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I-70 Street Reach was originated as Grant Avenue Street Reach in 1993. The service project was to provide a complete meal once per week for homeless and marginalized people living in the downtown Denver area.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n The first site was a Methodist church located at 216 S. Grant, hence the name Grant Avenue Street Reach.<\/strong> The program quickly outgrew the facility and moved to a Babtist church at 1400 Grant Avenue, where the program matured and thrived for many years.\u00a0 <\/span>As many as 700 individuals were receiving a complete meal once per week which included salads, spaghetti with meat sauce, vegetables, bread and desserts as well as coffee and drinks.\u00a0 About this time a clothing bank was also started to provide basic necessities to the clients.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Then one winter, power was lost in the church and the steam pipes used for heat froze and burst.\u00a0 The church was required to shutdown for an extended time to remodel and bring the building up to code.\u00a0 Grant Avenue Street Reach then moved to a church at 1600 Grant Avenue and continued with the mission, providing meals, clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, backpacks, etc. Again the program outgrew the facility, as numbers being served each week were sometimes over 1,000 individuals were allowed to come thru the line as often as they wanted and \u201cto-go\u201d meals were provided as well.\u00a0 The program was then moved to a church at 1580 Gaylord further East but still in Denver. Then Covid hit and the program was required to shut down as in person serving of food was stopped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Following the lifting of Covid restrictions, it became apparent to Street Reach personnel, that\u00a0 providing a single meal was not providing the basic needs of most of the clients.\u00a0 They needed help throughout the week, not just a meal and a \u201cto-go\u201d.\u00a0 It was then that the decision was made to re-invent the program as a food bank, in which clients could be provided with one or more boxes of food including staples, vegetables, meat and dairy that could provide multiple meals to an individual or a family for as much as a week.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n I-70 Street Reach was then initiated in the town of Bennett to provide food to clients along the I-70 East corridor<\/strong>, including the towns of Watkins, Bennett, Strasburg, Byers, Deer Trail and their surrounding areas. This is the current mission of I-70 Street Reach Food Bank and the project has been successful as the number of clients continue to grow and the ability of the personnel to obtain and distribute food has continued to increase as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/i70streetreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250626_064654-scaled.jpg” title_text=”20250626_064654″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/i70streetreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3901.HEIC.jpeg” title_text=”IMG_3901.HEIC” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/i70streetreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3981-scaled.jpg” title_text=”IMG_3981″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/i70streetreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bill-Sieghman.png” title_text=”Bill Sieghman” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A Tribute and Thank You to Bill Sieghman\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Bill Seighman, a long time Grant Avenue Street Reach Volunteer, passed away and will be sorely [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About UsWhat is I-70 Street Reach\u00a0 I-70 Street Reach was originated as Grant Avenue Street Reach in 1993. 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missed.
Following college, Bill worked for Southwest Airlines. He and his wife Victoria moved several
times with Southwest Airlines during his career, with his last assignment in Denver.\u00a0
Bill Sieghman was a dedicated Street Reach volunteer for over ten years.\u00a0 Bill started as a
volunteer in 2014 following the passing of his wife and at the recommendation of another
Street Reach volunteer.\u00a0 He provided his pickup to collect food from the Rocky Mountain Food
bank and other grocery stores.\u00a0 He was always good natured, happy and willing to do whatever
was required.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
One of his favorite sayings was \u201cLet\u2019s work smarter, not harder.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 He would always try to find
the simplest and most efficient way to do any project.\u00a0
In his will he bequeathed funds to Street Reach to continue the effort of feeding the hungry.\u00a0
Bill gift is truly appreciated and will bless many people through the I70 Street Reach Food Bank.<\/p>\n