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San Miguel Kids Endowment

The San Miguel Kids Endowment was created to fund organizations and programs that benefit youth in the Telluride, Norwood and West End school districts. It was created by local philathropists and long-term Telluridians Debbie and Bill Carstens.

A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the Carstens' 1,724-acre Sound of Music Ranch on Wilson Mesa was earmarked to be gifted to the Telluride Foundation and used to establish the San Miguel Kids Endowment. By creating the endowment, the Carstens and the Telluride Foundation agree to maintain the principal gift intact and invest it to create a source of income for funding in perpetuity for local organizations that benefit kids.

The Sound of Music sold in 2007 and the proceed have created the $750,000 San Miguel Kids endowment. 

One to One Quest Scolarship 

We have a unique opportunity that few communities ever have. We can combine the proven record of our local mentoring program, One to One, with a proven college preparatory program, Quest for Kids, to provide at-risk kids and their families a guaranteed college education

Quest for Kids, combined with One to One provides students with one-on-one mentoring, enrichment opportunities, family resource and college guidance.  Enrolled in the 5th grade, students are paired with a caring adult mentor through One to One, who supports their academic and personal development.  College and career-focused enrichment opportunities, field trips, community service activities, financial literacy education and resource referrals to families are also an integral part of the program to support a child’s pursuit of a college education.  Upon successful completion of high school, having maintained a 3.0 grade point average, stay fee of drugs and crime, and met One to One and Quest program requirements, the student receives a scholarship up to the equivalent of a 4-year tuition, room and board at a Colorado university, college or technical college. 

The One to One Quest program has been modeled after a successful college scholarship program in Phoenix, Arizona, in which Bill Carstens was very involved and a financial supporter. One to One mentoring would identify the at-risk kids in the Telluride and Norwood school districts and provide the mentoring, guidance and preparatory work to  prepare them to enter  and succeed at a 4 years of higher education.