Spaghetti Dinner for 250 Kiddos
Panera Bread recently announced that, through their successful Operation Dough-Nation Program, they’ll contribute $36,000 to Food Bank of the Rockies’ for our Kids Cafe program at Shopneck Boys and Girls Club! This program provides hot meals, five evenings per week, to over 250 children attending the site. Last week, Panera Bread kicked off their new sponsorship of this site […]
10 Grocery Carts of Food Go a Long Way
On April 5th, Safeway donated 10 grocery carts full of much needed food after an Easter Seals & Special Olympics bagging competition with local media celebs at a Denver Safeway store. Special thanks to Safeway for the 4th consecutive year of including us in this awesome event! The food certainly goes a long way.
Rockies Home Opener Feeds Hope!
Not only was April 1 the kick-off for the Rockies 2011 season, it was also the kick off for the National Letter Carriers Food Drive, which officially takes place at mailboxes around the U.S. on May 14! Jim from Campbell’s and Katrina from the Letter Carriers help out. A sea of people decked in Rockies […]
Arvada Light Display Brightens the New Year with 18,000+ Meals!
For the 5th consecutive year, Arvada residents Tom & Ed adorned their home with a multitude of lights for the holiday season. 37,000 computer-controlled lights synchronized to Christmas music delighted this year’s visitors. Once again, Tom & Ed installed a donation box benefitting Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR), so people who come to enjoy […]
Pound for Pound, We’re Fighting Hunger
Food Bank of the Rockies, along with Feeding America, General Mills and The Biggest Loser are excited to announce the 2011 Pound for Pound Challenge. The Pound for Pound Challenge is built around the incredible success of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, and the timing at the start of the new year is perfect. The program […]
Surprise Donation from Purina Makes the Holidays Brighter
Food Bank of the Rockies received notice of an early Christmas gift this year from our friends at Purina. For their $1 Million in ONE Day campaign, Purina sent out street teams to Denver, New Orleans, Miami and New York on 12/20/10 and gave randomly selected people an opportunity to donate $5,000, in their name, […]
