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Larimer County Search and Rescue

  • Larimer County Search and Rescue is a 501(c)(3) organization.

  • 100% of your contributions to LCSAR are tax deductible.

  • 95% of our annual expenses must be paid for with money we obtain through fund raising.

  • 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...

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(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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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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