Colorado's Family Law Team is Involved in the Community 
Colorado's Family Law Team is Involved in the Community
As "Colorado's Family Law Team", The Harris Law Firm strongly believes that "communities are made great by those who give". For a list of organizations supported by The Harris Law Firm, please see below:
"Communities are Made Great by Those Who Give"
When Rich Harris founded The Harris Law Firm in 1993, his goal was not only to provide the famiies of Colorado with the best legal services in domestic relations law, but also to become active within our community. Today, The Harris Law Firms' strong commitment to giving back is reflected in the many ways the attorneys and legal professionals in our Denver and Fort Collins offices donate their time. We volunteer with non-profit organizations, participate in charity events, and advocate on behalf of those in need. But perhaps first and foremost, each and every attorney at the Firm handles at least one pro bono client at all times through Metro Volunteer Lawyers (MVL). And in addition to his many volunteer activities in the community, Rich Harris has served as the Chairman of the Board of Metro Volunteer Lawyers.
Current Community Service Activities
Colorado Legal Services
Attorneys from The Harris Law Firm provide Pro Bono services through Colorado Legal Services. If you make less than their income limits, Colorado Legal Services may be able to help you. Call them at (303) 837-1313. They will try to get you involved in one of the free or low cost programs in your area.
www.coloradolegalservices.org
Denver Bar Association (DBA)
If you live in the Denver area, the Denver Bar Association sponsors, "Legal Night at the Center." Attorneys at The Harris Law Firm participate in this walk-in program to offer help to those with family law matters. The referral clinic held every third Tuesday of the month from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at El Centro Bienestar San Jose (623 Fox St., Denver ).
The Adoption Exchange (AE)
AE was established in 1983 by concerned social workers and child advocates with the shared belief that every child deserves a stable family and a safe home. Since their founding, the AE has worked tirelessly to connect waiting children with stable, permanent families. Rich Harris is currently an active board member of the Adoption Exchange.
The Horse Protection League (HPL)
Because they believe in humane treatment of horses as an alternative to slaughter or public auction for abused, neglected, abandoned and unwanted equines, HPL's primary purpose is the prevention of animal abuse. HPL is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe home for horses, and equine education classes for adults and children. Since the organization relies primarily upon donations and volunteer labor for their support, the attorneys and staff at The Harris Law Firm have donated their time and energy as barn hands for HPL on Colorado Cares Day every year since 2005. They have happily groomed horses, mucked stalls, built fences, mended roofs, and bucked at least a million bails of hay! The Harris Law Firm currently funds HPL's quarterly newsletter, and sponsors "Romeo", a frisky Arabian gelding, to ensure he receives lots of TLC and frequent rations of carrots and apples!
The Max Fund
The MaxFund is a non-profit organization that was established in 1988 to provide medical care for injured pets with no known owners, and to seek out new homes for these animals once they have fully recovered. The MaxFund is a true no-kill dog and cat shelter and assists hundreds of people and animals each year by trying to make the correct match between owner and pet. In 2006, the attorneys and staff of The Harris Law Firm began a new holiday tradition by contributing funds to support the heroic efforts of this wonderful organization and currently sponsors a special care room for mature cats.
The Denver Rescue Mission
As a Thanksgiving tradition, the staff members of The Harris Law Firm contribute funds to The Denver Rescue Mission. The donations help to provide a hearty holiday dinner for many of the city's homeless men, women, and children throughout the metropolitan area.
Law Line 9
The Denver Bar Association runs this free legal program in conjunction with Channel 9 News. On the nights designated to family law, attorneys from The Harris Law Firm offer legal insight to answer questions from people all over Colorado. Law Line 9 airs on Wednesday nights from 4:30-6:00 p.m.For clients who are looking for an answer to a simple legal question regarding family law and just want a quick answer from one of the attorneys at The Harris Law Firm, call Law Line 9 at 303 698 0999.
Mi Casa
Attorneys at The Harris Law Firm are frequent volunteers at Mi Casa’s “Legal Night”. The Colorado Lawyers Committee and the Young Lawyers Division of The Denver Bar Association sponsor this event. The free consultation offered by Mi Casa allows women to meet with an attorney about matters pertaining to family law.
Food Bank of the Rockies
Attorneys and staff members of The Harris Law Firm are regular contributors to the annual Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR), a local organization founded in 1978. FBR reaches across Colorado and Wyoming, providing food supplies to more than 900 hunger-relief programs. In its first 28 years, FBR has provided nearly 239 million pounds of food to our member agencies, which translates to more than 174 million meals for people in need. Last year, FBR distributed more than 20.5 million pounds of food, enough to provide 43,000 meals each day to needy children, seniors and families. FBR is a member of America 's Second Harvest - the Nation's Food Bank Network.
Family Tree
Founded in 1976, the Family Tree provides a broad range of services and shelter to families and youth of Metro Denver to overcome child abuse, domestic violence, and homelessness. Our attorneys participate monthly to offer their legal expertise to those individuals supported by the Family Tree.
DBA - School Supply Drive
The attorneys and staff members at The Harris Law Firm work together to ensure the success of the DBA's annual school supply drive by raising money and gathering school supplies for homeless and at-risk students. The drive is sponsored through the Educational Outreach Program of the Denver Public School system and the Children's Outreach Project. Donations include backpacks filled with notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, rulers, scissors and much, much more to ensure that the kids start the school year with the supplies they need!
Arapahoe House
Arapahoe House is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing a continuum of accessible, affordable, and effective services for individuals and families with alcohol, drug or other behavioral health problems. During the holiday season each year, attorneys and staff at the firm come together to help those in need for the "Adopt a Family" program purchasing holiday gifts and providing necessities.
www.arapahoehouse.org
Metro Volunteer Lawyers
Metro Volunteer Lawyers (MVL) is a department of the Denver Bar Association. MVL recruits and coordinates volunteer lawyers to perform free and low-cost legal services for those who cannot afford an attorney. MVL handles clients who live and work in Adams, Broomfield, Arapahoe, Denver, Elbert, Douglas, and Jefferson counties.
www.MetroVolunteerLawyers.org
Children's Hospital's Ronald McDonald House
For the past three decades, Ronald McDonald House® Charities of Denver has offered a loving home-away-from-home to families needing to be near their seriously ill or injured children while they're being treated at metropolitan area hospitals.
www.ronaldhouse.org
Underwearness
Underwearness is an organization that provides new underclothing (underwear, sox, and t-shirts) to underprivileged school age children.
