Women’s Bean Project Continues to Grow and Enhance the Lives of Women in 2023

Women’s Bean Project Continues to Grow and Enhance the Lives of Women in 2023

by | May 9, 2023 | business, Colorado, community, community based business, employment, empowering, News, non-profit, renewed hope, second chances, social enterprise, Stories, storytelling, support, supporting women, women, Women's Bean Project

At the end of 2022, Women’s Bean Project moved into a new home that is eight times the size of the organization’s previous home in Denver’s Curtis Park neighborhood. More space means new larger automated equipment can move in and that means more bean...
Women’s Bean Project Instilling Leadership Skills & Confidence in Women Who Were Previously Without

Women’s Bean Project Instilling Leadership Skills & Confidence in Women Who Were Previously Without

by | Apr 19, 2022 | Colorado, community, community based business, education, employment, empowering, leading women, News, non-profit, social enterprise, Stories, storytelling, supporting women, women, Women's Bean Project

For 33 years, Denver’s Women’s Bean Project has helped thousands of women redirect their lives, and it all started with a job. WBP hires chronically unemployed women who have struggled with homelessness, addition, domestic abuse and incarceration. WBP...
Women’s Bean Project Planting Roots in New Space in 2022

Women’s Bean Project Planting Roots in New Space in 2022

by | Nov 1, 2021 | Colorado, community, education, employment, empowering, News, non-profit, social enterprise, Stories, supported employment, supporting women, women, Women's Bean Project

Now that November is here, construction will soon be starting on the future home of Women’s Bean Project… look at this massive space!!! Life changing work will be happening here! This coming Spring of 2022, Womens Bean Project will make the move from...
It’s a Ministry of Presence at Samaritan House Fort Collins

It’s a Ministry of Presence at Samaritan House Fort Collins

by | Jun 13, 2021 | affordable housing, Catholic, Catholic Charities, Colorado, community, COVID-19, employment, empowering, evangelization, faith, families, FINDING HOPE, home, homeless, homeless families, homeless shelter, housing for families, love, News, non-profit, Samaritan House, Stories, storytelling, support, underserved communities

“Running a shelter serving people experiencing homelessness is a challenging endeavor in the best of times but in this last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, we found ourselves having to respond in multiple ways in order to meet the needs of those who knocked...
Women’s Bean Project Employs & Empowers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Women’s Bean Project Employs & Empowers During COVID-19 Pandemic

by | Apr 29, 2021 | business, Colorado, community, employment, empowering, News, non-profit, recovery, second chances, social enterprise, Stories, storytelling, support, women, Women's Bean Project

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Women’s Bean Project created a safe work environment which allowed for chronically-unemployed women to have paying jobs in an environment that adhered to all the necessary health protocols. Harrisa both started and graduated...
Catholic Charities Shelters & Supports Hundreds of Homeless Women During Pandemic

Catholic Charities Shelters & Supports Hundreds of Homeless Women During Pandemic

by | Sep 27, 2020 | Catholic Charities, Colorado, community, COVID-19, empowering, faith, homeless, homeless shelter, News, non-profit, renewed hope, Stories, storytelling, support, supporting women, underserved communities

The Kyle Dyer Storytelling team is profoundly grateful to have been given access to the Denver Coliseum during the COVID-19 pandemic to witness and share the stories of homeless women who had a safe and secure place to stay at a very uncertain time. Women like Mesa...