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Dear Friends of the Homestead, We are pleased and honored to announce to you that our growing, grassroots wellness movement recently received a $5,000 grant from Christopher and LuAnne Hormel of the Fire Monkey Fund of RSF Social Finance. The…
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: Christopher and luanne hormel, fire monkey fund, food desert, fundraising, grants, grassroots health advocacy, grassroots movement, health food, nonprofit, rsf social fincance, rural colorado, the holistic homestead
We are three months into our experiment: the aim is to help the rural communities along the Peak to Peak Highway in the Colorado Rockies achieve greater health and wellbeing. Our method is to increase accessibility of fresh, organic produce…
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Tags: Black Hawk Colorado, central city colorado, choose my plate, co-op, colorado fresh produce, community supported agricultre, eat more produce, fresh organic fruits and vegetables, gilpin county colorado, golden gate canyon, Greely Colorado, health markets in colorado, holistic market, Idaho springs colorado, Monroe organic farms, mountain people's co op, Nederland Coloardo, nonprofit, what is a csa
As we are launching our CSA, we’re getting lots of great questions! And, because our CSA is not structured in the typical fashion, our model does need a little unpacking. Hopefully, this article will answer your most frequently asked questions…
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Category: Headlines
Tags: building healthy communities, co-operative market, Colorado organic produce, community supported agriculture, compost, CSA, donate produce, food bank, food is medicine, gilpin county colorado, nonprofit, organic produce, rural colorado, what is a csa
We are proud to announce our market is now open every Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 6 pm! Additionally, every Sunday will feature a special event or workshop including wild herb gathering, herbal crafting, wellness clinics, and special guest…
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Tags: aspen bark, bee balm, board of directors, building healthy communities, get well tea, herbal tea, mint tea, nonprofit, tea party, wild bear mountain ecology center, yarrow
Dear Friends, While we didn’t reach out fundraising goal by December 31st to rent a larger space for our market, cafe and wellness center…we’re STILL determined to bring the best of what we have to Gilpin County! As they say,…
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Category: Headlines
Tags: bouquet garnis, buddha bar, buy herbal cough syurp, buy herbal pain ointment, buy juniper berries, buy pine resin, co op market, co-operative health, dr. b's cough syrup, gilpin county, homestead market, nonprofit, open market, regular hours, small beginnings
Dear Friends, We are excited to announce our first concrete step toward building a sustainable Gilpin County, launching our first CSA! What is a CSA? Community Supported Agriculture is a way for local folks to pre-pay for seasonal, organic produce….
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: colorado fresh produce, community supported agriculture, crowdrise, CSA, food deserts, fresh organic produce, gilpin county colorado, healthy communities, how to launch a CSA, nonprofit, sustainability, wholesale organic produce
Grant Writing is one of my favorite pastimes. Seriously. I turn the lights down, put on some sweet, mantra-laced techno/trance beats, and I’m in the “Homestead Zone”. “How does your nonprofit benefit the community?” “How many people does your nonprofit…
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Our 2nd Annual Holistic Health Fair is our biggest fundraiser of the year! It is really a testament to the passion and energy in our community that we have 7 healers, 4 vendors, 3 performers/presenters, and LOTS of goodies donated…
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: Colorado, gilpin county, gilpin county community center, hands on health literacy for kids, health fair, health literacy, healthy communities, holistic healing, holistic health fair, homeopathy, massage therapy, Naturopathy, nonprofit, silent auction
I recently got some very worthwhile questions from a prospective donor: “Why should I donate online? I hesitate because I know those crowdfunding sites take a percentage of all donations. How much does CrowdRise, Facebook, PayPal and Amazon Smile get…
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: best online fundraising, crowdrise, Facebook, fundraising online, gilpin county colorado, guidestar gold rating, guidestar rating, Holistic Health, how to become a nonprofit, natural wellness, nonprofit, online fundraiser, PayPal, transparency
On the road to opening our co-operative market and wellness center, we’ve decided to launch a CSA! What is a CSA? Community Supported Agriculture …we could also call it Community Supported Health & Wellness, or Community Supported Community…because CSA’s really…
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Category: Headlines, Here's to your Health!
Tags: building healthy communities, co-operative market, community supported agricultuer, CSA, food is medicine, health and wellness, natural healing, nonprofit, sustainability, sustainable colorado, sustainable communities, wellness center