Denver Health La Casa Quigg Newton Family Health Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the late afternoon, a young boy named Alex was playing near the health center's entrance when he noticed something peculiar. His ball kept rolling towards an open window on the second floor, as if drawn by some invisible force. Curious, Alex approached cautiously and peered inside. To his surprise, a delivery driver was just placing a box marked ‘medical supplies’ onto a table. The box seemed to pulse gently, like it had a life of its own. Smiling, the driver said, 'Guess Denver’s healthcare knows how to attract patients!'

2. In the early morning, a delivery driver parked his truck next to the clinic and noticed something unusual in the backseat of his car—a small wooden box wrapped in brown paper. Curious but cautious, he carried it inside, wondering what secrets lay within. Inside, he carefully unwrapped the package, revealing not a valuable treasure but a forgotten lunchbox filled with leftover burritos from last week’s office party. Embarrassed, he laughed out loud, realizing that his own colleague had accidentally left it behind. The rest of his shift was spent trying to hide his blush while delivering snacks to grateful patients.

3. In the middle of the night, a neighbor’s dog started howling uncontrollably outside the clinic's windows. No one could figure out why until dawn broke. As the sun rose, everyone saw that the moon had been hiding behind a big cloud, casting eerie shadows. The dog, startled by its own reflection in the window, kept howling till it realized it was just a full-moon prank. Everyone laughed, and from then on, Denver Health staff teased each other about the ‘full-moon howler’ whenever anyone made a mistake.

4. In the middle of the day, a nurse left her office for a moment and returned to find an old, dusty ukulele sitting on her desk. Nobody claimed it, but every afternoon since then, someone plays a few chords just before closing time. Finally, one evening, after everyone had gone home, a delivery driver walked in carrying boxes. He looked around curiously, picked up the ukulele, strummed it once—and started singing ‘Happy Birthday’ in perfect pitch. The next morning, when staff arrived, they found a card attached: ‘Sorry for the surprise party last night!’