Mayor John Hickenlooper helped celebrate a community milestone at Project Angel Heart by volunteering in the agency’s kitchen to commemorate 3 million meals delivered to adults and children coping with life-threatening illness, on August 15, 2009. To mark the 3 millionth meal milestone, Mayor Hickenlooper dished up and packaged meals for the agency’s clients.

"Project Angel Heart provides an invaluable service to our community. Not only do they deliver nutritious meals, but they also supply an unimaginable amount of hope and peace of mind during people’s deepest times of need,” said Hickenlooper. “We congratulate them on serving their 3 millionth meal and look forward to many, many more.”

The Denver Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded Project Angel Heart the Karen Hornbostle Community Champion Award for providing nutritious and medically appropriate meals, at no cost, to those battling breast cancer. This recognition is awarded annually to an organization that embodies the spirit of Karen Hornbostel, a breast cancer advocate, survivor, athlete and fighter, who lost her battle to the disease in 2006.

Despite economic uncertainty, an estimated 80,000 diners across the Denver metro area and Boulder supported Project Angel Heart’s 15th annual Dining Out for Life® event by dining at participating restaurants and raising a projected $380,000 for the local non-profit. Over 335 restaurants in the metro Denver area and Boulder donated 25% of the day’s food sales, along with diners making generous, individual contributions to Project Angel Heart. Those donations will fund the agency’s home-delivered meal program, which serves men, women, and children coping with life-threatening illness, free of charge.