An Onion Story That Won’t Make You Cry
Paul Bockman picks up a newly harvested onion and chops off the green leaves. “Look at all that juice,” he says, pointing to the freshly cut top. “These are really sweet too.” This morning, Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan, Council Members Marsha Berzins and Bob LeGare and Food Bank of the Rockies’ Director of Marketing and […]
Pedaling to Feed Kids
On August 1, 2014, Michael McAllister, CEO and Founder of The CE Shop and CE Shop Foundation and Virgil Seibold, Vice President of Human Resources for The CE Shop began their journey to pedal 975 miles from Fargo, ND to Denver, CO raising money for children’s backpack programs across the nation, including Food Bank of […]
Something Fishy in the Warehouse
Quixotic Farming, has made a donation of over 8,000 lbs of tilapia products to our Denver warehouse. Raised in indoor, aboveground tanks, the tilapia on Quixotic Farming’s local farms in Colorado and Missouri live a life free of growth hormones, chemicals and antibiotics. The tilapia’s life cycle, which all takes place here in the United States, is traceable from farm to table. Also, as part of the company’s dedication to sustainable farming, each tank is equipped […]
61,000 Ears of Sweet Corn Donated to Feeding Colorado
On Saturday, August 9, volunteers picked, bagged, put on pallets and loaded 61,000 ears of sweet corn onto a semi in 3 hours! 90 volunteers, hailing from the Fort Morgan area and members of Calvary Chapel Aurora, joined forces and brought their heavy lifting skills out into the field to pick, pack and load all […]
Morgan Stanley Grant Brings Needed Support to Child BackPack Program, Totes of Hope®
Food Bank of the Rockies received a $25,000 grant from Morgan Stanley to fund its Totes of Hope ™ – Children, a child hunger initiative that helps to make sure kids are fed outside of school hours. This grant is the second gift Food Bank of the Rockies has received from Morgan Stanley, bringing the total […]
Karen Keeps Nutritious Food from Going to Waste
Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR) wants to make sure nutritious food ends up feeding hungry people, not thrown away in landfills. Thanks to a generous grant from the Walmart Foundation, FBR has some extra help. The funds from the grant allowed us to hire a Retail Store Donation Coordinator. Karen McManus, recently hired for […]