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🎬 Enjoy movies with a purpose! 🎬 Community Ministry SW Denver is giving you the best reason to head to the cinema. Now through September 1, $7.50 (25%) of each Regal Movie Ticket Bundle you purchase will be donated back to Community Ministry SW Denver, when you buy via our fundraising sales page. Treat yourself, your friends, and family to an unforgettable movie night in support of a great cause!
You dine out, and Community Ministry benefits!
Community Ministry partners with restaurants to raise funds for and increase awareness our work to food providers across the Denver Metro area. Usually this entails the business offering a percentage on their sales to Community Ministry-related customers as a donation.
Footsteps 4 Food
Community Ministry sponsors a 5K walk along Bear Creek each year as a fundraiser.
Our next walk/run will be held on September 14, 2024
Footsteps 4 Food
Community Ministry sponsors a 5K walk along Bear Creek each year as a fundraiser. This year it is both a virtual and live event. The virtual event can be run anytime/anywhere from September 1 through 9. The live event will be held Saturday, September 9, 2023. Onsite registration and check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. at:
MacDonald’s, 5550 W Dartmouth Ave, Denver, CO 80227.
The run and walk begin at 9:00 a.m. You may park in the MacDonald’s parking lot and at the Arc Thrift store (please do not park in the Dartmouth Shopping Center parking).
Be sure to support the sponsors who are supporting us!
Event day registration is available, but you are encouraged to register before the day of the walk. You will soon be able to register and pay for the walk online here by clicking on the button below before the event.
Celebration of the Heart
This was another successful event for Community Ministry! Everyone enjoyed the Wizard of Oz theme, great food, and auction items!
Check back here for information on the 2025 event as it becomes available!
Join Community Ministry in celebrating our 55th Anniversary at the Celebration of the Heart “A Journey to Emerald City” event with a fun Wizard of Oz theme.
Don’t miss an exciting night with great entertainment from vocalist Joel Hillan.
We are keeping to the theme by serving a Kansas-inspired dinner, fun interactive games, and a silent auction.
A $250 King Soopers gift certificate will go to the winner of the Heads or Tails game! Purchase your tickets under Add-ons.
We have an Avalanche autographed item, a one-night stay at The Stanley Hotel, and Top Golf gift certificates in the silent auction.
Early bird ticket deals available until March 14th.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
All Saints Catholic Parish Hall
2559 South Federal Boulevard
Denver, CO 80219
Seize the opportunity to showcase your corporate social responsibility by sponsoring our magical journey to Emerald City! Contact our Development Director, Karen Hunt, to learn more about becoming a corporate sponsor for this special event.
School Supply Drive and Distribution
Each year Community Ministry helps more than 300 children prepare for school by providing school supplies. Member churches and individuals donate items. Collection of supplies takes place May-July.
Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Boxes
Community Ministry provides food boxes each Thanksgiving and Christmas above and beyond the regular food bank distribution. Food boxes include ingredients for a complete holiday dinner, including meat. Food comes from special item food drives hosted by supporting churches, donations from stores and other organizations. Collections happen in October thru early December with box packing days just before Thanksgiving and Christmas. Check our calendar for this year’s dates if you would like to participate.
Sharing Tree
Each year Community Ministry provides gifts for children in the area for Christmas. Nominations of children to receive gifts are made by family members, schools and churches. Each child receives up to $30.00 worth of Christmas gifts donated by private individuals. Gift collection start in November through the first half of December. Check our December calendar for the Gift Distribution day or use our contact page to indicate if you would like to help with wrapping, sorting or distributing the gifts.
Caring by Candlelight
December 6, 2024, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
All Saints Hall, 2559 South Federal Boulevard
A night of warmth, giving, and shared purpose! Free event for all women 12 and older.
This is an elegant ladies-only dessert and hors d’oeuvres evening. It features a silent auction, table decorating contest and a brief program with food pantry recipients telling their stories. The auction will be in-person only.
2024 Silent Auction Donors
Special Event Fundraisers
Member churches are encouraged to organize fundraiser events for their congregations to support Community Ministry. These have included bake sales, car washes, garage sales, hosting groups for meals and donating the proceeds to Community Ministry or encouraging the use of King Soopers reward cards.