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The Art of Communication

May 3, 2018/1 Comment/in colorado, Denver, disaster, hardship, long term recovery, mental health, our front porch, social enterprise, startup, women /by Heather Korth

Maggie’s Perspective

As one of my favorite Phish lyrics states, “I see the path ahead of me and in a minute I’ll be free”.

I am now free and living the so-called American Dream. It has been two months since I joined OFP full time and it is amazing. I work for myself, make my own hours and have no one telling me what to do.

I have worked very hard my entire career and have been focused on getting to this place. I’ve developed clinical programs, managed a variety of professionals, and am confident in my work surrounding disaster survivors. Heather and I have worked together for several years and have our flow down.

Heather & Maggie at Colorado Impact Days.

The Art of Communication

April 30, 2018/2 Comments/in colorado, Denver, disaster, hardship, job, our front porch, social enterprise, startup, Uncategorized, women /by Heather Korth

Heather’s Perspective

I can honestly say that I have been looking forward to Maggie being full time at OFP for a long time – probably even longer than she has. I knew we needed to get to this point for a thousand different reasons, but mainly because I knew I couldn’t do it alone. As the one with the more flexible schedule for the last 2 years, I was the one who kept this ship sailing on a daily basis. Now, that is not to say the ship was moving in the right direction. It was just staying afloat.

Maggie and I have always talked daily about OFP, but it was typically me throwing out a few ideas and asking her input on what was a priority. She is a natural leader and can see the big picture way more clearly than I can. I get stuck in the weeds over the smallest details and always looked to her to put me back on course. It’s the perfect partnership. So what could possibly be difficult about us working together full time?

Maggie & Heather’s contrasting DISC personality test results.

The Power of Two: Get to Know the Founders of Our Front Porch

May 11, 2017/1 Comment/in colorado, Denver, disaster, disaster housing, disaster relief, long term recovery, mental health, our front porch, post-disaster housing, social enterprise, startup, women /by Heather Korth

In order to share more about the two of us and why we do what we do, we decided to interview each other. We fully enjoyed giving and hearing the responses and even managed to learn a few things!

~Maggie & Heather, Founders of Our Front Porch

Working in Long Term Disaster Recovery

March 1, 2017/2 Comments/in colorado, Denver, disaster, fire, house fire, long term recovery, mental health, our front porch, post-disaster housing, renters insurance, social enterprise, startup, support system, temporary housing, therapy, trauma, Uncategorized, women /by Heather Korth

Guest Blogger: Carla Williams, Our Front Porch Intern 2016-17

Moving to Colorado less than 5 months ago, was nothing short of my biggest life decision. I knew University of Denver was offering me a chance to be a part of an amazing program I couldn’t pass up. Within our program, we are required to partner with a local internship for field experience. That was when I encountered Our Front Porch.

From left to right, Carla, Heather and Sarah presenting Our Front Porch’s services at the Arapahoe County Resource Fair.

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