Tag: Denver Rescue Mission
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Donations, volunteers needed to combat holiday food insecurity
Families across the country will sit down to enjoy the annual meals surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday next week. But, to some, the food isn’t a given. “We’re seeing the highest rates of food insecurity, not just in Colorado but across the whole country, that we have seen in 10 years,” said Erin Pulling, CEO of…
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Denver City Council allocates $2.85 million to aid homeless and immigrants
The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously approved three measures officials say will help homeless people and immigrants throughout the city, totaling $2.85 million. The first item was a $2 million resolution approved as a grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. The grant, part of the statewide Transformational Homelessness Response, will help connect…
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No lawful entry? No asylum: Biden administration responds to immigrants’ surge at border, influx in Denver
In its most forceful statement yet on the surge of immigrants at the U.S. border with Mexico — a crisis that has been spilling into America’s interior cities, such as Denver — the Biden administration said those who crossed into the U.S. illegally won’t be eligible for asylum. “Starting tonight, people who arrive at the border…
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Denver area shelters — at or near capacity — brace for immigrant surge
Ready or not, here they come. Local nonprofits — that for months have helped Denver temporarily house immigrants from South and Central America — are bracing for a new surge with the sunset of a pandemic-era border restriction that ends Thursday. “All the shelters are pretty much at capacity,” said Kristen Baluyot, Denver metro social…
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City Council considers $300,000 increase to Denver Rescue Mission contract
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee Wednesday approved an amendment to the contract the city has with the Denver Rescue Mission that will cost taxpayers $300,000 more annually if approved. The proposed one-year, $9…
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For Colorado Hodgkin lymphoma patient and future doc, disease was a health-care eye-opener
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You’ve got your whole life ahead of you, then suddenly you don’t. You’ve never felt alone, then suddenly you are. Cancer doesn’t just attack the body. It makes you question everything. “My name is Will. I am 22 years old. I’m afraid that I’m going…