The GrowHaus
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Your donation will support fresh food access, health and wellness education, and leadership development.
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Please take action now to strengthen our emergency food access efforts, reaching furloughed federal workers, families who have lost income or SNAP benefits, and the growing number of households already facing food insecurity long before this shutdown.
Why The GrowHaus’ Work is Critical
SNAP is in the headlines, but food insecurity existed long before last week.
The government shutdown has suddenly placed SNAP and food insecurity into the headlines, but this crisis has been unfolding in our communities long before last week. When the spotlight moves away from food insecurity, the public conversation often turns off, even though the need is still growing. If you have not already taken action, we encourage you to support our efforts today. The need has already grown beyond what we expected, and the requests continue to rise each day.
Politics created a hunger crisis, and The GrowHaus is responding with urgency and action.
When $120 million in SNAP benefits were frozen for Coloradans, waitlists for The GrowHaus’ food access programs were already long. In response, we activated our Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program to serve hundreds of households at our warehouse in Park Hill and through satellite distributions, while maintaining our 21 food access sites across the City.
Our community of supporters showed us that every day is Colorado gives day and helped us activate our emergency response program. But the need is rising every day, and we are turning to The Colorado Gives Community for support. As part of this statewide giving movement, you have the opportunity to stand with us and ensure that our neighbors are nourished, supported, and seen during these uncertain times. Choose The GrowHaus as your Colorado Gives Day partner and donate now.
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Food access needs in our communities have grown beyond what we experienced during the pandemic. Before the federal government shutdown, families were already reaching out, asking when fresh food distributions would expand. Now, with November SNAP benefits paused for more than 600,000 people, and furloughed federal employees going weeks without pay, a food crisis is unfolding in our City.
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We launched our Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the response has been overwhelming, with hundreds of households already registered and requests for participation rising each day. To expand our reach, we activated satellite distributions in partnership with GES (Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea) Coalition and Thriving Families, and will add additional sites as resources become available. Meanwhile, our regular programs continue serving over 7,000 people a month through no-cost fresh food access and community-based wellness and education initiatives.
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SNAP benefits will not be reinstated as usual. New federal rules may remove about 2.4 million people from the program, reduce benefits for others, or make it harder to qualify because of expanded work and eligibility requirements. In Colorado, roughly 27,000 people are estimated to lose their SNAP benefits overnight. Our neighbors will be dealing with the ripple effects of lost access for a long time, and many were already facing food insecurity before this shutdown ever happened
When the spotlight moves away from food insecurity, the public conversation often turns off, but the need is growing. Choose The GrowHaus as your Colorado Gives Day partner to support our emergency food response.
This Work is Possible Because of Our Community of Engaged Supporters
Your gift today will create immediate impact.
Gifts of $250 or more not only deliver health and hope but also come with a 25% Colorado Enterprise Zone income tax credit.
Featured Stories
Help Activate The GrowHaus Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
We are devastated. The federal shutdown has paused November SNAP benefits for more than 600,000 people in Colorado, freezing over $120 million in grocery support. We have activated The GrowHaus Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program to reach furloughed federal workers, families who have lost income or benefits, and the growing number of households already facing food insecurity long before this shutdown. Please take action now to strengthen our emergency food access efforts.
2025 También Day of Action
In May, we dug deep into what solidarity looks like! During our También Day of Action, The GrowHaus team and some of our También monthly members spent the day planting vegetable gardens at homes in Elyria, Denver. These gardens will help families participating in our no-cost food access program grow their own fresh food right in their yards.
Women’s History Month - March 2025
Our powerful women-led team is creating an unprecedented impact, reaching nearly 6,000 people every month with fresh food access. Learn how the women leading The GrowHaus contribute to our success and why it’s meaningful for them to work at a women-led organization.
Set The Dinner Table For Your Neighbor
For over 100,000 neighbors, the question isn’t ‘what’s on the table’ but whether there’s a meal to share at all. At The GrowHaus, we’re committed to ensuring every table has food that nourishes, heals, and connects. The GrowHaus’ work challenges systemic causes of food insecurity as teens in our Seed2Seed program develop lifelong leadership skills, Promotoras (Community Health Specialists) connect with families through cooking classes, home visits, and SNAP support, and when access to nutrition becomes a uniting shared experience.
The GrowHaus to Launch Community Food Market Fellowship
In partnership with the USDA and Colorado Trust, The GrowHaus is launching a Community Food Access Fellowship program to equip our team with the skills to manage and sustain community-led food markets. The GrowHaus’ warehouse will transform into a pop-up community choice market that will serve as a live training program for our team, where 400 households from our home communities of Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea will shop for fresh produce, view cooking demonstrations, enroll in SNAP, and sign up for nutrition classes.
Purchase Next Week’s Groceries for Your Neighbor in Need
For the 107,000 Denver neighbors experiencing food insecurity, fresh fruits and vegetables are often the first things left behind at the grocery store. Amidst this immense challenge, The GrowHaus is providing fresh produce to 6,000 neighbors every month and has distributed nearly 1 million pounds of fresh produce this year. We can’t slow down. There are 418 people on the waitlist for our food access program, and we need your help to serve them.
Guarantee Fresh Food Access for Children
Since its inception in 2009, The GrowHaus has been passionately investing in the health, well-being, and leadership of our youngest neighbors. This work is critical, as 21% of households with children in Denver are experiencing food insecurity, according to new data from DDPHE. The GrowHaus is addressing these immense challenges with reliable fresh food access and a continuum of health and wellness education opportunities for children
Communities that Garden Together Thrive Together
Growing your own fruits and vegetables is about connection with your food, autonomy, and choice. Gardens bring our neighbors together and illustrate the strength and resilience of our community. Despite GES having a reputation as one of the most polluted zip codes in the country, we are overcoming decades of industrialization and redlining by planting seeds of food justice that provide nutrition security and become seedlings that help clean our air.
