Denver Metro Chamber Of Commerce Names Food For Thought Denver Small Nonprofit Of The Year
DENVER, July 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Food for Thought Denver, a local nonprofit organization providing weekend meals to hungry schoolchildren, has been named Small Nonprofit Organization of the Year by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. The award was granted to Food for Thought as part of the Chamber's annual Business Awards luncheon, which recognizes small, startup, green, nonprofit and minority or women-owned businesses for their outstanding contributions to the metro Denver community.
Food for Thought strives to eliminate weekend hunger for children in the Denver area by providing food PowerSacks, with enough nonperishable food to feed a family of four two weekend meals. The organization is 100 percent volunteer run and will service 28 schools and more than 9,000 students per month when school starts this fall.
"We were wowed by all of the finalists and winners of this year's Business Awards. As our Small Nonprofit of the Year winner, Food for Thought was no exception," said Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. "Denver is stronger because of Food for Thought and their tireless efforts to eliminate weekend hunger for school children and their families."
Since its inception in 2012, Food for Thought has dramatically increased the number of schools and students it serves. The organization has sent home more than 300,000 PowerSacks with Denver Public Schools children over the past five years.
"For many students in Denver Public Schools, school lunch on Friday is the last meal they eat before returning to school Monday morning. Our goal is to eliminate this problem by providing a PowerSack to each of these children to keep them fed through the weekend," said Bob Bell, co-founder of Food for Thought Denver. "It is an honor to be recognized by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce for our work, and we are encouraged to know that the issue of local childhood hunger is on the radar of the Denver business community. Together, this is a problem we can solve."
About Food for Thought
Each Friday, Food for Thought provides students of participating schools with "PowerSacks" filled with enough food to help feed a family of four for the weekend. Over 90% of the students enrolled qualify for free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs, but often come to school hungry on Monday mornings due to a lack of adequate nutritious food over the weekend. For more information about Food For Thought Denver, visit www.foodforthoughtdenver.org.
SOURCE Food For Thought Denver
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