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A little giving goes a long way.
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It is estimated that Boulder and Broomfield Counties have over 40,000 residents living in poverty, and hunger is a real part of their lives, every day....that's enough people to fill up Folsom Field!
In response, Community Food Share is dedicated to improving lives by turning your small acts of generosity and kindness into a big difference in the lives of hungry families and children in your community. Working through 63 member agencies, Community Food Share efficiently delivers more than four million nutritionally balanced meals each year, and serves as a safety net for those who are hungry in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Also, as part of the America's Second Harvest network, Community Food Share can provide four meals for each dollar contributed.
It is through these efforts that Community Food Share makes a huge impact; we distributed 4.5 MILLION meals in 2007. But in order to sustain activities at this level, we need your help! Please join us in our mission to ensure that people in Boulder & Broomfield Counties are food secure.
To learn more about our mission and how we are accomplishing it, please go to About CFS .
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WhiteWave Foods
2008 Spring Fest
We are excited to present once again our annual gala; this year to be held at the Westin Westminster Hotel. This venue will allow us to host a much larger event than in the past, so invite your friends to join you for a splendid evening of elegant dining, dancing and "pallet raising" on Saturday May 17th at 6PM.
For more details, please see the Spring Fest page.
For reservations, please call Ishan at 303-652-3663, ext 209.
1st Annual Buffalo Can Challenge
builds awareness of hunger in Boulder County
CU's Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement hosted this fun event, in which CU student groups constructed sculptures made entirely of colorful cans. They hope to grow this event each year, in order to build a sense of community, and to serve as a fun way for the students at CU to become aware that even here in beautiful Boulder, there are issues around hunger.
Access Colorado won the "Best Large Sculpture" award for their "Path to Education" sculpture.
All the canned food was donated to Community Food Share - a total of 9,201 pounds! Thanks go to co-sponsors: Safeway, the Volunteer Clearing House, the Rotaract student group, and Pan-Hellenic sororities, as well as all the students that volunteered and collected food. Thanks!
We can not wait until next year!
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Excellence
CFS received the highest possible rating from Charity Navigator, America 's largest independent evaluator of charities, in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Less than 4% of registered charities have achieved this 4-star rating in four consecutive years. Click the icon below to go to their website.
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Efficiency
94% of your donation goes to program services.
For a copy of our 2007 Annual Report, email cfs at communityfoodshare.org.
For our most recent 990, please go to www.guidestar.org
Community Food Share ranked 13th in the nation among all the food banks in 2006, for pounds of food distributed per person in poverty.
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Innovation
CFS won a 2007 Hunger Champion Award from the Colorado Anti-Hunger Network.
CFS's Feeding Families program won the NOVA Award from The Community Foundation serving Boulder County, in the Health and Human Services category, in year 2005. |
