Integrated Family Community Services

WOW! 🤩 You've all stepped up with such generosity! We are 89% of the way to our 2024 Ready, Set, School! program needs, and ALL 303 STUDENTS have been sponsored! We only have 49 Amazon Gift Cards to get us to 100%. To help, visit https://lnkd.in/gMHV4SYQ

Our Ready, Set, School! countdown continues: 28 Days until classes begin at Denver Public Schools 42 Students need Sponsors for backpacks and school supplies To help, visit: https://lnkd.in/gMHV4SYQ Thanks to those who have already sponsored 261 of the income-qualified students registered with IFCS for school supply assistance this year! 🍎🎒📒

Are you keeping cool today? Take a 5-minute break and enjoy our new blog entry, full of informative data from the Market @ IFCS and inspirational action from our new Program Director, Miriam Noriega: Summer is in Full Swing, but Hunger Doesn't Take a Holiday! Read at: https://lnkd.in/gaxyMSWy

Aid to Agency Grants from Arapahoe County help nourish and strengthen our community, but a budget shortfall is threatening that funding. You can learn more about the budget shortfall at acbudget.com and join the conversation to engage with County leaders. Thank you! #advocate #nourishedlivesbuildstrongcommunities

It's "World Emoji Day" so we have to post how we feel about that! 😊😲🙃😁😉 At IFCS, we especially love our fresh produce emojis 🥬🥕🧅🍎🍑🌽 and, on that note, are happy to share a resource from our friends at Food Bank of the Rockies: they have a collection of recipes available online, using many of the foods our participants find when shopping at the IFCS Market. Check it out at https://lnkd.in/dBK_RzTa and let us know your favorite dishes, along with your favorite emojis! 🍽️😋

We are so grateful to Colorado Gives Foundation, Littleton United Methodist Church, and St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (Centennial), for conducting Team Drives in support of children in our community. These 3 groups have collectively sponsored nearly half of the 2024 Ready, Set, School! Students! The first day of school is 39 days away and 53 children still need sponsors. Give income-qualified families peace of mind with your gift today: https://lnkd.in/gMHV4SYQ

One of our program participants recently lost his wife, and Rec Center Vouchers made available through IFCS are helping him and his family get through the stress and loss of this life transition. Thanks to your support, IFCS staff is able to partner with local venues and administer these helpful resources. 💦 • Learn about eligibility criteria and request No-Cost Recreation Center Passes: https://rb.gy/4mvbn • Support community members in need with your gift today: https://rb.gy/gy3cq

IFCS Archives: This article was published in The Denver Post on November 15, 1972, to announce the opening of the IFCS building (IFTF at that time) 50+ years ago. Such a big step for a community organization that was founded in a garage, and we've never looked back! (Check out those school lunch menus, published in the newspaper! 😲)

Thanks to those who have sponsored 91 of the 303 registered students so far! Denver schools start in just over a month, and 70% of our income-qualified students still need backpacks and supplies to start the school year off strong. Please help by sharing this post, and/or make your gift today at: https://lnkd.in/gMHV4SYQ Thank you! 🎒🍎👍

1960s Trivia: Lava lamps were invented by Edward Craven Walker around the time that IFCS was founded. Inspired by an intriguing egg timer he saw in a pub, Walker used a mixture of oil and water to create a lamp with a unique and mesmerizing visual effect. Your support keeps IFCS "plugged in" to our community and "shining like a lava lamp" 60 years later, giving hope to those who need it most. Thank you! Donations may be made at: https://rb.gy/gy3cq