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non-disabled borrowers through our CHFA 2003
SectionEight Homeownership program.
chfa offers community
“Becoming a homeowner has literally saved my involvement leave
life. I would never had been able to become
a homeowners without my therapist and the Community engagement has always been one
CHFA program,” said Cenythia Green, CHFA of CHFA’s values, and in 2003, we began to offer
SectionEight Homeownership borrower and employees eight hours of paid time to volunteer
Home is Where My Story Startssm contest winner. in the community. This benefit even further
connects staff to the partners and customers
we serve.
In 2007, a food gathering event benefiting
Bienvenidos Food Bank began an annual
tradition of giving affectionately named “Beans
and Rice” or “Bean Bagging for Bienvenidos.”
Each year, CHFA volunteers bag up hundreds of
pounds of pinto beans—and in years past, rice
also—and deliver it to the food bank.
Left: The Mariposa Redevelopment, a multifamily customer in Denver
Right: Beans ready for bagging to benefit the Bienvenidos Food Bank located in Denver
