LOCAL LIMELIGHT
Broomfield FISH: ARTICLE LAUREN HENDRICK
PHOTOGRAPHY SARAH DAWN PHOTOGRAPHY
Serving Through Generations
MEET EMILY CROUSE-JOO, BROOMFIELD FISH’S
“It doesn’t matter what your entry path is to Broomfield
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST! She is
FISH,” Emily elaborated. “Whether as a participant, as a
passionate about serving Broomfield, and describes the
volunteer, as a donor, we all make this Broomfield family.”
organization as “a nucleus of the Broomfield family, and
And Emily would know all about strong family ties. Not
there is something here for everyone.”
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only is she Broomfield FISH’s Community Engagement
And you truly feel that as you walk into the building, a
Specialist, she is the granddaughter of one of the women
modern office with bright decor, the walls teaming with
who helped found the organization in 1963 through a club
portraits of smiling volunteers and local artwork, such as
called Church Women United.
the tree mural in the lobby, its branches composed of
Emily reconnected to these roots when she saw a
the swirl of donor names. The colors and faces that lead
Broomfield FISH job posting in The United Church of Christ,
you into the building are like a patchwork quilt, warm,
here in Broomfield. Her grandmother, she explained, gave her
welcoming, and woven with a million stories.
“a legacy of serving the community.”
Broomfield Lifestyle | September 2021
