Food for Thought Denver

• Donate directly: lump sum or think about it in terms per mile. 10 cents per mile = $10, $1 per mile = $100.

• You can also volunteer your time helping pack these meals every Friday morning! Link below.

The ACE Scholarships Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) presents Flow for Food, a virtual yoga fundraiser in partnership with Food For Thought Denver.

Join us Thursday, April 16th at 5:30pm MT via Zoom for Yoga Sculpt led by CorePower Yoga instructor Ursula Reichle.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/187587503?pwd=bGVFSTh4VFNpUDdYY25YaWI3QmtOUT09
Meeting ID: 187 587 503
Password: 197417

Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ACE families are experiencing even more of a financial burden without the school-provided free and reduced lunches with potentially multiple children home every day.

In these special circumstances, we would like to assist in Food for Thought’s emergency funding mission to help alleviate hunger in Denver, Colorado.

Donations of $10 or more are encouraged, but not required, to attend.

About ACE Scholarships Emerging Leaders Network:
The Emerging Leaders Network consists of an energetic and diverse donor base cultivated by ACE Scholarships through the Emerging Leaders Network. Network members have access to ELN-specific events to collaborate with other young professionals, entrepreneurs and growing philanthropic leaders in the Denver community.

About ACE Scholarships:
EVERY CHILD DESERVES A GREAT EDUCATION.
That’s our stand. At ACE Scholarships we’re committed to helping low-income parents provide that opportunity to their children. Our mission is to provide children of low-income families with scholarships to private schools in grades K-12, and to advocate for expanded school choice.

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About Food For Thought Denver:
Founded by John Thielen and Bob Bell in 2012, Food for Thought Denver was created when Thielen and Bell became aware that many of Denver’s school kids were not getting enough to eat — especially over the weekends. Working with volunteers and their local Arvada Rotary club, they were able to raise enough donated funds to start providing weekend food bags (aka: PowerSacks) to two Denver public schools.

Today, Food for Thought Denver remains a 100% volunteer organization which strives to eliminate weekend hunger — servicing 41 schools in the Denver area. While most of our food recipients qualify for free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs during the school week, many of these kids do not have enough to eat on the weekends. As a result, we have set forth on one simple mission: fill this weekend hunger gap.

Join TraceGains to make a difference! We're raising money to benefit Food for Thought - Denver, and any donation will help make an immediate impact. 

During the school week, children from low-income families in Denver receive free and reduced lunches at school. Often the lunch they receive at school on Friday is the last meal they eat until they arrive back at school on Monday.

That's where Food For Thought comes in - they provide PowerSacks, food packed and sent home with children in order to end weekend hunger. Food For Thought is 100% volunteer-run, meaning all donations go straight to feeding a local child. 

Each PowerSack costs only $4 so any donation can make a HUGE impact. 224,000 Colorado children struggle with hunger every day - help us change that! By hitting our goal of $2000, we could feed 500 children!

Learn more about Food For Thought - Denver!