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 […]
Expanding and Innovating to Serve Our Community with Strength in 2023
Throughout the pandemic and during a time of historic inflation, with inspired support from people like you, we did what we felt was impossible and met the increased need across our community. And we’re not stopping.
Erin Pulling Reflects on the Values and Priorities of Food Bank of the Rockies
To Erin Pulling, becoming CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies was a bit of a leap – she had never run such a large organization before and she didn’t know anything about food banking. At the same time, she couldn’t deny the feeling that she had landed in a “right place-right time” type of […]
Turning Lived Experience into Generosity
For three years after she was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force in the 1990s, Melanie lived on the edge of hunger and food insecurity. When her circumstances improved and she was able to help others, she did so in part by donating food to one of Food Bank of the Rockies’ mobile pantries […]
Inflation Inflicts a Historic Shift on Food Bank of the Rockies’ Purchasing Power
Inflation is currently at a 40-year high — a hard reality that impacts all of us every day. While it’s something that affects each of us, for some of our neighbors, the hardships caused by inflation are much more severe. They are left with incredibly challenging choices, including: Do I pay my bills or do […]
Neighbors Helping Neighbors at Grand Junction Mobile Pantry
Students from Grand Junction High School are core volunteers at the Food Bank of the Rockies Grand Junction Mobile Pantry. / Photo by Sean Boggs On a cool autumn afternoon, Jay arrived an hour early for the Grand Junction Mobile Pantry near Grand Junction High School. His SUV was first in line, but others soon […]