Joy's Kitchen: Rescue Food - Feed People

Joy’s Kitchen Community Food Share is now operating in partnership with D3 Arts.

Location
D3 Arts
3632 Morrison Road
Denver, CO 80219

Community Food Share Hours
Mondays + Wednesdays
1:00–3:00 PM

We provide rescued groceries, fresh food access, and community care for anyone in need.

Come as you are.
Take what you need.
Share what you can.

Joy’s Kitchen is 100% funded and operated through public support, and that support keeps food moving directly into the hands of families, neighbors, artists, students, elders, and community members who need it.

*Please note: We will be closed to the public the week of June 22–26 for an operational reset.

More info + support:
joyskitchen.org

We have moved operations to D3Arts at 3632 Morrison Road, Denver, CO. 80219

We have public community food share on Monday and Wednesday from 1-3 pm.
(Street Parking Only; please do not arrive before 12:30)

Volunteer Shifts for outreach, special events and programs Monday - Friday are available!
You can help by signing up in our website:
Joyskitchen.org/volunteer
We will be adding volunteer slots for D3 Arts support as needed.

We are happy to be home!

*We are closed for operational reset the week of June 22-June 26

Public Service Announcement

Joy’s Kitchen is dedicated to fostering a safe haven and respectful environment for ALL individuals accessing our food services, where everyone can thrive and feel valued.

We extend a warm welcome to guests, volunteers, caseworkers, client advocates, partner helpers, and community members, treating each person with dignity, care, and compassion.

We have a zero-tolerance policy for aggressive outbursts, verbal attacks, intimidation, threats, harassment, personal targeting, or unsafe behavior within our services, around our services, and any help we provide, because we believe that everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and respect.

This policy applies to all individuals, including those receiving food, picking up for clients, representing an agency, volunteering, or acting on behalf of another person, because we are all part of a community that values inclusivity and empathy.

Anyone who violates this standard may be asked to leave immediately and may face future restrictions on accessing Joy’s Kitchen services or pickup privileges, because we prioritize the safety and well-being of everyone involved.

Our commitment is twofold: to serve our community while protecting the safety and dignity of our space, where love, kindness, and compassion reign supreme.

Food is the medicine. Love is the cure. Safety is required.

*Recently, we experienced an incident involving a personal attack through a caseworker sent to see if they could get food for a client, which was sent by someone with a personal vendetta who has been targeting us through an agency she works for. This behavior is unacceptable and hurts the communities we are serving unnecessarily.

We had run out of food, and this person verbally attacked staff inappropriately and carried her outburst to the parking lot, endangering others and accosting staff, continuing unsafe and unstable behaviors in our parking lot towards our staff. Phoenix was the one she ultimately targeted, and we are grateful for his diligence in keeping others safe.

We want to emphasize that we will take appropriate action and remain committed to serving our community with love, kindness, and compassion. While we were able to trace this activity back to the source and specific agency and will be taking appropriate action, we want to remind everyone that this behavior cannot continue from others.

Thank you. We are god people doing good things. We are in this together.
💓

FINAL WEEK AT ROLLER CITY
Joy’s Kitchen is in our final week at Roller City in Lakewood.
We are moving to D3 Arts this Saturday and Sunday, with final clean-out completed by June 15.
Until then, all volunteer shifts, food distributions, and operations remain at Roller City.
There are open volunteer slots on our website, and we really need your help. We need muscles, hands, trucks, patience, cleaning help, food rescue support, admin support, guest services, and volunteer leads.
We are deeply thankful that Roller City hosted us. From this location, together, we served over 20,000 households.
We are also deeply grateful for our nonprofit partners at D3 Arts, who are helping house Joy’s Kitchen in what we believe can become a long-term home — one that strengthens both D3’s programming and Joy’s food rescue work.
This move marks the end of a full one-year cycle of being a “nomad food pantry.” After a year of uncertain locations, emergency calls for support, and constant movement, it is time to root down.
Joy’s Kitchen runs on micro-funding from the community. We are high-impact, low-overhead, and entirely funded by people who believe in this work.
Right now, we are about $10,000 behind from this long season of transition. Our goal over the next three months is to stabilize, bring staff support back, rebuild operations, and finally breathe.
You can support at: JOYSKITCHEN.ORG
Your support helps us keep food moving, services open, volunteer systems rebuilding, and this next chapter rooted in security instead of survival.
The new schedule at D3 Arts will be posted as soon as possible, and we are hopeful there will be no break in service.
Reminders:
Now–June 15: Roller City remains the location for all operations.
June 15: Joy’s Kitchen officially transitions to D3 Arts.
Katie and Kathy remain committed to serving and are honored to walk Joy’s Kitchen into its next chapter as a mutual aid beacon for the city.
It is time to root down in Joy.

A Tribute to Phoenix Stanley

Today, we want to take a moment to honor Phoenix Stanley and congratulate him as he begins his new career with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Phoenix co-founded Joy’s Kitchen with his family and has served in active roles from his teenage years into adulthood. His life has been deeply woven into the life of Joy’s — not just as a staff member, driver, or operations lead, but as a pillar of strength, consistency, honor, and love.

In the summer of 2024, Phoenix came from Seattle for what was meant to be a visit. He had no idea he would be stepping into one of the most critical seasons Joy’s Kitchen would ever face. Yet he stayed. He stepped in. He stepped up. For the last two years, Phoenix has helped carry both this organization and his family through major change, uncertainty, growth, and transition.

As Operations Lead, Lead Driver, and Community Initiator, Phoenix brought a grounded, down-to-earth, logistical framework that helped hold Joy’s Kitchen together. He gave his strength, his patience, his integrity, and his commitment day after day. Without him, we truly would not have survived this season.

During these last two years, as Phoenix helped run the agency, Joy’s Kitchen fed over 2 million families. That is not a small legacy. His work leaves behind a community well fed, well held, and deeply impacted.

We will miss his daily presence more than words can fully say. At the same time, we are so proud of him and so excited to see his gifts continue through Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. We know his talents, heart, and steady leadership are needed there — and we know he will continue changing lives.

Phoenix will remain connected to Joy’s Kitchen through leadership and advisement roles within our family nonprofit, and we are deeply grateful that his wisdom and care will continue to help guide the work forward.

Thank you, Phoenix, for all you have done to feed, support, strengthen, and love so many people.

We will miss you.
We are so thankful for you.
And we are so proud of you.

To send Phoenix a thank-you note or a message of appreciation, you can email him at:
[email protected]

We are in our FINAL WEEK at Roller City in Lakewood, Colorado.

Joy’s Kitchen will be moving to D3 Arts THIS Saturday and Sunday, with our final clean-out happening by June 15th.
Until then, all volunteer shifts, food distributions, and operations remain at Roller City.

There are open volunteer slots on our website, and we really need your help. This move is strategic, simple, and full of hope — and we need the muscles, hands, trucks, patience, and strength we know our community has to make it smooth and clean.

We are deeply thankful that Roller City hosted us. Together, from this location, we served over 20,000 households.

We are also deeply grateful for our nonprofit partners at D3 Arts, who are helping house Joy’s Kitchen in what we believe can become a long-term home — a structure that benefits both established communities and roots Joy’s Kitchen into a more sustainable future, also building capacity for D3's programming.

This move marks the end of a full one-year cycle of being a “nomad food pantry.” After a year of uncertain locations, emergency calls for support, and constant movement, it is time to root down.

Joy’s Kitchen runs on micro-funding from the community. We are high-impact and low-overhead, which sometimes gets misunderstood. We are steady. We are strong. And we are entirely funded by people who believe in this work.

Right now, we are about $10,000 behind from this long season of transition. Our goal over the next three months is to stabilize, bring staff support back, rebuild a steady operational foundation, and finally breathe.

You can help by giving at:

JOYSKITCHEN.ORG

Your support helps us keep food moving, keep services open, rebuild volunteer systems, strengthen operations, and step into this next chapter from security instead of survival.

This week we will continue regular volunteer shifts and distributions. The coming schedule at D3 Arts will be posted as soon as possible, and we are hopeful there will be no break in service.

Upcoming reminders:

Now through June 15: Roller City remains the location for all Joy’s Kitchen operations.

June 15: Joy’s Kitchen officially transitions to D3 Arts.

This week! We need moving help, cleaning help, food rescue support, admin support, guest services, and volunteer leads.

Katie and Kathy remain committed to serving and are excited to walk Joy’s Kitchen into its next chapter as a mutual aid beacon for the city.

It is time to root down in Joy.