The Gathering Place: a refuge for rebuilding lives

MISSION STATEMENT: The Gathering Place exists to support women and their children who are experiencing homelessness or poverty by providing a safe daytime refuge and resources for self-sufficiency.
  • The Gathering Place is Denver's only daytime drop-in center for women and children who are experiencing homelessness and poverty in Denver.  

  • Our emergency support services provide immediate relief to women and children in distress.  Women who are able to meet their immediate and urgent needs can then collect their inner resources and make positive life changes for themselves and their children.

     In an average month In 2008 we...   
  • Were visited 6,701 times by 1,911 different women
  • Were visited 759 times by 420 different children
  • Provided 6,227 warm and nutritious meals
  • Provided 7,596 bus rides to women and children
  • Provided 295 different individuals with emergency clothing from Bridget's Boutique
  • Provided 120 emergency infant supply baskets
  • Provided 91 mental health sessions to women
  • Provided 57 nights of warmth and shelter through motel vouchers
  • Provided 56 medical exams through our partnership with the Stout St. Clinic
  • Provided pro-bono legal services to 9 women
  • Sold 2,020 Card Project greeting cards created by 50 different artists
  • Distributed 294 toiletry/hygiene baskets and 293 emergency food baskets
  • Had 625 women and children use our computer lab
  • Had 40 women attend Alcoholic Anonymous meetings
In 2008 The Gathering Place also helped 8 women achieve their High School Equivalency Diploma or GED

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The Kal and Joyce Zeff Center

 
The Kal and Joyce Zeff Center, and new home for The Gathering Place, is a 28,800 square foot facility that was specifically designed and built to be a safe refuge for women and children who are experiencing homelessness and poverty.  A very special thank you to everyone who helped "Build the Dream"  

"One aspect of this project that makes me extremely proud is the wide level of community involvement and support...  This involvment is what makes a difference to the people we serve. For them, the building is a symbol that they are visible and that people in the community really do care!” 

Leslie Foster, President and CEO of The Gathering Place