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Give Back to Your Community—Donate
10 Percent of Your Rebate to DenUM!
The economic stimulus payments have begun. Why not give back to your community by donating 10 percent of your rebate to DenUM? The economic downturn has hit low-income citizens hard. DenUM clients are struggling with higher food costs and a lack of affordable housing.
One in five Coloradans lives below the self-sufficiency standard—the income it takes to be self-sufficient without public or private assistance. For example, a full-time minimum wage earner makes $18,869 a year in Colorado (with federal tax credits when eligible). A single parent with one preschooler and one school age child needs to earn $41,523 a year to be self-sufficient in Denver County. This means that this parent only earns about 45% of what he or she needs to make to be self-sufficient.
DenUM is seeing increased requests for services, particularly for food. The monthly average for families served with food in 2007 was 667; so far in 2008, the monthly average is 813. From April 1 through April 28, 2008, DenUM provided 1,000 families with food bags.
Please help us keep up with the need—donate 10 percent of your rebate to DenUM!
On behalf of all those we serve, THANK YOU!
TO DONATE, CLICK HERE.
Community Food Race Wraps Up
April 30th marks the final day of DenUM's first Community Food Race and the Feinstein Challenge. The nine churches who entered the Food Race have donated more than 9,500 pounds of food, and we are hard at work tallying and totaling the donations received this week.
Watch for the winner to be announced soon!
Participating churches were:
• Arvada United Methodist Church
• First Mennonite Church
• Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
• Grace United Methodist Church
• Hope United Methodist Church
• Trinity United Methodist Church
• United Methodist Church of Eagle Valley (with Vail Christian High School)
• University Park United Methodist Church
Thank you ALL for your support of DenUM.
DenUM: a Charity Partner
for Post-News CO Colfax Marathon
DenUM has registered as a charity partner for the 2008 Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon and we need your help!
You can support DenUM in three ways:
Run the Race! Run the marathon, run or walk the half marathon, or organize a 5-person marathon relay team! Runners who raise more than $500 for DenUM will have their registration fee reimbursed.
Volunteer! Thousands of volunteers are needed to work water stations, help at the Health and Fitness Expo and support runners at the start/finish. Reply to this email to join the DenUM volunteer team!
Donate! If you cannot run or volunteer on May 18th, or are already registered to run the race, you can still raise money to support DenUM's services to families in crisis. Sponsor a runner or raise money for DenUM as you run!
For more information about the Colfax Marathon, visit www.coloradocolfaxmarathon.org
Click here to view DenUM's annual report 2006.
Remember: You can make a donation to DenUM at GivingFirst.org as well as here at DenUM's website.