Community Support & Giving Back

Thank You for Your Support We want to thank everyone for all the years of support and for your loyalty to the farm. We, Ken, Kathy and Gale are all (close to or over) 80 years of age. As to how much longer we can keep doing the farm fall season depends on so many things, especially our health. We don't have any plans of stopping but we have wondered every year for some time now. Regardless - we just want you to know how much we enjoy the visiting, the kids, the laughter, the spark it puts in our step each year. When we close each year it is like the farm died. It is far too quiet and the winter days are far too long. But when you see the rows of chile and pumpkin patch pop up in July, you know we are going to be open for the fall season once again! The Non-profits You Help Support through Tigges Farm Weld Food Bank www.weldfoodbank.org Tigges Farm makes a trip to the Food Bank nearly every week with any excess produce after we close the doors on Sunday. We don't waste any food that is still good, but probably not it's best if it waits for us to open again on Thursday. There is a lot more to providing adequate hunger relief to all of Weld County than one might think. Hope Lives! www.hopelives.org Hope Lives is a non-profit organization found in 2001 by breast cancer survivor, Lydia Dody, a Fort Collins businesswoman. Today, Hope Lives! continues to offer free, supportive services and products to breast cancer patients in active treatment in Larimer and Weld Counties. Parkinson's Association of the Rockies www.parkinsonrockies.org The tulip is the symbol for Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson's Awareness Month is April when tulips bloom. Tigges Farm will have tulip bulbs for sale in support of Parkinson's Awareness Month so you can plant them in September to bloom in April. The Parkinson Association Association of the Rockies provides the vital care that counts. They work to enhance the quality of life for individuals with Parkinson's disease through education, research, awareness and support for those with the disease, their families and the community. We hope you will consider when you buy tulip bulbs this year donating to the Association. Information is with each bag of bulbs. Hands In Praise www.HandsInPraiseASL.com "Hands in Praise" is a professional American Sign Language Christian Choir, sponsored by Bethel Lutheran Church of Windsor, Colorado. Churches throughout Northern Colorado are represented in the membership. Faith Missio: They believe there is only one God,who exists eternally in three persons,the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. The Mission: They believe the Bible is the holy and infallible word of God. They believe that Jesus, who is God incarnate, is the way, the truth and the life. The members of the "Hands in Praise" Choir, worship God in song by signing in American Sign Language. Tigges Farm supports Hands In Praise and their mission by offering them a place to do a benefit concert and provides a safe open air place for occasional practices. We hope you support their efforts too. If you have an event or a church that would like for them to come and perform, don't hesitate to ask their director, Elaine Mainwaring, 970- 686-5319 for more information or visit their website. Colorado Hands & Voices www.co-hv.org Colorado families for Hands & Voices is dedicated to supporting families with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing without a bias around communication modes or methodology. They are a parent-driven non-profit organization proving families with the resources, networks and information they need to improve communication access and educational outcomes for their children. Their outreach activities include parent/professional collaboration, and advocacy efforts are focused on enabling Deaf and Hard of Hearing children to reach their highest potential. Rocky Mountain Raptors www.rmrp.org When you support the Rocky Mountain Raptors you are joining a very special group of people who are saying "yes" to freedom, "yes" to the magnificence of raptors, and "yes" to the lifesaving and life-changing work of the raptor program. When a raptor cannot fly, the RMRP is ready, 24 hours a day, every day, to do whatever it takes to help a raptor to heal. From rescuing birds in a three-state region, to their nationally recognized rehabilitation, education and volunteer programs. through cheering the release of more than 80% of treatable patients to their home in the wild. Dementia Together www.dementiatogether.org Tigges farm provides the facility for a fall social for families with member who have dementia. This non-profit organization cultivates joy while building stronger connections for care, partners and community for those living with dementia. Giving Back Tigges Farm Sponsored Events: We hope you enjoy the Conestoga Wagon Ride, the Petting Zoo, the Raptors, the Bunnies. Each event is sponsored and paid for out of their own pockets by Ken Tigges, Kathy Rickart and Gale Loeffler, co-mangers of the Tigges Farm Produce and Pumpkin Patch. Other Sponsors: Sometimes businesses do "thank you" coupons or give away pumpkins to their clientele and the farm is their location or they sponsor some of the activities. Kathy Rickart is the owner of Colorado Costume Castle www.ColoradoCostumeCastle.com sponsors the Unicorn. It is another way the community is supported as her business is devoted to loaning costumes only to school productions or educational activities, community theater and church events at a fee the borrower determines. The only rule is "no one goes over budget in making a donation." Yup, the pandemic loans were "free" as budgets were all expense and little or no income. Fall Gathering Place: Tigges Farm offers use of the Event Building for individuals, organizations or businesses to gather for a free-will donation. Flood and Peterson Insurance had held a staff pot luck and meeting, Reality companies have given out pumpkins. Parents have had birthday parties. Reunions have gathered at the farm. Greeley Chamber of Commerce and Windsor/Severance Historical Society have had agriculture tours. Pre-reservations must be made.