Peggy Lindsey was surprised when she received two bills for remodeling work on her condo this spring.

It wasn’t the amount that caught the Ouray resident’s attention — $2,500 — but what the handyman wanted done with the money.

Give it to Duckett’s Market to buy groceries for people who might otherwise struggle to put food on the table for themselves and their families, he instructed. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were people in far greater need than he.

Few people beyond Li...