True story legend from our Joshua Station lore… Once upon a time, a generous volunteer family created a fabulous Christmas party for our Joshua Station families. Correctly assuming that many of our kids, moms, and dads—in their experience of homelessness—had never been invited to a lavish holiday dinner, they spared no expense or effort. Our […]
“This is the best job I could have ever found!” Sarah Eckenrode’s long road toward a medical career took a huge step last week. She started full-time as a Certified Medical Assistant at Anschutz Medical Campus College of Nursing, Belleview Point Clinic. “I’m really excited,” says Sarah. “It’s a nurse-led clinic, and the nurse who […]
Hope is found… when we break new ground! Over 250 people shouted the refrain, again and again, as shovels turned the earth. Sandy Douglas, a neighbor from across the street, put her boot to the shovel. A few moments before at the microphone, she recounted stories of huddling on the floor with her children as […]
Dear friends, We’re excited to launch our annual Spring Into Caring generosity event! Can I share with you our particular situation this year, and invite your participation in giving? Our goal is to raise $100,000 by March 31. Give now Thankfully, we don’t often come to you with news that we are in financial struggle. […]
Dear friends, At Joshua Station, our residents display an abundance of caring. It’s not simply that our team cares (we do). But the most important caring that goes on here is residents caring for each other. Kelsey Shackleford, staffing the front desk last week, shared this: “Tonight was a great example of caring! It was […]
Dear friends, In a few weeks we’re breaking ground at Clara Brown Commons! Please mark your calendars for Friday, April 8, 2:00-3:30 pm. We want you to celebrate with us when the first shovels go in the ground in the Cole neighborhood. As you know, we’ve been praying and hoping and dreaming about redeeming this […]
Dear friends, We begin 2022 with great anticipation: the year that we build Clara Brown Commons! Many of you have walked the long-neglected property with me over the course of 18 years, praying for God to liberate the land from its oppressor and restore it as a place of home and community. During these walks […]
As we “build people and communities” in Denver, we are ever mindful of local residents who have made their homes here before us. Joshua Station is situated near the banks of the Platte River, where there have been settlements over thousands of years. We’ll break ground for Clara Brown Commons this year, just a few […]
Resident Spotlight – Georgina “The day before I came to Joshua Station, I was very scared,” says Georgina Valarde. “I started praying it would fall through.” “Georgina’s past traumas left her extremely guarded, negative, and untrusting,” says Family Advocate Ana Reyes. “In the beginning I worked hard simply to rekindle trust.” Georgina’s start with Joshua […]
What I mean by that dramatic-sounding subject line is that I hope you’re sitting down in a home that is a place for you to be comfortable. I hope it’s a place where you feel safe…where you ARE safe. I hope you can cover the rent or make the mortgage payment without having to think […]
