Happenings
Kids Helping Kids: Food for Thought’s Young Trailblazers, Part Two
Part II, John H. Amesse Elementary students by Ali Marsh “Because they’re all our kids” is the guiding principle Food for Thought has lived by since its inception, and it’s one that has kept the organization laser-focused on ensuring their...
Thank You from Garden Place Academy
At Food For Thought - Denver, we absolutely love getting letters like the following. THIS is what we're here for and what we're all about, and it's also important for us to share these wonderful experiences with all of our supporters! Hello Food...
Kids Helping Kids: Food for Thought’s Young Trailblazers, Part One
Meet Jack and Sophie “Because they’re all our kids” is the guiding principle Food for Thought has lived by since its inception, and it’s one that has kept the organization laser focused on ensuring their mission is simple yet incredibly...
True Partners: Deline Box and Elite Sourcing
by Bob Bell, Food For Thought Co-Founder One of the most commonly asked questions about the Food for Thought movement is “How do you maintain a ‘no overhead’ policy that dictates all public donations go directly to the schoolchildren we serve?”...
From under a Colfax viaduct, Denver’s Food For Thought provides weekend meals to area’s neediest kids
Food For Thought lacks a lot of things, including salaries, fancy offices, a marketing team and workers with huge egos. But its members are full of determination, heart and can-do attitude. The low-key nonprofit, working from its “headquarters”...
Food For Thought Helps Keep Hunger At Bay For Students
Food For Thought featured on CBS Denver.
Fighting Childhood Hunger: An Interview with Founder Bob Bell
Every non-profit begins with passionate people wanting to improve a problem in their community, country, or in the world. We sat down with Bob Bell, one of the founders of Food for Thought, to learn more about what inspired him to start Food for...
"Accomplish The Biggest Things"
by Lucas Schultz Hi, my name is Lucas Schultz. I'm 10 years old, and I go to 4th grade at Cherry Hills Village Elementary. I really like sports and love to help people when they need something. On September 23, I went downtown to the Food For...
New Schools, New Progress
by Greg Thielen Food For Thought Denver has added a couple of new schools to our list, and we couldn't be prouder of this amazing partnership and all the possibilities working together is going to mean for our future. Let's dive into each...
CBS Denver – Parents Warm Up To Backpack Program For Hungry Children
DENVER (CBS4) – Early each Friday morning volunteers from all walks of life gather in an alley behind the Spring Hill Suites on the Auraria Campus. There, a makeshift assembly line fills bags with food to help feed hungry children in Denver...
The Dime – Food for Thought: From Hangry to Focused, One PowerSack at a Time
I’ll admit it: I get hangry when I haven’t adequately sustained myself with nutrition. I’m not as productive at work, I get testy with friends and family, and am definitely not firing on all cylinders. Now think about being an elementary school...
Key Makes $50,000 Commitment to Food for Thought Denver
Donation will increase the number of families receiving Food For Thought “PowerSacks” over the next five years Key BankKeyBank’s Colorado market, Key Equipment Finance and the KeyBank Foundation have made a $50,000 financial commitment to Food...
CBS Denver – November Community Game Changer
By Liz DeLuna When the nonprofit Food for Thought-Denver outlined a strategy to address local youth hunger, they quickly identified a need to help elementary school children who relied on school breakfast and lunch during the week but went...
eTown Echievement Award
A few years ago, Bob Bell and John Thielen, who have been friends since the early 1990’s, learned from an acquaintance that thousands of kids from low-income families in Denver go hungry each weekend. These families are often living in...
PowerSack Packin’ with Food For Thought Denver
This morning, my fellow V9er, Troy Schultz, and I had the great opportunity to volunteer for Food For Thought Denver (FFT). This organization meets every Friday morning at 7 am to pack “PowerSacks” full of food (sourced from the Food Bank of the...
