Denver Families Changed the World

This past Saturday, November 22, over 100 community members and their families came together to participate in National Family Volunteer Day. These families contributed their time, and in many cases food donations, to four nonprofits in metropolitan Denver.

At Have a Heart, 25 family volunteers came together to help serve 3,000 people who were picking up food boxes and donated clothing items. At Project Angel Heart, 25 family volunteers decorated bags that will e used to deliver food to terminally ill and homebound individuals throughout metropolitan Denver. At Starlight Children’s Foundation, 40 volunteers from McKenna, Long and Aldridge LLP assembled backpacks filled with fun activities for hospitalized children in Denver. At Family Tree, Miller Coors employees and their families donated food items and volunteered to help over 40 families receive food boxes.

Family Volunteer Day is a hands-on experience that teaches children the values of kindness, compassion, community responsibility and good citizenship. Family volunteering strengthens family communication and bonds, allows family members to be role models, builds shared memories, increases commitment to volunteering and community, and provides for quality time together as a family.