You can also mail a check to: Arboretum Coffee, PO Box 587, Fort Collins, CO 80522.
“Here, I believe I can grow. I am proud.”
When Fatema arrived in Colorado from Afghanistan, she carried her daughter on her hip and the weight of an impossible choice in her heart: leave everything she knew or risk hers and her child’s future.
She chose courage. She left everything behind to seek safety and freedom. But here, she found herself navigating a new language, a new culture, and unfamiliar systems. Despite her strength, she often felt invisible and uncertain.
Then she found Arboretum Coffee.
When Fatema stepped through our doors, she was excited and eager to learn. Today, she stands behind the bar with confidence, dialing in espresso, greeting guests, and mentoring the next apprentice with warmth and pride. Fatema found a place where people saw her and gave her the opportunities to build her future.
“Back home, I felt powerless,” Fatema says.“Here, I believe I can grow. I am proud.”
She’s not just learning to make coffee. She’s studying English and practicing typing. She’s learning medical vocabulary for her dream career in healthcare. She’s learning to budget, to ask for help, to believe she belongs.
At Arboretum, we don’t just teach skills. We create space for healing and transformation.
What Your Gift Makes Possible
Your donation equips refugees and immigrants with:
Career Skills – hands-on training in barista, hospitality, and leadership
Life Skills – classes in financial literacy, workplace culture, and communication
Belonging – a safe, welcoming space to grow confidence and community
English - opportunities to practice and learn English in a deeply supportive immersive setting
And it’s all done while earning a living wage.
Prefer to give by check? Mail to: Arboretum Coffee, PO Box 587, Fort Collins, CO 80522
Why Now?
Across the U.S., refugees and immigrants are being met with fear, hostility, and exclusion. But we can respond differently—with welcome.
At Arboretum, we don’t just train apprentices. We create healing spaces. We fight for dignity. We help newcomers become leaders in their communities. We believe healing begins with belonging, and that jobs can be a space for hope, courage, and community.
Whether you give $32 or $10,000, your gift says: You are welcome here. You are seen. And your future matters.
Together, we can build a stronger, more welcoming Northern Colorado—one cup of coffee and one life at a time.
Arboretum Coffee uses excellent coffee and goods to cultivate flourishing communities with refugees and immigrants in a dignified space that enables each person to thrive holistically. We do this by offering job-training and holistic development programs where refugees can actualize their potential.
Arboretum Coffee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit coffee shop in Fort Collins, Colorado, dedicated to empowering refugees and immigrants through a comprehensive year-long paid apprenticeship program. We’re committed to bridging communities and dismantling barriers that keep refugees and immigrants in low-wage, undignified jobs. Through our program, participants gain essential barista and business skills, life-skills training, mentorship, and cultural navigation tools to help them flourish economically and socially.
Organization name
Arboretum Coffee
2023
Tax id (EIN)
93-1969373
Category
Employment, Human Services, Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
221 W Prospect RoadFort Collins, CO, US
Loveland, CO, US
Wellington, CO, US, 80549