EarthLinks

A nonprofit organization

$28,141 raised by 141 donors

94% complete

$30,000 Goal

Join Us on Colorado Gives Day!

Mark your calendar for December 10th, 2024! Every dollar you give on Colorado Gives Day will be matched, making your impact go even further.

Together, we can:

  • Create sustainable solutions for homelessness
  • Protect our planet through eco-friendly practices
  • Foster a compassionate community for everyone

Empower Lives and Heal the Earth with EarthLinks

Building Community through Nature, Healing, and Opportunity

At EarthLinks, we believe in the power of nature to transform lives and build community. For over 25 years, we’ve been providing a safe, supportive environment where individuals experiencing homelessness can find purpose, healing, and stability. Through nature-centered workshops and sustainable employment, our participants create beautiful, eco-friendly products while gaining skills, dignity, and a sense of belonging.

This Colorado Gives Day, you have the power to change lives and nurture our planet. Join us in creating a more sustainable, compassionate world—one seed, one soul, one community at a time.

Why Your Gift Matters:

Your donation to EarthLinks helps sustain life-changing programs that provide both personal and environmental benefits. Together, we’re building a healthier Earth and empowering people who need it most.

Here’s how your support makes a difference:

  • $25 – Provides seeds and soil for our community garden, nurturing both plants and people.
  • $50 – Funds a week of therapeutic workshops that foster creativity, healing, and skill-building for our participants.
  • $100 – Helps our participants create eco-friendly products that promote sustainability and support their journey toward independence.
  • $250 – Supports a month of community-building activities and outreach programs, creating a safe haven and support network for those in need.

Meet Our Community:

"It's about what goes on mentally, spiritually, emotionally inside those gates."

"EarthLinks is our little bit of Eden on Earth; 2200 sq ft. that helps feed us and other homeless individuals in Denver." 

"I come in here, and I get to use my hands, and it's calming." 

"It's tranquil." 

"There are so many things to do here, and so many things to learn… No matter how long you've been here and how much you know, you're always learning."

"I don't have to do it by myself, so maybe I can do it [with help].' And then [I] think, 'maybe I can do it myself.'" 

"I have never in my life felt like I have had more people behind me. I know that no matter how hard things in my life get, I'm not alone." 

 "I am very glad to work for EarthLinks, they have saved my life."

"You get out of this program what you put into it. I'm proud to say that I work here, I represent. EarthLinks is more than just a garden- it's family, it's support, it's people who love me even when I didn't love myself, and my family didn't at that point either. I wouldn't be where I am without this community, I don't even know if I would be alive."

"EarthLinks has been therapeutic for me with hardships that I go through. It helps being able to come here and get away from my thoughts for a while, do something different, and to lose myself in something else instead of worrying about things. When I am feeling my worst, that's when I come here because it makes me feel better about my life, and I can face another day."

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.

Background Statement

EarthLinks was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1996 through the vision, initiative, and dedication of two Catholic religious women, Bette Ann Jaster, OP, and Cathy Mueller, SL. Over their many years of service in the community, the two women noted profound fragmentation and deep hunger for connection and belonging. This cry came from diverse people in many different circumstances. The founders knew it was possible to create experiences that foster relationships, build community, encourage healing, and deepen our understanding of our relatedness with all life. These are the beliefs that guide EarthLinks today.

The heart of EarthLinks remains a supportive community focused on Earth-care, education, empowerment, and new healing in lives often in disarray. Through growing our own food, working on employment skills, taking steps to obtain housing and peer support, participants move from crisis to stability.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

EarthLinks

other names

EL, GreenFingers

Year Established

1996

Tax id (EIN)

84-1343224

Category

Housing & Shelter, Environment, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Organization Size

Medium Organization

Address

2746 W 13th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204

Service areas

Denver County, CO, US

Phone

303-389-0085

Fax

303-389-0086

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