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Transitioning our work for long-term sustainability

Transitioning our work for long-term sustainability

by metrocaring | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized

Dear Metro Caring Community,  Since 1974, Metro Caring has stood alongside our neighbors, helping hundreds of thousands of families put food on the table. What has always set us apart is the heart and resilience of this community—your unwavering support and your...
Metro Caring welcomes food access and health equity leader as new chief operating officer 

Metro Caring welcomes food access and health equity leader as new chief operating officer 

by metrocaring | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized

Lori Casillas joined Metro Caring as our new chief operating officer this month, bringing decades of experience in advancing food access, health equity, and reproductive justice for Coloradans.    As Metro Caring’s COO, Lori will lead strategic initiatives across the...
Community leaders determine five key issues for 2024 legislative focus

Community leaders determine five key issues for 2024 legislative focus

by Lorenzo Segovia | Mar 18, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, Community Organizing, Uncategorized

Coloradans do not go hungry because of a lack of food. Coloradans go hungry because rent continues to rise while wages lag behind, because SNAP benefits are difficult to get, and because healthcare is out of reach and expensive. Addressing these root causes is...
Emergency bags paused to improve reliability and access to Fresh Foods Market

Emergency bags paused to improve reliability and access to Fresh Foods Market

by Lorenzo Segovia | Feb 22, 2024 | Food Access, Uncategorized

At Metro Caring, our mission is to meet people’s needs for nutritious, culturally relevant foods while building a movement to end hunger at its root. After careful consideration, we will pause emergency bag distribution at the end of February to increase access to our...
Metro Caring pilots 4-day workweek to invest in employee well-being and expand evening hours

Metro Caring pilots 4-day workweek to invest in employee well-being and expand evening hours

by Lorenzo Segovia | Jul 27, 2023 | Uncategorized

By Brandon McKinley Our mission at Metro Caring is two-fold: work with our community to meet people’s immediate needs for nutritious, culturally rooted food and build a movement to end hunger at its root. To foster creative and innovative solutions to these systemic...
Our sustainability plan requires innovation, disruption, and rest

Our sustainability plan requires innovation, disruption, and rest

by Lorenzo Segovia | Apr 25, 2023 | Uncategorized

Guest opinion by Teva Sienicki, published in Food Bank News. Grant applications often ask us: “What’s your sustainability plan?” It’s a realistic question, but the way it’s asked is far too narrow in scope. Funders want to know how the work will continue after the...
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