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  • Unfruitful: ‘Food Prices Go Up,’ Grocery Stores Spread Out, and Transportation is Tough

Unfruitful: ‘Food Prices Go Up,’ Grocery Stores Spread Out, and Transportation is Tough

Unfruitful: ‘Food Prices Go Up,’ Grocery Stores Spread Out, and Transportation is Tough By Luke Zarzecki lzarzecki@coloradocommunitymedia.com   On a warm August morning, the line at Growing Home’s food pantry is already long. People start gathering at the back of the building in Westminster up to two hours before the doors open.  They’re there to shop for nutritious foods they otherwise struggle to afford. Richard Cruz and Cassandra Crockett are among those who have come for help. They live together in Thornton. Cruz works full time as a delivery driver. Crockett used to work full time as a chef but had to stop due to a disability and she ran into health insurance problems. “It was just too much and I couldn’t [...]

2023-08-24T10:20:32-06:00August 24, 2023|0 Comments
  • Art for Growing Home

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

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 25th year of operations, [...]

2023-07-19T08:59:26-06:00July 19, 2023|0 Comments
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