Faces of Food Bank: Jerry
Our friend Jerry can be found either behind the wheel of a FBR truck or hustling around our Denver warehouse, loading and unloading product from trucks, keeping accurate driver route logs, maintaining equipment, assisting with inventory control, pulling agency orders, stocking and other related administrative tasks. As a kid, Jerry dreamed of becoming a pro […]
A Whole Lotta Ears
We shouldn’t be surprised when 70+ Coloradans come together for a good cause,but this past Monday morning was truly amazing! 30,000 ears of sweet corn were picked, bagged, put on pallets, shrink wrapped and loaded into FBR’s warehouse in less than 3 hours! This would not have been possible without all of the volunteers involved on both ends. In additional to […]
Mini Golf Provides 2 Tons of Food
How do you turn two tons of nonperishable food into a corporate, team-building exercise? Just ask the creative and industrious folks at Universal Lending Corporation. About 250 Universal Lending employees convened for an annual meeting and decided to do more than talk shop and set new corporate goals. Instead, they held a team-building exercise – […]
An Event Not to be Missed!
Colorado has the fastest growing rate of childhood poverty in the nation. With poverty comes the reality that many Colorado kids don’t have the means to receive regular meals. Not to mention healthy meals. While hunger at any age is debilitating, it is especially hard on children. We all bear the costs down the road […]
Faces of Food Bank: Starla
Starla is our go-to for all things IT and fills in the rest of her time assisting with finance operations and supervising operations/commodities inventory data and reporting. Never a dull moment in her first floor office. Growing up, Starla envisioned herself as a stewardess, traveling the world. We’re glad she chose IT. She loves the […]
Faces of Food Bank: Jose
Jose works directly with Coloradans in need. He performs verification of eligibility for seniors, women, infatns and children for the “Commodity Supplemental Food Program” (CSFP), a Colorado government program administered by FBR. Jose can be found at various sites throughout Denver, working with FBR staff members in distributing government food boxes.