Absarokee, Montana starts community foundation

Absarokee has no mayor, no police department and no town council. But the few thousand people living in the Absarokee and Fishtail areas share a community foundation that would be the envy of many larger cities.

The Absarokee Community Foundation, established in 2000, has raised more than $210,000 toward a permanent endowment. Already, the foundation has doled out nearly $100,000 to groups including the Absarokee Fire Department, the Absaroka Fine Arts and the Stillwater Senior Center.

By Linda Halstead-Acharya of Montana Lee Newspapers

Full Story: http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2007/12/26/state/hjjcihhdjjhbga.txt

Absarokee Community Foundation

an affiliate of Montana Community Foundation

PO Box 72

Absarokee, MT 59001

phone: 406/328-7192