Tag: Food Bank Of The Rockies
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Food Bank of the Rockies opens new Aurora distribution center
Shelves of food tower to the ceiling in Food Bank of the Rockies’ new distribution center, which now houses all of the hunger-relief organization’s operations. FBR officials celebrated the 270,000-square-foot facility’s grand opening Thursday, leading visitors through room after room of new space that will help the nonprofit organization meet the “urgent and growing” needs…
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Jefferson County declares emergency over stalled SNAP funds
Calling it a “humanitarian crisis,” Jefferson County has declared an emergency disaster as uncertainty over the federal food stamp program hangs in the air. The county issued the order on Saturday, allowing the county to create an emergency operations center and shift county resources toward providing food to those in need. County commissioners also sent…
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Food Bank of the Rockies to expand operations with new Aurora facility
Food Bank of the Rockies will open a new facility in Aurora this winter that will help the organization consolidate operations and store more food to better serve the Denver metro area, the organization said on Tuesday. The new 270,000-square-foot distribution center will allow the organization to distribute 100 million pounds of food annually within…
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Donations, volunteers needed to combat holiday food insecurity
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Families across the country will sit down to enjoy the annual meals surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday next week. But, to some, the food isn’t a given. “We’re seeing the highest rates of food insecurity, not just in Colorado but across the whole country, that we have seen in 10 years,” said Erin Pulling, CEO of…