Our Hunger-Relief Programs
Our mission is to provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger-relief programs. To achieve our mission into the future, we’ve set an ambitious goal to provide 12.2 million meals annually – more than a 60% increase – by 2035. To meet that goal, we’ve been busy expanding our partnerships and adding new programming, including our regular Mobile Pantries and Kids Cafe food truck (known as The Lunch Lab). We’re also working to expand our capacity and considering new opportunities for distributing food that will increase access to more neighbors needing food assistance both now and into the future.
Nourishing Network
The Nourishing Network provides food to more than 120 nonprofit programs to distribute to their clients in need.
Nourishing Network agency partners include food pantries, kitchens, shelters and snack programs that serve low-income populations. Each year, we provide more than $3.8 million in value to our agency partners.
If you are a agency partner, or would like to learn more about becoming one, visit our Agency Zone.
About our Agency Partners
Loveland Rotary KidsPak
McBackpack, Inc.
An updated list of Agency Partner food pantries and more can always be found here.
Community Kitchen
Community Corner Café (partners with Crossroads Ministry)
Saturday Morning
Animal Friends Alliance
ARC of Larimer County
Boys and Girls Club of Larimer County
CASA-Harmony House
Childsafe
Cooper Home
CSU Academic Advancement Center
CSU Campus Connections
CSU Education Opportunity Center
Eden Valley Institute
Eternal Brotherhood Ministry
Faith Evangelical Church -Room for Hope
Foothills Gateway
Front Line Farming- Project Protect Promotora Network, North 2
Homeward Alliance
Iglesia Vida Abundante
Junior League- Hunger Initiative
Lago Vista Neighbor
Lincoln Middle School
Loveland Library, Friends of the Loveland Library
Loveland Youth Gardeners
Mountain Range Shadows
Partners Mentoring Youth
Poudre School District- Community Connections
Poudre School District Early Childhood
Project Self-Sufficiency (Bring the Power)
Red Feather Lakes Library
SAFY of Colorado
SAVA
Sproutin’ Up
St. Luke’s Medical Clinic
SummitStone Health Partners
The Center for Family Outreach
The Matthews House
Thompson School District Community Connections
YMCA of Northern Colorado
Alternatives to Violence
Aspire 3D
CARE Housing
Catholic Charities
Crossroads Safehouse
Faith Family Hospitality
Fort Collins Rescue Mission
Harvest Farm
Housing Catalyst
The Lighthouse, Sober Living
Neighbor to Neighbor
Our Partner Food Pantries
We work with many community partners to distribute food to those in need. Below is list of food pantries in Larimer County. Please note, the organizations listed below operate separately from the Food Bank and have their own eligibility guidelines. View our most updated list here.
Please contact them directly for more information on eligibility and hours of operation.
Nutritious Kitchen
Staff and volunteers work in our kitchen each day. It’s thanks to their hard work we’re able to prepare hundreds of thousands of fresh, from scratch, cooked meals for children and seniors in Larimer County every year.
Kids' Cafe
In 2023, our Nutritious Kitchen prepared and served over 100,000 healthy meals and snacks through our Kids’ Cafe program. Kids’ Cafe is composed of a summer and school-year program that provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to children in Larimer County. We give kids snacks and lunches through community partners as well as directly to kids on school-off days.
Other organizations, like the Boys and Girls Club and YMCAs, partner with us to provide snacks most days. On school-off days (in summer and during the school year), we run our Lunch Lab food truck to provide lunches.
Everyday Eats
Nutrition for seniors 60 years and older
We partner with Volunteers of America (VOA) to provide nutritious meals to seniors 60 years of age and older. We provide made-from-scratch meals that are distributed to seniors at multiple sites throughout Larimer County. Through our Food Share program, we distribute food provided by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). As an additional service, we deliver CSFP commodity boxes and fresh fruits to homebound seniors in low-income housing developments.
No-Cost Markets
The Fresh Food Share No-Cost Markets are our brick-and-mortar locations. Just like a grocery store, clients can choose what they shop for. We offer a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, bread, meat, dairy and shelf-stable items – all at no cost to them.
