What to Know About Volunteering at a Food Bank
Volunteering at a food bank can be a deeply rewarding experience for people of all ages. In addition to the satisfaction of providing much-needed assistance to community members experiencing hunger, giving back at your local food bank can be a great way to meet new friends, stay active, and enrich your community. Food banks, including […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Lana Lopes, Coordinator of the Colorado Community Church Mobile Pantry
Eight long, white folding tables lined up end to end fill the space beneath Colorado Community Church’s entryway awning. Atop, behind, and surrounding them are boxes and bags overflowing with apples, oranges, asparagus, carrots, honeydew, cabbage, garlic, milk, eggs, frozen fish, bread, pasta, and more — a pop-up grocery store taking over the sidewalk. The […]
Feeding Families All Summer Long
Fridays are superhero day at Leawood Elementary School. As soon as the bell rings, kids with colorful costumes flood out the doors as their teachers — many of whom are also festively outfitted — wave goodbye. While they aren’t dressed like it, the real superheroes of the day are the Kiwanis Club of Columbine volunteers […]
Meet the 2022 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 over 95,000 hours across our distribution centers. That’s the equivalent of more than 3,950 days and $2.7 million in in-kind support — a truly incredible gift of time, energy, and compassion. We […]
Discovering Friendship While Volunteering: Meet Margaret and Debbie
When Debbie and Margaret signed up as volunteers with Food Bank of the Rockies in November 2020, neither expected to end up finding a good friend. The two then-strangers individually signed up to volunteer at the Food Bank’s distribution center in Denver on Wednesdays, and from the moment they met during that initial shift, it […]
Mobile Food Pantry Volunteers: What To Know Before Your First Shift
When it comes to serving your community, there are few more immediate or impactful ways to do so than as a food pantry volunteer at one of Food Bank of the Rockies’ 70-plus Mobile Food Pantry locations. “Mobile Pantries are unique among Food Bank of the Rockies’ programs in that you’re directly distributing to the […]