Urban Peak

Thanks so much to our generous Urban Nights sponsors for making our work possible. You are the spark! See you this Saturday night! #UNSneakerBall24 #BeTheSpark

It takes a village to move dozens of teenagers and young adults from one side of Denver to the other, which is why Urban Peak is so lucky to partner with Xcel Energy, whose lovely volunteers came out to support us during the big move to The Mothership. HUGE thanks to our friends in the Pride Alliance at Xcel for setting up and running the inaugural barbecue for youth and staff on The Mothership’s community terrace! It was a great way to wind down and cap off a hectic, yet wonderful, day. 😊 #BeTheSpark #TheMothership

Join us at the Urban Nights Sneaker Ball on Saturday, 9/7 for an unforgettable evening of fashion, music and philanthropy supporting our work to provide a full convergence of services for youth experiencing homelessness. Learn more and register to attend at www.urbanpeak.org/un24. #BeTheSpark #UrbanNights

Our Urban Nights gala 🎉 fundraiser is less than 3 weeks away – and we could never pull it off without the support of partners like DaVita, a do-it-all sponsor that has been a major contributor to the Urban Peak family for more than a decade! From their Spark-level gala sponsorship to donating staff time for our annual Volunteer for Good Day, hosting donation drives, even sitting on our Board of Directors and Ignite Young Professionals Board (🙌 here’s to you James Hearty and Morgan Alexander 🙌) the folks at DaVita are always there for us. So thank you, DaVita Kidney Care! We couldn’t do what we do with you! #BeTheSpark

Urban Peak’s first-ever Volunteer for Good Day has come and gone, and what an awesome day it was! We are so incredibly grateful to the roughly 60 volunteers who came from our corporate and community partners to spend the morning helping us get our new shelter campus “The Mothership” ready for youth to move-in. HUGE shout outs to our friends at: ·      Room & Board ·      Snooze an A.M. Eatery ·      Xcel Energy ·      Empower ·      DaVita Kidney Care ·      S&P Global ·      K Financial ·      Moody Insurance Agency ·      Otten Johnson ·      Alpine Lumber ·      Overland Park Neighborhood Association Move-in day is only a few weeks away! We hope you’ll join us for the official Mothership grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, July 24th. More info and registration are available at https://lnkd.in/gscmfJsm. Let’s celebrate this monumental moment together as a community! #BeTheSpark #VolunteerforGood #UrbanPeak #Mothership

Huge thanks to our friends at the Colorado School of Mines and its McBride Honors Program for their recent fundraiser supporting Urban Peak! They hosted a silent auction with stunning works of art and the winning bid for each item went directly to our programs. All told, they raised several thousand dollars to support the unhoused young people we serve, and we could not be more grateful! 😊 #BeTheSpark #FundraiserforGood

Our partners at IKEA are hosting a donation drive at their Centennial location (9800 East IKEA Way, Centennial, CO 80112) through the end of March to support Urban Peak’s housing needs! For every brand-new basic cleaning or home comfort item (for the kitchen, bedroom or bathroom) that community members bring in or purchase, IKEA will match it and donate the same or a similar item to Urban Peak youth. By purchasing from or donating to IKEA, you can ensure that our youth have everything they need as they begin their journeys to a self-determined and fulfilling life. Thank you for being the spark! #IKEACentennial #BeTheSpark 

We’re grateful to our partners at JumpCloud for their recent donation of individually packaged bathroom kits AND kits of hair products for textured hair. Thanks to the generous size of this donation, we were able to spread the love around to youth across all our programs. Thank you, JumpCloud, for allowing us to better meet our youths’ biggest needs! #BeTheSpark

Urban Peak is looking for new members to join our Ignite Young Professionals board! These talented young people support Urban Peak’s mission in all kinds of ways while increasing awareness and engagement among young professionals and next-generation community leaders. Recently, Ignite members have worked with their employers to create donation kits, planned a small-scale fundraiser and identified new grant opportunities for Urban Peak. Our current co-chair Morgan (pictured) just recently dropped off a donation of Valentine’s sweets for our youth, made with love by her team at DaVita Kidney Care. 😊 If interested, please reach out to our community engagement manager Andrea at andrea.alcala@urbanpeak.org or call 303-974-2951. We look forward to connecting with you!

Thanks to the generous contributions of our meal partners, Urban Peak is able to provide three meals a day, every day, to hundreds of youth experiencing homelessness in our community. This month, we want to shout out our invaluable partners at Little India Restaurant & Bar for their continued dedication to helping us feed our youth fresh, hot meals. They’ve made a substantial dinner donation every month for the last year, and they’ve already committed to continuing that tradition in 2024! We wouldn’t be where we are without so much support from our partners. Thank you, Little India!