Southern Colorado food bank receives $20K grant from Starbucks

The Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado received a $20,000 grant from Starbucks to help alleviate hunger in the community.

The funds will support the food bank’s mobile food pantries, which deliver meals to local residents in need where there are minimal food resources.

“We don’t have any dedicated funding for it so this grant is wonderful to support these mobile food pantries,” said Lynne Telford, the CEO of Care and Share. “We are proud to partner with Starbucks and Feeding America to ensure that people who struggle with hunger have access to wholesome meals. This grant exemplifies what we can accomplish when we work together.” ​​​​​​​

Telford said one in eight people in Southern Colorado struggle with hunger, not knowing if they will be able to afford food each day.

Jane Maly, the social impact manager at Starbucks, said the company is committed to helping alleviate hunger in the United States.

“I think we all believe that it’s not okay that kids go hungry,” Maly said. “We really wanted to do our part to just make sure kids are fed.”

Telford said the donation will help feed hundreds of people in areas like Pueblo and Fountain.

“We are just so grateful,” she said. “We can do a lot with this grant.”