Arvada Light Display Brightens the New Year with 18,000+ Meals!

For the 5th consecutive year, Arvada residents Tom & Ed adorned their home with a multitude of lights for the holiday season. 37,000 computer-controlled lights synchronized to Christmas music delighted this year’s visitors.

Once again, Tom & Ed installed a donation box benefitting Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR), so people who come to enjoy the display can give back to those in need. This year they raised $4,660 –the equivalent of 18,640 meals!

Tom says, “The entire project is very labor intensive, but when we see the finished product, it’s all worth it. And when we look out the window and see the traffic and the eager faces of children with eyes as big as saucers, it gives us a nice warm feeling. In 2008 we decided that it would be an excellent idea to take donations for Food Bank of the Rockies.” Over the past three years, Ed and Tom’s visitors have raised nearly $12,000 to benefit FBR!

Thank you, Tom and Ed, for your kindness and helping those in need over the holidays!

Tom and Ed present their check to FBR CEO Kevin

Pound for Pound, We're Fighting Hunger

Food Bank of the Rockies, along with Feeding America, General Mills and The Biggest Loser are excited to announce the 2011 Pound for Pound Challenge.  The Pound for Pound Challenge is built around the incredible success of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, and the timing at the start of the new year is perfect.

The program allows anyone to shed pounds along with the contestants by pledging their weight-loss goals at www.pfpchallenge.com. For every pound pledged, General Mills and other partners will donate 13 cents to Food Bank of the Rockies through Feeding America. It does not cost anything to participate and you'll be helping feed those in need throughout our community.

New this year, people can pledge to maintain a healthy weight and they can create or join a team when they pledge. This will allow companies, friends and social groups to compete against each other to see who can get the most people to pledge their pounds.

Join us in the Pound for Pound Challenge by creating a team and getting healthy & fit together in the new year! The 2011 Pound for Pound Challenge kicks off TODAY, January 5, during the season premier of The Biggest Loser. 

Tune in tonight and visit foodbankrockies.org to make your pledge today!