News & Updates
New FFT East Packing Location
Exciting news! In January, we moved our East packing location to a permanent new home. Our East location is where volunteers gather each Friday to pack PowerSacks to serve schools in the Aurora area. This new location is inside a warehouse with...
Think of how much good can be done in one day: Colorado Gives Day 2023
Each year, the people of Colorado unite with a shared common purpose on Colorado Gives Day: to elevate their community and neighbors by fueling the efforts of nonprofits that make a meaningful change. Food For Thought Denver is honored to be...
Revving up for a Cause: How Jeep Enthusiasts Rally Behind Food For Thought Denver
Food For Thought Denver was thrilled to receive a remarkable donation of over $18,000, which was the result of the successful Go Topless event organized by Jeep Fight Club, Colorado Jeep Singles, and their dedicated partners. This generous...
Friday Packing – Just the “Tip of the Iceberg”
No matter if you are a one of our incredible regular volunteers or if you are new to Food For Thought, the odds are that you are most likely helping pack and load our PowerSacks on Friday mornings (at our Central location at 1600 W. Colfax and...
Bring Employees Together Through Our Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities
Food For Thought Denver Announces Corporate Sponsorship Program for Denver Organizations This year, Food For Thought Denver is excited to announce our new corporate sponsorship program to help feed children in the local Denver community....
Volunteer makes certain students have Food for Thought
DENVER – Every Friday during the school year, more than 100 volunteers gather under the Colfax viaduct to fill bags of food, which are delivered to students at more than 70 schools each week to make certain students and their families have food...
Erik Folkerts – Food For Thought Volunteer of The Week
One of the most wonderful things about Food For Thought is that everyone has a role. Some folks arrive early to get the food organized for the volunteers to pack bags. Some load the bins on trucks and deliver them to the classroom. We’ve even...
GPA Midstream Donation Feeds 2k Families
Each week, our fearless leader Bob Bell climbs onto his tailgate around 7:30am and tells the Food For Thought story to a captive audience. Some of his stories are pretty consistent from week to week (“so I was sitting on a barstool one day…”)....
A Great Day for The Trucking Crew
Some days are a grind when volunteering with Food For Thought. The “Bomb Cyclone” with 3’ of snow comes to mind (yeah, we delivered that week…). Every day volunteering at Food For Thought is a blessing. Seeing the little kids wave to us from...
Food for Thought: Helping Colorado’s underprivileged kids combat hunger on the weekend
DENVER (KDVR) — After learning about childhood hunger and the food needs of children in the Denver area, an Arvada man decided to do something about it. He founded a nonprofit that provides food for children to eat on the weekends. It was dark,...
‘We will never miss a Friday’: Food for Thought feeds students’ families
DENVER — Every Friday during the school year, Bob Bell gets up before the sun comes up -- to keep a promise. "We haven't missed a Friday whether it's the pandemic or beyond," Bell said. "We just haven't missed a single Friday because that's what...
Food For Thought Denver Featured on Colorado and Company on 9News
Thank you, Colorado and Company on 9NEWS and Dani Fried for putting together this beautiful...
Food For Thought and Safeway’s Nourishing Neighbors Program
Ensuring every child has a healthy breakfast with Safeway’s Nourishing Neighbors Program This month when you visit any one of the following nine Safeway locations, you’ll see signs about the Nourishing Neighbors fundraiser and get the chance to...
Volunteers gathered on dark, cold morning under a Denver viaduct to pack food for hungry students
Volunteers from Food For Thought began their work day Friday before the sun did. At 5:30 a.m. in 22-degree weather, a handful of men and women gathered under a downtown viaduct to unpack boxes of peanut butter, soup, crackers and other...
A Letter to Our Supporters
Dear Friends, This has been an extraordinary time, and true to form, our FFT supporters have risen to the occasion. We are being inundated (in a good way!) by individuals, families, and companies looking to volunteer and help support the...
South High School of Denver’s Incredible Food Pantry
Being in high school is challenging, at best. It’s full of academic rigors, extracurriculars competing for your time and energy, constantly shifting friendships, and the pressures of applying to college and / or finding work! Now imagine having...
It’s Back to School Time!
Dear Friends of Food For Thought Denver, It’s August, so it must be……BACK TO SCHOOL time! It’s the time of year we can’t wait for because we look forward to filling all those little bellies and to seeing the smiling faces of all our...
