Letter to the Editor (Nov. 25)

Dear Editor:

This note is being sent with heartfelt thanks to this thoughtful and giving Niwot community. Recently our hotel provided housing to several firefighter and incident command crews that were working on the CalWood and Lefthand Canyon fires. These crews came from Utah, Montana, Kentucky, New Mexico and other parts of Colorado to help protect our homes and woodlands. The Niwot community reached out to our guests in so many ways including meals, homemade cookies and even warm hats/mittens as our weather turned very cold.

Comments from these teams were priceless when they returned in the evenings soot covered, cold, and hungry: "Been a lot of places, but we have never been treated so well in a small community," "Ma'am, we really like our jobs, we really like what we are able to do," and "Where are we? Who did all of this? WOW...thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

Thank YOU, Niwot Community for doing what you do best and reminding us all that we live in more than just a town, we live in a caring and giving community that takes care of each other. We know that the kindness you extended to this group will always be remembered.