Terrell Davis Serves Up Hope at Food Bank of the Rockies
Terrell Davis and members of his new team visited FBR today. They came with bottles of “Mile High Salute” Bar-B-Que Sauce to serve up with some kid-friendly fixins donated by our friends at King Soopers. Young guests from Little Giants Preschool joined Terrell for lunch, autographs and some horseplay with Miles, the Denver Bronco Mascot. […]
7-Year Old Nathan Warms Our Hearts With His Gift
The food bank received this letter yesterday: “Dear Food Bank of the Rockies, My name is Nathan. I earned this money by playing guitar at Pearl Street Mall. I received $37.48 by playing. I’m also inclucing 13 more dollars from my charity allowance. Sincerely, Nathan” Photo by RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post, 3/1/2011 Nathan sent us a clipping of this […]
Where’s the Beef?
In conjunction with the largest gathering of the nation’s cattlemen and women for their annual meeting in Denver, Greeley-based JBS USA and farmers and ranchers from around the country donated 16,000 pounds of beef today to Colorado’s Feeding America Food Banks. This is the largest single donation of beef Food Bank of the Rockies and […]
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, […]