Word of Thanks - FIRC Summit County Resource Center

support the workforce behind the mountains you love

FIRC, Summit Resource Center, believes everyone should be able to create and maintain a stable life in Summit County. We provide the vital basic needs services that help 1 of 3 residents and workers access healthy food, afford housing, navigate healthcare challenges, and create the connections and stability needed to work, stay, and succeed. Your support of FIRC empowers the local workforce that makes Summit County a vibrant mountain community for all.

Typically, the FIRC food market distributes 700 boxes of food to families each week, but we are seeing unprecedented requests for over 900 boxes weekly

loving the mountains is easy, living here is not

A low-snow year doesn’t just affect skiing—it affects livelihoods.

Across Summit County, due to the lack of snow, workers are facing reduced or no working hours. This means surviving in an area with an already exorbitantly high cost of living, is now even more difficult. Many locals are working one, two, even three jobs and still falling behind. No one should have to face the difficult decision to pay rent or buy groceries when already working so hard. When food becomes uncertain, people quietly make the hardest decision of all: they leave the community they love.

Your gift helps workers stay—by ensuring access to food during a tough season.

A donation of $20 turns into $200 worth of free food distributed to our community with FIRC’s partnerships and food purchasing power

why this resonates statewide

People all across Colorado love coming to Summit County—to ski, ride, hike, and recharge.

But the mountain experience Coloradans cherish depends on a local workforce that can afford to live in the county year-round. When there is no snow, there is no work. When workers leave, communities strain—and the places we love change.

Giving to FIRC’s Food Access Program is a way for Coloradans to give back to the mountain communities that give them so much. When local workers can come to FIRC’s welcoming Community Food Market and receive up to $225 in fresh, nutritious food—fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, and eggs—it can make the difference between staying housed or falling behind on rent.

your donation to firc provides:

Immediate access to nutritious food for individuals and families
Stability during reduced hours or job transitions
A reason—and a chance—for people to stay in Summit County

Food support isn’t just about meals. It’s about dignity, stability, and keeping communities whole.

This winter has been hard. But together, we can make it a little lighter.

When workers can stay, Summit County stays strong—and Colorado’s mountain communities remain places where people can both work and belong. Give the gift of food to Summit County workers to help them stay through a challenging season.

FIRC is so honored to be chosen for Next with Kyle Clark’s Word of Thanks Campaign.

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