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For more than twenty
years, the Volunteers of America City
Harvest Food Bank has collected and redistributed non-perishable
and surplus food to community-based organizations in the Denver
metro area that serve the most needy individuals and families.
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City
Harvest is located in downtown Denver near the Five-Points
area. Every year Volunteers of America City Harvest Food Bank
provides food to over 20,000 individuals, including: homeless
men,
women and families; women and children fleeing domestic violence;
and low-income elderly, individuals and families. |
Approximately 900,000 pounds of food is collected and
distributed
by City Harvest each year. Almost one-third of it is non-perishable
food collected annually through several major food-drives. City
Harvest also collects non-perishable and surplus food five days a
week from grocers, bakeries, retail outlets and warehouses. |
The food is
used by more than 85 community-based organizations,
including small, inner-city food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless
helters and battered women’s shelters located throughout the
Denver metropolitan area. |
| For more information
about Volunteers of America City Harvest please call 303-297-0408. |
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