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Testifying in support of diabetes prevention bill “lit a fire” in community leaders  

Testifying in support of diabetes prevention bill “lit a fire” in community leaders  

by metrocaring | Mar 25, 2025 | Community Organizing, Nutrition

By Brandon McKinley Eric remembers being rushed to the hospital in the summer of 2008.   As the doctors and nurses began diagnosing the problem, Eric thought they seemed to be taking a lot of blood.   A doctor finally asked him, “Mr. Morris, when was the last time you...
Exploring Food as Medicine: Girls Inc. interns collaborate with Food Access program

Exploring Food as Medicine: Girls Inc. interns collaborate with Food Access program

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...
Language Justice in the Kitchen | A Letter from Community

Language Justice in the Kitchen | A Letter from Community

by Lorenzo Segovia | Nov 15, 2022 | Nutrition

Dear community, December 6 is Colorado Gives Day, and this year, I hope you will consider giving to Metro Caring. My name is Gloria Padilla Sanchez. I’m a graduate of Metro Caring’s Cocina y Nutrición Spanish cooking class and the Spanish Diabetes Self-Management...

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