Gail Erickson Woods ’54

Gail Erickson Woods ’54, of Fort Collins, Colo.; Aug. 8. She worked as a program coordinator with the YWCA in Salem and Portland, Ore., and returned to the East Coast as the assistant director of the New Haven (Conn.) YWCA. In 1970, she was involved with the International Friends Program, welcoming international students to the U.S. In 1978, in Fort Collins, she was involved in volunteer work that led the city to hire her as the volunteer program coordinator. She successfully wrote a grant to establish Senior Alternatives in Transportation (SAINT), in which volunteer drivers help older adults get around. She and her husband moved to Taiwan in 1984 for a year-long Fulbright Fellowship and Gail continued her volunteer work with the Taipei YWCA. In addition to her work welcoming students from around the world, she also supported the homeless at New Bridges and the Homelessness Prevention Initiative (now Neighbor to Neighbor), and older adults through the Foundation on Aging for Larimer County. She is survived by three children and their spouses, six grandchildren, a sister, and a brother.