Many volunteer projects in the Greenhorn Valley. Come join us!

• Open Pantry/Food Collection

  Stella's Open Pantry is held on the fourth Saturday of every month, helping more than 40 local families get much needed food (tons of canned goods, boxes and bags of food, as well as vouchers for milk, eggs, and bread).  Food collection at Valley Market on the first Friday of each month.  Collection boxes are in strategic business locations within Colorado City and Rye, at the Bank of the San Juans, Valley Market and Greenhorn Valley Library. Food is also donated by Loaf and Jug, Saint Aloysius Church, Rye Home United Methodist Church, and generous VFC and community members.

• Cardboard Recycling

  We recycle cardboard behind Valley Market on the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. We do not charge for this service. We help divert 2 to 3 tons of waste from the landfill, sending the compressed cardboard to a facility that uses it to make insulation. Our thanks to Valley Market for allowing us to use their compacter for this very popular community service.

• Holiday Gift-giving

  VFC provides our volunteers with $40 to spend per child each holiday season for gifts for local families in Pueblo county. Our shopping "elves" meet for our annual potluck and wrapping gathering, which is always a lot of fun! In 2009 (our 1st year) we delivered gifts to 14 children. We now buy gifts for 100+ children every year! 

• Community Garden

  We sponsor and support the Greenhorn Valley Community Garden in Colorado City. During spring, summer and fall, have your very own raised bed garden! Fellow gardeners will water for you when you are gone and there's no way to learn the tricks of the trade better than by gardening with others.

• Knit Wits

  These group members enjoy needlework, and make caps and scarves for our holiday gift distribution, and lap robes and scarves for veterans. Knitters and crocheters in Pueblo and Huerfano counties meet on the 4th Thursday of each month.
  In Gardner, we have a group for children learning to knit and crochet called KidsKnit led by members who are former teachers.

• Highway Clean-up

  We clean the I-25 on and off ramps at Exit 74 (Colorado City/Rye Exit) and a section of Highway 165.

• EASTER CELEBRATION

VFC hosts an annual Easter Egg Hunt the Saturday before Easter weekend. The festivities are open to the community taking place in Greenhorn Meadows Park. Kids can hunt for Easter eggs, participate in face painting, egg painting, ride goat-carts, and more!

• Yard Sales

  The annual yard sale is scheduled over a weekend in the summer. Each of our sales have been more successful than the one before. This is our major fundraiser. Contact us to donate items; some items we cannot accept.

• SUPPORT IN Schools

  We help teachers in the classroom at Rye Elementary. We have also helped with school trips and school supplies.

Peaks to prairie community center

• VFC purchased the old West Course golf club house in Colorado City in 2018, with the purpose of creating a community center. To learn more go to https://volunteersforcommunity.org/community-center

• FRIENDS OF GREENHORN VALLEY TRAILS

  Friends of Greenhorn Valley Trails was created in the summer 2020 to help promote the Greenhorn Valley Master Trails Plan and to assist in trail building, maintenance and enhancement. Go to https://volunteersforcommunity.org/friendsoftrails to learn more.