Donor-funded Peer Support Program for Caregivers Continues to Impact Lives
August 26, 2020
Update as of March 30, 2021: RISE (Resilience in Stressful Events) continues to meet an essential need for Denver Health employees working through emotionally challenging situations. In fact, since RISE launched in January 2020, there have been more than 83,000 visits to the RISE UP Staff Support Center. This dedicated space, staffed by RISE peer… More
What is Health? When Zip Codes Determine Life Expectancy
August 25, 2020
What’s the difference between two people that live a mile and a half apart? About 13 years in life expectancy, if you’re comparing residents in Washington Park to those in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, just east of I-25. It’s difficult to understand how someone in Valverde can expect to live to 72, while their… More
$15,000 Gift Helps High School Teens Prepare for a Career in Healthcare
July 17, 2020
Denver Health partners with Denver Public Schools on Faces for the Future (FACES) to identify at-risk students at Manual and West High Schools. In FACES’ two-year program, students from both schools receive job training, science education, and experiential learning in Denver Health’s clinical settings. In 2020, program administrators are also working with their Denver Health… More
Over 3,300 books provided to Reach Out and Read at Denver Health thanks to generous donation
Hundreds of young children visiting a Denver Health pediatrician’s office will receive a new or gently used book. Reach Out and Read Colorado supports literacy in young children, particularly those 6 months – 5 years old. This program empowers health care providers to talk with parents of young children, especially those from low-income families, about… More
From Ethiopia to Denver: a refugee’s journey to winning asylum
Selam vividly remembers the day she was arrested and tortured in Ethiopia. “I was on my way to pick up my daughter from school,” Selam recalls. “It was early afternoon and [the police] grabbed me from the middle of the street. They took me to the jail and then later took me to a worse… More
Grant and matching gift provide innovative telemedicine care to nearly 300 patients during COVID-19
Update as of March 30, 2021: More than 1,600 Virtual Health at Home kits, valued at $300 each, have been given to patients since the pandemic began in March 2020. Donors provided more than 60% of the funding to make this possible, ensuring that patients continued to receive excellent medical care in a virtual setting,… More
July 2, 2020
In late March, Ruth delivered her newborn son at Denver Health and shortly after discovered she had COVID-19. Even though she hadn’t had the opportunity to hold her child, she made the difficult decision to separate from her son, her five-year-old daughter, and her husband to keep them safe. She went on to spend the… More
COVID-19 frontline workers thank donors for their incredible support.
June 17, 2020
To Our Generous Donors, Everyone has had to sacrifice so much throughout these past few months as COVID-19 has integrated itself into all facets of our lives and the way we interact, socialize and live daily life. As frontline healthcare workers, we have had to adapt and overcome so much in a small amount of… More
$500,000 Helps Employees Facing Financial Hardship
June 15, 2020
Maintaining the physical and mental health of our workforce was crucial to Denver Health’s COVID-19 response. Doctors, nurses, EMTs, environmental service staff, and other frontline staff are worked long, exhausting shifts, exposing themselves to the virus and presenting them with the agonizing choice of being separated from their family members or putting them at risk.… More
Photo Gallery: Incredible Community Generosity During COVID-19
Update as of March 30, 2021: Throughout the past year, we’ve continued to receive remarkable community support through in-kind donations. More than 80,000 meals have been donated to feed our frontline workers and hundreds of thousands of items of PPE have been gifted to Denver Health from more than 100 individuals and corporations. We’re happy… More