The Home Tour & Street Fair Needs You!

By Lori Midson

GPHC, Inc. Executive Director

We’re gearing up for our busiest time of the year at Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. We’re forehead-high in the planning process of our 45th Annual Home Tour of five beautiful homes in the neighborhood. Also that day is the free community Street Fair, at the beautiful tree-canopied stretch of Forest Parkway at Montview Boulevard on Sunday, Oct 1 (see story beginning page 1 for details).

The proceeds from the celebrated event support our operating costs, community programs and neighborhood initiatives. It takes a bona fide village to organize the Home Tour and Street Fair, and if there’s one thing that’s in high demand, it’s volunteers.

We have dozens of volunteer positions available for the Home Tour and Street Fair, including docents at the featured homes, ticket sellers, street fair setup and teardown crews, sustainability teams, attendance trackers, wine and beer and cocktail servers and greeters.

It’s a ton of fun and a great way to connect with neighbors. Plus, if you sign up for a shift (or two), you’ll receive complimentary previews of the featured homes on the tour, as well as an invitation to our pre-event appreciation party at Long Table Brewhouse, where you’ll be treated to beers and pizza from our friends at Sexy Pizza. There are definitely perks to volunteering!

To learn more about our Home Tour and Street Fair volunteer positions and to sign up for a shift, go to parkhillhometour.org/volunteer/.

From all of us at GPHC, Inc., thank you for your dedication and support.

Essential Food Pantry Needs

Between January and August of this year, visits to our food pantry have skyrocketed, and our food shelves desperately need some love. If you’re at the grocery store, please consider donating a few items from the list below.

• Canned fish and meat

• Peanut butter

• Pasta sauce

• Canned tomatoes

• Canned tomato sauce

• Hearty soups and stews

• Cereal and oatmeal

• Canned and dried beans (especially kidney, refried and pinto)

• Canned vegetables (all kinds)

• Bags/cartons of instant mashed potatoes

• Shelf-stable packaged meals

• Bags of white rice

• Condiments (jelly, mustard, ketchup, mayo, salsa, sauces, cooking oils)

• Shelf-stable milk

• Canned fruit (peaches, pineapple, oranges and fruit cocktail)

• Salt and pepper shakers and basic spices

• Boxes of mac-and-cheese

• Pancake mix and syrup

• Cornbread and biscuit mix

• Ramen

• Travel-size toiletries

• Size 4,5 and 6 children’s diapers

We accept food and toiletry donations between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and between noon and 5 p.m. on Tuesdays. Our address is 2823 Fairfax St. We also accept donations by appointment. If you’d like to schedule a donation outside of our office hours, please send an email to director@greaterparkhill.org, or call 303-388-0918.

Please be mindful of expiration dates. Out of respect for our pantry families, we will not accept expired food items. Also, please do not leave donations outside our office door. Thank you for your abiding by these guidelines.

Thank you to this month’s donors:

Businesses, Groups and Churches

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

Cake Crumbs Bakery and Cafe

Cure D’Ars Catholic Church

Dahlia Campus Farms and Gardens

Denver Children’s Home

Denver Food Rescue

Epworth United Methodist Church

Mayfair Community Garden

Mayfair Liquors

Messiah Community Church

Oneida Street Neighbors

Overture 9th & CO

Park Hill Branch Library

Park Hill United Church of Christ

Park Hill United Methodist Church

Park Hill Urban Gardens

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

The Urban Farm

Starbucks

Individuals and Families

Celia Alires

Annie and David Pratt

Penny Ashley-Lawrence

Ethan Beatty

Megan Beatty

William Beaver

Barbara Berryman

Simon Blamires

Lynn and Dennis Blum

Dennis T. Boucher

Jennifer Calderone

Richard Cheever

Christine and Daniel Allen

Kristy Corcoran

John and Elaine Covert

Collette Cressy-Beer

Emma Cummings

Charlie Curlee

Danielle Dwyer

Lauren Daniels

Linda Davis

Abigail Dice

Anonymous Donors

Erin Donovan

Molly Dougherty

Kelly Dryer

Duane and Jean Gall

Jay Epperson

Idelle Fisher

Anne & Joe Frank

Gary and Carolyn Martyn

Bobbi Gillis

Princess Gray

Zachary Grey

Lola-Mark Grueskin

Laura Grushcow

Erica Gutierrez

Lisa Haddox

Amy Harris

Pam and Duke Hartman

Marc Heronemus

Nancy Howe

Lee Huntington

Jerris and Michael Knaisch

Johan and Deborah Fialka

Thomas and Candice Johnson

Will and Marcia Johnson

JP and Susan Young

Bill Juraschek

John Kerr

Kevin and Catherine Cray

Frances Koehn

Christopher and Susan Lane

Bev Laughlin

Elisabeth Lawrence

Morgan Lemp

Lola and Arlen Hershberger

Mary Jo Lorenz

Matthew and Elizabeth Spohn

Michaela McCarthy

Patricia Mead

Michael and Mary Bush

Lori Midson

Steve Morrow

Norman Mueller and Christy Murphy

Harriet Mullaney

Chuck E Nelson

Devin Nelson

Chris and Erin Nielsen

Glenna O’Neal

Patrick Caldwell and Mary Kay Myers

Kate Percival

Kurt Reisser

Robbie and Roger Marks

Deb Rosenbaum

Mary Salsich

Maria Sandoval

Mariel Sandoval

Nicole Schiffer

Ashish Singh

Carolyn Siria

Cheryl Spector

Mary Jo Starmer

Christopher Stewart

Frank & Syllvia Sullivan

Wendi Torres

Angela Vanderlan

Laura Waligorski

Jomo Walker

Katie Wall

Alfred Wellnitz

Linda Will

Sue Wofford

Food Program Volunteers

Deb Rosenbaum

Noni Horwitz

Linda Lovell

Emily Clark

Mark Pressey

Elliott Midson

Heather Selph

Carrol Rhead

David Addor

Beverly Miller

Heather Shulman

Claudia Fields