Metro Caring

What would it look like if we all had a RIGHT to food? It might look something like HarvestSHARE, where there's fresh food available to everyone (regardless of how much money you can spend), where we embrace all kinds of cultures and cuisines, and where local farmers, chefs, and neighbors all come together to celebrate our community! Join us on Saturday, September 21 from 11am to 5pm on 30th Avenue between Madam CJ Walker Park and Frederick Douglass Park to experience our "Right to Food" block together with Denver Food Rescue, SAME Cafe, and Fresh Food Connect.

Produce appreciation! These beautiful fruits and veggies are all from HarvestSHARE 2023. Will you be joining us this year for more delicious produce (for free and for purchase from local farms!), activities for families, and lots lots more? See you on Saturday, September 21 from 11am to 5pm on 30th Avenue between Madam CJ Walker Park and Frederick Douglass Park. #MetroCaring #EndingHungerAtItsRoot #FoodSovereignty #FoodJustice #Denver #Colorado

Join us on Saturday, September 21st between 11 am and 5 pm at the 12th annual Denver HarvestSHARE! Metro Caring is partnering up with Denver Food Rescue, Fresh Food Connect, SAME Cafe Denver to host a “Right to Food” block party on 30th Avenue between Madam CJ Walker Park and Frederick Douglass Park. You can expect free produce, produce for purchase from our farm partners, seeds and seedlings giveaways, children’s toys, face painting, voter engagement, chalk art, and much more. Our Urban Agriculture team will also host a vermicomposting workshop at 2 pm.

A big shoutout to Holman for sponsoring our upcoming dinner and fundraiser, Cornucopia 2024: Food for All. Hunger for None. Your support makes a big difference, and we can't wait to celebrate the strides our community has taken to end hunger in Denver this October.

Meet Luca, one of our Community Connectors! Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Luca spent time in Mexico before moving to Colorado. They have been a concurrent enrollment student since 12 years old and just transferred to a four-year university to complete a degree in Communal Social Justice and Advocacy. They have been involved in social and environmental advocacy work since they were young and even co-founded their own non-profit organization, Denver Street Stories. At Metro Caring, you'll find Luca in the Welcome Center, helping connect you to the best resources available in the area that meet your specific needs.

We know no one better than Mo Betta Green's Beverly Grant to be the "Matriarch of Five Points." As reporter Yvens Alex Saintil writes, Beverly Grant, a Denver native and social justice advocate, created Mo Betta Green in 2010, an urban farming and community-driven organization based in Denver. "Mo Better Green is a shining example of how urban farming and community activism can come together to create sustainable change and make convincing impacts on people’s lives." We don't have much more to say other than we're grateful to partner with such a deeply rooted organization to end hunger in our community. Read more about Bev's contributions and about how maybe it's time to give her the Key to the City.

We want to thank our friends at The Colorado Health Foundation for being a sponsor at our upcoming dinner and fundraiser, Cornucopia 2024: Food for All. Hunger for None. Sponsors like you help kickstart the success of this event, and we're excited to celebrate your contributions alongside the work of our community to end hunger at its root on Friday, October 25.

As we invest in a stronger local food system that can help to end hunger, we had the opportunity to be part of the Farm to Food Assistance Learning Lab. This accelerator program helped us and 9 other organizations implement equity-centered, community-driven Farm to Food Assistance programs. It helped us ensure we pay farmers fair market value for their products and share that food with our community. Read more and see what our Food Access Manager Cory Scrivner had to say about the partnership.

Do you know who grows your food? This summer, Mo'Betta Green and Metro Caring invited the community to spend time at Blue Bear Farm and Seeds of Power Unity Farm to meet urban farmers and share a meal. We enjoyed live music, ate delicious food featuring locally-grown produce, and discussed the importance of urban farmers in our local food system. Strong local food systems are necessary to ending hunger at its root so that everyone can have what they need to live healthy lives.

Denver East High School junior Sophia Swanson turned her passion for swimming into an impactful way to give back. To raise funds for our mission, she challenged herself to swim three miles—98 laps—in a little over an hour. With support from her community, she achieved both her fundraising and swimming goals. Her swim-a-thon is a great example of how our community finds creative ways to get involved in ending hunger.