Media coverage of Impact Fund grant partner

[Madeline Novey]

Good afternoon, everyone: I hope your Thursdays are going well so far. 

If you hadn't seen it already, we wanted to share the Reporter-Herald's article about one of our 2025 Impact Fund grant recipients, The Yay! Foundation, which is hosting a free, grant-funded comedy show at the Rialto in Loveland tomorrow night. Yay! is a nonprofit that seeks to build cultural acceptance around discussing mental health. Our team will have a table at the pre-event resource fair. Aidan, the CEO, said about 300 people are RSVP'd so far and that there's room for more! 

Article: https://www.reporterherald.com/2026/01/14/mental-health-comedy-show-recurring-open-mic-coming-to-loveland/ 

As always, don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. 

Thank you,

Madeline

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	Madeline Novey Communications Coordinator
	Behavioral Health Services 2260 W. Trilby Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526 970-619-4255 mno...@larimer.org  www.larimer.gov/behavioralhealth

[John Kefalas]

Dear Madeline,

Fantastic, and thank you for sharing this information and news article about the Yay! Foundation. Thursday has come and gone, and it was a good day. Have you and Amy heard of this CBO, ourcommunityoutreachtheatre.org. I met their Managing Director, Kirk Stephens, at FoCo Cafe when I met with their new director, Megan Greer. Both organizations merit our attention, and I would like to make sure that they are on the email list when we send out impact fund grant notices for 2026. Our Community Outreach Theater addresses behavioral health issues through theater and the arts. Thank you.

	John Kefalas (he/him) County Commissioner, District 1
	Commissioners' Office 200 W Oak St | 2nd Floor PO Box 1190, Fort Collins, CO 80522-1190 W: (970) 498-7001 Cell:  (720) 254-7598 jkef...@larimer.org | www.larimer.org