/>She said they give away close to 500 car seats a year across Colorado. The seats are offered at no cost, although they ask for a donations, which go directly back into the program.

“We take the donation and buy more car seats,” Montoya said.

Servicios is a collaborative of 35 different partners, Ortega said, and if they cannot provide a specific service, they will refer clients to other agencies that can.

“We help everybody that comes in here, Simental said. “We never turn them down the first time.”

If someone comes in from a different neighborhood, Simental said Servicios provides help and then refers them to services specific to their area.

Because it’s the people that matter to Servicios.

“I love this place because they have loved me for 15 years,” said Donnie Castañeda, who is both a client and a volunteer at Servicios.

Donnie’s sister, Danielle Castañeda, said Servicios has helped Donnie many times, but also that Servicios gives him a place to do something productive with his time. She said he helps out with food baskets during the holidays, and often walks Sparky, the Corgi that belongs to director Rudolph Gonzalez, or as Gonzales calls him, the executive assistant to the executive director.”

“I have a lot of respect for Servicios,” said Danielle Castaneda. “I have seen first-hand how loving and caring everybody there is. To them, you are not just paperwork, you are family, you are a friend. They do it because they have a passion to do it. They mean what they say, and they love their jobs.”

The Castañedas were at Servicios recently because Donnie was helping set up a room for a luncheon to welcome Mexican songstress Beatriz Adriana, who put ...