​The Village Castle Pines Garden Club is a nonprofit organization and does more than tend gardens...through the Garden Club’s Community Outreach Committee we work to nurture and grow programs and projects throughout the community that are committed to serving those in need.
The Garden Club, through our Charity Outreach Committee, donates to the Crisis Center and
​Help & Hope Center - Douglas/Elbert Task Force.
The Douglas/Elbert Task Force Help & Hope Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit human service organization dedicated to providing assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness, or in a similar crisis. We address immediate needs by consistently providing food and other necessities for homeless, low income and the working poor in our community.  We meet these challenges with over 250 volunteers, three full-time and ten part-time staff.
  • ​The Help & Hope Center addresses the issues that affect community members who are unemployed, underemployed, on fixed incomes, disabled, and elderly. Help & Hope Center staff members provide quality screening, one-on-one counseling, effective service delivery, and meaningful referrals for all clients.
  • Last year, the Help & Hope Center volunteers provided 47,986 hours of service, the equivalent of 23 full-time staff.
  • Last year, the Help & Hope Center provided 16,670 community members with $1,677,510 of direct and in-kind assistance.

www.helpandhopecenter.org
The Crisis Center exists to end domestic violence through advocacy, education, and prevention; while helping communities live free of violence.
 
Advocacy: The Crisis Center tirelessly advocates for our clients and community as it relates to ending violence.
 
Empowerment: The Crisis Center seeks every opportunity to ensure our clients have the inner strength to be sustainable.
 
Prevention/Intervention: The Crisis Center seeks to establish and provide useful resources to mitigate all of the circumstances that lead to violent outcomes.
 
Service/Education: The Crisis Center offers a wide variety of programs, events and ways to learn how to end the cycle of violence.
 
The Inclusiveness Initiative distinguishes the Crisis Center as a leader in supporting underserved populations of violence victims including teens, the elderly, people of color, mono-lingual individuals, those living in rural areas, those who identify as LGBTQ and males.
www.thecrisiscenter.org
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Share the joy of giving while forming new friendships with garden club members and the larger community.  

The Community Outreach Committee supports local, non-profit organizations committed to serving those in need including the Help and Hope Center and the Crisis Center.  
We conduct four (4) events each year that support recipients.​
  • Toiletry and Food Drive for Help and Hope Center.
  • Donations to and attendance at the annual Crisis Center Gala.
  • A Giving Tree at the Club’s holiday party.
  • Spring Tagawa Gardens gift-card fundraiser.
“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
—Saint Basil

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