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Hunger Relief Day |
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A Dollar A Day Stop Hunger
Hunger Relief Day is October 10, 2010 - Join the 10/10/10 movement!
Metro CarRing is challenging You to help eradicate hunger! The goal is to raise $100,000 and to collect 100,000 lbs of food on or before 10/10/10. We are asking everyone to put aside "a dollar per day" beginning on July 01, 2001 up to 10/10/10 (its actually 102 days). On 10/10/10, send in your $100 to Metro CareRing or drop it off at our facility (18th & Downing) on that day and join us for the 10/10/10 celebration BBQ.
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Metro CareRing |
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 Metro CareRing is a non-profit emergency food pantry providing individuals and families with food, bus tokens, and toiletries and funds for utility assistance, work tools, and identification documentation. Utilizing over 150 volunteers and six paid staff, Metro CareRing serves approximately 30,000 people each year - including 15,000 children. Metro CareRing strives to create a "ring of care" around the people in the community needing emergency assistance.
 About one third of the households receiving services at Metro CareRing are considered “working poor”: they are working, but do not earn enough to meet their basic needs. Over one third is on fixed incomes, and while their incomes never change, the cost of living in Denver continues to rise. Other clients have experienced a financial setback, such as unemployment, loss of a family member, or medical emergency. Many have physical or mental disabilities and cannot work. Most have little or no money for food, clothing, child or health care, or transportation.
• Provide bags of food, toiletries and work-related resources to meet immediate needs.
• Provide a listening ear and short-term solutions to current situations.
• Educate and mobilize the community to affect long-term solutions to hunger, poverty and homelessness. |
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Grocery/Toiletries Wish List |
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Please help stock our shelves with the following items:
Canned Fruit
Cereal
Proteins: Beans, Meats, Etc.
Produce
Diapers and Formula
Feminine Hygiene Products
Get a copy of our pantry wish list.
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A History of Metro CareRing |
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The year was 1974. In downtown Denver, five ministers representing five churches (Trinity United Methodist, Central Presbyterian, St. Paul Lutheran, First Baptist of Denver, and St. Paul’s United Methodist) and four denominations met regularly for breakfast. Each of these men had experienced a sense of helplessness and overwhelm due to the increasing numbers of people seeking help from the church because their basic needs were not being met. Out of the pastors’ conversations and shared experiences, the idea surfaced that, by working together, the downtown churches could offer emergency assistance to people in need. From these humble beginnings, Central Denver Community Service was formed.
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