Food is the foundation for everything—health, stability, and simply getting through the day. Working families are doing everything right and still coming up short. Food is a basic need, not a luxury.
Rising costs continue to push more neighbors toward difficult choices. Through our direct programs and our network of 45+ Partner Agencies across Boulder and Broomfield Counties, Community Food Share helps provide nourishing food to more than 60,000 individuals across roughly 24,000 households each year.
We work to ensure neighbors have access to the food they need in every community we serve. As the leading hunger-relief organization in the region, these collaborations help build a stronger, more connected place where everyone has consistent access to fresh, nourishing food that supports health and hope.
Every dollar you contribute turns into more than $6 worth of groceries, stretching your impat farther than you might expect. Community Food Share provides healthy, nourishing food to families, individuals, and older adults through our onsite and mobile pantries, along with a strong hunger relief network of 45+ Partner Agencies serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
Feeding Families Onsite Food Pantry
Food brings comfort. At our choice-based pantry, neighbors can pick the fresh produce, milk, grains, and everyday staples that fit their routines and tastes. Feeding Families offers in-person shopping Wednesday through Friday in a welcoming, easy-to-navigate space.
Mobile Pantries
Healthy food belongs close to home. When getting to our onsite pantry or a Partner Agency is tough, we bring the food to the neighborhoods where it’s needed most. Our “pantries on wheels” deliver fresh produce, dairy, meat, and other essentials right into local communities.
Cultural Food Purchase
Food feels like home. Through our Cultural Food Purchase program, we stock our pantries and Partner Agencies with ingredients neighbors recognize and feel confident preparing. Families can bring their own flavors and traditions to the table while having access to nourishing options.
Blue Spruce Neighbors for Older Adults
Food supports independence. Blue Spruce provides older adults with free groceries twice each month, including produce, milk, meat, frozen items, deli products, eggs, bread, and shelf-stable staples. This program helps older neighbors stay healthy, stretch their budgets, and feel connected.
We partner with our community to provide access to nourishing food—supporting health, cultivating hope, and fueling resiliency.
Community Food Share began in 1981 with a single staff member, a borrowed room at EFAA’s ECHO House, and a simple belief: neighbors shouldn’t go hungry in a place as resourceful as Boulder County. Soon after, the City of Boulder opened the door to a city-owned building on 13th Street for just one dollar a year, giving the organization its first real home. From there, Community Food Share got to work, collecting and distributing food to 18 local human service agencies.
Raising awareness quickly became essential. Kathy Coyne spoke to civic groups, community members, and, in her words, “anyone who would listen” about the growing reality of local hunger. Those conversations helped rally support, and by the end of our first six months, we had already shared 48,000 pounds of food.
In the early 1980s, food banks were still new in much of the country, most of them serving major metro areas. Being smaller gave Community Food Share room to innovate. We experimented, partnered, and created programs that fit the unique needs of our community.
That spirit of innovation never faded. From building partnerships with local farms to launching mobile pantries, we’ve continued finding new ways to source and deliver nourishing food to more people. Today, that same determination guides us as we work toward a future where everyone in our community has the food they need to thrive.
Organization name
Community Food Share
1981
Category
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Human Services, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Public & Societal Benefit, Youth Development
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
650 S. Taylor AvenueBoulder County, CO, US
Broomfield County, CO, US