Monday, November 19, 2007

Food & Clothing Drives

Nearly 10% of Colorado’s population lives in poverty. Many of these people do not have enough nutritious food to eat, and often they don’t have access to adequate clothing. You can ease their struggle by making a donation at any of the following locations across the state.

Boulder and Broomfield Counties: Let’s Bag Hunger Food Drive. From November 11-21, drop your food donations off at participating local grocery stores or at the Community Food Share site: 6363 Horizon Lane, Longmont. Call 303.652.3663 or visit http://www.communityfoodshare.org/ for more information.

Colorado Springs: Care and Share Food Bank. Donate food anytime of the year to the Care and Share warehouse located at 2520 Aviation Way, Suite 130, Colorado Springs. Hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday and from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturdays. You can also drop off your donation at local Police Department Substations. For more information call 719.528.1247 or visit http://www.careandshare.org/.

Denver: Food Bank of the Rockies. Donations are accepted at 10700 E. 45th Ave. anytime between 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information regarding volunteering or donations call 303.371.9250 or visit http://www.foodbankrockies.org/.

Denver and additional locations across Colorado: 9 Cares, Colorado Shares. Until November 9th at 4 p.m., help thousands of Coloradans by dropping off your canned food and clothing donations to any First American Heritage Title Company in the state and other participating sites. Visit http://www.9news.com/ and click on the “community” link for more information and other participating businesses. And visit http://www.fahtco.com/ for a list of First American Heritage office locations.

Denver: Coats for Colorado. Drop off used coats at any Dependable Cleaners location in the Denver metro area until November 30th. For more information and drop-off locations, visit http://www.coatsforcolorado.org/.

Metro Area: Share the Warmth. Denver Mattress and CW2 News have joined efforts in keeping Colorado warm this winter. Now through November 12th, drop off coats to any Denver Mattress location and receive a discount coupon to Denver Mattress. Coats benefit Energy Outreach Colorado and are distributed to local charities. For more information and a list of Denver Mattress locations go to http://cw2.trb.com/ and click on the ‘Share the Warmth’ logo on the right side of the page.

Fort Collins and Loveland: Food Share Pantries. Help provide for single parents, elderly and individuals in crisis this season by donating to the Food Share Pantry and the Food Bank for Larimer County. Drop off donations Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 245 S. Madison Ave. in Loveland and at 1301 Blue Spruce in Fort Collins. For more information visit http://www.foodbanklarimer.org/.

Grand Junction: Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR). Help FBR provide food supplies to over 970 hunger relief programs across Colorado and Wyoming. Drop off donations Monday, Wednesday and Thursday - 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday - 8 a.m. to 12 noon. For more information on donations or on setting up your own food drive, contact Starlene Collins at 970.243.3937 or scollins@foodbankrockies.org.

Eagle County: Vail Police Department: Make a Difference Day. On October 27th drop off your food and/or clothing donations to the Vail Police Department parking lot from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Other drop off locations include grocery stores in Eagle, Edwards, Vail, Avon and Gypsum as well as many schools throughout Eagle County. For more information call 970.376.6952.

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