Gratitude for Grand: Give a High Five for Health

2025 Event Sponsorship Opportunities

We are very excited to host our annual online fundraiser.

Join us September 11th – 26th!

Your support helps us continue to make an impact in our community.

  • $300 supports at least two mental health therapy visits
  • $600 supports at least three well-child exams
  • $1,000 supports a full intake with a care coordinator, assessing barriers to health and available resources and care options.
  • $1,500 supports at least three children’s dental vouchers
  • $2,500 supports approximately one month of health coverage guide services
  • $5,000 contributes to our local behavioral health systems change initiative


2025 Award for Excellence in Health Service

2025 Nominations are Open!

Do you know someone in Grand County who goes the extra mile to care for our community’s health?

The Grand County Rural Health Network wants your help finding nominees for the 2024 Award for Excellence in Health Service. We’re looking for people or groups making a big impact on the health and well-being of our community. This is not limited to healthcare providers. These can be professionals or volunteers because we know health is more than health care.

Past Award Recipients:

  • Therese McElroy, RN in 2013
  • Mary Jo Hargadine, RN in 2014
  • Hannah Foley, NP and Ray Jennings in 2015
  • Val Lind, RN in 2016
  • Wade Walker, RPh in 2017
  • Heather Bentler, RN and John Nichols, MD in 2018
  • Katie Hornbaker, CRNA, and Sue Johnson MSW, LSW in 2019
  • COVID-19 Incident Management Team in 2020
  • Brene Belew-LaDue, BSN, RN and Outbreak of Kindness in 2021
  • Tess Riley in 2022
  • Leigha Klein, Tracy Vasquez and Ann Baer in 2023
  • Kim Long and Jessica Jimenez in 2024

2024 Award for Excellence in Health Service Winners

Join us in celebrating the 2024 recipients of the Award for Excellence in Health Service: Kim Long and Jessica Jimenez! Congratulations to these very well-deserved award recipients for their service to the community! Learn more about how they embody that health is more than healthcare in the work they do.

Kim Long, Grand Seniors
Jessica Jimenez, Middle Park Health


Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors

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Donna’s Story

Donna (not her real name) called our office in tears in late August 2018 because she had lost her Medicaid coverage. Donna was worried because she wasn’t able to afford her prescriptions without her insurance and felt the stress of it all might cause her to relapse on...

Mark’s Story

There is nowhere Mark Davis would rather live than the mountains of Colorado. Now 60 years old, Davis is a carpenter who specialized in remodeling houses in the Front Range and, later, in Grand County. For nearly 10 years, he lived near Grand Lake in an apartment with...

Maria’s Story

Following a car accident in March 2018, Maria (not her real name) was referred to the Grand County Rural Health Network by Middle Park Health’s Kremmling Clinic for financial assistance to obtain prescription medications due to severe injuries, including a blood clot...

Bob’s Story

Listen as Bob shares in the video about how he didn't realize he needed support until he met our Care Coordinator John.

Lisa’s Story

What spurred the creation of this video was simply a phone call made by a grateful client to someone on our Network staff, calling just to say "thank you" for our help. We were pleased that Lisa was willing to share her story of her "trials and tribulations" (as she...