Co-Chair Re:Vision Fundraiser

While many believe the pandemic is “over” in some Denver neighborhoods, food insecurity continues to plague Westwood, and much of southwest Denver. Re:Vision, a community organization and urban farm, not only stepped into support a direct food source during the pandemic; but also, continues to advocate for food justice and healthy families by, and for, Westwood residents. I support Re:Vision because it helps my neighbors in Westwood access healthy foods by growing our own vegetables, learn about gardening, and provides a local food source for up to 500 families every week. Join me in investing in the people and programs Re:Vision supports on Colorado Gives day.

The Re:Farm program incorporates both the urban farm on the Re:Vision campus as well as roughly 200 family gardens which resulted in over 65,000 pounds of organically grown produce in 2021. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Re:Vision swiftly pivoted to serve it’s community members by partnering with Food Bank of the Rockies to become one of their official sites. Re:Vision has distributed approximately 1.5 million pounds of food through this partnership to date. The work done in the Re:Farm program is central in Re:Vision’s efforts to reclaim healthy, culturally appropriate food systems in the Westwood community.

The Re:Own program is a community wealth building and small business incubator program that supports a locally owned economy. The leaders of this program created and implemented an entrepreneur based workforce development course for Westwood residents which also connects course graduates to Re:Vision’s pool of small businesses. Re:Vision partnered with Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute to help this program come to fruition and as a result has graduated 18 entrepreneurial participants to date.

Re:Unite is the promotora model which identifies and shines a light on local leaders. These leaders are women of the Westwood community who originally participated in the garden program and have later been hired to run and manage organization programming.  Their work includes implementing and managing food, youth and small business programs for community members and so much more.