personnel, training, equipment, applicants, donations, and incident records is essential. Managing this
adequately requires a computerized database. (computers $ 2,500.00 each, software $ 1,500.00,
printers $ 500,00 each)
COMMUNICATIONS ($ 25,000.00)
The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is continually evaluating communications
protocols. Homeland Security also is striving towards Interoperability,
especially in the radio communucations area. This may lead to requiring all licensed 2-way radio users to
switch to digital radio systems. Law Enforcement
and Emergency Services groups are considering switching to trunked systems to increase
available channels. Exact costs are not known but current estimates range from ($ 1,500.00
to $3,000 per radio) depending on whether it will be mounted in a vehicle or
handheld. LCSAR uses hand-held, base station, and vehicle radios.
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