Physical Need + Support

Updated Aug 2024

In response to the Annex building demolition schedule, Deacons' Closet has completed the move of our storage and sorting facility from the Grace Commons Church Annex to Trinity Lutheran Church in Boulder, where it will reside for the foreseeable future,

Receiving Donations

Donations are accepted at the west entrance (parking lot entrance) of Grace Commons Church main campus at the following times:

• ‍Monday: 11am–1pm
• ‍Friday: 11am–1pm (please note that the church is not open on Fridays, but we still will be taking donations at the west entrance)‍

We are in need of the following items:

• Hiking boots (Men's & Women's) (particularly Men's 10-13)
• Comfortable walking/running shoes (Men's & Women's) (particularly Men's 10-13)
• Hoodies/sweatshirts/sweatpants (size medium and larger)
• Lightweight jackets
• Windbreakers
• Rain jackets
• Men's jeans (primarily waist size 36 and under)
• Men's shorts (primarily waist size 36 and under)
• Men's and women's T-shirts (short and long sleeved)
• Women's jeans (all sizes)
• New underwear (men's boxers/women's)
• Towels/washcloths
  
• Backpacks and daypacks
• Travel size toiletries (soap, deodorant, toothbrush/paste, floss, shampoo, conditioner, hand cream, razors, shave cream, sunscreen)

We discourage donation of winter coats at this time.  We will resume winter coats in October.

Clothing Distribution

Deacons' Closet will continue to serve the needy and homeless at the current locations:

• ‍Tuesday:  9:30-10:30 am at All Roads, 4869 North Broadway, Boulder (formerly Boulder Shelter for the Homeless.)‍
• Thursday:  9:30-10:30am at the Penfield Tate II Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway, Boulder (Southwest corner of Broadway and Canyon)

Sorting & Sizing                

Donations are sorted and sized at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2200 Broadway, Boulder

• ‍Monday:  12:pm–2pm‍
• Friday: 11am–1pm

Volunteers

Deacons' Closet always welcomes like minded volunteers into our Ministry, and as our ministry is growing so is our need for volunteers. We have a great group of people who do the Lord's work in helping the less fortunate, and we have a lot of fun and fellowship along the way. If you have a few hours a week/month that can be used keeping the Lord's command to care for the least among us, here are our volunteer needs:

• Receive donations: Monday and Friday 11am–1pm
• Sort and size:  Monday 12pm–2pm and/or Friday 11am–1pm
• Serve guests: Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am–11am (includes set-up and takedown efforts)
• Shopping for bargains (usually Tuesday and Saturday mornings)

Monetary Donations

Deacons Closet relies on individual donations for funding needs.  We provide coffee, water and snack bars to our guests, and we purchase survival items, new underwear and some footwear as necessary.

Monetary donations for Deacons' Closet use can be made to Grace Commons Church, and require the annotation Deacons' Closet on the memo line.

Contact

Email the Deacons' Closet Team with any questions.

As the hands and feet of Jesus Christ, we seek to meet physical and spiritual needs of the homeless and disadvantaged in the Boulder area. Through shared food, shared faith, and shared fellowship, we encourage all participants to grow closer to Jesus.

• Lamb's Café: Thursdays, 8:30-9:30am in the Grace Commons Courtyard (September through May).
• Lamb's Lunch: Saturdays, 11:30am-12:30pm in the parking lot at Grace Commons Courtyard (November through week before Easter).

Contact us to learn more or volunteer.

Fifth Sunday Luncheon

Grace Commons Church provides a meal for those in need on the 5th Sundays of the month, 11:30am-12:30pm, in the Grace Commons parking lot. Contact us to learn more or volunteer.

We hold food drives for Harvest of Hope and Boulder County AIDS Project, September and March respectively. These organizations supply food to those in need in the Boulder community.

Access a listing provided by the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless of community resources.