With higher prices on just about everything everywhere, many families in Colorado are finding it hard to make ends meet.
Even resources for those in need are feeling the pinch – like Food Bank of the Rockies. The non-profit coordinates with more than 800 food pantries across Colorado and Wyoming, distributing 1.5 million meals every week on average.
Inside the organization’s distribution center in Denver, volunteers unload those trucks and stock the shelves with pallets of various foods. From canned goods to fresh produce, all to eventually be enjoyed by people in need of food assistance. Add in surging gas prices to transport the food and Pulling said the non-profit’s monthly costs have tripled since 2019, before the pandemic.That 7-figure monthly cost is also spurred by a decrease in USDA food available, she added, along with an increase in need.
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