Social Responsibility

We believe that businesses, as well as individuals, have a responsibility to do what they can to help others in their communities. At Sagewood, we take our communitiy obligations seriously and try to help where we can. We provide cash and in-kind donations to both local and worldwide organizations dedicated to helping others. In the past, we've donated cabinetry for Habitat for Humanity housing projects, and provided cash support to organizations as diverse as Doctors Without Borders, Women for Women, the Adopt a Native Elder Program, and local food banks and gift drives. We've compiled a list of some of the organizations we have supported, and encourage you to support them as well if you're able!

Sagewood Supports . . .

Habitat for Humanity - Roaring Fork Valley Chapter
	Habitat for Humanity builds simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with those in need. Families purchase the houses at cost, with a zero interest mortgage and they are required to complete hundreds of hours of ‘sweat equity’ working alongside volunteers to build their homes. Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and business donors provide money and materials to build Habitat houses.
Seva Foundation
	Seva Foundation was formed in 1978 with a mission to alleviate suffering caused by disease and poverty. It's approach is to build partnerships that respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions. Working in nine countries in addition to the United States, Seva Foundation supports projects in the area of health and wellness, community development, environmental protection and cultural preservation.
Heifer International
	Heifer International is a nonprofit charitable organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, dedicated to relieving global hunger and poverty. It provides gifts of livestock and plants, as well as education in sustainable agriculture, to financially-disadvantaged families around the world.
Doctors Without Borders
	Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. It provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters, offering independent, impartial assistance to those most in need.
The World Food Programme
	WFP works to put hunger at the centre of the international agenda, promoting policies, strategies and operations that directly benefit the poor and hungry. WFP is the world's largest international food assistance organisation combating hunger in underdeveloped nations with severe food shortages. The frontline stretches from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East to Latin America and Asia & the Pacific.
Women for Women International
	Women for Women International mobilizes women to change their lives through a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of women in conflict and post-conflict environments. WFW enables women to engage in a multi-phase process of recovery and rehabilitation, that opens the window of opportunity presented by the end of conflict to help improve the rights, freedoms and status of women in her country. As women who go through our program assume leadership positions in their villages, actively participate in the reconstruction of their communities, build civil society, start businesses, train other women and serve as role models, they become active citizens who can help to establish lasting peace and stability
Adopt a Native Elder
	The Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program exists to create a Bridge of Hope between Native Americans and other cultures. It allows us to reach out to one another, share our gifts, and mend the broken circle of our relationship with the Land and the Native Americans who hold it in sacred trust. The Program supports the traditional Elders who live in the cultural and spiritual traditions of The Dine' (Navajo) People.
LIFT-UP
	LIFT-UP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing essential humanitarian assistance in the communities of Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, New Castle, Rifle and Parachute. LIFT-UP has been providing a variety of different community services to those in need since 1982, including emergency food, USDA commodities, thrift store vouchers, gasoline and bus pass vouchers for job interviews and medical appointments, prescriptions, and an extended table soup kitchen.
Feed My Sheep
	Feed My Sheep is a ministry located in downtown Glenwood Springs, Colorado that exists to serve the homeless of the Roaring Fork Valley. The mission is to provide a safety net for the homeless that is sensitive to their needs. Feed My Sheep provides a network of services to the homeless that enables them to survive, including food, showers, laundry, storage and communication services. We also provide camping equipment, candles, blankets and over the counter medications.