As of Friday, the Grand Valley community has raised nearly half of the funds required to reopen HomewardBound’s emergency shelter for the unhoused.

HomewardBound’s decision earlier this month to shutter the shelter Friday through Monday followed an unexpected loss of grant funding, affecting about 140 unhoused locals.

According to a press release from the Bray Cares Foundation, a housing-focused fund operated under the Western Colorado Community Foundation, contributions from independent donors, Bray Real Estate staff and other local businesses exceeded $60,000 by Friday morning.

“This is what western Colorado does best when there is a need: people step up,” WCCF Grants and Community Outreach Director Tedi Gillespie said. “This response reflects not only generosity, but shared responsib

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