Since establishing Jeffco Eats at the end of 2016 we have served at over 50 locations. Schools have 250 to over 400 students at each location. Food justice has a heart and a face. Here are some thank you for helping us accounts over the last three years. A mom told school liaison the day …
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For nine weeks we partnered with McLain High of Lakewood to do targeted food drives at King Soopers in Lakewood. Generosity started because King Soopers is one of few grocers allowing non profits to set up tables to ask for donations. Thank you King Soopers ! The population of students at McLain does include those …
This is our third year serving as a school year and summer mobile pantry. A mobile pantry means we deliver all the foods and no one comes to us. We strategically decided to deliver foods to first Title One Schools and other schools and Section 8 apartments in cities where no weekend food programs were …
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We were asked for a list of pantries in Wheat Ridge. We did some reseach as we only serve one middle school in Wheat Ridge Everitt. We have served Mt Phoenix, Wilmore Davis, Stevens and Pennington in our summer programs. Food Bank of Rockies has a help site if you fill in your zip code …
When I went to school kids got naughty and threw foods when no teachers were looking. A bizarre idea of fun for sure. I keep thinking about why I am spending my life with Jeffco Eats as a retirement age person. When Deacon Bethany Thomas of church in Golden cried out – we are going …
