FBR held a "State of Hunger" press conference yesterday at the Colorado Nonprofit Association to address hunger on national and local levels. Panelists included Feeding America's, Eric Davis, Hunger Free Colorado's, Kathy Underhill, FBR's Kevin Seggelke and His Hands Christina Ministries, Johnny Davis. Each panelist spoke about their organization's challenges and discussed the reality of growing demand for food assistance. The Denver Post was a part of the conference and featured a front page story this morning.
Denver and the West
Colo. Food Banks See "Staggering" Increase in Need
By Colleen O'Connor
The Denver Post
11/18/2010
Colo. Food Banks See "Staggering" Increase in Need -
Colorado's five major food banks distributed more than 76 million pounds of food throughout the state last year, a 25 percent increase over the previous year, and experts expect worse to come. "Already, this fiscal year . . . is on pace for another 7 to 10 percent increase over the prior year, which makes that a 32 to 35 percent increase over a two-year time period," said Kevin Seggelke, president and chief executive of Food Bank of the Rockies. "That's just a staggering number.
Read the rest of the Denver Post's article here.
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There's a lot that goes into our world of fighting hunger and feeding hope. We couldn't have distributed near 36 million pounds of food last year without the thousands of people who donate time, funds, food and event organization on our behalf.
Throughout the year, there's a continuous schedule of events, promotions, food drives etc. that happen around our service area. The dedication and hard work that happens behind the scenes often goes overlooked. As do the faces of hunger - those who you come across every day who silently suffer and wonder where their next meal will come from.
Thus the origination of this FBR blog...we want to highlight stories of your neighbors who utilize the services of our nearly 1,000 hunger relief partner agencies. We also want to highlight the activies that you might not hear about otherwise and give you sneak peaks into the FBR world!
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Throughout the year, there's a continuous schedule of events, promotions, food drives etc. that happen around our service area. The dedication and hard work that happens behind the scenes often goes overlooked. As do the faces of hunger - those who you come across every day who silently suffer and wonder where their next meal will come from.
Thus the origination of this FBR blog...we want to highlight stories of your neighbors who utilize the services of our nearly 1,000 hunger relief partner agencies. We also want to highlight the activies that you might not hear about otherwise and give you sneak peaks into the FBR world!
Thanks for visiting. Check back for updates!
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