The Emergency Food Bank at the Denver Inner City Parish is our longest running program and serves a strong need in the community. The clients who use our food bank range from low-income working families to homeless individuals.

The Food Bank of the Rockies – one of the places from which the Parish Emergency Food Bank receives food, has released a report by Mathematical Policy Research – Hunger in America – 2006.

The report is discouraging.
• 25 million people request emergency food in America, and 47% of them are forced to choose between paying for food and paying for heat
• 48% choose between paying for food and
paying for rent
• 51% of households receiving emergency food include at least one employed adult
• 14% of those receiving food are homeless

Our Food Bank serves on average 33 families per week. Our families come from the immediate neighborhood to as far away as 50 miles; we have no boundaries. Our average family is Latino, with one or two children in the household. We provide food for a family for three days. Because we are limited on food items, we ask that families use our services only once a month. This past year, we have served over 1,700 different families.

We find, more often than desired, that our food pantry is empty and we are unable to serve our community. We accept donations of nonperishable food items and we do purchase a limited amount of food - monetary donations are welcomed as well.