Our friend Tom’s days
include the massive task of managing government programs for FBR. He is
responsible for all aspects of administering CSFP, TEFAP and SLP programs in
accordance with USDA and state guidelines. In addition, he completes all
documents necessary for compliance and reimbursement. Sounds complicated
right? It is. You can find Tom and his hard working staff at our
Nome Street warehouse location, just 5 minutes from our main warehouse. Growing
up, Tom dreamed of hanging out on the back of a garbage truck but changed those
vocational goals as he got older. He now plays bass in a band, owns 2 horses
and 2 dogs and craves chicken mole on a regular basis.
This was the 15th year Joe and Debbie Sakic have dedicated their time and efforts to fighting childhood hunger in Colorado through FBR. And it was our most successful year to date. On August 23, golfers united at stunningly beautiful Sanctuary for a picture perfect day on the course. The weather was mild with just the right amount of cloud cover and lucky for us, temperature decided to start dropping just as we moved inside for dinner and awards. The folks at Sanctuary stepped up once again and facilitated a first class event for our dedicated supporters.
Colorado Avalanche, Paul Stastny, is a generous supporter of our event. We're so grateful to have him on board!
The Aurora Medical Center ladies have become like family to us. In addition to donating to us in many capacities, they also spent the day volunteering on the course.
What would we do without our friends at Fineline? (Scott is the happy guy pictured above.)
Our exclusive television sponsor, FOX 31 and Colorado's Own Channel 2 sent a rather lively foursome to the event. We're pretty sure they had a good time.
Our new friend, Kate, was with us that day too. It was her first FBR event.
On Friday, August 24, nearly 450 guest joined us for the Joe and Debbie Sakic Bringing Hope to the Table Celebration at the Marriott DTC. It was a fabulous night of food, libations, auction activities and entertainment.
Nearly one million meals will be provided to Colorado kids as a result of this annual 2 day event. We look forward to this fundraiser every year and count ourselves incredibly fortunate to be partnered with the Sakics and presenting sponsors like CoBank and RBC Wealth Management. Special thanks to all our 2012 event sponsors, guests, volunteers and committee members for doing your part in making this yet another outstanding year of fighting childhood hunger in Colorado.
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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