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Fresh Food and Community Wellbeing at Blossom House

Tens of millions of Americans struggle to access affordable, healthy food, and residents of Denver’s Westwood neighborhood are no exception. Over several years, a community engagement team participated in thousands of conversations where neighbors shared their hopes for a stronger, healthier community. Fresh food and gardens rose to the top of their wishlist.


Thanks to funding from the Tuchman Family Foundation, those wishes became reality in 2025 when Blossom House, a new community hub in southwest Denver, launched a hydroponic farm producing fresh food year-round in the heart of a food desert. In the first year alone, the farm has produced nearly 3,000 pounds of lettuce, bok choy, tomatoes, basil, eggplant, and more—feeding more than 200 families each week through partnerships with the Southwest Food Coalition and local markets.


A weekly farm share program makes fresh produce affordable for residents while helping sustain the farm’s operations. The farm is also a place of learning and connection. Children from across the community have joined classes on planting and sustainability. The farm also stocks a range of classes, from Tasting for Tots to cooking heritage recipes with Native elders.


The Tuchman Family Foundation is proud to support this community-driven project, which is meeting urgent needs today while planting seeds for a healthier future.

Results

Fresh Food and Community Wellbeing at Blossom House

Tens of millions of Americans struggle to access affordable, healthy food, and residents of Denver’s Westwood neighborhood are no exception. Over several years, a community engagement team participated in thousands of conversations where neighbors shared their hopes for a stronger, healthier community. Fresh food and gardens rose to the top of their wishlist.


Thanks to funding from the Tuchman Family Foundation, those wishes became reality in 2025 when Blossom House, a new community hub in southwest Denver, launched a hydroponic farm producing fresh food year-round in the heart of a food desert. In the first year alone, the farm has produced nearly 3,000 pounds of lettuce, bok choy, tomatoes, basil, eggplant, and more—feeding more than 200 families each week through partnerships with the Southwest Food Coalition and local markets.


A weekly farm share program makes fresh produce affordable for residents while helping sustain the farm’s operations. The farm is also a place of learning and connection. Children from across the community have joined classes on planting and sustainability. The farm also stocks a range of classes, from Tasting for Tots to cooking heritage recipes with Native elders.


The Tuchman Family Foundation is proud to support this community-driven project, which is meeting urgent needs today while planting seeds for a healthier future.

3,000

pounds of food
per year

200+

families fed
per week

3,000

pounds of food
per year

200+

families fed
per week

Classes

Planting, cooking and
sustainability classes

Growing

Lettuces, bok choy,
onion & more


Classes

Planting, cooking and
sustainability classes

Growing

Lettuces, bok choy,
onion & more


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Fueling Frontline Healthcare Heroes

The Tuchman Family Foundation launched Fuel Hope Kitchen in the spring of 2020 to provide nutritious meals to frontline healthcare workers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The effort was launched in a matter of days in response to the dire state of health care workers working around the clock in over-capacity hospitals during the initial days of the crisis. During this first wave of the pandemic, Fuel Hope Kitchen delivered 50,000 meals prepared by Birdcall to Denver area hospitals.


When the second wave of Covid-19 swept through Colorado, it became clear that frontline workers in areas outside of Denver were overlooked and in need of support. Tuchman Family Foundation galvanized key partners and organized meal preparation and delivery in a matter of days. Fuel Hope Kitchen redoubled its efforts with Birdcall and aligned with Centura Health, TTEC, and Shamrock Foods to ensure that healthcare workers in outlying areas received much-needed relief.


In total the organization delivered 200,000 high-quality meals throughout Colorado. 



Fueling frontline healthcare heroes

The Tuchman Family Foundation launched Fuel Hope Kitchen in the spring of 2020 to provide nutritious meals to frontline healthcare workers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The effort was launched in a matter of days in response to the dire state of health care workers working around the clock in over-capacity hospitals during the initial days of the crisis. During this first wave of the pandemic, Fuel Hope Kitchen delivered 50,000 meals prepared by Birdcall to Denver area hospitals.


When the second wave of Covid-19 swept through Colorado, it became clear that frontline workers in areas outside of Denver were overlooked and in need of support. Tuchman Family Foundation galvanized key partners and organized meal preparation and delivery in a matter of days. Fuel Hope Kitchen redoubled its efforts with Birdcall and aligned with Centura Health, TTEC, and Shamrock Foods to ensure that healthcare workers in outlying areas received much-needed relief.


In total the organization delivered 200,000 high-quality meals throughout Colorado. 

Results

GRANT

KITCHEN SPACE

MEAL PREP

DELIVERY

HOSPITALS IN HIGHEST NEED

Distributed ACROSS COLORADO

Results

GRANT

KITCHEN SPACE

MEAL PREP

DELIVERY

HOSPITALS IN HIGHEST NEED

Distributed ACROSS COLORADO

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"Frontline healthcare workers have made incredible sacrifices for our community. Our hope is to provide these heroes some relief, particularly in areas that have been overlooked, and build awareness for the urgent need for food in remote areas.” 

Ken Tuchman

Tuchman Family Foundation

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Delivering Innovative Youth Art Programming


The Tuchmans have partnered with Denver Art Museum (DAM) since 2007 to build a vision around youth engagement and to provide unique art experiences for young children and families. From its beginnings as the Just for Fun Family Center, funded by TeleTech (now TTEC)—a company founded by Ken Tuchman, to its new larger hub, Family Central, funded by a multi-year commitment from the Tuchman Family Foundation—DAM continues to expand the amount of innovative programming it provides to families across the Denver.


Programming includes play-based, hands-on learning initiatives such as a new version of DAM’s hallmark family packs, self-paced youth journaling, and interactive art carts, all of which encourage museum exploration vis a vis storytelling, music, and artmaking. 


The museum is also transforming its popular Family Backpacks into ARtventure Kits, which will include a tablet for augmented reality-guided experiences through the museum.


Delivering Innovative Youth Art Programming

The Tuchmans have partnered with Denver Art Museum (DAM) since 2007 to build a vision around youth engagement and to provide unique art experiences for young children and families. From its beginnings as the Just for Fun Family Center, funded by TeleTech (now TTEC)—a company founded by Ken Tuchman, to its new larger hub, Family Central, funded by a multi-year commitment from the Tuchman Family Foundation—DAM continues to expand the amount of innovative programming it provides to families across the Denver.


 Family Central programming introduces children and families to exhibitions and collections through immersive, task-oriented activities and unique formats that simultaneously nurture critical thinking skills and creativity. Planned programming includes play-based, hands-on learning initiatives such as a new version of DAM’s hallmark family packs, self-paced youth journaling, and interactive art carts, all of which encourage museum exploration vis a vis storytelling, music, and artmaking.

Results

FAMILY CENTRAL OPENED FALL 2021

61,000

youth and family member visitors

Updated welcome carts

encouraging intergenerational play

Augmented reality

new family friendly kits coming in 2024