Last week, we sent out an email letting our supporters know that we were running extremely low on food and socks. Within a week, our pantry and sock crates were overflowing!
This picture is the food from just one church, Eastern Hills Community Church in Aurora, who donated.
In addition to Eastern Hills, we would also like to thank Englewood Fist Assembly
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When other people hear that I work at a homeless youth drop-in center, I am often asked to share my success stories. I often feel a sense of uneasiness as I attempt to stitch together a “success story” in the clean and eloquent form that many so often demand. Over the course of the ten months that I have worked at Sox Place, I have come to learn that the world’s idea of success does not stem from the same definition of success that Jesus so often spoke of.
Working with the homeless is not prestigious. It is not easy. It is messy and frustrating. And it can oftentimes be like watching paint dry – quite literally. I often struggle with many of our kids when I try to reason with them, attempting to explain simple and well-known
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Hosted by: Josette Holte and Andrea Barnes
What: Unlimited wine tasting and hors d’ oeuvres, novices welcome – Just bring your enthusiasm! There will also be prize giveaways and a silent and live auction.
Prizes and auction items include:
Sports Authority Gear
Monkey Bizness Party
Mountain house getaway
Where: Water2 Wine
Over the course of the last few months, the staff and I have been working to launch a new chapter of Sox Place: Sox Place Screen Printing. Sox Place Screen Printing is a small, alternative screen printing company based in downtown Denver. We provide employment and job training opportunities for homeless and at-risk youth through one-on-one mentorship, allowing them to gain job and life skills that can be utilized to break the ruthless cycle of homelessness. Revenues generated from screen printing services are used to directly fund Sox Place – a homeless youth drop-in center that provides food, clothing, shelter, and meaningful relationships to the street youth of Denver. We
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Our new video series, “Stories from the Street” will document the stories of some of the street youth at Sox Place.
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