Save the Food, Feed the People will serve 600 meals this week to vulnerable community members by collaborating with nonprofits and with La Plata and San Juan County Food Assistance Provider Group.
Save the Food, Feed the People has provided meals to Durango/La Plata Senior Center, to the Latino community, the frontier communities along the Pine River, Purple Cliffs homeless camp, Mancos Foodshare and the Ignacio Mutual Aid Group to serve the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
The collaboration hires unemployed kitchen staff to return to the kitchen to cook much-needed meals. All meals are prepared and packaged, then delivered through a network of food-assistance providers.
Operations are planned to continue through the end of May and then the need will be re-evaluated. Food assistance providers interested in obtaining meals may contact Rachel Landis at rachel@goodfoodcollective.org.
Donations for food purchases may be made through the Good Food Collectives, Food for All Fund at www.goodfoodcollective.org. Donations to support chef stipends can be made through the Community Foundation Serving SW Colorado’s CERF Fund at www.coloradogives.org/cerf.
Local donors include the Community Foundation Serving SW Colorado, Mercy Healthcare System and Durango Evening Rotary.
