Spaghetti Dinner for 250 Kiddos
Panera Bread recently announced that, through their successful Operation Dough-Nation Program, they’ll contribute $36,000 to Food Bank of the Rockies’ for our Kids Cafe program at Shopneck Boys and Girls Club! This program provides hot meals, five evenings per week, to over 250 children attending the site. Last week, Panera Bread kicked off their new sponsorship of this site […]
10 Grocery Carts of Food Go a Long Way
On April 5th, Safeway donated 10 grocery carts full of much needed food after an Easter Seals & Special Olympics bagging competition with local media celebs at a Denver Safeway store. Special thanks to Safeway for the 4th consecutive year of including us in this awesome event! The food certainly goes a long way.
Sharon
This photo comes to us via Denver Magazine’s Faces of Hunger photography contest…. Sharon stops by a local food pantry for her weekly box of food. She is incredibly thankful for the help provided by this pantry. It’s so difficult to provide enough food for herself, due to the current economic situation. Photographer: Holly Laing
The Heart of our Volunteers
National Volunteer week is winding down. We celebrated our volunteers all week and want to whole heartedly thank all of you who donate time toward fighting hunger and feeding hope. This place wouldn’t and couldn’t operate without you. While we’re on the topic of volunteerism…..have you met Olive? If you’ve volunteered at FBR, she was […]
Rita
Rita’s fiance passed away last June. And she lost her job shortly after. She and her four children have been trying to make ends meet ever since. Rita lost her car and she couldn’t keep up with utilities, rent, gas…you get the drill. She’s been on hold for receiving food stamps for months, so she comes […]
Little Andrea
This photo comes to us via Denver Magazine’s Faces of Hunger photography contest…. Little Andrea Espinoza waits in the food box line at the Community Ministry of Denver with her mother, Cecilia. Where would little Andrea be without resources like this food pantry? We don’t even want to guess. Photographer: Holly Laing