Our Community Cares: Grant & Maxx’s Story
Maxx does an extra lap in a speedo after reaching his fundraising goal for EFAA. Grant and Maxx are cyclists with Blue Stage Cycling who wanted to use their passion…
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Our Community Cares: Noni & Patsy’s Story
Noni Murdock, a Centennial Middle School student, and her grandmother Patsy Helmetag decided to write a children’s book together as a way to stay connected during quarantine. Squeakestered follows a…
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Q&A With EFAA’s Nutritionist, Satya!
Q: What is your role as EFAA’s on-site nutritionist? A: My role is to talk with participants and give them ideas on how to improve their health and wellbeing. The…
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Making Our Community Healthier
At EFAA, it’s not uncommon to see families on the brink of homelessness because of exorbitant medical bills, medical related job loss, or simply because they didn’t have paid sick…
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Meet Deb, The Volunteer Preventing Mobile Home Owners From Being Forced Out Of Their Homes
On a chilly February day, volunteer Deb van den Honert can be found balancing arms full of flyers as she knocks on the doors of Boulder County’s mobile home owners.…
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Carrying On A Legacy Of Kindness
Robert (Bob) Golten dedicated his life and career to helping others. As a lawyer, that meant everything from pursuing justice in the courtroom, setting up law clinics around the world,…
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EFAA’s response to the coronavirus
A note to our community on EFAA’s response to COVID-19: The current moment we find ourselves in is surprisingly similar to the moment in which EFAA was founded. In 1918,…
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EFAA Expands Services in the Mountain Communities
Visit the Nederland Community Center on Highway 72 and you might run into an unexpected neighbor: EFAA! Over 10% of people living in the Peak to Peak region live below…
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
Alma always had a backup plan. It was something she learned after living through an abusive relationship. If things went badly, she knew exactly what she had to do to…
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Public Charge Ruling Has Consequences for Local Families
On January 27, 2020, a Supreme Court ruling allowed the “public charge” rule to take temporarily take effect while lower courts continue to debate whether or not the rule is…
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