Community Health Foundation

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from the Community Health Foundation!

As we welcome a new year, we want to pause and say thank you to our incredible supporters, partners, donors, and volunteers. Your generosity and compassion make it possible for us to serve our friends, families, and neighbors when they need it most.

Because of you, hope is restored, healing is supported, and lives are changed right here in our community. We are deeply grateful to start another year alongside such a caring and committed community.

✨ Here’s to a new year filled with health, hope, and continued impact—together.

From all of us at the Community Health Foundation, Happy New Year!

12/29/2025

Our office will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays from December 24 through January 4.

As we close out the year, we are deeply grateful for the generosity, partnership, and compassion of our community. Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a healthy, hopeful New Year.

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12/25/2025

As we celebrate this season of giving, we are especially grateful for you. Your generosity has helped us wrap up an amazing year of caring for our neighbors facing health care challenges. Thank you for sharing the spirit of compassion all year long.

Merry Christmas ⭐

Your Community Health Foundation Team

12/23/2025

We are beyond grateful for the incredible outpouring of support our community showed during Paint Gillette Pink this October. 💗

12/22/2025

In the last two months of 2025, the Community Health Foundation’s Hope Source Committee supported 14 neighbors facing serious mental health challenges, providing more than 12,500 in assistance.

Behind every application is a deeply personal story. Many of the individuals who reach out for help share that high deductibles, loss of insurance, or gaps in coverage make therapy unaffordable, even when they are doing everything right to seek support. It’s important to remember that not all insurance covers mental health care equally. Some plans limit the number of sessions allowed, deny coverage for out-of-network providers, or restrict the types of therapy many people rely on to heal. For a person already carrying the weight of anxiety, trauma, grief, or depression, these barriers can feel impossible.

That is where Hope Source steps in—and where you make all the difference.

Launched in 2023, the Hope Source Program provides critical financial assistance for mental health counseling to individuals in Campbell County and the surrounding areas.

Wyoming’s mental health landscape only underscores the urgency. Our state continues to face one of the highest su***de rates in the nation—26.5 per 100,000 residents, compared to the national rate of 14.7. In northeast Wyoming, the numbers rise even higher, with a regional rate of 30.64 per 100,000 residents. Campbell and Johnson counties remain among the top ten statewide.

Your support provides stability, growth, and the assurance that when someone reaches out for help, we can say yes.

Together, we can ensure that mental health care is accessible—not someday, but today. Thank you for believing in this work, supporting your neighbors, and helping build a healthier, more hopeful community for all.

12/18/2025

Committee Member Spotlight: Payton McGrath 👏

A rookie to the Festival of Trees Committee but no stranger to the event, Payton McGrath brings fresh energy and heartfelt purpose to one of our most cherished fundraisers.

“I’ve always been drawn to this fundraiser because of the way it brings people together for something truly meaningful,” she shares. “It’s more than just an event—it’s a reflection of how our community cares for one another. Supporting the Community Health Foundation in such a festive and impactful way is something I’ve admired for years, and I’m grateful for the chance to give my time to a cause that matters so much.”

For Payton, this involvement is also a family tradition. “My family has been involved for years—either volunteering or showing support—so it just felt natural for me to jump in and help too.”

When she’s not helping organize holiday magic, Payton is keeping busy as a real estate agent—celebrating one full year in the business this July! She’s also a proud puppy mom, which means life is always a little more chaotic—and a lot more joyful.

Her life motto? “You only live once.” And she’s living it with purpose, kindness, and community spirit.

We’re excited to have Payton as part of the Festival of Trees family—and can’t wait to see the difference she’ll continue to make through her service and heart.

12/16/2025

Stay Connected with Us!

Each month we send out Foundation Features—a newsletter that keeps our supporters in the loop on what’s happening at the Foundation and the impact their donations are making in our community.

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12/15/2025

We 💛 this initiative from Cloud Peak Pediatrics supporting Wyoming children fighting cancer. Consider supporting their Angel Tree 🎗️🎄

12/12/2025

Oh. My. Goodness.

Do you remember that Golden Gala Night? … We do. Even if we somehow forgot to post the photos for, oh, almost three months. 😅

Please forgive us — and take a little walk down memory lane with these gems from our 50th Anniversary of the Community Health Foundation and the 20th Anniversary of the Black Cat Ball — along with the announcement of the reopening of the Hospice House in 2026!

Thanks for celebrating with us. Enjoy reliving the magic! 🖤🎉

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12/12/2025

12/04/2025

In December 2025, the Cancer Care Committee had the honor of helping six neighbors whose lives have been forever changed by cancer. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to grant $13,900 in support — easing burdens at a time of year when the weight feels heaviest.

These neighbors came from all walks of life — a man in his 60s fighting prostate cancer, a young mother of three facing a rare form of breast cancer, a woman living with cervical cancer while trying to make ends meet, a widowed neighbor in her 80s undergoing lung cancer treatment, a senior managing a genetic form of lung cancer while he and his wife work to cover rising costs, and a single mother battling breast cancer with insurance that falls far short of her needs.

And this month, because of the season and the strain December can bring, the Committee was able to give one family a little extra, offering comfort and stability during the holidays.

Your support helps provide critical assistance like gas and lodging for out-of-town or out-of-state treatment; help with rent, mortgages, and utilities when work becomes difficult — or impossible; and relief from overwhelming medical costs and day-to-day burdens.

This is what hope and community look like. And this is what your kindness makes possible.

With your continued support of our Cancer Care program — and through events like Paint Gillette Pink every October — we can keep helping our neighbors fight cancer with dignity, strength, and the knowledge that their community is standing with them.

Thank you for making a difference when it matters most.

11/27/2025

As we celebrate this season of gratitude, we are especially thankful for the generosity and spirit of our community. Wishing you and your family a safe, warm, and joyful Thanksgiving.