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'Thank God there was a door' A safe harbor for stormy lives Animals love human volunteers Bean Project changes lives City Red Cross chapter helps victims of 300 blazes yearly Cops continue crusade for needy kids Dental clinic for kids delivers smiles Denver Partners find joy in mentoring Determination helps single mom Feast gives poor a meal fit for king Green thumbs, warm hearts help harvest hope for needy Homeless critters need Christmas, too Kids Cafes serve up sustenance Little white ball leads teen to turnaround Mentors help teens excel in school, life Musician strikes chord with mentors Once-homeless teen opens door Project Angel Heart's meals a blessing to Denver's sick Rape awareness program also emphasizes prevention Reach out by reading aloud to kids Recipient: Samaritan House help 'a miracle' Salvation Army long has helped the needy, especially at yule School's goal is personal growth Specialist helps keep Indians in class Students communicate, learn through dance moves Sungate helps abused kids survive confusion and pain
'Thank God there was a door'
A safe harbor for stormy lives
Animals love human volunteers
Bean Project changes lives
City Red Cross chapter helps victims of 300 blazes yearly
Cops continue crusade for needy kids
Dental clinic for kids delivers smiles
Denver Partners find joy in mentoring
Determination helps single mom
Feast gives poor a meal fit for king
Green thumbs, warm hearts help harvest hope for needy
Homeless critters need Christmas, too
Kids Cafes serve up sustenance
Little white ball leads teen to turnaround
Mentors help teens excel in school, life
Musician strikes chord with mentors
Once-homeless teen opens door
Project Angel Heart's meals a blessing to Denver's sick
Rape awareness program also emphasizes prevention
Reach out by reading aloud to kids
Recipient: Samaritan House help 'a miracle'
Salvation Army long has helped the needy, especially at yule
School's goal is personal growth
Specialist helps keep Indians in class
Students communicate, learn through dance moves
Sungate helps abused kids survive confusion and pain
By Charley AbleDenver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
Mark Studier lives in his car. He has to so he can receive meals from Project Angel Heart. "I need the meals because it gives me the energy, it gives me the strength," Studier said. "If I don't eat, I know I'll just get sicker. The meals are extremely important." Project Angel Heart, which will provide more than 141,000 meals this year to more than 400 clients, has a limited service area that doesn't reach much beyond central Denver. The group once provided hot meals to people with a wide range of life-threatening, debilitating illnesses, but limited space forced the group to focus on the growing number of people with HIV and AIDS. Only those who live within the organization's service area receive meals. "He is working and doing a very good job of trying to stay on his feet and be self-sufficient," Carol Carlson, Project Angel Heart's director of development, said about Studier. "But he really needed our help to do that and had to take some pretty extreme measures to continue getting our meals." Carlson said high housing costs are forcing people to the suburbs and into areas where the organization can't provide help. "But that will change," she said. "Once we are able to get into our new facility, we will start a systematic expansion so that we are able to serve people throughout the whole metro area ... people who truly need our help." The organization plans to move from the limited kitchen space provided by Our Saviors Lutheran Church. The new facility would be called Randy's Kitchen, after former Project Angel Heart board member and volunteer Randy Barber. Barber, 48, died in April after a battle with colon cancer. The group wants to lease the building's 3,000 square feet of kitchen space, 1,800 square feet of food storage space — including a walk-in cooler and freezer — and 4,000 square feet of office space. The only remaining obstacle is money. "We have to close on that deal by Jan. 10, 2001, which means we have an opportunity too good to pass up. Yet we had to act on it very, very quickly," Carlson said. "We had to raise $600,000 in less than six months' time. "We are well on our way — about three-quarters of the way to our goal — but that still leaves an important and critical amount of money to be raised before Jan. 10." Studier, meanwhile, remembers what it was like to live without Project Angel Heart. He was never sure where his next meal would come from. "I would have to rely either on fast food or a friend to bring me something to eat," he said. "How I managed to get by, I just don't know." Contact Charley Able at (303) 892-5020 or ablec@RockyMountainNews.com. December 7, 2000 NewsWeatherOpinionNationWorldSci/TechDeaths BusinessStocks Bank Rates SportsBroncosAvalancheNuggetsRockiesCollegeRockyPreps RecreationSnow Rept.HikingBikingFishingGolfCalendarDentry EntertainmentMoviesDiningMusicOn StageBooksTV Living Comics Health Food Home & Garden Family Travel Cookbook Births Weddings Crossword ClassifiedPlace an adAutoCareersHomes User Agreement / Privacy Statement © Copyright, Denver Publishing Co.Subscribe to the NewsQuestions? Comments? Talk to Us
Mark Studier lives in his car.
He has to so he can receive meals from Project Angel Heart.
"I need the meals because it gives me the energy, it gives me the strength," Studier said. "If I don't eat, I know I'll just get sicker. The meals are extremely important."
Project Angel Heart, which will provide more than 141,000 meals this year to more than 400 clients, has a limited service area that doesn't reach much beyond central Denver.
The group once provided hot meals to people with a wide range of life-threatening, debilitating illnesses, but limited space forced the group to focus on the growing number of people with HIV and AIDS.
Only those who live within the organization's service area receive meals.
"He is working and doing a very good job of trying to stay on his feet and be self-sufficient," Carol Carlson, Project Angel Heart's director of development, said about Studier. "But he really needed our help to do that and had to take some pretty extreme measures to continue getting our meals."
Carlson said high housing costs are forcing people to the suburbs and into areas where the organization can't provide help.
"But that will change," she said. "Once we are able to get into our new facility, we will start a systematic expansion so that we are able to serve people throughout the whole metro area ... people who truly need our help."
The organization plans to move from the limited kitchen space provided by Our Saviors Lutheran Church.
The new facility would be called Randy's Kitchen, after former Project Angel Heart board member and volunteer Randy Barber. Barber, 48, died in April after a battle with colon cancer.
The group wants to lease the building's 3,000 square feet of kitchen space, 1,800 square feet of food storage space — including a walk-in cooler and freezer — and 4,000 square feet of office space.
The only remaining obstacle is money.
"We have to close on that deal by Jan. 10, 2001, which means we have an opportunity too good to pass up. Yet we had to act on it very, very quickly," Carlson said. "We had to raise $600,000 in less than six months' time.
"We are well on our way — about three-quarters of the way to our goal — but that still leaves an important and critical amount of money to be raised before Jan. 10."
Studier, meanwhile, remembers what it was like to live without Project Angel Heart. He was never sure where his next meal would come from.
"I would have to rely either on fast food or a friend to bring me something to eat," he said. "How I managed to get by, I just don't know."
Contact Charley Able at (303) 892-5020 or ablec@RockyMountainNews.com.
December 7, 2000
