Mancos Gear Share

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Mancos Gear Share

Mission
The MGS is a nonprofit, community sponsored project for youth and families in SW Colorado Sponsors & Donors
Mancos Creative District
Alpacka Raft Co.

Partners in Planning and Completion:
The Mancos Gear Share is a collaborative project between the Mancos School District, the Mancos Public Library, Mancos Valley Resources, the Mancos Creative District and the Outdoors Empowered Network (OEN). OEN has helped similar groups establish gear lending libraries across the country and has been a valuable resource in helping with the early stages of planning the gear library, connecting the local planning committee with a network of similar gear libraries and resources as well as utilizing their cooperative buying power to help secure donations and deep discounts of outdoor gear. Friends of the Mancos Library
Town of Mancos
Open Sky Wilderness Therapy
Osprey Packs
The Ballantine Family Fund
Durango Devo

Mancos Gear Share Goals:
The Mancos Gear Share project is a community-wide effort with a simple goal of getting more young people and their families to enjoy healthy outdoor pursuits. The most common barriers for those that would like to experience outdoor recreation are lack of representation, opportunities, access to expensive gear, programs that are facilitated by community members that have familiarity with underserved populations, and access to trusted & knowledgeable people to help them learn how to recreate in the outdoors in and emotionally and physically safe way. The Mancos Gear Share project is addressing these barriers by first establishing a gear-lending library--built on local and national monetary and in-kind donations--and secondly by building a group of community volunteers and organizations to help establish workshops, activities and programs to facilitate the safe use and enjoyment of the Mancos Gear Share equipment. The long-view is for the Mancos Gear Share to become a community based, inclusive, volunteer and youth-centered organization that provides programming and activities that utilize its outdoor equipment to introduce and sustain an interest and love for healthy recreation in the outdoors.

04/16/2025

ALERT! This event is postponed for one week due to an unforseen emergency. It will kick off on Thursday, May 1st.

Bike Polo is coming to Boyle Park in Mancos! There will be mallets, balls, and goals ready to go. All you need is a bike, preferably not your beloved trail whip, and the will to have more fun on a bike than you can possibly imagine. Message me with questions. MoCo....Polo!

03/05/2025

Exciting developments coming for the Mancos Gear Share that will prompt the need for some volunteers! If you have time to help check out/in gear and want to jump on the next phase of this project's ride, DM and let me know!

12/03/2024

The Mancos Gear Share is hoping to raise some funds with a goal of acquiring more storage space and establish a physical location. If you are interested in donating, use the link below to do so for Colorado Gives Day. If you want to learn more about the project, visit the website and/or email me through the additional link.
https://www.coloradogives.org/organ.../MancosValleyResources
www.mancosgearshare.org

Discover how you want to experience our local natural world without the commitment and expense of purchasing expensive gear.

08/28/2024

The MGS desperately needs a volunteer that can dedicate 2-4 hours a week to make this project fully operational. Please spread the word and let me know if you or someone you know is interested.

08/31/2023

Come visit our table at the Mancos Farmers Market tomorrow 8/31!

08/27/2023

Final Fundraising Push! MGS will be open to the public on 8/31/23! Sponsor Ed Whritner's CTClassic "bike-a-thon" to help the MGS raise the funds needed for a needed storage & shop structure in Cottonwood park ($4-5K). Here's the deal: Make a pledge here for every mile that Ed completes in the Colorado Trail Classic

The CT Classic is a grueling, one-day 75 mile singletrack route on the CO Trail from Molas Pass to Durango. It's a beast just to finish. If you'd like to help, DM me through the MGS page here with the amount you'd like to pledge per mile ($0.50 minimum), and once the race is complete I will send you the link for the MGS account through the Mancos Valley Resources. Message for more details if needed, and thanks in advance!

Welcome to the 2023 Edition Ride Sponsor: Ian Altman The Colorado Trail Classic is a point-to-point event in the COES. Bummer you can’t loop it out but the one-way route is just too classi…

08/07/2023

ISO a 20' shipping container or large shed-structure for a low price OR a 2 year loaner. We are poised to open August 31st to the public, and we've got more gear than we have space for! We have a plan for a formal space in 2 years, but for now we'll need to operate out of temporary spaces (i.e. containers) in Cottonwood Park. Spead the word!

Address

P. O. Box 204
Mancos, CO
81328

Website

http://mancosgearshare.org/

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