Red Ants Pants Foundation announces ‘18 Community Grants -The 8th Annual Red Ants Pants Music Festival will take place on the Jackson Ranch, a working cattle ranch outside of White Sulphur Springs, July 26th–29th.
Red Ants Pants Music Festival continues to fuel investments in rural Montana
The Red Ants Pants Foundation recently announced its 2018 community grants to projects that increase women’s leadership, promote rural communities, and support working family farms and ranches.
Thanks to ticket sales and donations from past Red Ants Pants Music Festivals, the foundation has now given more than $100,000 in mission-based community grants.
“Long after the final act plays at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, fans are making a lasting impact on rural communities, family farms and ranches, all while fostering women’s leadership,” said Sarah Calhoun, Executive Director of the Red Ants Pants Foundation and Producer of the Red Ants Pants Music Festival. “Whether it’s supporting the Garfield County Fire Foundation’s work to educate teens or helping girls identify new leadership opportunities, the 2018 community grant recipients are doing important work that we are proud to support.”
Grant applications are considered based on how they best help fulfill the Foundation’s mission of developing and expanding leadership roles for women, preserving and supporting working family farms and ranches, and enriching rural communities.
The 2018 Red Ants Pants Foundation Community Grantees are: American Legion Auxiliary Girls State (statewide), Garfield County Fire Foundation (Jordan), Kalispell FFA (Kalispell), Make it Happen Montana – Kindness Project (Lewistown), Miss Rodeo Montana, Inc. (statewide), Turner Farms (Missoula), Wheatland County Chamber of Commerce (Harlowton), and Women Leading Montana (statewide).
The 8th Annual Red Ants Pants Music Festival will take place on the Jackson Ranch, a working cattle ranch outside of White Sulphur Springs, July 26th–29th. Headliners Dwight Yoakam, Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan will be joined by Shovels & Rope, Steep Canyon Rangers, Junior Brown, Jim Lauderdale, Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band, The Secret Sisters, HONEYHONEY, and Lindi Ortega, among others. In all, the festival includes a free kick-off street dance, 16 main stage and 14 side stage performances. Visit www.redantspantsmusicfestival.com for further details about the 2018 performers, ticketing, camping passes, volunteering, vending, and sponsorship opportunities.
The 2018 festival will support the Red Ants Pants Foundation’s women’s leadership programming and 2019 Community Grant Cycle. For more information and full descriptions of the 2018 recipients, please visit www.RedAntsPantsFoundation.org. •
