Have a Stress-Free Black Friday – Give eCard Honor Gift Contributions!
Honor Gift Contributions with eCards is an Easy-to-Give Gift that will Feed Hungry Families! Consider sending honorary contributions and holiday themed eCards to let your dear ones know you care this season. Giving an honor gift is easy! Visit our holiday contribution form online Choose your contribution amount and enter your credit card information Select your […]
We Count Our Blessings Every Day! A Message from our CEO
The Holidays. While some of us tend to get a little stressed with all the “goings on”, it’s still a time to be grateful for the many blessings in our lives. A friend recently pointed out to me how fortunate he is to have enough money, time and flexibility to deal with an untimely […]
Wanda’s Story
It’s a bright, sunshiny day as the food bank van rolls down the street to a small home in central Denver. Peggy, FBR’s driver is coming to visit Wanda and bring monthly USDA commodities made possible through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) administered by FBR. She also brings other items including some fresh produce, bread and even […]
Happy Trails to Olive Crawford
People come into your life for a reason, a season and a lifetime. For those who worked or volunteered with Food Bank of the Rockies anytime in the past 32 years, chances are, their lives have been touched by Olive Crawford. With both joy and sadness, on September 30, we wished Olive a bittersweet “Happy Trails” […]
What’s So Special about a Spoon?
It’s hard to say how long spoons have been around. They’ve been discovered with ancient Egyptian artifacts, unearthed with treasures from the Neolithic civilizations and found with relics used during the Shang Dynasty. Spoons represent different ideas and cultures – “A Spoonful of Sugar.” “Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” Spoons are units […]
Honeymoon on 45th Avenue
Food Bank of the Rockies enjoys many volunteers passing through Colorado from other parts of the country, but it’s not often we get to meet them on their honeymoon. Tim and Carrie-Lynn are no strangers to food banking. They met while volunteering at Greater Chicago Food Depository, a fellow Feeding America food bank. Now they’re […]