- Clifton Christian Church Food Bank
- Community Alliance for Education and Hunger Relief
- Community Food Bank
- Cooking Matters
- First Presbyterian Church
- Food Bank of the Rockies of the Western Slope
- Grand Valley Catholic Outreach
- Grand Valley Connects
- Hilltop Family Resource Center
- HomewardBound of the Grand Valley
- Hope of the Grand Valley
- Kids Aid Backpack Program
- La Plaza
- Meals on Wheels of Mesa County
- Mesa County Department of Human Services SNAP
(Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) - Mesa County Public Health Department WIC
(Women, Infants, and Children) - Mesa County Valley School District 51, Food and Nutrition Services
- Mutual Aid Partners
- United Way of Mesa County
- Salvation Army
- St. Mary’s Regional Hospital – Mission Integration
- Western Colorado 2-1-1
- Western Colorado Community Foundation
- Western Slope Native American Resource Center
Mesa County Hunger Alliance Timeline
Mesa County Hunger Alliance begins convening.
Lunch Lizard Mobile Summer Meals program launches. School District 51 Food and Nutrition Services operates the Lunch Lizard, which began in partnership with the Western Colorado Community Foundation.
Kids Aid moves into its own warehouse, after being in operation since 2004. Nearly two decades later, Kids Aid provides weekend food to children in over 100 community locations across Mesa County. Partnerships range from libraries, preschools, District 51’s Lunch Lizard and Colorado Mesa University.
Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger released.
Mutual Aid Partners is founded as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, galvanizing creative food distribution channels & boosting collaboration between social service organizations and grassroots efforts.
St. Mary’s Regional Hospital and Food Bank of the Rockies began the process of working together towards a shared facility for FBR and Meals on Wheels Mesa County. This resulted in the hospital establishing greater support for hunger relief work as part of Community Health.
Mesa County Blueprint to End Hunger
Mesa County has a plan to end hunger! Inspired by the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger , Mesa County developed its own Mesa County Blueprint to End Hunger, thanks to funding from the Colorado Health Foundation and great engagement from the Mesa County Hunger Alliance.
Mesa County’s goals to reduce food insecurity are closely aligned with the five goals of the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger while building on local needs, strengths, and opportunities of organizational partners here in Mesa County. This is a local action plan to address hunger in our community. Like all communities, Mesa County has unique assets that have been incorporated and built on in developing our own local action plan.
