Jersey Mike’s Subs opened their new location in Fort Collins at 4709 S Timberline on July 6th and they started giving back to the community immediately. During the month of July, owner John Ricketts distributed and honored hundreds of coupons that allowed sandwich buyers to have $2 donated to The Matthews House when they came…
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Community Partner Award Presented to The Zone
Over the past 5 years, The Zone Health & Fitness has graciously allowed The Matthews House to enroll our youth at a greatly reduced rate. The ability to regularly workout at a gym offers our young adults many benefits, not only in terms of increased physical health, but also in the areas of self-confidence and…
Jersey Mike’s Subs Supports The Matthews House
Jersey Mike’s Subs will be opening a location in Fort Collins, July 7th and owner John Ricketts wants to make sure they are giving back to the community from the start. So, click on and print out the photo/flyer below and head on over to 4709 S. Timberline Road and buy a tasty sub, $2…
Backyard Facelift
On May 25th employees of Cargill volunteered their time by partnering with The Matthews House to install our brand new vegetable gardens and give our backyard a face lift. We had over 15 Cargill volunteers, 7 youth, 3 staff, and 4 volunteers from the Matthews House! In less than 8 hours our backyard was…
Coffee Beans Benefit Youth
Local, independent coffee roaster Coffee Spielen is partnering with the Matthews House through the end of January. Each quarter they select a few local nonprofit organizations to receive a portion of bean sales. During that period, customers buying bags of coffee from their shop (located at 749 S. Lemay A-2) can select one of the…
$100,000 buys a lot of food
Many thanks to Whole Foods Market and the Fort Collins community! Every year, our Whole Foods Market does this great thing called Grab and Give. They offer their customers the opportunity to help their neighbors who are short on food. They do this by asking everyone at the checkout if they’d like to donate a…
Late-Spring Classic Youth Ultimate Frisbee Tournament – Saturday, June 19, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 12-4, Rolland Moore Park All Proceeds Benefiting The Matthews House Event Presented by Veritas and Sponsored by The Wright Life. Complementary Food Provided by Mama Roni's Pizza. Tournament Rules: 7-12 person Co-ed teams, ages 13-18 Double Elimination, Standard Ultimate Frisbee Rules Prize for the Winning Team: Gift Certificates to the Wright Life…
Needed: A Safe Place to Live
We've known for some time that a lack of transitional and emergency housing is a large stumbling block for many youth in our program and our community. Now it's time to do something about it. Here is a note from our Executive Director and Founder, Jerri Howe, talking about how we're going to do that,…
Blessed
I was standing in our basement the other day handing a box of food to a parole officer who was taking the food to one of the families she works with. Now, you might expect that I was thinking about how horrible it is that we have families in our community who worry about where…
Community Involvement at the Matthews House
Periodically, groups from the community come alongside the Matthews House to plan and put on events for our youth. These are great, fun activities for our youth with the added invaluable benefit that they are done on a completely volunteer basis by people who share this community with our youth. No ulterior motives, no one…
