Support TCSAR during the 2026 Old Bill's

• And How to Make a Donation through the Online Portal

Every August and September for the last 30 years, the Old Bill’s Fun Run marks the single biggest event for Jackson Hole nonprofits. Orchestrated by the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, the event has raised more than $306 million for local nonprofits since its inception.

As the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole’s Pres­i­dent Lau­rie Andrews put it, ​“Old Bill’s cap­tures the best of who we are as a community.” For a comprehensive look at Old Bill’s, make sure you visit the CFJH Old Bill’s website.

Teton County Search & Rescue has participated in every single Old Bill’s, and we commend the Community Foundation for fostering such a critical lifeline to area nonprofits. Without Old Bill’s, it’s fair to say that TCSAR, and indeed the rest of Jackson Hole, would not be the same today.

Photos: TCSAR has participated in every Old Bill’s for the past 30 years, with the volunteers often running the 5k with the wheeled litter, precious cargo included!

At TCSAR Foundation, the donations received through Old Bill’s make up roughly one-third of our organization’s annual budget.

A successful Old Bill’s enables the TCSAR Foundation to do the following:

• First and foremost, Old Bill’s helps us meet our mission of supporting TCSAR volunteers by funding team members’ regular trainings, personal safety equipment, and supporting their mental and physical wellness.

• TCSAR volunteers respond to more than 120 calls every year, reuniting lost and injured subjects with their families and friends. Donations to the Foundation through Old Bill’s help the team stay “Rescue Ready” all year long.

• Old Bill’s helps the Foundation provide effective backcountry safety education to our community to help prevent backcountry incidents.

• Old Bill’s ensures we have resources to advocate for issues that sustain and support SAR volunteers and their families.

TCSAR volunteers have families, jobs, and love to recreate in the backcountry. And yet they continue to show up when called to serve, responding to all kinds of backcountry emergencies to help visitors and locals make it home safely. They do so with kindness and professionalism that continue to inspire the rest of us.

How to Make a Donation During Old Bill’s

The 2026 Old Bill’s Giving Season runs from August 14-September 18. All donations during this period are routed through the Community Foundation’s online portal.

The easiest way to donate to TCSAR at Old Bill’s is to use this direct link. However, we know that many of us contribute to numerous organizations, and so it’s good to know how to navigate the portal. The following uses TCSAR as an example, but these steps work for all other nonprofits.

How to Find Teton County Search & Rescue at OldBills.org

Log into OldBills.org.

Click: Donate online

Select Event: Old Bill’s

Select Field of Interest: Health and Human Services

Enter Keyword: Search Rescue

Scroll down to find Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation. Select “Details” or “Add to Cart.” Enter your donation amount. To continue donating to additional nonprofits, hit save and close. Otherwise, go to cart and check out.

This year, the Old Bill’s Fun Run takes places on Saturday, September 12, with a 5k and 10k run (or walk or stroll with friends). TCSAR will be on hand with our big red tent near the starting line on North Willow Street. Please come by and say hello to the many TCSAR volunteers, board members and staff who will be present.

Thanks for supporting TCSAR volunteers and being part of the Old Bill’s celebration!

A Conversation about Grief and Loss: Join Us May 20

This winter was heavy, as our local, regional, and global backcountry communities suffered profound loss. As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we are here to say that you are not alone in trying to navigate and process grief after a particularly troubling winter.

Teton County Search & Rescue is acutely aware of how deeply our community hurts after a backcountry fatality. And while we are not in the business of making that grief disappear, we are here to start the conversation about what community resources, clinical tools, and stories of survival might help.

With support from Teton County Public Health and Teton Interagency Peer Support (TIPS), TCSAR invites you to attend a very special conversation about mental health at the Black Diamond store on Wednesday, May 20.

Panelists include TCSAR Board member Sara Adamson, TCSAR volunteer Brook Yeomans, and TCSAR volunteer Doug Van Houten. Clinician Lynnette Gaertner, LCSW, will serve as moderator.

The panel will share personal perspectives, practical resources, and pathways for support in the wake of tragedy.

All are welcome, whether you are navigating your own experience or showing up for others. Professional, trauma-informed clinicians will be present in the case you need someone to talk to during the event. Please register, as space is limited.

Heritage Night Draws 3,000 In Support of Western Spirit & International Rescue

It started with a simple idea. With Teton County Search & Rescue being the host organization for the 2025 International Commission for Alpine Rescue, the team’s volunteers wanted to have a public event that showcased Jackson’s rich Western Heritage in front of a crowd filled with rescuers from around the world. Could they throw a Wild West show at the Fairgrounds during the offseason? How would they pull it off? And, it being held outside the normal rodeo season, would anyone show up?

Photo: David Bowers

During every ICAR, which is held each year in a different location, the host organization produces a Heritage Night to show off their local culture, art and history. But throughout the more than 70-years of ICAR, Heritage Night is almost never a public event. That was different this year in Jackson Hole.

Teton County Search & Rescue felt it was important to bring the public into the ICAR fold to help the 600 mostly international attendees get a taste of the culture of the American West. With community being an integral component of TCSAR’s culture and support, the team opened Heritage Night to all. In the end, the Jackson community showed up big time, with an estimated 3,000 people in attendance for the free show. More than 45 local vendors provided a vibrant backdrop to Heritage Night, illustrating the valley’s extensive art and business community.

Photo Gallery by David Bowers

The event began with all TCSAR volunteers and TCSAR Foundation staff members lined up in the middle of the Fairgrounds arena, where Chief Advisor Cody Lockhart thanked the crowd and framed the culture of the West as being intertwined with the Search & Rescue idea and ethos of “locals helping locals.”

Miss Rodeo Wyoming Kate Budge. Photo: Griffin Kerwin

Then, Miss Rodeo Wyoming Kate Budge, a seventh-generation Jackson local, galloped around the arena hold the American flag during the singing of the national anthem by Adrian Croke. Teton County Commission Mark Newcomb read the land acknowledgement, helping international visitors understand the cultural significance of the Native American tribes who lived and subsisted off the land we now call home.

TCSAR volunteer and Heritage Night emcee Ian Johnston took over the microphone to introduce representatives from the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative. Singers and dancers from the Initiative demonstrated a “ReMatriate” ceremony, where they brought the buffalo to life.

Photo: Griffin Kerwin

Afterward, it was onto the main event by the Jackson Hole Rodeo. While the rodeo is a mainstay at the Fairgrounds throughout the summer, this rodeo was a special offseason event. It included some of the nation’s very best cowboys and cowgirls on buckin’ broncs, bull riding, barrel racing, and calf roping.

A highlight was the “Grab the bull by the horns” event, in which ICAR attendees teamed up in groups of three. In this timed event, the teams had to chase down a steer, remove the rope around its head, and return to the bucking chute. Whichever team could do so the fastest was crowned champion. Teams from Austria and France went up against SAR teams from Teton and Sublette counties. Perhaps it wasn’t a fair fight, as the home team from TCSAR took the crown. Chalk it up to homegrown dirt.

Photo Gallery by Griffin Kerwin

Thank you to our ICAR sponsors, and to all the vendors who joined us at Heritage Night

ICAR Jackson Hole is sponsored by the Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, and Snow King Mountain, with additional support from Airbus, Arc’teryx, and Bell, as well as CalTopo, Momentous, Motorola, Rocky Talkie, CMC, Backcountry Access, Breeze Eastern, and Safeback. Local business support comes from: Jackson Hole Still Works, Lockhart Cattle Co., Roadhouse Brewing Co., Snake River Brewing, Snake River Roasting Co., Stinky Prints, and The Liquor Store and Wine Loft. TCSAR is enormously grateful for this critical support. 

Heritage Night Nonprofits
Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center Foundation | Camina Conmigo | Coombs Outdoors | History Jackson Hole | SheJumps | Snake River Fund | TCSAR Foundation | Teton Interagency Peer Support (TIPS) | Wyoming Stargazing

The Arts
Art Shop | Cowgirl Mermaid | Enchanted Silverworks | Grainger Glass | J2 Antler Designs | JH Lariat | Independent Ironware | Olivtrees | Perennial West | Rip N Stitch | Sagebrush Collective | Sol + Terra Apothecary | Stoned Darling | Studio 22 | Yeates Clay

Food & Beverage
JH Still Works | Provisions | Rosa's Tamales | StillWest 

Outdoor & Adventure
Airbus | Alpine Revival & Buck Mountain Dry Goods | Apocalypse Equipment | CMC-Rescue | Exum Mountain Guides | Finski & Co | Grand Dynamics International | Highside Hoodies | Jackson Hole EcoTour Adventures | JHMR Ski Patrol | Jackson Hole Outdoor Leadership Institute | Med Tech Sweden | Motorola | NoSo Patches | Rocky Talkie | RuffWear | Ryzing Technologies | Safeback | Slava Topol Project | Trilipiderm | WY K9 Search and Rescue

From everyone at Teton County Search & Rescue, a heartfelt thank you. Photo: Griffin Kerwin