Category: Shortening the Lines

Turning Lived Experience into Generosity

Person greeting food bank clients in their cars. Line of cars along a line of traffic cones, with a sign that says free food boxes.

For three years after she was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force in the 1990s, Melanie lived on the edge of hunger and food insecurity. When her circumstances improved and she was able to help others, she did so in part by donating food to one of Food Bank of the Rockies’ mobile pantries […]

Neighbors Helping Neighbors at Grand Junction Mobile Pantry

Food bank volunteers walking and holding boxes of food supplies.

Students from Grand Junction High School are core volunteers at the Food Bank of the Rockies Grand Junction Mobile Pantry. / Photo by Sean Boggs On a cool autumn afternoon, Jay arrived an hour early for the Grand Junction Mobile Pantry near Grand Junction High School. His SUV was first in line, but others soon […]

Feeding Families All Summer Long

Fridays are superhero day at Leawood Elementary School. As soon as the bell rings, kids with colorful costumes flood out the doors as their teachers — many of whom are also festively outfitted — wave goodbye. While they aren’t dressed like it, the real superheroes of the day are the Kiwanis Club of Columbine volunteers […]

Partnering with Western Slope Growers to Distribute More Local Produce

a tractor pulling a trailer full of peaches on Talbott Farm

In Western Colorado as well as across our entire service area, Food Bank of the Rockies is working hard to make more fresh fruit and vegetables available to the people we serve. A big way we’re striving to accomplish this is by partnering with local producers. “One of the things we’ve learned is that perishable […]