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Colorado Charitable Organizations

Charitable Organizations in Colorado to connect with and donate fresh garden produce and saved seeds:

 

Fort Collins, CO

Healing Warriors Program - is a 501c3 NonProfit Veteran’s clinic providing non-narcotic treatment care to Service members of any era, any branch of service, and their spouse/partner and parent. Their primary focus is suicide prevention, but they treat a variety of injuries and conditions including trauma, brain injury, anxiety, sleeplessness and pain. Their mission is to improve wellness of veterans and their families through non-narcotic care. Each year, they put together “victory garden” kits for their veterans so that they can start their own gardens, which helps with Mental Health issues, trauma and pain management.

 

The Growing Project - is an organization in Fort Collins, CO working towards empowering people in the food system through increasing food access, building urban gardens around Fort Collins, educating youth, leading horticultural therapy, and fostering community experiences at their farms and gardens. TGP grows fresh produce from seed in their garden that serves the FoCo Cafe—a pay-what-you-can restaurant that serves low-income folks in Fort Collins.

 

Loveland, CO

Loveland Youth Gardeners - work to provide local youth with opportunities to develop their social, emotional and vocational skills through engagement with nature and gardening activities. Their programs are rooted in horticulture therapy and are focused on providing youth with the time and space to develop their skills and benefit from the therapeutic elements of gardening. They provide youth participants with cooking and nutrition education as well as bringing awareness to the value of the produce that we harvest. Youth also engage in community service activities including donating produce to the local food pantry and other organizations who offer free meals and food goods to those in need. 

 

Trinidad, CO

Somebody Cares Project - is a mobile food pantry who sets up pantries once a month in isolated areas of Colorado. This non profit has volunteers that grow a lot of the food given out. They also provide seeds to clients who will grow a garden and share with the pantry and neighbors. Feeding over 700 people per month, this project only continues to grow. One acre of land will allow them to grow a bigger garden and to share more with those in need. Serving 11 small isolated communities and more expected to come to the pantry for fresh food and more.

 

Westminster, CO

Growing Home - their mission is to guide children and their families on the path to a brighter future. Their Strengthening Families program houses our food pantry, our housing and utility assistance case management, our collaborative coaching program, and our resource navigation. Their Connecting Community program teaches participants to advocate on their own behalf for community-wide changes and also houses our community garden, which our community members till and which, in large part, supplies our food pantry. Their food pantry is the only pantry in our town open five days a week, and we feed anywhere between 430 and 1000 families each month.

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