The First Time She Needed Food Assistance: Client Shares Her Experience
At the start of the pandemic, Cindy’s father passed away and she retired early to care for her mother. Both Cindy and her mother are now on a fixed income and feeling the pinch of inflation. To help make ends meet, they’ve been getting food from LIFT-UP Food Pantry (a Hunger Relief Partner of Food […]
Meet the 2023 Volunteers of the Year
When we say we can’t do what we do without our dedicated, hard-working volunteers, we couldn’t be more serious. Last year, volunteers donated 100,600 hours across our distribution centers. That’s the equivalent of more than 4,190 days and $3 million in in-kind support — a truly incredible gift of time, energy, and compassion. We […]
April Partner Newsletter – Western Slope
Welcome Letter Dear Hunger Relief Partner, Food Bank of the Rockies has joined forces with the other Feeding America food banks serving Colorado and the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger to secure state funding for emergency food purchasing funds for food banks and food pantries. We are pleased to announce Governor Polis and the Colorado […]
Food Bank of the Rockies Driver Reflects on the Impact of Her Work
In this 9News story, Food Bank of the Rockies’ staff member Monique “Mo” Moore, offers a behind the scenes look at her day, delivering food from our Denver-based distribution center to a mobile pantry site. Food Bank of the Rockies holds 70 mobile pantries each month in areas that do not have readily available access […]
Behind the Scenes at Food Bank of the Rockies’ Distribution Center
It takes a big team to move the equivalent of more than 180,000 meals a day through the doors and out to people who need them. In this 9News story, Kelly Green, Vice President of Operations for Food Bank of the Rockies, provides a behind the scenes peek at our Denver distribution center.
February 2023 Partner Newsletter
Dear Partners, In February, we often spend time thinking about relationships. Family relationships, romantic partnerships, close friendships, and more provide us with a foundation to lean on when times are tough. For Food Bank of the Rockies’ development department, relationships are our bread and butter. In my time as a grant writer for the Food […]
