A resource for struggling families and those living on the street in Lakewood is in desperate need of a new location.
Without it, Mean Street Ministry , which operates a food bank and day shelter along the West Colfax corridor, might not survive.
“I was homeless and looking for a place to stay one night, stayed behind the dumpster here,” Rollin Huber said.
The decision would change his life.
“A gentleman from Mean Street came and got me at six in the morning and took me in,” Huber explained.
Alone in Colorado after losing his job when COVID-19 hit, Huber found more than just a warm meal at Mean Street Ministry.
“You grow to rely on these people a lot you know, and they become your family,” Huber said. Today, he’s a volunteer and an ambassador for their mission, a mission that is now in jeopardy. “Devastated absolutely devastated,” Huber added.
For years they’ve run a food bank and cafe out of a portion of the New Life in Christ Church.