Welcome to the Democratic Party of Denver's Community Service Center, where you can find opportunities to work in your community, to get to know your neighbors, and to help make our city stronger.

If you have events or opportunities you'd like to share, please e-mail your information to secretary@denverdemocrats.net.

Service Opportunities

Warm Clothing Drive for The Homeless Men and Women of Denver
If you can help, please bring donations of warm coats, hats, gloves, tube socks, and jeans to our Holiday Party.  We will bring these down to the St. Francis Center, a shelter for homeless men and women in downtown Denver, the following day, and your donation will be put to immediate use by the guests at the shelter as they prepare to weather another Colorado winter.

If you want to go a step further, please drop by the St. Francis Center at 2323 Curtis St., check their website at www.sfcdenver.org/, or give them a call at (303) 297-1576 to find out how you can help.  Any interest and time you can invest in helping these men and women reclaim their hope and continue on a path toward finding jobs and homes would be incredibly meaningful.

Past Service Projects 

House District 4 December Day of Service
Thanks to everyone who volunteered at the Food Drive for the Bienvenidos Food Bank December 11th and 12th, and to all those who made a point to stop by to do their shopping and drop off somemuch needed items for the Food Bank.

Governor Ritter's Holiday Food Drive
The Democratic Party of Denver and the Denver Young Democrats participated in a food drive to help the Denver Rescue mission over the Christmas holidays.  During the year, the Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, and work discipline to assist individuals as needed. During 2009, the Denver Rescue Mission served 691,502 meals; fed 13,086 people through food boxes; provided 168,676 nights of shelter; distributed 196 million tons of clothing; supplied 822 families with furniture; provided 13,320 Client Service visits and received 3,900 visits in the Health Clinic. On average, a cash donation of $27.60 will feed 15 homeless people and offer the opportunity for rehabilitation and education to those seeking to change their lives.

House District 5's Food Drive for the Bienvenidos Food Bank
Thanks to the organizational efforts of Linda Masley, House District 5's Technology Coordinator and super-amazing community organizer, and thanks to the volunteer efforts of a dedicated group of Denver Dems from House Districts 3, 4, 5, and others, the event raised over $1,200 in cash donations and more than 40 crates of food for the Bienvenidos Food Bank.  The event was held outside the Sunflower Market on 38th and Wolf.  It was a stupendous success and the needy folks in our community were a little less hungry this holiday season.

The 2009 Sam Sandos Christmas Basket Program
A tradition in West Denver, this wonderful program provides Christmas dinners for needy families. 

House District 9 Food Drive
Democratic activists in House District 9 organized a food drive in conjunction with Govern Ritter's Feed Colorado food drive.  The event reached capacity in collecting non-perishible food items to benefit the neediest familes in Colorado through the Food Bank of the Rockies.

November 8 Service Day in House District 4
This event addressed the needs of the south part of House District 4, including the West Colfax, Villa Park, and Barnum neighborhoods.  Lunch was served as part of a discussion on how to improve voter turnout and participation in the area, followed by a canvass of the Villa Park neighborhood. 

Safe Neighborhood for Kids, Day of Service for West Denver Democratic Coalition
House Districts 1, 2, and 4 joined forces on September 12 to make the Westwood neighborhood safe for kids, cleaning up grafitti and alley ways and helping to take back the Westwood neighborhood, because that's what we do as Democratics. 

Sloan's Lake Neighborhood Green-Up, August 15 and 18
A door-to-door effort in House District 4 to promote energy efficiency, weatherization upgrades, and an overall push to help ‘green up’ our neighborhood.

House District 9 Service Project, August 22
Volunteers worked on establishing an outside gardening project at a non-profit holistic senior living facility. 

Westwood Community Clean-Up An Inspiring Success
Denver Democrats from House Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 joined together with Westwood community neighbors to clean a greenway and remove trash and grafitti from alleys.

Service Resources

President Obama Unveils United We Serve, Calls on All Americans To Commit To Meaningful Volunteer Service in Their Communities, June 17, 2009

Remarks by President Obama on the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, April 21, 2009

Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Carter Honor Public Service at Baseball's All-Star Game
Major League Baseball honored "All-Stars" Among Us, picking up on President Obama's theme of public service and tying it to the national pastime.  (MLB.com, July 14, 2009)