Colorado Gives Day 2024: GPHC

We are Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. (GPHC), a longstanding nonprofit and registered neighborhood organization generously supported by volunteers, individuals, families, farms, food banks, churches, corporations and businesses, all of which enable our organization to establish and foster community-building initiatives and offer essential no-cost programs to residents in Park Hill and beyond.

Among our many community programs is a twice-a-week, volunteer-run food pantry, which provides food-insecure individuals and families with a three-day food supply based on household size. We allocate 24 visits per year for every in-need family in Park Hill. This year alone, we’ve distributed nearly 61,000 pounds of food to 5,900 in-need individuals and families. That’s an increase of 112 percent over last year, and the urgency for food continues to increase at an alarming speed.

We also offer a free seasonal farm stand; an annual Thanksgiving giveaway that provides upwards of 450 meals to our own food pantry families, Smith Elementary School students and low-income senior communities; a weekend food program that supports the kids at the Vickers Boys & Girls Club who may not have enough to eat on the weekends; and a robust vegetable seed and seedling program to jumpstart home gardens for low-income individuals and families.

We are fierce advocates of sustainability practices and have achieved Certifiably Green Denver Business status every year since 2017 by meeting a set of criteria in energy efficiency, water conservation, resource conservation, alternative transportation and business management. And, as of September of this year, our building is 100 percent solar-powered and electrified!

Additionally, we strive to establish a zero-waste mentality in the neighborhood and at all GPHC events by encouraging residents to reduce the waste they create and to properly dispose of what they can’t reduce through recycling, composting and donating. We also offer a directory on our website with tips for reducing waste, as well as resources for responsibly disposing many household items. 

We also promote low-and no-cost efforts for neighbors and local businesses to conserve energy and opt for renewable energy sources whenever possible.  

Our board of directors is heavily involved in the community and participates in numerous advocacy projects, including the Northeast Park Hill Coalition Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (INC), Discover Denver, Denver Streets Partnership, City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN), Park Hill the Beautiful Campaign, Save Open Space Denver, land use and preservation, Earth Day and neighborhood cleanups, Northeast Park Hill Snow Patrol and the Park Hill Climate Committee.

Additionally, we host several annual community-building events throughout the year, including a home tour, street fair, Fourth of July parade, garden walk and community fall festival, all of which bring us together to celebrate the vibrancy of our neighborhood.

And last, but certainly not least, we publish the award-winning Greater Park Hill News, which is bundled and delivered by volunteers to 13,000 households and businesses in and around Park Hill. The newspaper is free and a critical resource for Park Hill residents.

Please hep us reach our $12,000 fundraising goal so we can continue to support the wonderful community we serve. You can read more about our history, organization, programs and initiatives on our website. 

Questions? Please contact Lori Midson, GPHC Executive Director, at director@greaterparkhill.org.

Thank you so very much for giving and supporting everything we do at GPHC! 

Testimonials

As a native Denver and Park Hill resident, I knew that when I retired, I wanted to give my time and energy to the Greater Park Hill community. Volunteering in the food pantry at Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. has been a perfect fit for me because I’m helping to nourish in-need people in my own community. This organization has a solid track record as a vital community resource since the 1960s, and the people who work with me are kind, caring, friendly and fiercely dedicated. -- Deb Rosenbaum, Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. food pantry volunteer

Please consider donating to our organization so we can continue to support and advocate on behalf of the wonderful community we serve. You can read more about our history, organization, programs and initiatives on our website.