We are grateful for all the organizations that provide food for Heartbeat Denver!
Food is essential to our program. Because there are so many organizations assisting us to procure the food we need to feed our men, we are able to direct most our financial resources towards other areas of our program.
These faithful congregations (Wellshire Presbyterian Church, Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Genesis Presbyterian, Grace Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church of Broomfield, Central Presbyterian Church, Brighton First Presbyterian Church and 1st Presbyterian of Englewood) all provide meals, donations and support for feeding and housing our men. On a recent Monday, a cheerful crew from Brighton arrived with several pans of scrumptious homemade burritos, green chile and all the fixings; the men feasted with great thankfulness! A longtime volunteer confirmed that Brighton First Presbyterian has provided dinner for the shelter, three times a year – for over 20 years – just one example of the steadfast and ongoing help the churches provide.
We Don’t Waste is a primary source of food for our daily hot meals. This twice-a-week allotment of food is collected and transported by Central Presbyterian Men’s Club: they pick up and deliver a carload of food each Monday and Friday.
The Lord’s Daily Bread delivers an assortment of protein options each week.
Risen Christ Catholic Parish provides regular food donations from their congregation, and they pick up and drop off donations from Safeway.
University Club of Denver and The Colorado Trust Foundation, who are our neighbors on Sherman Street, periodically bring us excellent food left over from events held at their facility.
It’s difficult to estimate the value of these donations! It takes time, effort, and whole-heartedness to coordinate and deliver all this food, plus gas, wear-and-tear on cars and equipment … it adds up. An estimate of the value of food we receive: $80K per year. That’s a LOT, but it is worth so much more to us and all the men we serve, to know there are so many kind and generous folks in our community who care about others – HBD men they probably don’t “know,” but they do know help is needed. Thank you, one and all!
If you are interested in helping provide sustenance in any of these ways, contact HBD Chef Bridges Baxter for details: baxterbridges84@gmail.com or 720-678-6739.
Organizations Bring and Serve Meals
