Metro CareRing is a food pantry that also assists clients with utilities, prescriptions, diapers, infant clothing and infant formula, birth certificates, gas, work items, and bus tokens. Metro CareRing is located at 1100 E. 18th Avenue (18th & Downing) and is served by the #7, #20, and #12 bus routes. For information about how to help or how to receive assistance, call 303.860.7200.

The St. Francis Center is a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. In addition to serving as a day shelter, the St. Francis Center provides shower facilities, telephone access, ESL and GED classes, and some health services. The St. Francis Center is located at 2323 Curtis; for more information, call 303.297.1576.

In-kind contributions are greatly needed and appreciated at SFC because they enable us to keep our costs as low as possible and to spend a full 85% of our funding on direct services and programs.

You can help us by donating clothing, towels, toiletries, small appliances, furniture and other items.

Clothing is distributed in the Clothing Room to SFC guests who earn it by doing chores around the building. Our supply of clothing needs constant replenishment because storage is limited to one bag per person at SFC and guests are unable to launder their clothes on-site. Smaller to regular sized pants for men, underwear and tube socks are useful year-round, and hats, gloves and jackets are needed when the weather turns cold.

Towels and toiletries are provided to men and women who use the SFC showers. Large bath towels, wash cloths, soap, shampoo, deodorant, foot powder and shaving lotion are always needed and help SFC guests’ refresh their spirits as well as their bodies.

Small appliances and furniture are sometimes needed by residents in our Housing Program.

Other in-kind contributions, such as auction items for our annual fundraiser, professional services (e.g., software development, legal advice, photography, carpentry, plumbing, waste management), office/program supplies, and tickets/passes to recreational events are all ways that you can make a positive difference.

To Donate In-Kind Items:

1. Drop your smaller goods at 2323 Curtis Street (Park Avenue and Curtis).
2. We’d appreciate a phone call to see if we can use your larger item donations. Ask for Beth or the Coordinator of the Day at 303-297-1576. We’re sorry, but we aren’t able to pick up donations, as all of our Staff are busy tending to SFC guests.
3. If you wish to donate an in-kind item for the annual dinner or other various functions, contact the Development Department at 303-244-0745.

The Colorado Haiti Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding of Christ’s presence in the world. In partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, it offers educational and medical resources to the people of Chevalier/Petit Trou de Nippes so that, in working together to meet these basic human needs, we may grow together in God’s reconciling love.

St. Elizabeth’s School , a project spearheaded by The Rev. Connie Delzell and St. Andrew’s parish, has a vision of wholeness and hope for urban children. It gives its children the best academic education; nurtures their artistic gifts; offers two meals and a snack everyday; provides pastoral counseling, dental care, and medical care; and involves parents in the life of the school. First-quarter Malachi Match funds went toward establishing a scholarship for one child at the school. July Newsletter

The Heifer Project works to provide global assistance to struggling countries by empowering people and communities with the economic means – such as livestock, training and other resources – to rebuild their families, their neighborhoods and their hope for sustainable futures. A typical Heifer project has three components: livestock and other material goods; training and extension work; and organizational development, which includes planning, management, record-keeping, passing on the gift, reporting and evaluation.

Save Darfur . Darfur has been embroiled in a deadly conflict for over three years. At least 400,000 people have been killed; more than 2 million innocent civilians have been forced to flee their homes and now live in displaced-persons camps in Sudan or in refugee camps in neighboring Chad; and more than 3.5 million men, women, and children are completely reliant on international aid for survival. Not since the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter.

International experts agree that the United Nations Security Council must deploy a peacekeeping force with a mandate to protect civilians immediately. Until it arrives, the under-funded and overwhelmed African Union monitoring mission must be bolstered. And governments and international institutions must provide and ensure access to sufficient humanitarian aid for those in need.

You can help end the genocide by taking small steps that can make a big difference for the people of Darfur. By lobbying your member of Congress, educating others, planning a local event, and generating coverage in the media about the crisis, you will help build the political power needed to end this conflict.