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Media contact:

Michelle Ray, Communications Director
mray@endhungerco.org
work cell: (719) 888-9938

Other resources:

Notable news coverage:

2024

  • Nearly 90 food pantries, banks across Colorado get $2,611,500 in funding — Public News Service and dozens of other Colorado news outlets (December 17, 2024)

  • Area food pantries, banks receive state funding for healthy, culturally relevant foods — Denver Post YourHub, Colorado Politics, Colorado Springs Gazette, FOX21, FOX31, Greeley Tribune, Kiowa County Press, KRDO, and Pagson Springs Sun (October 30 - November 21, 2024)

  • Pilot program makes fresh Colorado produce accessible to more families — Public News Service and dozens of other Colorado news outlets (September 11, 2024)

  • Summer meals for kids available to go and by delivery in remote rural areas — Public News Service and dozens of other Colorado news outlets (July 2, 2024)

  • Atlas Prep School pantry still bringing food to community, opportunities to students — The Colorado Spring Gazette (May 25, 2024)

  • This Littleton restaurant supports the neighborhood with more than meals — Westword (May 9, 2024)

  • Colorado lawmakers offer to study how to ensure everyone has time for lunch — Chalkbeat Colorado (April 12, 2024)

  • Summer food assistance for those in need — KREX5 and FOX4 (February 27, 2024)

  • Community organizations invited to host summer meal program sites — Pagosa Daily Post (February 9, 2024)

  • Guest column: Why Congress must fully fund the WIC nutrition program — Colorado Newsline (January 30, 2024) and The Colorado Springs Gazette (January 21, 2024)

  • Letter to the editor: Congress must fully fund WIC — The Grand Junction Sentinel (January 26, 2024) and Boulder Daily Camera (January 23, 2024)

  • 25,000 Colorado families could lose access to food and health assistance — Public News Service and dozens of other Colorado news outlets (January 11, 2024)

2023

  • Denver program gets $2.5 million to encourage healthier eating — The Center Square (November 16, 2023)

  • Healthy School Meals for All program underway with community partner support — Public News Service and dozens of other Colorado news outlets (November 15, 2023)

  • Colorado’s county-administrated SNAP system — The Colorado Sun (September 6, 2023)

  • Free summer meals program for kids and teens in full swing — Public News Service and dozens of other Colorado news outlets (July 13, 2023)

  • State provides $14 million in grant funding for Colorado food pantries and banks — Denver7 and KOAA (July 11, 2023)

  • Colorado food pantries get emergency relief — Public News Service, Kiowa County Press, North Forty News, and dozens of other outlets (June 26, 2023)

  • 245 Colorado food pantries receive share of $4M in emergency funds — The Denver Post, Cañon City Daily Record, Lamar Ledger, and Sterling Journal-Advocate (June 7, 2023)

  • State of Colorado grants $4.05 million in emergency funding to 245 food pantries — The Cortez Journal (June 7, 2023)

  • Area charities get help filling food pantries — Montrose Press (June 7, 2023)

  • Southern Colorado food banks receive a portion of $4.5 million in funding — KOAA (June 6, 2023)

  • ‘A delicate time’ — Boulder Weekly (May 11, 2023)

  • Colorado officials aim to address child food insecurity as federal assistance unwinds — State of Reform (April 10, 2023)

  • Income gap: How Summit County’s high cost of living can complicate nutrition — and what residents can do about it — Summit Daily (April 6, 2023)

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