The First Time She Needed Food Assistance: Client Shares Her Experience
At the start of the pandemic, Cindy’s father passed away and she retired early to care for her mother. Both Cindy and her mother are now on a fixed income and feeling the pinch of inflation. To help make ends meet, they’ve been getting food from LIFT-UP Food Pantry (a Hunger Relief Partner of Food […]
Meet the 2023 Volunteers of the Year
When we say we can’t do what we do without our dedicated, hard-working volunteers, we couldn’t be more serious. Last year, volunteers donated 100,600 hours across our distribution centers. That’s the equivalent of more than 4,190 days and $3 million in in-kind support — a truly incredible gift of time, energy, and compassion. We […]
Food Bank of the Rockies Driver Reflects on the Impact of Her Work
In this 9News story, Food Bank of the Rockies’ staff member Monique “Mo” Moore, offers a behind the scenes look at her day, delivering food from our Denver-based distribution center to a mobile pantry site. Food Bank of the Rockies holds 70 mobile pantries each month in areas that do not have readily available access […]
Behind the Scenes at Food Bank of the Rockies’ Distribution Center
It takes a big team to move the equivalent of more than 180,000 meals a day through the doors and out to people who need them. In this 9News story, Kelly Green, Vice President of Operations for Food Bank of the Rockies, provides a behind the scenes peek at our Denver distribution center.
SNAP Emergency Allotment Decrease and How You Can Help
Record-high inflation rates coupled with the need for food in our community being higher than pre-COVID levels has led to Food Bank of the Rockies spending more than three-times as much money per month to purchase food as we were before the pandemic to provide our neighbors with the food they need. Additionally, with the […]
Fighting Childhood Hunger and Childhood Food Insecurity
When it comes to images of food insecurity in popular culture, nothing seems to capture our attention quite like childhood hunger. From frail–looking youths on infomercials, to “Oliver Twist” and Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol,” childhood hunger never fails to tug at our heartstrings. But beyond the imagery, how much do you actually know […]