Safeway Managers Select Food Bank of the Rockies for Hunger Is Gift

The Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced that Hunger Is, their joint charitable initiative to fight childhood hunger in America, has awarded over $1.3 million in grants to 198 local charities to connect hungry children living in neighborhoods to healthy food throughout the country. The Hunger Is campaign kicked off in April […]

Beverly

We met Beverly at the Salvation Army in Grand Junction where she was picking up food distributed through TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program), a program of the USDA. Beverly told us she’s in remission from a rare form of cancer. After intensive chemo treatments, her bones and blood are compromised and now, after a […]

Thank You Meetings Industry Council for Serving Up Hope!

. November 4, thirteen Colorado hospitality organizations and 630 industry professionals joined forces for the 21st Annual Serving Up Hope Luncheon. Their efforts will provide more than 96,000 meals for Food Bank of the Rockies’ Denver’s Table program. Serving Up Hope is sponsored by the Meetings Industry Council (MIC) of Colorado, a coalition of professional meetings […]

Congratulations Ron Torpy, Our 7 Everyday Hero!

When you think of heroes, you might visualize someone in uniform, maybe even someone wearing a cape and tights, but when the team at Food Bank of the Rockies thinks about a hero, we think about Ron Torpy, our long-time volunteers and truly a hero to the hungry in our community. Come visit our reclamation area Monday […]

A Perfect Day for Panerathon

On a crisply beautiful September morning, runners laced up their shoes, some even leashed up their pups, to walk, jog, run and race through the 5 and 10K courses for this year’s Panerathon.   Kids joined Colorado Rapids mascot, Franz the Fox and Shoe Dog, the Dalmatian from Road Runner Sports, for the fun run. […]

September is Hunger Action Month

I’m enjoying the last days of summer outdoors in our beautiful state, knowing soon it will be fall and before we know it, winter.  As you enjoy the last few weeks of summer, please remember Hunger Action Month this September.  If you’re one of the lucky ones, you only think about hunger when you read […]