FORT COLLINS – On Saturday, October 19 local businesses joined Big O Tires Fort Collins to play pickleball for a purpose! The 2024 Foothills Rotary Pickleball Classic was held at The Picklr in Loveland to benefit Project Self Sufficiency, a nonprofit empowering single parents with education and career development. Big O Tires supported the event with a $5,000 sponsorship.
“It was so much fun to see so much support on the courts,” said Jim Lautzenheiser, Owner of Big O Tires Fort Collins. “It was even more satisfying to see so many businesses come together to help single parents meet the needs of their families.”
A check for $5,000 was presented to Project Self Sufficiency at the event.
Leslie Arnold, Owner/Operator of The Picklr Loveland; Jim Lautzenheiser, Owner of Fort Collins Big O Tires; Anngie Sloan, Healthy Families Coordinator of Project Self Sufficiency; Tracy Mead, CEO of Project Self Sufficiency; Lyndsey Hertz, Development Director of Project Self Sufficiency; Jodi Terwilliger-Stacey, Program Director of Project Self Sufficiency.
The event raised over $35,000 for Project Self Sufficiency. The money will be used to support their Cars for Families program. One main barrier for single-parent families is safe and reliable transportation to get to work, school and appointments. The funds will help to purchase used vehicles for program participants.
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