Did you know that Fort Collins has a Peach Festival? Maybe not, but you won’t want to miss it. This first-year-event is coming up THIS SATURDAY (9/10/11)and benefits The Matthews House, The Gardens on Spring Creek, and Fort Collins Rotary Clubs (What is Rotary anyway?). The event will be held at the Gardens on Spring…
Category Archives: Updates
Jersey Mike’s Subs Supports Youth
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…
12 Runners, 195 Miles, One Goal
This year’s Wild West Relay was, again, an unforgettable experience, captured incredibly well in this poem penned by one of our more eloquent runners. 12 runners, 195 Miles, One goal ~by Stephen Koenig Five in the morning, twelve runners emerged From a dark parking lot with a shared running urge To race over the hills,…
Oh Be Joyful Backpack Trip
Early on in my work at The Matthews House, I was surprised when one of our youth told me that despite growing up in Fort Collins, he’d never heard the relaxing sound of a mountain stream. I began to understand as he explained that growing up in a family that never had a car, he’d…
College Connect Conference
Every year, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program hosts a conference for teens in foster care, called College Connect. It gives them the opportunity to stay in a dorm, sit in on real college classes, participate in team building exercises, and interact with not only college faculty but also other teens from around the state…
Running from Fort Collins to Steamboat Springs
Very early next Friday morning, August 12, The Matthews House will have a team lining up for the Wild West Relay for the 5th year in a row. Like the other 100+ teams, our team of 12 will be running 200 miles from Fort Collins to Steamboat Springs. However, we’ll be running in order…
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…
Volunteer Excellence Award Presented to Matthews House Volunteers
Every year at their State of the Community event, United Way of Larimer County recognizes outstanding volunteers in the community. At the 2011 event, on June 9th, the Volunteer Excellence Award was presented to our very own 2010 Volunteers of the Year, Brian & Esther Hansen, recognizing their truly extraordinary commitment to serving their community….
Annual Celebration of Philanthropy Highlights The Matthews House
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.
Keeping Dreams Alive
This past weekend one of our youth was given the opportunity to pursue her dreams. Growing up, she knew only abuse and abandonment, living in cars with her mother and never having a stable living environment. Since then, she has lived in multiple foster homes, seeking adoption. In the last few years, she's become a…
