CREATED TO HELP THE FAMILY FARMER & RANCHER AFTER THE RAVAGES OF MOTHER NATURE
For donations of
$10 and more
Corporate and private donations
to this worthy cause are
actively sought.
If you find it in your heart
to join the effort
please call:
406-442-3420
don (at) silentherder.com
tjcasey (at) tjcasey_dot_net
or write:
Giving Back Foundation
% Montana Stockgrowers Assn.
420 North California St
Helena, Montana 59601
This is a nationwide effort to
help the ranchers and farmers
who have been affected by
the ravages of Mother Nature.
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Apex Advisory Services
______________________________
TJ Casey - President
Don Siefert - Vice President
Dwite Johnson - Secretary/Treasurer
Board Members:
Mike Wendlandt
Jim Lee
Tammy Ward
Both CD's are available through the Montana Stockgrowers Association,
selling for $25 each
all proceeds go to the farmers and ranchers
please call:
406-442-3420
or write:
Giving Back Foundation
% Montana Stockgrowers Assn.
420 North California St
Helena, Montana 59601
Giving Back #2 - "Building Memories by Preserving our Heritage" released in February 2009
Giving Back a 2 CD Set released Nation wide in December 2006
Or Call CD BABY at (800)BUY-MY-CD
Giving Back #1
1. Just Call Him Cowboy - Eli Barsi & Doris Daley -
www.elibarsi.com &
www.dorisdaley.com
2. It’s Just the Way I Am – TJ Casey -
www.tjcasey.net
3. Paint Her Real – Donnie Blanz -
www.donnieblanz.com
4. This Risk That I Take – Bill Clark & Salt Creek
5. Heaven Knows I’ve Tried – Jeff Gore -
www.jeffgore.org
6. One More Chance – Geff Dawson
www.ranchcowboy.com
7. Born to Be a Cowboy – R W Hampton
www.rwhampton.com
8. 200 Years – Rusty Feathers
9. No Mares – Kail Mantle -
www.montanahorses.com
10. Countin’ Cows – Terry Henderson
11. The Mountains Keep Calling Me Home – Dan Miller -
www.cowboymusicrevue.com
12. Blue & Lonesome – Open Range
www.openrangeband.com
Giving Back #2
1. Cold, Broke & Hungry – Ken Overcast
www.kenovercast.com
2. Gather Around the Campfire – Sam Noble
3. The Old Shallow Crossing – Palo Duro -
www.paloduromusic.com
4. Jose’ Tresierra – Mike Puhallo -
www.twilightranch.com
5. The Ranchin’ Life’s OK – Jim Reader -
www.jimreader.com
6. Old Cowboys – Delbert Shields
7. Fencin’ Blues – Ringling 5
www.ringling5.com
8. Of Horses and Men – Jay Snider
www.jaysnider.net
9. Cowboy – Sisters of the Silver Sage
www.sistersofthesilversage.com
10. The Rain – Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
http://www.doublespearranch.com
11. A Cowboy’s Promise – RJ Vandygriff -
www.cowboyaintdeadyet.com
12. Lotta – Margaret Wilhelm
13. Brave & The Free – Barry Ward -
www.barrywardmusic.com
The Giving Back Foundation would like to thank Verl Luppes
for his generous donation and continued effort to
help farmers and ranchers across the country.
Please go to his website and check out the "
High Country Barns" project as he continues to donate proceeds
from the sale of these photographs.
Photographer Focuses on Barns
Courtesy of the Mountain Mail
article by Audrey Gilpin
Antiquated alpine barns are the focus of Verl J Luppes’ recent photography titled “High Country Barns” on display September 26 through Oct 3 at Riverside Frame Company, 131 E. First St in Salida.
While not saving lives as a respiratory therapist in Denver, Luppes spent a year-and-a-half capturing rustic wooden barns on ranches throughout Chaffee, Fremont and Saguache counties.
With help from a local friend, Jaime Hoffman, Luppes met ranchers and asked permission to enter property to take photographs during different seasons and times of day.
I’m glad I had Hoffman’s help. Some ranchers said, “We might shoot you if we didn’t know you were coming,” Luppes laughed.
Luppes said ranchers appreciate his interest in the barns - many of which are two shakes from falling to the ground - as a way of preserving them.
Some barns photographed, Luppes said, are functional while others have doors hanging by hinges.
Despite the condition of the 18 barns featured in this collection, the settings of snow-covered mountains and brilliant blue skies play a role in each photograph, hence the title of his collection.
Passion, Luppes said, is the root of his photography. Self-taught and a photographer for only about five years, Luppes said, “I love (photography). It’s taken me places I would have never gone.”
Luppes also photographs weddings and sporting events such as the Western Stock Show, FIBArk and the Rocky Mountain Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.
Photographing barns is a continuous project, Luppes said. Barns in Westcliffe, Gunnison and other states are future options.
Luppes will hold an invitation-only gallery showing today to show appreciation to the ranchers who allowed him to photograph on their property.
A coffee table book of the barns is in the works, and ranchers will have the opportunity to describe and reminisce about their barns for the book. A “High Country Barns” calendar and framed photographs are also available.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Luppes’ photographs will go to the non profit, Montana-based Giving Back Foundation that supports ranchers and farmers nationwide.
In 2006, the foundation gave proceeds to ranchers in southeast Colorado, and recently the foundation gave to farmers in North Dakota.
Luppes’ photograph “Mt Princeton,” which was awarded Grand Champion at this year’s Chaffee County Fair will be auctioned today. All proceeds will go to the foundation.
To view Luppes’ photography visit www.verlluppesphotography.com
Corporate and private donations to this worthy cause are actively sought.
If you find it in your heart to join the effort,
call (406) 442-3420
