Our specific geographic areas we serve are first Lakewood, then Edgewater, and Wheat Ridge and Arvada Colorado. We created our program to meet the need for weekend food for students and families in low income schools. Our weekly food includes food not just for the student, but also for the family. Many of the students and families we serve are the homeless population. We target Title One schools as they have greater than 70 percent free and reduced population and we strategically help GAP schools which would be non title one, but have over 50 percent very low income families and thus hungry families on weekends.
PROGRAM INCLUDES THREE TYPES OF FOODS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: Totes for Hope [R] is our seven item bag of weekend food of shelf stable food such as rice and pasta, main meal items, peanut butter, etc. for the entire family. Each weekly tote/bag weighs about 7-8 lbs. We provide pantry boxes, pop-up pantry food and weekend food in the summer.