Neighborhood food pantries, on the other hand, can and will take your perishable items, including dairy, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, and sometimes even meat. Instead, cash donations and volunteers are preferred as the big nonprofits ramp up their services. Retail partners such as King Soopers often donate leftover items to large-scale food-rescue operations, but as their stocks dwindle, so do their much-needed contributions.įor large-scale distributors like Food Bank of the Rockies, your food donations aren’t a top priority, as they can tax the system.
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( Jeffco Public Schools and Denver Public Schools are doing their part by offering free grab-and-go meals to kids and adults during the extended spring break.)Ĭompounding the problem, nervous consumers have emptied grocery store shelves across metro Denver. More Coloradans than ever are likely to go hungry this year, as social distancing measures and mandated business shutdowns leave many individuals out of work and others struggling to feed kids at home from school.
Before tossing produce and other perishables into the landfill, consider this: Even when there isn’t a global health threat, 596,150 Coloradans struggle with hunger annually. The governor of Colorado declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic, you overstocked, and now your house is overflowing with food that will soon expire.
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