By serving Coloradans who have less power, privilege and income, and by prioritizing Coloradans of color, we keep equity at the heart of our work to bring health in reach.
Stories are the currency we use to share our lives and experiences with others. Meet some of the people and organizations served by Foundation-funded programs, and learn how they are making a difference in communities across Colorado.
It’s an iconic, warmly-defended program bringing sustenance to the vulnerable who need it most: children at school who are happiest and perform best on a full stomach at…
This past summer at their eclectic butcher shop in North Aurora, Mkale and Kwame Warner created a prayer box for submissions by customers.
It has proven wildly popular so…
The small Eastern Plains town of Walsh knows firsthand what it’s like to lose its food core – the death of the town grocery sparked the best kind of community uprising. Now…
Well and Wise is a project of Eagle County Public Health and is a falls prevention and chronic disease self-management program for older adults in Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin…
There are likely a hundred ways for a community to launch itself down a path toward becoming a healthier place to live.
But Arvada leaders can also think of one way not to…
EDITOR'S NOTE: Those clunky-fun red bikes with the silver baskets have quickly become one of the most visible symbols of urban revitalization and healthy living in Colorado…
Learn all you need to know about the "built environment" and healthy places movements in designing for health with this video explainer. Design expert Angela Loder and our…
The bad news about small-town life is that everybody knows everybody’s business.
Yet the reality of life under a microscope can also be the good news, when everyone knows…