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Care & Share Food Bank Asks for Community Help
Care & Share Food Bank is drastically low on emergency food supplies. This
lack of food at Care & Share means fewer meals for hungry families across
southern Colorado served by agencies such as the Marian House, Boys & Girls
Clubs, Silver Key and the Salvation Army in Pueblo. As of August, the Marian
House Soup Kitchen will receive 500 fewer pounds of emergency food each month
because of this shortage.
Food donated during “Stamp Out Hunger,” Care & Share’s last food drive, is
almost expended. The need for emergency food rises in the summer at the same
time that donations drop off. This summer, the problem is compounded by a number
of factors. “This year’s summer food gap is particularly bad,” says Gary
McDonald, Care & Share’s President and CEO. “The number of folks just walking
into Care & Share to drop off a few bags of groceries is lower because we moved
and are not yet on the radar screens of families along the Powers corridor. The
bigger problem is the continued demand on food pantries because the state is
still dealing with delays in issuing food stamps.”
Thirty thousand people each year experience physical hunger in southern
Colorado. Another 100,000 are at risk of hunger. Care & Share is taking steps to
offset the low number of donations by purchasing extra cases of food. This,
however, is not a permanent solution. Care & Share is asking for the community’s
help to fill their warehouse before the holiday season by extending an offer to
the public to visit their new warehouse, located at 2520 Aviation Way, Suite
130, and drop off their donation in person on Friday, August 12, between 8am and
5pm. Most needed items include cereal, canned soups, canned fruits and
vegetables, pasta, chili and rice.
Contributions by both individuals and organizations make a significant impact on
hunger relief efforts in our community. For information on how you can
contribute to Care & Share, please contact Gary McDonald, Care & Share President
and CEO at (719) 528-1247.
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