Times are tough for people in the Grand Valley who are suffering from food insecurity, but you can help by assisting five local food pantries to refill their pantries with their most-needed items.
The Grand Valley Interfaith Network (GVIN), which promotes inclusivity, will host their “Fall Food Fest,” on Saturday, October 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., collecting non-perishable food and other items to fill the pantries of five local charities that feed people throughout the valley. The participation of all is gladly welcomed.
To make sure each organization gets their most-needed food items, GVIN provides an empty shopping bag with unique customized shopping lists already attached for you to take shopping at your favorite store. Just fill the bag according to the attached shopping list and drop off at Downtown Vineyard Church East Parking Lot on the morning of October 18th between 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. The food banks being supported through this event are La Plaza, Clifton Christian Church Food Pantry, Community Food Bank, Grand Valley Catholic Outreach, and the Peace & Justice Center. These agencies will be present on October 18th at the drop-off location to accept your generous donations and answer any questions about how they serve in the community.
You can pick up grocery bags with attached shopping lists Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Peace & Justice (P&J) Center Resource Desk at the Office Suites entrance of The Center for Independence at 740 Gunnison. The P&J contact is Sherry Cole, who can be reached at programcoordinator@gvpeacejustice.org or 970-261-7695. You may also pick up bags with lists attached at the Mesa County Central Library Community Table on October 4th from 10am to Noon and the Clifton Library Community Table from 1 to 3pm that same day.
Drop-off will be in the east parking lot of the Downtown Vineyard Church at the northwest corner of 5th and Grand Ave. from 9:00-11:30 a.m. on Saturday. October 18th. Monetary donations may also be made directly to each agency through their websites; checks may be mailed to the address of record on the website. Please note “Fall Food Fest” with your cash donation.
For those who don’t want to stop by the Center for Independence first to pick up a bad and shopping list, below is the shopping list.
Sherry Cole adds, “It might be worth mentioning that when dropping off food, it does need to already be sorted by charity. We often shop then put our list in the bag so that at drop off we know which charity to give the food.”
Instead of asking people who are struggling under an oppressive regime to give to others who are struggling under the same system. Why not ask the affected people to stop voting for the oppressors? If you’re hungry go into the streets and demand change. Ask who they voted for before handing out food bought by those of us who work daily against oligarchs.
I do not want to go to the center to get a bag with a list.
Please publish the suggested list in the newspaper…or even here.
Thanks
Hi Benita,
In response to your comments, I contacted Sherry Cole at Peace and Justice, and she gave me a shopping list. I added it to the bottom of the post.
Anne