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| Valley Park Recreation & Youth Center, Inc. |
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| Contact: | Larry, President |
| Phone: | (719) 783-0110 |
| Email: | Email |
| Mailing Address: | PO Box 466, Westcliffe, CO, 81252 |
| Physical Address: | 304 S. 4th Street, Westcliffe, CO, 81252 |
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Built in 1891, the Old Westcliffe School is on the National Historical List of Buildings. It has been maintained as a museum of Old West one-room schools with desks, pictures, and other momentos to show how teaching was done in the Colorado high country a century ago. A year-round meeting room is available in the back for community uses to include clubs, classes and special events such as parties, baby showers, and similar functions. A kitchen is available to support these events if needed. Contact Larry Simmons at 783-0110 or Bud White at 783-3430 to make scheduling arrangements.
| For the past 20 years, the volunteers of the Valley Park, Recreation & Youth Center (VPR&YC) have maintained the 1891 Old Westcliff Schoolhouse. During the summer, we provide free public admission each weekend with docents to explain the museum in the front of the building. A large meeting room in the back of the building is also maintained throughout the year for community clubs, classes, parties and special events (call 783-0110 or -3430 to schedule it).
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| In addition, VPR&YC functions as a community service activity to support youth and recreational activities in the area. In 2005, we partnered with the town of Westcliffe to build free, public tennis courts. We continue to manage the courts and offer tennis lessons for players of all ages. In 2006, we also provided funds to support youth scholarships to athletic camps, supported the soccer and football teams, and supported special school club functions. |
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| Our efforts rely on donations and local fund raising. Fund raising events include "Saturday Samplers" which are talks on topics of general interest that are open to the public each Saturday at 09:30 throughout the summer; and special holiday events including a "Patriotic Singalong" on the 4th of July and the "Festival of Trees" at Christmas time. We give special thanks to the town of Westcliffe and Custer County for their continued fiscal support, to the Kenneth King Foundation and the Adolph Coors Foundations for their 2006 grants, and to the members of the High Altitude Garden Club for all the landscaping around the Old Schoolhouse. |
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