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Capitol Hill United Ministries
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| CHUM Newsletter In addition to the items included in this page, there are many other events that deserve your attention. Please visit the "Events" page located on the left of this page. CHUM Clergy meetings will be on the first Wednesday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The clergy meeting schedule for coming months is: o April 7 DenUm – Tammy Mulligan o May 5 Trinity – Miriam Slejko A 9Health Fair will be held at St. John’s Cathedral at 1350 Washington Street on Saturday, April 24, from 7 am to 12 noon. The fair will offer free extensive screenings including breast and pap exams, and low-cost blood screenings. (Financial assistance on an as-needed basis at the fair) Participants should not eat for 12 hours before having blood drawn, but drink plenty of water. Diabetic persons should not fast and all participants should continue taking medications. Participants must be 18 years of age or older. For free taxi service call Metro Taxi at 303-333-3333. Park north of the Cathedral between 14th and Colfax and at 13th and Clarkson. Handicap parking at 1350 Washington. Preregister at 9healthfair.org and avoid the lines. The 2010 New Year has arrived with the usual fanfare. CHUM, in its mission to be a spiritual presence and resource in the inner city, to advocate for our neighbors in need and to strengthen and sustain our member communities, would like to help begin this New Year with a “Call to Service.” This “Call” will begin in the month of January, in honor of Martin Luther King Day. What a great way to celebrate this holiday by offering an opportunity to engage our citizenry with those agencies and programs who need our help. The volunteering of precious time, treasure and talent and making one-to-one connections with those in need is what can make a real difference in heart and soul of all. We thank the agencies who sent in their hopes for volunteerism. To participate in this “Call to Service,” we ask you to publish and distribute, over the next few weeks, the attached list of agencies with their requests, to your congregations and communities. We also ask you to remind your members about the need for the renewed commitment of the giving of time, talent and treasure to those who are the “least of these” in our lives and in our communities. As members of CHUM we again offer an opportunity for the continued opening our hearts with hospitality and time by being part of the solution and responding to the call of “loving one another.” 2010 “Call to Service” Name of Agency: Christ's Body Ministries Address: 850 Lincoln Contact Name and phone number: John Moorhead 303-860-1272 A brief description of the purpose of your agency: Our mission is to feed, clothe and share the Gospel 365 days a year with Denver’s poor and homeless. Possible Volunteer Opportunities. A small group of 4-6 families could buy, prepare and serve approx. 250 servings of a hot meal at noon on a Saturday. An individual who could commit to 3 hours during the day 2-4 times a month would be doing food prep, serving and other light duties. Name of Agency: Turnabout, Inc Address: 1630 East 14th Avenue, Denver, CO 80218 Contact Name and phone number: 303.813.0005 Rev. Tina Yankee or Ms. Kris Dafni or Mr. Hassan Latif info@turnaboutprogram.org Agency Website: www.turnaboutprogram.org A brief description of the purpose of your agency: Job placement and support organization for individuals who have criminal records and need assistance to fully re-integrate. Possible Volunteer Opportunities. Ability to teach class: construction math, computers, job readiness, personal budgeting, art, drama, writing, etc. Ability to get to know participants and at the same time take direction from staff on the “do’s and don’ts” to provide appropriate assistance and help. EarthLinks South Platte Bioregion 2828 Larimer Street Denver, CO 80205-2223 (303)389-0085 Contact Person: Cass Cronan cass@earthlinks-colorado.org Hours: M-F 8:30am to 5pm Volunteers needed for these areas: in the Garden, in the Office, In the GreenFingers Workshop, in Sales. Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities. Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities. Name of Agency: CHUM Coupon Program Address: Warren United Methodist Church, 14th and Gilpin, Denver Contact Name and phone number: Karen Hansen 303/394-3419 Agency Website: www.CHUMDenver.com A brief description of the purpose of your agency: Raising funds through grocery coupon redemption for nonprofit human services agencies operating in Capitol Hill. Possible Volunteer Opportunities. Coupon processing at Warren United Methodist Church Monday mornings, 9-11:30; attaching coupons to products at King Sooper store, 9th and Corona, at volunteer’s convenience 1-2 hours per week. No prior training necessary, training is provided. Name of Agency: Sacred Heart House of Denver Address: 2844 Lawrence St., Denver CO 80205 Contact Name and phone number: Carrie Hansen, 303-296-6686 Agency Website: www.sacredhearthouse.org A brief description of the purpose of the agency: Sacred Heart House of Denver offers a continuum of services to homeless mothers with children and single women, who have the desire and commitment to become self-sufficient. Possible Volunteer Opportunities. Dinner for Residents: Volunteers cook/purchase dinner for the residents of Sacred Heart House (usually 20 people), bring the food to SHH to reheat it, and share the meal with the residents. Volunteers can sign up for any night of the week. This can be a one-time project, or a once a month commitment. Dinner is served at 6 p. m. No training necessary. Name of Agency: Metro CareRing Address: 1100 E. 18th Ave., POB 300459 Contact Name and phone number: Minerva Padron @ 303-350-3652 or mpadron@metrocarering.org Agency Website: www.metrocarering.org A brief description of the purpose of your agency: Metro CareRing (MCR) is a non-profit organization with a thirty-six year history of working with families and individuals in financial distress, assisting them with their most basic needs. Operating one of the largest food pantries in metro Denver, MCR also helps with referral and information sharing, provides work related items, ID documents and utility assistance. Additionally, we address hunger, poverty and other difficult issues through advocacy, direct support and meeting emergency needs. Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities. Name of Agency: People’s Leadership Council Address: 2260 California St. Contact Name and phone number: Randle Loeb – 720 292 0757 A brief description of the purpose of ther agency: Advocating for homeless people to become self-sufficient and learn to advocate for other people who experience poverty. Possible Volunteer Opportunities. We need support. We are asking for a community advisory board of social service providers and citizens to support (PLC). We also need contributions on a consistent basis of religious organizations and community groups. Name of Agency: DAG (Dialogue and Action Group) of CHUM Address: meets at CHUN offices once a month: 13th and Williams. Next meeting: Jan 27, 6-8 Contact Name/ phone number: Diana Flahive or Bonita Bock, 303-860-1467 Agency Website: CHUMDenver.com or CHUNDenver.org A brief description of the purpose of the agency: In the spirit of the CHUM and CHUN mission statements, the DAG has formed 4 working groups around 1) getting to know your neighbors, 2) supporting local business, 3) maintaining a diverse housing stock in Cap Hill, 4) engaging in policy decisions to support our values. Possible Volunteer Opportunities. Time and commitment you are looking for. Possible training or skills needed. Join the working committee, or volunteering for various activities as they arise. Name of Agency: Network Coffee House and St. James Urban Parish Address: 1402 Pearl Street Contact Name and phone number: Rev. John Hicks 303-830-1508 Agency Website: www.networkministries.org A brief description of the purpose of the agency: (Hospitable space for people who are homeless to ‘hang out’, play chess, drink coffee, possibly wash clothes) Possible Volunteer Opportunities. An opportunity to share your time and presence with those who are homeless and down on their luck. Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities. Name of Agency: Clothes to Kids of Denver, Inc. Address: 2890 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222 Contact Name and phone number: Barb @ 720.379.4630 Agency Website: www.clothestokidsdenver.org A brief description of the purpose of your agency: To provide new and quality used clothing to low income school-aged children in Denver County, free of charge. Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities. Name of Agency: CHARG Resource Center Address: 709 E 12th Ave. Denver, CO 80203 Contact Name and phone number: Margie Carlin 303 830-8805 Agency Website: www.charg.org A brief description of the purpose of your agency: CHARG is a small mental health center offering treatment and other services including a drop-in center for adults with major mental illness in the Metro Denver Area. Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities. We need your help! Recently, DenUM has seen requests for service grow beyond our ability to respond. We need your help now just to keep up, especially as we head into the winter season. Donations can be brought to DenUM at 1717 East Colfax Ave. between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. M/T/Th/F or 9:00 a.m. till noon on Wednesday. For more information, contact Faye Gardner at 303-350-5066 or faye@denum.org. Ongoing-Info and Resources to Remember If you have information to include in the newsletter, please e-mail it to: chumcm@yahoo.com.com by the 15th of the preceding month. Thanks! Dialogues on Homelessness Group continues to focus and energize for more work in the community. Meetings are now the the 4th Monday of each month at the Tears- McFarlane House, 1290 Williams St. The group will focus on two issues – 1) Working with and expanding the Adopt-a-Family program currently promoted by the Mayor among congregations to include neighbors and neighborhood groups; and 2) Working to promote the homelessness dialogues throughout other neighborhoods in the city and metro area. For more info, contact CHUN President Drew O’Connor at 303-830-1651, drewoconnor@chundenver.org. CHUM member, Rev. Rebecca Crummey from St. John’s Cathedral is helping to facilitate these Action Group meetings. Mentors needed for homeless families! Talk to Liesl at Metro CareRing- 303-350-3641 or e-mail lpyle@metrocarering.org Colorado Clergy for Equality in Marriage: If you are interested in attending regular meetings, the CCEM meeting schedule -- unless otherwise notified, is the last Thursday of each month, 10 AM at Washington Park UCC. CCEM now has 122 members! Please continue to invite others to join us. The current membership list and other resources are posted on our web site www.cocem.org. Campaign for Responsible Development begins Union Station development campaign. Denver’s Union Station will soon be redeveloped with hundreds of millions of tax dollars. When taxpayers are asked to help pay for development, all segments of our community should be uplifted. The Campaign for Responsible Development is a broad coalition of groups working to secure community benefits that will make the project environmentally and economically sustainable: green building, good jobs, and affordable housing. For more info, please contact Blake Pendergrass at 303.477.6111 x17 or visit www.fresc.org E-mail chumcm@yahoo.com if you’d like to be added to the CHUM Advocacy Group’s e- mail/action list. We will meet monthly for information and action. Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities, a CHUM Coupon Grant recipient, offers speakers. Call 303-839-5510 for more information. CHARG Speakers Bureau. CHARG mental health consumers have put together a speakers' bureau of folks who are available to talk about mental illness in general, the CHARG partnership model, and especially, their own personal stories of their experiences with mental illness. Contact CHARG Director, David Burgess at dburgess@charg.org, for more information and to schedule your speaker soon. Colorado Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) has speakers available and willing to visit churches to talk about the CO Housing Investment Fund. Brad Wood, member of CHUM’s board of representatives and our rep to the CHIF Coalition. His e-mail is bwood@metrocarering.org. Capitol Hill Family Initiative Collaborative is a localized Denver Dept. of Human Services program that is able to assist TANF-eligible families residing in Capitol Hill with basic needs as well as counseling, supervised visitation, truancy issues, mentoring, and other supports. Collaborative members include CHUM, The Gathering Place, Warren Village, The Empowerment Project, FreshStart and others. The group is also recruiting foster and adoptive parents in the neighborhood. Contact Site Coordinator, Angela Beckley, abeck126@aol.com, and Family Advocate, Rosa Vergil-Garcia, rosavergil@yahoo.com for more information at 303-331-9597. Families First hosts support groups for Parents of Pre-Schoolers, Grandparents and Single Dads. To register or for more information call 303.745.0327. Newly re-named “10 year plan to end homelessness” is now called “Denver’s Road Home”. Website: www.denversroadhome.org. Calls concerning homeless individuals in need of assistance can be directed to the following phone number between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. 303.285.5258. Copies of a new brochure entitled, “5 Ways to Help the Homeless in Denver,” and additional info available on the website and by calling 2-1-1. Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM) Brown Bag Series: This series of informal educational opportunities for service providers is free of charge. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch and enjoy an hour of conversation and discovery. The series is held the last Wednesday of each month on the third floor of DenUM. Interested persons are encouraged to register, space is limited. Presentations begin promptly at 12: 30 p.m. The agency doors are locked at 12:40 p.m. Free parking is available on the streets south of DenUM. Registration can be made by emailing: William@denum.org. DenUM is located at: 1717 E. Colfax (between Williams and Gilpin) Information: 303.350.5069 Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities, a CHUM Coupon Grant recipient, offers speakers. Call 303-839-5510 for more information. Colorado Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) has speakers available and willing to visit churches to talk about the CO Housing Investment Fund. Brad Wood, member of CHUM’s board of representatives and our rep to the CHIF Coalition. His e-mail is bwood@metrocarering.org. Summit 2008 Housing Justice! is sponsoring a one-day statewide Housing Justice! Summit, convening 250 interfaith community leaders from around the State, on June 2, 2008, Noon to 8:00 pm, at Regis University. Workshops are planned to train and motivate people to work together, identifying specific opportunities to build awareness of alternatives to address the needs of those most vulnerable in all our communities, creating healthier, more balanced and inclusive communities. For Conference and Registration information, contact Conference Coordinator Jackie Hahn: ph: 303 404-2285 e-mail: jackiepoorhahn@aol.com To subscribe to the DOSP Newsletter or to post to it, contact: Mike Roque, Directormike. roque@denvergov.org phone: 720.944 2552 |