On May 11th, The Matthews House was proud to be highlighted at the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado’s Annual Celebration of Philanthropy. We thought the video was worth sharing here too.
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$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…
$16,000 !!!
$16,000 ~ That is how much we raised to empower at-risk youth in this year's Wild West Relay! On August 6th and 7th, the Matthews House once again had runners and volunteers participating in the Wild West Relay, a 200-mile relay footrace over the mountains from Fort Collins to Steamboat Springs. This is the 4th…
Local Artists Help Matthews House
On Saturday, June 26th, 15 local artists set up their beautiful creations at the Matthews House and generously spent the day with us in order to raise money for our programs. From jewelry and purses to woodworking and pottery, 20% of all sales went to the Matthews House. Volunteers from Emmaus Road Church and The…
Thanks to Mr. Mechanic
In the last couple of years, Mike & Greg Labate and their staff at Mr. Mechanic have donated a lot of time and energy to youth and young adults at the Matthews House by donating pre-sale inspections. The Mr. Mechanic crew has helped tremendously by assisting Matthews House youth in making wise choices when purchasing…
Free Breakfast at Snooze Tomorrow – Apr 17th
Enjoy breakfast for a donation at Snooze, An A.M. Eatery, 144 W Mountain, Fort Collins. At their pre-opening celebration on Saturday, April 17th you can not only be one of the first to dine at the newest location of this popular restaurant, but your delicious meal will be free in exchange for a donation which…
Whole Foods to Donate 5% of Sales to Matthews House – March 25th
This Thursday, March 25th, Whole Foods Market in Fort Collins will be holding a Community Giving Day to benefit the Matthews House. This means they will be donating 5% of total store sales for the day to the Matthews House. Everyone needs groceries, so put it on your calendar and plan to shop for your…
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,…
Matthews House Recognized for Record of Success
Yesterday's Coloradoan included the picture above and the article below. The photo: CSU professor Ken Smith, center, poses with CSU culinary students who served a Thanksgiving meal at The Matthews House. After just 4 years, we’ve seen some major life changes and we now have youth who've successfully completed our program who are coming back…
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…
