Community Support & Giving Back

Thank You for Your Support We want to thank everyone for all the years of support and for your loyalty to the farm. We, Ken, Kathy and Gale are all (close to or over) 80 years of age. As to how much longer we can keep doing the farm fall season depends on so many things, especially our health. We don't have any plans of stopping but we have wondered every year for some time now. Regardless - we just want you to know how much we enjoy the visiting, the kids, the laughter, the spark it puts in our step each year. When we close each year it is like the farm died. It is far too quiet and the winter days are far too long. But when you see the rows of chile and pumpkin patch pop up in July, you know we are going to be open for the fall season once again! The Non-profits You Help Support through Tigges Farm Weld Food Bank www.weldfoodbank.org Tigges Farm makes a trip to the Food Bank nearly every week with any excess produce after we close the doors on Sunday. We don't waste any food that is still good, but probably not it's best if it waits for us to open again on Thursday. There is a lot more to providing adequate hunger relief to all of Weld County than one might think. Hope Lives! www.hopelives.org Hope Lives is a non-profit organization found in 2001 by breast cancer survivor, Lydia Dody, a Fort Collins businesswoman. Today, Hope Lives! continues to offer free, supportive services and products to breast cancer patients in active treatment in Larimer and Weld Counties. Hands In Praise www.HandsInPraiseASL.com "Hands in Praise" is a professional American Sign Language Christian Choir, sponsored by Bethel Lutheran Church of Windsor, Colorado. Churches throughout Northern Colorado are represented in the membership. Faith Missio: They believe there is only one God,who exists eternally in three persons,the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. The Mission: They believe the Bible is the holy and infallible word of God. They believe that Jesus, who is God incarnate, is the way, the truth and the life. The members of the "Hands in Praise" Choir, worship God in song by signing in American Sign Language. Tigges Farm supports Hands In Praise and their mission by offering them a place to do a benefit concert and provides a safe open air place for occasional practices. We hope you support their efforts too. If you have an event or a church that would like for them to come and perform, don't hesitate to ask their director, Elaine Mainwaring, 970- 686-5319 for more information or visit their website. Kidney Transplant Fund Raiser Bart and Jamie Martinez is considered “part of the farm family.” They are always there to help with things that need repair, upgrade, or whatever to make the farm a better place. From walking through a muddy field, helping plant chilies, to making the swamp cooler quite squeaking, you can count on them to help out. Their son is on the wait list for a “kidney transplant.” We have been selling a collection of skulls donated to the farm to help raise funds for the transplant. We have a few left this year mixed in with our usual items in a special “skull focused” display. There are two tequila decanters on a separate shelf where they can’t be knocked over that are collector items. We aren’t giving them away. They are priced at the going price we found online. Expensive but, not make survived “with the hat.” These did. Giving Back Tigges Farm Sponsored Events: We hope you enjoy the Conestoga Wagon Ride, the Petting Zoo, the Raptors, the Bunnies. Each event is sponsored and paid for out of their own pockets by Ken Tigges, Kathy Rickart and Gale Loeffler, co-mangers of the Tigges Farm Produce and Pumpkin Patch. Other Sponsors: Sometimes businesses do "thank you" coupons or give away pumpkins to their clientele and the farm is their location or they sponsor some of the activities. Kathy Rickart is the owner of Colorado Costume Castle www.ColoradoCostumeCastle.com sponsors the Unicorn. It is another way the community is supported as her business is devoted to loaning costumes only to school productions or educational activities, community theater and church events at a fee the borrower determines. The only rule is "no one goes over budget in making a donation." Yup, the pandemic loans were "free" as budgets were all expense and little or no income. Fall Gathering Place: Tigges Farm offers use of the Event Building for individuals, organizations or businesses to gather for a free-will donation. Flood and Peterson Insurance had held a staff pot luck and meeting, Reality companies have given out pumpkins. Parents have had birthday parties. Reunions have gathered at the farm. Greeley Chamber of Commerce and Windsor/Severance Historical Society have had agriculture tours. Pre-reservations must be made.