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Ark Valley Humane Society
Attn: Alice Sawyer or Linda Pangrace
701 Gregg Drive (County Road 319)
PO Box 1335
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-395-2737

Collegiate Peaks Anglers Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Attn: Vern Rutherford
PO Box 3067
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-395-8370

Monarch Quilters Guild
Attn: Carol Brooks
PO Box 22
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-539-4909

ABATE (A Brotherhood Active Towards Education)
Attn: Cheryl Spaulding
719-539-8563

Accelerated Reader Family Reading Night
Avery Parsons Library
719-395-2301

Aerobics for Everyone!
Attn: Lynn
American Legion on East Arkansas and Railroad. All levels.
719- 719-395-8146

After Five Club
(See Christian Women's Club)

Alpine Orchestra
Attn: Tecla Cunningham
PO Box 145
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
719- 719-395-8021

American Association of Retired Persons
Attn: Verona Taggert
PO Box 457
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-395-6069

American Legion Auxiliary
Attn: Gerry Delaney
American Legion Hall
719-395-8946

American Legion Post 55
Attn: Bob Johnson, Commander
Railroad and East Arkansas
719-395-2277

Avery Parsons Parent/Teacher Organization (APPTO)
Attn: Ruth Powell
719-395-3478

Arkansas Valley Car Club
Attn: Kathy Haug
PO Box 340
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-395-6946

Babe Ruth Baseball Association
PO Box 421
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Bob Marken 719-395-8066 or Cliff and Kimla Robinson 719-539-6747.

Banana Belt Stamp Club
PO Box 3067
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call 719-395-8370

Bee Vee Harmonizers
PO Box 1844
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Richard Gilbert at 719-395-2287 or Frank Steiner at 719-395-4039.

Bingo
At the American Legion on E. Arkansas and Railroad St., Fridays at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 7:00 p.m. (early bird 6:15 p.m.)

Boy Scout Troop #68
Call Scout Master Bob Johnson at 719-395-8790.

Build A Generation (BAG)
PO Box 1574
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Susan Bristol at 719-395-0344 x102.

BV Athletic Booster Club
Contact Jane Clark at 719-395-8797 or Tom and Trudy Foreman at 719-395-8723.

Ceramic Classes
Mondays at 11:00 a.m. and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. at 214 South Gunnison.
Call 719-395-3552.

Chaffee County Airport Commission
Call 719-539-7441.

Chaffee County Computer Club
Meets at 7:00 p.m. the third Monday every month at Chaffee County Fire Station #1, 15326 CR 306 west of Buena Vista.
Call 719-395-2568.

Chaffee County Council on the Arts
PO Box 1154
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call 719-395-8372 for location.

Chaffee County Democrats
Call 719-395-6982.

Chaffee - Lake Amateur Repeater Association
PO Box 1228
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Carl Kinnell at 719-395-6336.

Chaffee County Running Club
Non-profit member group that promotes running for fun and fitness in Chaffee and surrounding counties.
PO Box 1441
Salida, CO 81201
719-539-4112 website

Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 2021
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Kathi or Judy at 719-395-6612.

Christian Women's Club
(After 5 Club)
Contact Andra Hendrie at 719-395-8190.

Collegiate Peaks Republican Women's Forum
Contact Joanne Robinson at 719-395-8755.

Collegiate Peaks Riding & Roping Club (CPRRC)
Call Judy Green 719-395-9290.

Colorado SHARE Food Distribution
Call Connie Robb at 719-395-2739 or Jean Lowe at 719-395-6089 for details.

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension
10165 CR 120
Salida, CO 81201
Call Perri Walborn-Swartz at 719-539-6447
Email chaffee@coop.ext.colostate.edu

Columbine Garden Club
Call Jane at 719-539-2261 or Barbara at 719-395-2943.

Cub Scout Pack #73
PO Box 1604
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Lori Hagan at 719-395-6275

Delta Kappa Gamma
President Cindy Demarest
719-539-5085.

Duplicate Bridge Club
6:00 p.m. every Tuesday at the VFW.
Call Ruth Linke 719-395-2285 for information.

Faith In Action "Neighbors" Project
Contact Debbie Straight at 719-539-6717.

Friends of the Arkansas River
PO Box 924
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Sean Herrin at 719-395-8081 for information.

Gas Creek Homemakers
PO Box 3
Nathrop, CO 81236
Call Claire Schafer 719-395-6378.

Girl Scouts - Columbine Council
21 Montebello Rd.
Pueblo, CO 81001
Call Juanita Heyn at 1-800-287-9252 (Pueblo)

Habitat For Humanity
PO Box 4936
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-539-0482

Heart of the Rockies Right To Life
PO Box 1027
Buena Vista, CO 81211

Heart of the Rockies Singles Group
Call Sherrie at 719-395-2166.

Heritage Society
PO Box 1414
506 E Main St
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call 719-395-8458.

Hi Explosives Gymnastics
Contact Cindy Foreman at 719-395-2153.
Boys & girls ages 2 and up.

High Country Fine Arts Association
PO Box 1025
Salida, CO 81201
Contact Jean Buster at 719-395-2885.

Iota Alpha Sorority
Beta Sigma Phi

27945 CR 320-A
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Meet 1:00-3:00 p.m. Thursdays.

Iota Tau Sorority
Beta Sigma Phi

PO Box 4224
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Janet Halvert at 719-395-8175.

Lion's Club
PO Box 3033
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Jim Schutz at 719-395-6795 or Don Hoover at 719-395-2775.

Masons
For more information call 719-395-2892.

Men's Interdenominational Christian Prayer Breakfast
Meets each Friday at 7:00 a.m. at Jan''s Restaurant.
Call Dave Drake at 719-395-2851.

Model Railroad Society
This group has created a miniature replica of the surrounding area upstairs in the BV Heritage Museum at Main Street and Court. Call 719-395-8856.

National Assoc. of Retired Federal Employees Chapter 2286
PO Box 3003
Buena Vista, CO 81211
President Lloyd Swedhin 719-395-8126.

Northern Chaffee County Sheriff's
Patrol Auxiliary
Call Carolyn Howlett at 719-395-8138 (summer) or Carole Barnes 719-395-8035 (winter).

Optimist Club
PO Box 3044
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Walt Downing 719-539-3650 or Doyle Nyberg 719-395-8150.

 

Order of the Eastern Star
306 1/2 E Main
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Contact Barbara Harrington at 719-395-2750.

Party Bridge
Every Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at the Buena Vista Community Center.
Call 719-395-5818 or 719-395-2160.

Pick & Shovel Players
PO Box 1178
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Linda Bryant at 719-395-8453.

Planning & Zoning Commission
Meetings the first and third Wednesday each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Buena Vista Community Center Pinon Room. Public welcome.

Quiet Use Coalition
Non-Profit group working to promote, protect and preserve quiet use activities like fishing, hiking, camping, horseback and bicycle riding, kayaking, rafting etc. in Chaffee and surrounding counties.
PO Box 164
Buena Vista, CO 81211
www.quietuse.org

Recreation Board
Contact Lois Walton at 719-395-8346.

Rotary Club
Call 719-395-2472 or 719-395-8419. Projects
assist young people, senior citizens, and relate to health, hunger, environmental concerns, drug abuse, literacy and vocational assistance. Meet Tuesday, 12:00 noon at Grace Episcopal Church.

Running Club
Meet at the High School at 5:45 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Contact Julie McMurry at 719-395-6915 or Tammy White at 719-395-6963. Saturday mornings they meet at the BV Community Center at 7:00 a.m.

Singles Bible Study
Meets every Monday at 7:00 p.m. and open to any single.
Call 719-395-3892 for location.

Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club
PO Box 3133
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Jerry Bronnenberg 719-395-2995.

Soccer (BV Youth Soccer Assoc.)
PO Box 3034
Buena Vista CO 81211
Call 719-395-6684 or 719-395-2365.

Sportsmen's Club
Help with Hunter Safety courses, hold Gun Show the last weekend in February, and provide fish for town lake.
Call Harry at 719-395-8292.

Thursday Hikers
Men's year-round hiking group.
Contact Frank Steiner 719-395-4039, Guy Dobbert at 719-395-6481, or John Dorfmeister 719-395-8559.

Thursday Party Bridge Club
Meet at 1:00 p.m. Thursdays at the Community Center.
For reservations call 719-395-2011 or 719-395-2823.

Tree Board
Call Roy Hungerford (395-6952), Barbara Little (395-2300) or Roy Gertson (395-2680).

Valley Children's Choir & Theater
PO Box 1025
Salida, CO 81201
Call Director Pat Areaux at 719-395-2827.
County-wide performance group for students from second grade through junior high.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Meets the second Saturday of each month at 1:00 p.m. at Post 1166 in Johnson Village.
Phone number 719-395-2929.

VFW Auxiliary 1166
Meets the third Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at Post 1166 in Johnson Village. Call 719-395-2929.

Woman to Woman, Heart to Heart
PO Box 3173
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719-395-8505

Writer's Exchange
Meeting the third Monday of the month at varied locations from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Call Dan Bishop at 719-395-6101 or Alene Reeves at 719-539-6833.

Xi Mu Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi

PO Box 867
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Contact Judy Packard at 719-395-6692.

Yoga Class
Every Tuesday from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Contact Jane Kettering at 719-395-2103 or Diane Clements 719-395-6803.

Young At Heart
Meets the second Wednesday every month at 12:00 p.m. in the Community Center for Potluck and Program.
Call Bob 719-395-8309.

 

SUPPORT GROUPS

Al-Anon
Meet at noon every Friday at Sunrise Manor. For families and friends of alcoholics.
Call 719-395-3745 or 719-395-2565.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Closed meeting at 8:00 p.m. Thursdays at the Congregational United Church of Christ.
Call 719-395-2544.

Alliance Against Domestic Abuse
Service hours, Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (through lunch), at the Community Center.
Appointments by calling 719-539-7347 (call forwarded), walk-ins welcome.

Arkansas Valley Christian Mission
705 East Main
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Hours: Saturday from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Tues, Wed and Fri from 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Thurs from 1:30-4:00pm. Call 719-395-9321.

Buena Vista Pregnancy Center
#10 Buffalo Peaks Center
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Monday 11AM-3PM, Thursday 1-5PM
Call 719-395-6703
Helpline - 207-1815
www.uavpregnancycenters.com
(Not a medical clinic - privately funded)

Children's Task Force
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Congregational United Church of Christ.
Call 719-395-2544.

Christian Auto Recyclers - CAR
Contact Paul McCollister at 719-539-5638. Helping with transportation needs. Accepts donated vehicles.

Co-Dependent Support Group
Meets each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at
123 South Gunnison.
Call 719-395-6458.

The Free Store
Helps supplement the grocery needs of seniors with fresh and non-perishable food supplies donated by local businesses and individuals. Some help may be available to others in crisis situations.
Call Francee Roe at 719-395-6623. Located behind Coast to Coast and open Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 am.

Grief Support Group
Meet the third Monday each month at the United Congregational Church of Christ at 7:00 p.m.
Call Fred Dare at 719-395-2544, Barbara Groy at 719-395-2766 or Arlene Fisher at 719-395-8770.

Lupus & Arthritis Support Group of
Chaffee County
Open meetings the second Monday monthly at 1:30 p.m. Location varies.
Contact Marge Dorfmeister at 719-395-8559 or Ann Anderson at 719-395-2997.

Moms In Touch
A non-denominational prayer support group for our children and their schools. DPCA & Busy Bees Moms meet at DPCA Library; call Margaret, 719-395-4021 for time and day. Buena Vista public school moms meet Monday at 8:15 a.m. in the First Baptist Church Library.
Call Susan 719-395-4949.

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)
Meet from 9:15-11:15 a.m. first Wednesday monthly at the First Baptist Church, 28775 South San Juan.
Call 719-395-2242.

Native American Prisoners Support Group
P.O. Box 1331
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Call Suzanne MacDonald 719-395-3670.

Peer Group
For women who have been sexually abused. Meets twice a month at 7:00 p.m.
Call 719-395-8447.

PFLAG
Confidential resource for families and friends of, as well as for, lesbian and gay person., Meets monthly. All calls are confidential.
Call 719-395-2544 or 836-2685.

Pregnancy Center
118 S Gunnison, PO Box 4355
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Irene Mable, Director.
Contact Carol Guthrie at 719-395-6040. For appointments call 719-395-6703. Open Monday 11:00-1:00 p.m., Thursday 3:00-5:00 p.m. Free pregnancy testing and counseling

Special Folks
Provides community resources, educational and medical information and support groups for families with children or adults with disabilities.
Contact Kristen Ahlstedt at 719-395-2582.

TOPS #CO 567
Meets every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in the Congregational United Church of Christ
Call Sharon Pikul at 719-395-4010.

TOPS #383
Meet at 7:00 p.m. at the Mountain View Church of Christ every Tuesday.
Call
Aggie Moss at 719-395-8855.

Town Firewood Program
Providing firewood for those in need. Contact Barbie McCollister at 719-395-9321.
Tues., Wed., and Fri. From 11am to 2pm, Thurs. From 1:30pm to 4pm and Sat. from 10am to 1pm. Located at 705 East Main.

Weight Watchers
Meets Tuesdays in the Aspen room
at the Community Center at 5:15 p.m.
Contact Bev Orrill at 719-395-7141 or Jody Werner (evenings) at 719-395-2063.

WIC Program
Buena Vista hours are on Fridays. Call 719-539-7413 to make an appointment.

 


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