Artists Generously Turn Out To Support Growing Home’s New Home Project

Local, national, and international artists have contributed artworks to the New Home for Growing Home Campaign

Denver, June 18, 2023 – Growing Home, a North Denver nonprofit, is on the daily front lines in serving the needs of our underrepresented and most impacted communities with food, housing, parenting education, and support to achieve lifelong stability. After a chance encounter with a woman who was living in her car with two dogs outside St. Anthony North hospital where she worked, nurse Kathleen Drozda, founded the organization to serve the needs of families who had lost their homes or were at risk of becoming unhoused. As it celebrates its 25^th year of operations, Growing Home needs a bigger facility with more capacity for food storage, additional freezers, private family spaces, and community gathering areas to better serve the needs of the North Denver community.

In June 2023, Growing Home launched the New Home for Growing Home Campaign to raise funds to make the dream of a new facility a reality. To kick it off, local, national, and international artists were invited to donate artworks to “Art for Growing Home”, a new event supporting Growing Home’s mission. The response has been overwhelming and over 150 pieces of art, photography, and jewelry have been donated for this art auction that will be held at Raices Brewery, 2060 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80204, on August 4, 2023, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. More information can be found at https://artforgrowinghome.com/.

Carli Seeba, Co-CEO said, “We hoped, yet could not have predicted, the tremendous response from our artists’ community. We have artworks across all styles for our silent and live auctions and we are grateful to our contributing artists from the Denver area and other geographies.”

As a community-centered organization that serves a population that is 99% low-income, 90% women, 81% people of color, and 67% Latinx, Growing Home continues to evolve to serve the increased demand for services. “As we look to the next decades of Growing Home, we are excited that our community is offering this amazing support to help us move into a larger space in 2024 so we can better serve families,” Seeba said.

Growing Home’s programs and services support self-sufficiency and stabilization for low-income individuals and families experiencing barriers to success so they can stay housed, have access to food, acquire life skills, and thrive. Growing Home’s leadership and staff reflect the community and are uniquely positioned to serve their needs. Growing Home’s team offers participants cultural connection, bilingualism, and a safe space to hold conversations on their immediate needs and long-term goals. https://growinghome.org/.

Leonor McCall-Rodriguez
310.710.3824
leonor@growinghome.org