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- EIN 84-1343224
- (303) 389-0085
- 2746 W 13th Ave Denver CO 80204-2316 USA
- www.earthlinks-colorado.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Environment, Environmental Education, Garden Clubs, Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: Earthlinks cultivates transformation and self-worth with people experiencing homelessness and poverty. By creating opportunities through earth-centered programs, individuals step out of isolation and into community, restoring each other and the planet. Participants create sustainable crafts and work in our organic garden, raise bees, and form a supportive community that assists in finding resources and stabilitizing lives that are in crisis.
Programs: Workshop and garden program serves 50 adults at one time who are currently experiencing homelessness or who have been homeless in the past using a community based gardening and craft workshop setting. Approximately 75 persons per year participate in this program. Crafts are created and then sold to the public to help defray the costs of the program. In 2017, 73 unique individuals participated in the workshop program. While in the program, participants are expected to set personal goals for positive transformation in their lives. Participants meet with staff social workers for assistance in meeting their goals, such as staying in recovery, obtaining housing, applying for benefits, reuniting with family, and the like. Participants are also eligible to participate in enrichment activities such as trips into nature, beekeeping, education opportunities, support groups and the like. In 2017, 58% of participants were able to obtain or maintain stable housing while in the workshop program and 92% achieved another personal goal towards stabilization.
trips into nature are offered free of charge to adults experiencing homelessness throughout the year. Trips include transportation, breakfast, a picnic lunch and often guided tours. Entrance fees are covered by the organization. The opportunity to leave the chaos of their daily lives on the street by traveling into the mountains, parks and other natural places of interest provides refreshment and a new outlook on life for those living with the challenges of homelessness. In 2017, 27 individuals went on one or more of 6 trips into nature.