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, […]
“Samantha”
“Samantha” moved with her two kids to Colorado from Michigan a couple years back to be closer to her mom. For two years, life was great. Just like that, it all turned. We spoke to her this past April about what brought her to a Denver food bank we were visiting. Check out “Samantha’s” story. […]
Hunger is Everywhere…Even on the Tether Ball Court
FBR is fortunate enough to be one of many Denver-area nonprofit organizations that receives funding through Season To Share, a McCormick Foundation. The FBR authored post below comes from their new Season to Share blog, showing the impact that can be made on the lives of those in need in our community through Season To Share. To […]
KBCO Studio C Fights Hunger
We’re proud to once again be chosen as a recipient for the proceeds of KBCO’s coveted Studio C album! On Saturday, December 4, FBR staff and volunteers joined forces with KBCO staff, representatives from Boulder Aids Project, Key Bank folks and endless lines of KBCO fans outside various Ultimate Electronics locations around town. The goal? Thousands of […]
Childhood Weekend Hunger Needs Your Help
You’ve probably heard about our Totes of Hope-Children program. So many of the kids we serve had very little to eat over the weekend when after school programs and clubs were closed. Mom or Dad often work multiple jobs and these kids were coming to school Monday morning, hungry and undernourished. Thus the Totes of […]
Blowing Glass, Fighting Hunger
PISMO Fine Art Glass, Colorado’s foremost gallery for glass art, joined forces with the “Colorado Project” to benefit FBR. PISMO hosted a reception and silent auction on October 8, 2010, at their Denver gallery in Cherry Creek North. The glass works that were auctioned were donated by more than two dozen artists participating in the Colorado […]
