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,…
January Is National Mentor Month
Local Nonprofits are working together to raise awareness during Mentor Month. The Larimer County Mentoring Coalition is celebrating January as National Mentor Month. Mentor Month is a national campaign, first introduced in 2002, which is spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project, MENTOR, and the Corporation for National and Community Service and focuses attention on the…
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…
Rodizio Grill to support Matthews House in January
Throughout the month of January, Rodizio Grill in Fort Collins will be spreading the word about and raising funds for the Matthews House. Every guest at Rodizio this month will have the opportunity to make a donation to the Matthews House and receive an equivalent amount in "Rodizio bucks". So here's what that looks like,…
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…
Carve for a Cause a huge success
On Friday night, Dec. 11, Burn Longboards, a new Fort Collins-based company, held an event called Carve for a Cause to benefit the Matthews House. The event featured longboards crafted by Burn and painted by local artists, Taylor Gallegos, Scotty Roebuck, Dustin Groeneman and Elle Martinez. These boards were auctioned off while guests enjoyed good…
Christmas Carriage Ride and Dinner
On December 2nd our Girl’s Group had a chance to celebrate the Christmas season in style. Even though it was a frigid evening, we had 15 young women come out to start off the evening with a horsedrawn carriage ride around Old Town. The ride ended up at Canino’s Italian Restaurant, where the group was…
Thanksgiving Party
Last Wednesday, we got together for our November Family Dinner, also known as our Thanksgiving Feast. Once a month, we host a dinner for youth in our program and their guests. This is a time to just come to the house and have a tasty family style meal prepared by wonderful volunteers in a comfortable…
We Received $4,000 in Donated Groceries
If you've been shopping at Whole Foods in Fort Collins recently there's a good chance you've been asked if you would like to add a donation to your grocery bill in order to help people in need in our community this holiday season. If you've said yes, we'd like to say "Thank You!" This is…
Carve for a Cause
On Friday, Dec 11, Burn Longboards will be hosting Carve for a Cause to raise funds for The Matthews House. Burn Longboards is a new Fort Collins company, founded in 2009 by Moses Horner and dedicated to producing quality boards for all skill levels. Involvement in the community is hugely important to Burn so they…
