from In the Know, the St. Joseph Hospital newsletter
Saint Joseph Hospital recently hosted a holiday market featuring products from eight hyper-local, neighborhood, Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) vendors. Chuck Ault, community improvement director, spearheaded this initiative by partnering with the Center for Community Wealth Building to identify these businesses with a purpose. This event not only benefits these vendors, but also supports Intermountain Healthcare’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and goal to improve the health of the communities we serve.
“Small actions like hosting this market can have a much bigger ripple effect,” says Ault. “Saint Joe’s is involved because building community wealth also helps health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health. By keeping profits circulating throughout the local economy, neighborhoods are able to grow and thrive to include grocery stores with fresh food options and more local job and transportation options.”
We’d like to thank these vendors for sharing their wonderful goods with us and for making an impact in our community:
Apapacho Cacao: Artisan cacao blends with huge doses of love, based in Aurora
Earthlinks: Coffee, gifts and handmade body products that help to nourish people and the community, based in Denver
MagicMer: Luxurious hair products, based in Denver
Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative: Catering, salsa and lovely jewelry, based in Denver
Salve Natural Body Care: Small-batch skin products, based in Denver
Tiny Dog Leather Studio: Handmade 100% genuine leather products with 20% of all proceeds benefitting the Children’s Tumor Foundation, based in Denver
YAMZ World of Color: Colorful art and graphic designs across apparel, wall art, stickers and more, based in Denver
