Care and Share hosts food drive for Wetmore fire
Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado is holding a one-day food drive for victims of the Wetmore fire, now burning outside Pueblo. The drive is being held today, until 4 p.m. at the nonprofit’s Pueblo warehouse at 100 Greenhorn Drive. All food that is collected will help Care and Share partner agencies serving [...]
With Colorado Springs charities, it seems to be feast or famine these days.
Continue reading …A group of Colorado Springs business owners selling graphic T-shirts for wildfire relief presented checks for $132,000 to the American Red Cross and Care and Share Food Bank Thursday. That’s a lot of T-shirts. As news of the Waldo Canyon fire broke last month, the group of designers, marketers and printers began selling locally-designed T-shirts [...]
Continue reading …Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, whose CEO was fired this month, is doing what it can to forge ahead during this critical time of year. Demand for food is up 30 percent over this time last year, a reflection of the region’s high unemployment. Donations, however, are running about the same level [...]
Continue reading …Food donations to Care and Share this year collected through Walgreens are expected to exceed the amount collected last year. “Last year we donated about 2,000 pounds of food, but this year I think we’ll exceed that,” said Walgreens Community Manager Brian Frank, adding that the 2009 total filled an Army convoy truck. “We’ve frankly [...]
Continue reading …Nicholas Saccaro, president and CEO of Care and Share since July 2006, is leaving his position at the food bank on May 13 to become the vice president/general manager of Revolution Foods’ new branch in the Denver metro area. Alex Edwards, current chief operating officer of Care and Share, will serve as the interim president [...]
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