UNFRUITFUL - Part One & Part Two

“It often meant more people working but at low wage jobs, a lot of times in our community and some paying a really crazy housing expense and utilities,” she said. “Sometimes food and what you can afford to eat falls to the bottom of the list.” Lori Swanson - Northglenn High School, Odin’s Outpost

“Life happens to these kids and while they're in our community, we try to take care of them the best we can,” Swanson said.

Two great articles about how food insecurity affects local residents in the surrounding areas we service:

Read More: food deserts in adams county, co
Read More: Food prices go up

Thank you King Soopers Store #116!

Food for Hope is excited to annouce an incredible donation from King Soopers Store #116! King Soopers opened their NEW Thornton, CO store on 1/25/2023 with lots of celebration. King Soopers donated $15,000 from their Hunger Relief Funding to Food for Hope as well as a gift card from Managers of $3500 to support more local students and their families in Adams County. Thank you so much King Soopers!

King Soopers City Market Donation & Partnership!

Thank you to King Soopers City Market for their over 1,700lbs donation of food bags & snacks this month! King Soopers City Market recently conducted their State of Colorado Managers Meeting and focused on helping the local community. They packed thousands of food bags with as many as 14 items inside and donated these bags to Colorado nonprofit organizations.

Food for Hope was the chosen Nonprofit for the North Denver area, we received 2 1/2 pallets of food! Take a minute to watch a ‘behind the scenes video’ made by King Soopers City Market on our YouTube Channel!


Fall Frenzy with Food for Hope!

A New School Year Begins

Food Bank Restock Highlights

School is back in full swing and Food for Hope is as well. We have been busy stocking up our in-school food banks to prepare for openings this month. A HUGE Thank You to many local organizations and companies that volunteered and helped us prepare our food bank locations for opening. Thank you to Sondermind (STEM School, Pinnacle Charter), City of Northglenn (Northglenn High), Thornton High School Key Club (McElwain) and Xcel Energy (Shadow Ridge MS & Adams 14) for working extra hard unboxing, stacking, organizing, lifting all of the food that goes into the food banks. At many of these locations we were able to stock both fresh and shelf stable foods. All of our volunteers were AMAZING.

SPOTLIGHT on Pinnacle Charter School New Food Bank Location, Timby’s Tienda! Pinnacle Charter School gifted their families a beautiful, brand new location! The new location is more convenient, and has increased room for storage of both shelf stable and fresh food items. Families can easily shop in person or online for the critical items they need.
(Left Image: Old Space / New, Spacious Food Bank)

A Conversation on Hope

Last month, our Executive Director, Emily Stromquist, was interviewed by Denver radio host Jimmy Lakey! Listen to her short conversation, and hear the latest about what’s going on with Food for Hope!

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Upcoming Events

https://foodforhope.net/events

Thursday October 6, 2022 from 6pm-8pm Feed 5000 Kick Off at Satire Brewery in Thornton, CO (12136 Grant Circle). Event info on Facebook!

Drop in for some delicious food or drink and donate to help feed local students & their families this holiday season with your $30 donation! Each $30 donation will support one family with a box of holiday foods and a gift card to purchase produce.

Sunday October 9, 2022, Adams Half & 5k Run: 3W Races presents the Adams Half & 5k with donations going to Food for Hope! Learn more and sign up by clicking here. Volunteers needed: www.foodforhope.net/volunteer

Saturday October 15, 2022, 11am-2pm: Malloween at the Orchard Town Center: Dress in your spooky Halloween Costumes, support Food for Hope with a food or donation online and enjoy the festivities! Learn more: https://theorchardtowncenter.com/events

Save the Date: Tuesday, November 15th - Sunday, November 20th - Feed 5000!

Food for Hope - Celebrate Hope 2022 RECAP

Thank you to all who helped raise over $46,000 on May 4, 2022, during our Celebrate Hope Event supporting local Adams County Students experiencing food insecurities.

We hope everyone who attended had an magical evening of fun playing Pop the Balloon, Wine Toss and being entertained by local Colorado Magicians, Cosmo Solano and Gene R. Gordon.

Special thank you to our Emcee, Jayson Luber, Celebrity Chef Mark Kalix of Appliance Factory Fine Lines, Deltech Furnaces and Ascendant Real Estate for wine and liquor donations and all companies who donated to our auction!

**Evening Photos can be found here: https://www.amptimages.com/Events/Food-For-Hope-Fundraiser/

Thank you to Andrea of AMP’D Imagesmages.com/!

Please join us next year in Spring 2023 for another great evening celebrating Food for Hope.