Gunnison Tough In the News
New breast imaging services at GVH
Tough Enough to Wear Pink commends efforts Original Story, Gunnison Country Times October 29, 2020 Community members no longer need to leave the valley for essential breast care services now that Breast MRI is available at Gunnison Valley Health (GVH). GVH’s...
Families donate to TETWP to honor their loved ones
Original Article Published by Crested Butte News October 16, 2020 BY KATHERINE NETTLES Transportation, lodging programs have helped more than 44 patients and counting Two families have recently decided to honor those they have lost to cancer by donating to Tough...
Inspired to act
Original Story, Gunnison Country Times October 15, 2020 Harrison donates to TETWP in honor of his mother Something stirred inside Russ Harrison this summer at a Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) fundraising event. “I’d wager to say I had some sort of intervention,” he...
Scenes From TETWP Songwriter Shuffle
Original Story, Crested Butte News, Aug. 14, 2020
Dillon headed to the ‘Hall’
Original Story, Gunnison Country Times Aug. 13, 2020 Nashville legend, local philanthropist to receive highest industry honor Chris Rourke Times Editor He’s known around the globe as one of country music’s greatest poets, and locally as a caring community member and...
Go Sing It On the Mountain
Original Story, Gunnison Country Times Aug. 13, 2020 A hillside overlooking Long Lake (Meridian Lake) west of Mt. Crested Butte is one of three locations where Nashville’s best singer-songwriters performed this year for Tough Enough To Wear Pink’s annual fundraiser....
Gunnison Tough TETWP COVID19 Response
A Letter from our Executive Director Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough To Wear Pink is here for our local community. As our world adjusts to a new reality and comes together to weather through the Coronavirus storm, we are so grateful to be surrounded by the beauty of the...
COVID-19 Resources
We hope you are doing well and staying healthy! We wanted to share two resources available in Gunnison County during the COVID19 Pandemic. If you or someone you know is at risk and self-isolating at home, ill with COVID-19 symptoms, or quarantined and need groceries...
GVH makes toast to ‘Pink’
Original Story, Gunnison Country Times Feb. 20, 2020 Inaugural event honors nonprofit’s contribution to valley health In an inaugural event, Gunnison Valley Health (GVH) has chosen to honor the nonprofit organization Tough Enough To Wear Pink (TETWP) for its...
Local child has experience of a lifetime at Rodeo Finals in Vegas
Original Story, Crested Butte News, January 15, 2020 Making a mark on not just the kids By Mark Reaman A 7-year-old Crested Butte kid battling a life-threatening disease had one of his dreams come true in early December as he and his family were treated as special...
High in the Mountains
Original story from the Crested Butte News, January 22, 2020 HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS: Dean Dillon again led the Mountain High Music Festival last weekend in Mt. Crested Butte. Dillon and his cache of friends entertained and raised funds for local charities. Photo by...
Something to Celebrate
Original Story from The Gunnison Country Times, January 23rd, 2020 Two of Nashville’s brightest stars, Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser, share a light moment during this year’s Mountain High Music Festival, which raised more than $400,000 for two local charities. Photo...