Drop off sites are Hampton Inn Denver West Federal Center 137 Union Blvd Lakewood and First Bank 1940 South Kipling Parkway Lakewood .
Please only donate items on the list. We truly appreciate your generosity. If your group club or company wants to have a drop off bucket please email jeffcoeats@gmail.com
For the over 10,000 children and their families which would be 25,000 family members with the disease called food insecurity, we are going to take a stand together. Will you join us in this pledge ?
“I pledge, or we pledge” to take actions and make decisions in Jefferson County to get our children and families to HOME PLATE.” “We will add to our life a legacy of helping others to EAT ” “We choose to give of ourselves to make this happen”
HOME PLATE means that we shall provide enough foods and means and helps for self sufficiency skills for a family to no longer have to be in physiological chaos over having food and not having food. Having food and not having food each week, month and year.
University studies show that weekend food bags do help families to somewhat reduce food insecurity and trauma. The studies also show that MORE FOOD is needed to eliminate the ups and downs and fears of not being able to eat everyday. More food is needed through giving foods, snap benefits, food pantries, and higher levels of incomes and better food budgeting skills for these children and families.
Having had cancer in 2001, I am familiar with fighting for my life. You brace yourself. When will be the day that together in Jefferson County we will have a plan like General Patton to destroy this villain called FOOD INSECURITY ?
We will be having a series of COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS WITH ACTIONS to bring our children and families to HOME PLATE together. If we really love our neighbor and we do, this will not be hard. We will exert enough effort over the next two years to take that villain down.
Be on the lookout for announcements about our Home Plate community gatherings for action. We promise you these are not to just talk and slap ourselves a high five. No these are generals meetings who are going to go to war against this insidious disease called food insecurities
The requests we are receiving to help children and families reduce hunger is growing so much each month. We really need your help to donate and for some to donate regularly to support our work that has included over 40 sites since our inception. We will be adding drop off sites but begin with Hampton Inn Denver . They were so kind as to allow us to use their facility for our Gala Event last November. They have sent volunteers and money since that time.
Please donate as an individual or family. Ask your teams or clubs to do food drive for us. There are over 10,000 children and their families just in Lakewood that are food insecure. This means that there is a high likelihood that during any month they can have not enough food, have to skip meals etc. Many remain silent in this suffering.
WORKING POOR are our over predominate families we serve. Living wage in Jefferson County is $32 an hour. Free and Reduced lunch families can be earning around $30,000 for family of four. We partner with agencies and non profits that strongly provide financial self sustaining support and training. Please consider supporting this food drive . We deliver to 20 schools and apartments each week. We will be delivering to over 30 sites this summer.
Be sure all items are exactly what we ask for and are not beyond food safe dates. That is greatly appreciated. Thanks for being the answer to their prayers and hopes. Barbara Moore, Executive Director
