Reflections of Hunger Photo Contest

Last year's winning amateur entry by Katie Lienert

Hunger is often an invisible issue and one that Food Bank of the Rockies strives to bring to the surface. For the second year, FBR and Denver Magazine have partnered to give local photography lovers the opportunity to submit photographs of what hunger looks like from their perspective in our great state.

Amateur & professional photographers, use your artistic abilities to display what hunger in Colorado looks like to you and submit your photos and application for judging. It doesn’t have to be a face. Get creative!

Submissions will be judged via a Viewer’s Choice voting process at foodbankrockies.org. Photos with the highest number of viewer votes will be submitted to a panel of judges to determine contest winners in both the amateur and professional categories. Finalist entries will be displayed at a Fat Tail Gallery event on September 29, 2010. Winning entries for both categories will be announced at the gallery event, featured on foodbankrockies.org, denvermagazine.com and will receive prize packages. All finalists will be featured on this blog and will receive complimentary year subscriptions of Denver Magazine.


Visit our home page for the full application and additional info! All entries must be postmarked by August 9th, 2010. Questions? Call 303.375.5852 or email gvogelzang@foodbankrockies.org.

VOTE to Give FBR $10,000!

Patti J. is a new favorite friend of FBR's. She and her husband live in Littleton and are long time supporters of FBR. Patti entered a contest in April, sponsored by Harlequin Books and author, Debbie Macomber. Debbie's newly released novel, Hannah's List, is all about second chances.

The contest asked entrants to compose an essay of 100 words or less about second chances. This is national contest and we're proud to say Patti's essay was selected as one of the final ten. Now the public has been asked to log on and vote for their favorite essay. The contest ends on July 4th and the winner receives a prize of $10,000.00. Patti has chosen to generously donate her earnings to winnings for us!!!!!!!!! This isn't a requirement folks. This is Patti's choice.

Patti was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in 2007 and was given three months to live. That was 2.5 years ago and she's still going strong most days. Pattie tell us that she has already been given her second chance. So, in her essay, she promised to donate her winnings ($10k) to her local food bank so children and adults will have food on their tables, not go to bed hungry, and get the second chance we all deserve.

Patti needs votes to ensure $10,000 (40,000 meals) will be granted to FBR! How can you vote for Patti?

*Visit http://www.hannahslist.com/ and fill in all the fields to register.
*You'll need to quickly "play the game" to win a free book to get to the voting process.
*The essays are then available to read and vote for. Patti's currently in 3rd place - her essay is on page 2 called "Already Blessed With a Second Chance."
*Vote for Patti and send it to a friend to do the same!!!!!
*You can vote once per day by quickly logging on and voting for Patti's essay. Vote often!

Patti's hope and dream is to hand FBR a check for $10,000 after July 4th. But she needs a slew of votes in order to do that, so log on TODAY!!!!!!!! Thanks for supporting Patti and Food Bank of the Rockies!

Great News for Colorado's Low Income Families

Mark your calendars! June 10, 2010
Governor Ritter to Sign Food Stamp Bill

Hunger Free Colorado's first legislative session was a success! With the help of supporting non profit partners and strong sponsors, HB 1022 passed and will be signed into law this week Thursday.

HB 1022 removes the asset test from the food stamp program in Colorado, which means grandparents raising their grand kids don't have to sell their burial plots and those struggling in this economy don't have to wait until they have depleted all their savings and property to feed their families. Counties will no longer have to verify assets making each case faster to process.

The bill also directs the State to create an outreach plan. This plan will create new public-private partnerships to assist low-income families with the difficult application process while drawing down a 50% federal match. This is a Victory for Colorado's Low Income Families!

On June 10th we invite you to celebrate progress on removing barriers to enrolling in the food stamp program in Colorado. Your attendance helps show the importance of this issue to our policy makers and community. Please join us at Inner City Parish at 1:00pm at 1212 Mariposa St in Denver! Hope to see you there.