Homelessness doesn’t start on the street.
It often begins quietly—with a missed paycheck, a family crisis, a medical emergency, or the loss of a support system. For many families, just one unexpected setback can create a spiral that feels impossible to escape.
Prevention changes the story. Your spare change helps write a different ending.
Pennies for Prevention will help fund our new Prevention program, stopping family homelessness before it starts.
How It Works:
Sign Up
Receive your collection jug + promotional materials.
Launch Your Campaign
Kick off at an assembly, meeting, or gathering.
Collect Spare Change
Collect change through the end of April 30, 2026.
We Pick Up May 1
Prizes + recognition follow!
Sign Up to Help Stop Family Homelessness
This April, your school, church, workplace, or community group can turn spare change into life-changing support for our neighbors in need. Because when we invest early, we don’t just respond to homelessness—we help prevent it.
Why Participate?
Last year, we said goodbye to the penny—now, your spare change can have a big impact.
Spare change seems insignificant on its own. It collects in cup holders, kitchen drawers, and the bottoms of backpacks. Easy to overlook. But when we bring them together, something powerful happens. Pennies for Prevention turns spare change into real change—funding our new Prevention program at Denver Rescue Mission that helps families stay out of homelessness.
“It costs a lot for someone to enter the homeless system, and once they enter, it’s really hard to get out and they’re exposed to a lot of traumas.”
-Deb Butte, Senior Director of Homelessness Resolution
Every Penny Counts — Every Life Matters
Small coins + Shared generosity = A stronger community
Register and Launch Your Drive Now!
Register today and start your Pennies for Prevention fundraiser.
