Thank you for supporting the Shoshoni Senior Center. The following are the funding sources and collaborations that make what we do possible. This includes our Nutrition Programs, Transportation, Support Services, and all the other ways that we benefit the seniors and community of Shoshoni. Most of our grants require a percentage of local match funding, so fundraising is necessary part of fulfilling our mission. Thank you!

Funding and Collaborations: Shoshoni Senior Center logo

Ongoing Funding

Local Match Awards

Local Income

  • Program Income is the voluntary participant contributions for meals, transportation, and support services. Specifically, this money is collected from the gray donation box on our front counter for meals, fares for rides, and the donation boxes for coffee, exercise equipment, and office services.
  • Fundraisers (for example, the Street Fair, Christmas Craft Bazaar, Bake Sales, Prime Rib Dinner, Cajun Dinner, September Donation Drive)
  • Individual General Donations
  • Business Donations and donations from other organizations
  • Memorial Donations are donated in the memory of someone who has passed away. These donations are deposited into a separate account and are used for board-approved improvements to the Senior Center, rather than general operations.
  • Dollar a Month Club is a suggested donation of $12/year
  • Shoshoni Recreation District #24 rents our basement yearlong to put on their annual Haunted House
  • Other Building Use fees
  • Smith’s Inspiring Donations: You can help us whenever you shop at Smith’s by linking your Smith’s Rewards Card to Shoshoni Senior Citizens Center (organization QX859).

Collaborations

  • We are a partner of the Food Bank of Wyoming. They help our budget go further, and we help give those in our community access to needed food and necessities. Come to the Senior Center and check the Free Shelf at the Senior Center for items that you could use. Food Bank deliveries generally occur on the third Wednesday of the month.
  • Wyoming Senior Services Association: The director of the Senior Center is a member of WSSA (formerly WASPD).
  • Atlantic City Federal Credit Union pays for senior meals once a month on “Credit Union Day”.
  • Big Horn Water provides water at the Senior Center.
  • Cent$ible Nutrition shares information, recipes, and sometimes food with us to distribute to our patrons.

Specific Funding Awards

  • We are in the process of buying a 12-passenger bus with funding from Adult Protective Services, WYDOT, as well as the Shoshoni Senior Citizens Service District.
  • Rocky Mountain Power Foundation for specific projects, including cleaning supplies at the beginning of the pandemic, replacing office computers, building drainage improvements, presentation equipment, and for emergency supplies and equipment.
  • Wyoming Hunger Initiative awarded us Infrastructure Grants so that we could purchase kitchen equipment and fund our community garden project, additional grocery money, and donations of meat.
  • BNSF Railway for kitchen equipment.
  • We received TAD funding from the Wind River Visitors Council for advertising expenses in 2023 (through the Town of Shoshoni) and for newsletter and advertising expenses in 2022 (through the Shoshoni Chamber of Commerce).
  • We received money towards our roof replacement from Daniels Fund and Fremont County.

Help us serve our seniors!

We deeply appreciate the all of the funding, donations, partnerships, and collaborations that enable us to provide important services to seniors. In short, we could not do this without you!

We are also always happy to help connect patrons with other services that might help them. If you are interested in helping us to increase our funding and collaborations, please let us know.

Additionally, we have flyers and brochures for a variety of other local information, events, and services in our entrance foyer for patrons and other visitors to peruse.