10 Ways to Fight Hunger in Colorado

There are so many ways to get involved in the fight against hunger - both during Hunger Action Month and throughout the year!  Here are 10 ways to get you started. 

Raise Funds:


1. Become a monthly sustainer and give a little each month. Every $1 donated = 4 meals.

2. Text “food” to 90999 and $10 will be donated to FBR through your next monthly phone bill.

3. Trying to quit smoking? Donate what you’re saving on NOT smoking to FBR.

4. Donate unused sporting event tickets.

5. Leave a legacy by remembering FBR in your will and estate planning.

6. Pass up coffee or snacks for a week and donate what you would spend to FBR.

7. Drop your change into any local Panera Bread Operation Dough-Nation Box.

8. Donate stock to FBR.

9. Organize a “Jeans Day” at your work place. Anyone who donates $5 to FBR can wear jeans.

10. Help us build for a “rainy day” or major expense by donating to our Endowment Fund.

Let us know how you're fighting hunger during Hunger Action Month!  Visit our facebook page to get involved in the conversation!  http://www.facebook.com/FoodBankRockies

It's HAM Time!

Can't believe it's September already!  We heart September here at FBR as it marks the beginning of Hunger Action Month, a nationally and locally recognized month of hunger awareness.  We've been gearing up over here for offering our food bank family ways to help spread the word and raise funds to support ONE out of SEVEN Coloradans who don't know where their next meal is coming from. 

Are you a fan of our Facebook page?  Do you follow us on Twitter?  Visit our home page for links to both social media sites so you can stay in touch, chat with us and offer up your own ideas on how to fight hunger and feed hope. 

We'll post a series of "30 Ways in 30 Days" throughout the month, offering up easy ways to get involved during HAM.  Stay tuned!

It's Been Proclaimed

Governor John Hickenlooper has proclaimed September, 2011 to be Hunger Action Month in Colorado.  There will be a bustle of activity taking place throughout the month, so stay tuned! 

How Noble

Our Monday was fabulous this week, due to the addition of 80 dedicated Noble Energy volunteers cruising around our warehouse sorting food, packing food, organizing food...you get the idea.  On the same note, our Tuesday has been fabulous as well, given the check presentation that just took place.  Noble gifted us with the equivalent of 100,000 meals for our neighbors in need!!!

The energy in our warehouse has been so much fun and our staff is incredibly grateful for everything Noble Energy is doing to fight hunger. 

THANKS to Noble Energy for sharing your time with us and for the generous check presentation!  It was a pleasure hosting you and we look forward to welcoming you again in the future!

Fruit Cups to Fight Hunger

Dole is kicking off their cross-country tour with a traveling fruit stand that will benefit Feeding America & Food Bank of the Rockies.  This summer, Dole is taking its new Fruit Bowls® All Natural Fruit in 100% juice on a cross-country tour, making stops in 12 cities—including our own Denver.  They're giving consumers an opportunity to sample the new product and Dole will be donating fruit cups to families in need in Colorado through FBR, based on the number of folks who visit the booth.
The tour visits Denver on Saturday, July 23 from 11-6 at Market Street Station, curbside closest to the train station.  Dole will donate one cup of DOLE All Natural Fruit in 100% juice for every person who visits the fruit stand in person and an additional bonus cup for every Facebook “check in” on-site. 
You can follow along online at www.Facebook.com/Dole and stop by the booth on the 23rd.  Thanks to Dole for including Colorado in your outreach!

Christy

Christy and her husband took over the family painting company after her husband's father passed away suddenly.  Once a lucrative business, the company fell on hard times with the troubled economy.  Christy, her husband, young daughter and mother-in-law are trying to keep up on bills, but are struggling to put food on the table.  They're currently waiting for food stamps and are trading services for painting as a creative way to make ends meet.  Simply going out for painting bids is difficult with the price of gas.  They're having a baby any day and worry about how they're going to manage all that life is throwing at them.  Christy relies on a local food pantry to ease worries about feeding her family and is grateful for the help.  This family resides in the 7th wealthiest county in the nation.  Imagine that. 

What are your plans for August 26th?

If that Friday night has you wondering what to do, we'd love to greet you at the Joe & Debbie Sakic Bringing Hope to the Table Celebration, presented by CoBank and RBC Wealth Management. Meet our hunger champion, Joe, pose in a ShutterBooth photo booth, get your laugh on with comedian Bob Marley, bid on affordable and fantastic auction items, dine on fabulous food and fight local childhood hunger all the while. Could a Friday night be any better?

Check out this video from last year's Sakic events!  Visit our event page for more information and to register today!

THANKS to our sponsors....RBC Wealth Management, CoBank,  1043 The Fan, 1st Bank, SM Energy, UMB, EnCana, TAG The Ahbe Group, Allied Insurance, Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck and EKS&H.

 

Opie Gone Bad will once again grace us with their musical genius.

Mr. Joe Sakic welcomes guests and thanks our generous sponsors for their participation.

 

 Our live auction is an experience in and of itself. 

Photos:  Tyler Jones Photography

Take your friends or significant other into the photo booth.  It's complimentary and sooo much fun.