Metro CareRing: One of the Original Charity Partners

liz@coloradocolfaxmarathon.org — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:40:00 GMT

Metro CareRing is one of our charity partners who are really making a difference in the day to day lives of people in need. They help 30,000 people a year with food and basic necessities. Over half of those are children.

Picture the Pepsi Center full of kids, and you get the idea.

When the Colorado Colfax Marathon debuted in 2006, Metro CareRing found an opportunity to raise funds to help keep its pantry shelves stocked. They put five relay teams together and in a matter of months raised $10,000 for their organization. They did it again in 2007. On May 18th, 2008, they hope to do it again with an anticipated 20 relay teams raising $20,000.

“Spring is when our reserves from the holidays start to run low in the food pantry,” said Jon Holmer, Metro CareRing’s Executive Director. “We also provide funds for bus tokens, work boots and tools, identification documents and utility assistance, so this is a good opportunity to increase our funding.”

You can help by putting your relay team together, and signing up for an ActiveGiving donation page to raise pledges.

If you can't run this year, they have an urgent need to restock their shelves with basic food items. See what they need here. They'll provide 2,500 people with groceries this month.

SOS: "Save our Shelves!", via Metro CareRing
Stapleton Moms Give Back, via What Happens in Stapleton
Donate to Metro CareRing, via Active.com
"Feeding Families in Need Through a Marathon Effort," YourHub