by metrocaring | Oct 17, 2024 | Community Organizing
Updated November 19, 2024, to reflect bill statuses. Four out of the five community-endorsed ballot measures were voted in favor of protecting and uplifting our community’s interests! At Metro Caring, we work to end hunger at its root, which includes addressing local...
by metrocaring | Aug 14, 2024 | Development
By Brandon McKinley East High School junior Sophia Swanson started swimming competitively at 8 years old. This year, she challenged herself: Could she swim three miles in 75 minutes? To help motivate herself, she offered a challenge to her community: Could we raise...
by metrocaring | Aug 5, 2024 | Community Development
By Ace Alcantara As the summer heat bakes the Mile High City, it’s the perfect time to discover where to find Metro Caring partners and entrepreneurs at farmers markets this year. Supporting local businesses and farmers is more than just a feel-good activity;...
by metrocaring | Jul 17, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, Urban Agriculture
By Anna Smith Updated spaces, classes, and initiatives provide new value to the community and increase the program’s need for volunteers Metro Caring’s Urban Agriculture Program has grown significantly since its inception over a decade ago. Initially centered around...
by metrocaring | Jun 19, 2024 | Universal Basic Food
New research strengthens our understanding of the local food system and supports Metro Caring’s vision for a Universal Basic Food program Graduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Master of the Environment program partnered with Metro Caring in 2023 to...
by metrocaring | Apr 16, 2024 | Food Access, Universal Basic Food
By Brandon McKinley In the past four years, Metro Caring purchased more food for our Fresh Foods Market than ever before. Originally, our market relied solely on donations. Now, thanks in part to funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Purchase...
by metrocaring | Mar 15, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, Universal Basic Food
Op-ed by Emily Settlecowski published in Next City. Food is many things in our lives. It’s a cultural connector, bridging relationships with people, places, and our heritage. Food is medicine, providing us with nutrients integral to our well-being. It’s also a...
by metrocaring | Jan 29, 2024 | Programs
By Anna Smith At the end of 2023, Metro Caring made significant strides in health inclusivity by facilitating the first Arabic diabetes management class in the state of Colorado. The program was taught by Sara Hamid, a registered dietician and graduate of Metro State...
by metrocaring | Nov 27, 2023 | Community Development, Featured
Dear Metro Caring Community, With Colorado Gives Day coming up, I want to share my story and ask you to support Metro Caring, an organization that has played an important part in my life. When I first moved to Colorado, it was very difficult to find an affordable...
by metrocaring | Nov 7, 2023 | Awards, Food Access, Universal Basic Food
By Brandon McKinley East Denver Food Hub is a key partner of Metro Caring to ensure that local, fresh, and nutritious food makes its way to our community in a sustainable and equitable way. Working with over 60 farms directly in Colorado, East Denver Food Hub is a...
by metrocaring | Aug 28, 2023 | Food Access, Nutrition
This summer, students from Girls Inc. of Metro Denver interned with Metro Caring’s Food Access program to explore the connection between our culturally rooted food purchases and the health benefits of consuming local produce. Joy and Karinne, two rising seniors from...
by metrocaring | Sep 14, 2022 | Community Development
Zin Zin brings the cuisines of Burma to Denver, Colorado. When she misses her home country and her mom, she cooks Burmese food. To kickstart her business, Zin Zin leveraged Metro Caring’s commercial kitchen supplies for catering events. You can try her food for...
by metrocaring | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Metro Caring Community: I hope that you are doing well and enjoying the summertime! The past few years have brought all of us face-to-face with difficult challenges, and I wish rest, wellbeing, and restoration for you all. Our staff, volunteers, and community can...
by metrocaring | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
In March 2022, we announced an expansion of Metro Caring’s leadership team to a co-leadership model. At the start of our new fiscal year in April, Erik Hicks and Teva Sienicki became our first co-CEOs: Erik as our CEO-Integrator and Teva as our CEO-Visionary. In this...
by metrocaring | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Metro Caring family, At Metro Caring, we have a dual mission: to address the immediate needs of our community for nutritious food while building and envisioning a tomorrow where hunger no longer exists. These two different but complementary ambitions require a robust...
