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Food Bank staff member Bob Swanson stands with Food Bank volunteer Tina Deringer after she received the Volunteer of the Year award for the Food Bank for Larimer County.

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Valued For Dedication As Food Bank Volunteer

Approximately 13,000 people come to the Food Bank for Larimer County every month to pick up basic food items that they cannot afford. It takes someone…

Rosa Gonzales works out of the Murphy Center that houses several organizations that help those in desperate financial situations.

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Rosa Gonzales Gives Emergency Assistance

You have a $932 utility bill and no way to pay it. Imagine that it’s winter, and if your electricity gets shut off, you will have no heat. Imagine you…

In an attempt to put her gratitude for the Food Bank for Larimer County into words, Kitt Caylor gathers her thoughts. Caylor started using the Food Bank in 2004 after a run-in with the West Nile virus that left her ill for three years.

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An Artist, Caretaker And Food Bank User

On a windy day in November, Kitt Caylor sits at her favorite bookstore, Anthology, sipping on a cup of coffee. She looks like any other 69-year-old…

Loretta Shacklee sits behind her $400 worth of medications Thursday, afternoon.

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Catholic Charities Of Weld Offers Help For Seniors

At 77 years old, Loretta Shaklee of Greeley found herself in a position she wasn’t quite used to. She needed help. And she needed it quick.Shaklee’s…

Machelle Pacheco was left in constant pain after an auto accident. Pacheco had a difficult time receiving aid and was trying to receive SSDI. Connections has helped Pacheco by being a strong advocate

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Connections: Advocacy & Assistance For The Community

To walk into Connections for Independent Living’s downtown Greeley location is to be greeted with brightly colored walls, open communal spaces,…

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Catholic Charities Lends A Helping Hand

Catholic Charities, a faith-based nonprofit organization in Larimer County, has been working to reduce poverty for the past 40 years. Twenty staff members…

Sonia Gonzales and her daughter were homeless until they received a place to live from the Greeley Transitional House . Gonzales and her daughter stayed at the Transitional House for three months, then Connections helped Gonzales find her own place.

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Greeley Transitional House Helps Put Lives Back In Order

Sonia Gonzales saw her life start to crumble last year. After getting laid off from a job she loved, she couldn’t afford to put a roof over her family’s…

Adam Wiemold, volunteer, smiles as he prepares cups of cereal for care packages at the Larimer County Food Bank.

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Larimer County Food Bank Provides Meals Endowed By Public

The Food Bank for Larimer County has a mission to eradicate hunger throughout the area by providing food to community partnerships and hunger relief…

Mischelle Nitzel and her dog, Elijah, visit her grandfather’s grave site. House of Neighborly Service is helping her get back to independent living after injuries caused her to lose her job.

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Hunger Solved With Neighborly Service Help

Today, Mischelle Nitzel can look back at one moment and realize how much her life has changed. With the help of House of Neighborly Service, she is no…

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Crossroads Helps During Holidays

Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park has served 459 households, 1,144 individuals and 417 children since 1982. It provides food pantry and emergency…