Our 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 achieve 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 Food Bank’s Nourishing Network provides food to more than 100 nonprofit programs to distribute to their clients in need. Nourishing Network member agencies include food pantries, kitchens, shelters and snack programs that serve low-income populations. Each year, we provide more than $1.57 million in value to our agency partners.

If you are a member agency or would like to learn more about becoming a Food Bank agency partner, visit our Agency Zone.

Partner Agencies

Backpack Agencies

Loveland Rotary KidsPak
McBackpack, Inc.

Partner Food Pantries

Calvary Baptist Temple
Crossroads Ministry
CSU Rams Against Hunger
Global Leaders- Lopez and Poudre Pantry
Family Housing Network
Family Medicine Center
Family Ministries
FRCC Food for Thought
House of Neighborly Service – Berthoud
House of Neighborly Services – Loveland
Legacy Church Fort Collins
Loveland Vineyard Community Church
North 40 Food Pantry
Northern CO Health Network (NCAP)
Poudre Christian Fellowship
Poudre Christian Fellowship
Saint John the Evangelist- St. Vincent DePaul
Saint John’s Lutheran Church
Salvation Army-Fort Collins
Salvation Army-Loveland
Seventh Day Adventist Loveland
Wellington Food Bank

Meal Programs

Community Kitchen
Community Corner Café (partners with Crossroads Ministry)
Saturday Morning

Snacks & Other

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 Hose
Thompson School District Community Connections
YMCA of Northern Colorado

Shelters and Residences

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

Partner Food Pantries

In addition to providing food directly to our clients, the Food Bank works 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. Please contact them directly for more information on eligibility and hours of operation.

AGENCY	ADDRESS	HOURS OF OPERATION	PHONE
Adventist Community Services	930 N. Cleveland, Loveland, CO 80537	Tuesday, 9 am – 12:30 pm	970-372-7266
Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park	1753 Wildfire Road Estes Park, CO 80517	Monday to Thursday, 10 am – 4 pm Friday, 10 am – 1 pm	970-577-0610
Family Medicine Center Food Pantry	1025 Pennock Place, Suite 109, Fort Collins, CO 80524	Tuesday & Wednesday 9 am –3 pm Thursday 12:00pm –5:00pm Friday 9 am –12 pm	970-495-8946
House of Neighborly Service – Berthoud	375 Meadowlark Drive, Berthoud CO 80513	Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9 am – 5 pm	970-532-0161
House of Neighborly Service – Loveland	1511 E. 11th St., Loveland, CO 80537	Monday – Thursday, 9 am – 12 pm & 1 – 4 pm & 12 – 7 pm on the first Thursday of each month	970-667-4939
Loveland Vineyard Church Food Pantry	900 Josephine Court, Loveland, CO	Monday – Thursday, 9 am – 12 pm	970-667-8668
North 40 Food Pantry	23947 W County Rd 74e, Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545	Friday, 10 am – 12 pm	970-881-2664
Saint John’s Lutheran Church	305 East Elizabeth Fort Collins CO 80524	Tuesday, 9 – 11:30 am	970-382-5316
Salvation Army of Fort Collins	3901 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, CO	Monday – Friday, 8:15 am – 4 pm (closed 12 – 1 pm)	970-207-4472
Salvation Army of Loveland	840 N. Lincoln Ave. Suite 101, Loveland, CO 80537	Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm	970-699-8380
Wellington Food Bank	8445 Third Street, Wellington, CO 80549	1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm	970-776-6763

Nutritious Kitchen

The name says it all: Nutritious Kitchen. Staff and volunteers work in our kitchen each day. It’s thanks to their hard work that we’re able to prepare hundreds of thousands of fresh scratch-cooked meals for children and seniors in Larimer County every year.

Child Nutrition

Through collaboration with community partners, the Child Nutrition programs include Kids Cafe, Kids Link and Backpack. Kids Cafe provides nutritious meals and snacks after school and during the summer at sites throughout Larimer County. In partnership with the Junior League of Fort Collins, Kids Link supplies packaged snacks to qualifying schools to assist children who display signs of hunger. Backpack, in cooperation with Loveland Rotary, McKinney and Longs Peak Rotary, supplies weekend food packs filled with easy to prepare meals and snacks.

Nutrition for Older Adults

The Food Bank partners 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.

Fresh Food Share

The Fresh Food Share pantries 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.

Fresh Food Share Pantries

Our Fresh Food Share program is one of the nation’s largest client-choice fresh food pantries. We have locations in Fort Collins and Loveland where we distribute fresh produce, bread, meat and dairy products, and essential items to thousands of Larimer County residents each month. Personal dignity is paramount: we pride ourselves in making a trip to one of our Fresh Food Shares feel as similar as possible as going to the grocery store.

Mobile Food Pantries

In October 2016, we launched our first Mobile Food Pantry in partnership with the Foothills Unitarian Church. Since then, the Food Bank has grown to three mobile pantries in an effort to distribute food to where neighbors need it the most. We bring trucks loaded with high-quality food to Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins, and Grace Place in Berthoud, offering clients access to food closer to their homes.

Family Medicine Center Pantry

In partnership with UCHealth and the Family Medicine Center in Fort Collins, neighbors needing food assistance have access to another fresh food pantry in our community. As researchers continue to demonstrate the link between hunger and health, the FMC pantry provides clinic patients with the option to pick up healthy food options after their appointments. The pantry is also open to non-patients who might find the location more convenient or accessible.