Weld Food Bank mobile pantry helping rural communities

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e refrigerated truck pulls into Fort Lupton’s Recreation Center parking lot about 30 minutes before it’s expected on July 20.

Weston Edmunds, communications manager for the Weld Food Bank, said he knows they’ll need that time to set up all the tables and prepare the produce. It takes about a half-hour to get it up and running for distribution.

“We started getting people coming through, and by the looks of the line, and folks from the community, it isn’t getting shorter,” Edmunds said. “Fort Lupton is one of our busier sites. We serve 150 to 200 families at this distribution site. e average family size is about three or four members and you multiply that by 150 families each time we come here, so it’s very important.” e Weld Food Bank mobile truck Farms to Families visits students monthly at the Greeley and Windsor campuses, providing fresh produce. ey’ve partnered with Arty’s Pantry, housed on the Aims Community College campus, to bring the same services to Aims’ campus in Fort Lupton.

“Amazingly, we have so many volunteers who help in the com- munity that takes ownership of this

“ e Farms to Families food truck

Edmunds said the program relies

A larger refrigerated truck carries

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