PorchLight, A Family Justice Center

12/09/2025

Today is Colorado Gives Day! Join the wave of generosity, and help PorchLight shine brightly for survivors and their children. Colorado Gives Day is the biggest 24-hour giving movement in the state and one of the most successful giving days in the nation. We need your support now more than ever. Give today, and together, we can reach our goal of raising $35,000 and create real change for survivors in our community.

GIVE NOW: https://www.coloradogives.org/donate/porchlight-co

Colorado Gives Foundation

12/08/2025

🎧 PorchLight Wrapped 2025 is here! 🎧

You’ve seen your top artists… now see our impact.
We crunched the numbers, tallied the visits, counted the high-fives, and celebrated every moment of support that helped survivors this year.

From thousands of services delivered to countless acts of kindness, these fun infographics break down what your support made possible. It’s our version of a year-end highlight reel, and trust us, the data is worth the dive.

Check out PorchLight Wrapped 2025 and see the story your generosity helped write. Thank you for being part of everything that made this year brighter for survivors and families across our community.

Swipe through, share a stat that surprised you, and let us know your favorite “track” of the year!

And don't forget, tomorrow is Colorado Gives Day. We need you to help us meet our goal! Click the link in the comments to donate today.

12/03/2025

Today is International Day of Person’s with Disabilities, a day to remember that inclusion is the basis for human dignity in all people. This day promotes the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all areas of society, which PorchLight remains committed to for all who come through our doors.

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities ( ). Some abusers choose to take advantage of a partner's disability in order to hurt and control them, including...

🔵 Destroying mobility or communication devices
🔵 Taking away medication
🔵 Interfering with personal care, hygiene, or food
🔵 Financial exploitation
🔵 ...and more.

Survivors with disabilities deserve to be safe and free from harm. Keep reading and find resources from our WomensLaw team: https://buff.ly/IWyxtPf

[Image description: Against a wavy purple background, text reads: "Examples of abuse against partners with disabilities. Destroying mobility or communication devices, or harming a service animal. Taking away your prescribed medication, or forcing you to take medication. Financially exploiting you. Denying you access to disability-related resources or communities. Interfering with your personal care, food, hygiene, or medical appointments." NNEDV logo in bottom right. The NNEDV logo consists of 66 small house shapes arranged in a large house shape, and text reading: "NNEDV."]

12/02/2025

This Giving Tuesday, your meal can make a meaningful difference.

Today only, a is donating 20% of all food and beverage sales to PorchLight. Every taco, every sip, every shared meal helps us continue providing safety, support, and healing for survivors and their families.

If you’ve been looking for an easy way to give back, this is it. Gather your friends, head to Moose Hill Cantina today, enjoy a great meal, and know that your visit directly strengthens the work we do every day.

Dine with purpose. Support local. Help PorchLight keep hope glowing.

11/27/2025

This Thanksgiving, our hearts are full.

At PorchLight, we are profoundly grateful for the incredible community that makes our work possible every day. To our on-site partners, community agencies, and the first responders who walk alongside survivors, thank you for your unwavering commitment. To our staff and volunteers, your compassion and dedication light the way forward for every family who enters our doors.

To our generous donors and supporters, especially those who contributed to our food pantry and toy drive this season, we are deeply thankful. Your kindness brings comfort, dignity, and hope to survivors and their children during a time of year that can be especially difficult.

And to our broader community: thank you for believing in a safer, healthier future. Together, we help survivors find stability, healing, and a positive pathway forward.

Wishing you a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving from all of us at PorchLight.

First Judicial DA's Office of Colorado

11/26/2025

We wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday! PorchLight will be closed on Thursday, November 27, and Friday, November 28. We will reopen at 8:30 am on December 1. If you, or someone you know, needs support during this time, 24/7 resources can be found listed at the link in our bio.

11/25/2025

Listen in as PorchLight's Executive Director Candace Cooledge and other leaders weigh in on the current challenges faced by domestic violence nonprofits in Colorado on KUNC News.
A Woman's Place, Inc Crossroads Safehouse State Representative Monica Duran Violence Free Colorado

Shelters are full, violence is intensifying, and advocates warn Colorado can’t keep up as calls for help surge statewide.

11/19/2025

A huge shoutout to three incredible community partners who are helping power our Colorado Gives Day campaign! 🌟

We are deeply grateful to Compass Mechanical Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical, Sperry – Rocky Mountain, and The Minerva Group for generously providing matching grants up to $4,000. Their commitment means your gift goes twice as far, right when survivors and their families need support the most.

PorchLight is working hard to meet our $35,000 Colorado Gives Day goal, and we cannot do it without you. Every donation helps keep essential services available for those experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and other forms of violence.

Your support today ensures safety. It ensures hope. It ensures brighter futures.

Donate, share, and help us keep the lights on for survivors across Jefferson and Gilpin counties. Click the link in the comments today!

11/15/2025

PorchLight is thrilled to announce that we have a match for Colorado Gives Day! And not just one- right now we have three 3️⃣amazing businesses who have stepped up to provide matches! Don't miss your chance to be a part of Colorado's biggest, most heartfelt time of year and amplify your impact knowing that your donation is being doubled. Click the link in comments to join the wave of generosity!

Together we can support survivors as they navigate the path to healing and safety.

11/14/2025

Watch as PorchLight’s Executive Director, Candace Cooledge offers her insight into a recent domestic violence case that unfolded in Aurora this week. Her message underscores what we see every day here at PorchLight. Survivors need support and coordinated responses save lives.

New officer bodycam footage shows terrifying moments of what police say was an Aurora woman being held against her will.

11/13/2025

Volunteer Spotlight!

We’re so grateful for Ellen, one of PorchLight’s incredible volunteers, who is sharing her talent and heart at this year’s Genesee Art Social and Sale! Ellen is creating and selling stunning handmade jewelry (which they are sporting in the first photo!), with all proceeds benefiting PorchLight and the survivors we serve.

Join us for this wonderful community event at the Vista Clubhouse (24425 Currant Drive, Genesee, CO 80401), it's a perfect way to kick off the season while supporting local artists and a great cause!

Friday, November 14: Art opens at 12pm | Wine & appetizers from 4–8pm
Saturday, November 15: Donuts & coffee at 10am | Artists until 4pm

Come shop, connect, and make an impact through art and community.