Curve Cowboy Reunion is excited to announce the 2010 charity of choice is:

Emerge Family Advocates

MISSION STATEMENT:  Emerge Family Advocates seeks to help families function in a healthy way, primarily by providing safe and neutral settings and services that help children exercise their right to the best possible relationship with both parents.  Emerge's primary function is to eliminate parental confrontation and conflicts from parent-child contact and to disrupt the cycle of violence.

Emerge Family Advocates was started 13.5 yrs ago when a Vermont judge was looking for a way to improve the legal system for family court cases. A family court system was established that uses a non-lawyer, non-adversarial method of helping to resolve domestic violence or substance abuse cases where kids get caught in the middle.  Emerge Family Advocates provides a structured method of allowing the child(ren) a visitation with the non-custodial parent in a safe, supervised, and neutral setting.  These are cases where the parents are hostile toward each other and the kids get caught in the middle. Emerge Family Advocates is modeled after the Supervised Visitation Network, a national organization, but created specifically to help Vermont kids.

With a small budget, no shortage of cases, and 90% of the staff being volunteers, Curve Cowboy Reunion will be able to make a substantial contribution to Emerge Family Advocates!

CCR has contributed more than $140,000 to charity since our first in 2000

The Curve Cowboy Reunion is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  The current IRS filing document can be found here. The volunteers and BOD members invest a great deal of time and effort in planning and producing our annual reunion. We do this to the benefit of our Curve Cowboy Reunion attendees as well as the local charity chosen each year. None of the volunteers working on this event receive any compensation for their time and effort. The directors and officers on the Board of Directors are unpaid volunteers as well. All funds collected by the reunion, via reunion fees, and merchandise, are used only to fund the annual reunion. Donations, 50/50 income and Silent Auction revenue are used to generate the contribution for the chosen local charity.  Nobody in the CCR is in this to make money. The requirements set by our organization by-laws as well as IRS guidelines require that all director and officer positions on the CCR BOD are not compensated. Our goal each year is to have a great reunion and to walk away with great memories.

In 2001, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of all the attendees donated over $1500 to First Step, an organization chartered to provide an array of services for children and adults with developmental disabilities in a community setting including early intervention, preschool, residential homes and supported employment.  Between the Curve Cowboy Reunion's donation and the proceeds of the Bike Wash, over $1800 was secured for First Step.

In 2002, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of all the attendees donated $5000 to the BMW MOA Foundation, an organization under the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America chartered to carry out educational activities that benefit the BMW Community, motorcycle riders in general and other educational activities related to motorcycling.

In 2003, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of all the attendees donated $8000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, an organization who's mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.  Also, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of all the attendees donated $500 to Gatlinburg Interact, a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people ages 14-18. The program gives young people an opportunity to participate in fun, meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends.

In 2004, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of all the attendees raised nearly $12000 for the Summit County Mentors, a well-established community-based mentoring program that matches caring adult volunteers with youth ages 6 to 16.  Summit County Mentors' mission is "to positively influence the youth of Summit County to lead healthy lifestyles, through a consistent one-on-one relationship with an adult", and $12000 for TAME, an organization that provides equine assisted therapies and activities, including recreational riding for individuals with disabilities, hippotherapy, equine assisted psychotherapy, driving, vaulting, competition and other therapeutic and educational interactions with horses.  And generated over $1000 for the local Breckenridge Nordic Ski Team.

In 2005, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of the attendees raised over $12000 for to "Focus on Success", an after school program for at risk middle school students at Jackson Hole Middle School. The program meets twice a week for adventure based experiential activities to develop the skills that promote substance abuse prevention and enhance school success.  This donation was able to double the program budget for 2005-2006.

In 2006, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of the attendees raised over $22000 for the Barrow County Advocacy Center (a.k.a., the "Treehouse"), an organization that provides advocacy and treatment for victims of child abuse including counseling, medical help, forensic evaluations, and conducts programs to help prevent abuse in all its forms.

In 2007, the Curve Cowboy Reunion on behalf of the attendees raised over $22000 for Camp David Kids of the Ozarks, an organization that helps at-risk children of parents who are in prison.

In 2008, the Curve Cowboy Reunion raised $28,000 for the Wasatch County Children's Justice Center. Their press release from September, 2008 says it all:

In 2009 Curve Cowboy Reunion chose Thunder Valley Community Development as the recipient of our charitable efforts. We raised over $25,000 for this group. Their mission:

"Empowering Lakota youth and families to improve the health, culture and environment of our community, through the healing and strengthening of cultural identity."

IRS 501(c)(3) Filing document