Denver Nuggets help kick off summer of food, friends, and FUN!
Jun 12, 2012: The Colorado No Kid Hungry campaign and Hunger Free Colorado kicked off the Colorado summer meals program this week with Denver Nuggets players, Rocky the Mascot and members of the Dance Team, the NBA Fit program, as well as celebrity chef Mark DeNittis (who did a Cooking Matters demo) and Wheat Ridge Mayor Jerry DiTullio at Healing Waters Family Center. Check out these photos!

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Jun 11, 2012: title=Denver Nuggets And USDA Undersecretary Concannon Kick Off Summer Meals Program For Kids excerpt=Free Summer Meals Served at 400 Sites Across Colorado

Summer Meals: Summer Food Service Program serves up lunch
Jun 4, 2012: Fremont County in Colorado is offering free summer meals to kids and the same meals for adults 19 and older for just $4....

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School Meals: National School Breakfast Week
Mar 5, 2012: Colorado’s Education News has a new piece on school breakfast, just in time for this week’s National School Breakfast Week activities....

Expanding Our Reach
Feb 13, 2012: Last summer, thanks to the work of Hilda Candelaria, Food Service Director of Moriarty-Edgewood School District, a bright red umbrella shading a picnic table from the strong sun, served as a new summer meal site for children living in Echo Ridge, a rural community outside the town of Moriarty, New Mexico.

Colorado Schools Awarded For Increasing School Breakfast Participation
Feb 2, 2012: Clayton Elementary School Principal Nicole Westfall in Englewood, Colorado has seen firsthand the difference that the Breakfast in the Classroom program has had with her students. “Teachers are reporting increased participation and attention from students and a dramatic increase in endurance. Our families are happier too. They are reporting much less stressful mornings.” Over the past year, Clayton Elementary has seen a 72 percent increase in the School Breakfast Program.

School Breakfast: Colorado No Kid Hungry Campaign
Feb 1, 2012: Colorado No Kid Hungry Campaign and others announced winners in the Colorado School Breakfast Challenge Phase II....

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Jan 31, 2012: title=Lt. Gov. Garcia Announces Winners of Colorado School Breakfast Challenge excerpt=Four local elementary schools win cash prizes for getting more eligible kids to participate in school breakfast programs

1,000 Cooking Matters Courses for Colorado
Jan 9, 2012: Last month, the No Kid Hungry Colorado campaign hit a major milestone: we graduated our 1,000th Cooking Matters course.

Kids Say the WISEST Things…
Aug 26, 2011: Last week in Colorado during the summer meals road trip, I was reminded again how wise kids are. It’s amazing how easy it is to lose site of the wisdom of children. Kids perceive, know, and understand things that many times, we can miss

Cooking Chicken With Cooking Matters Colorado
Aug 23, 2011: During just one Cooking Matters class in Longmont, CO, I learned the answer to all of these questions and more

Summer Sites on the Front Range: 3 Stories of Needs Being Met
Aug 19, 2011: Last week, I met a future veterinarian, monkey trainer, doctor, teacher, football player, fireman, and a comedian. On the summer meals road trip in Colorado, I had the chance to meet and talk to many of the kids participating in summer meals this summer and one thing we talked about was what they want to be when they grow up. Part of the No Kid Hungry Campaign is working to make sure those dreams come true.

Collaborating to Put an End to Childhood Hunger in Colorado
Jul 12, 2011: In an effort to ensure that children around the state of Colorado have access to adequate, nutritious food year round, Governor John Hickenlooper (D-CO) strongly supports the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger. This initiative, spearheaded by the USDA’s Summer Food Services Program, gives testimony to the increased capabilities of a collaborative when compared to an individual organization. In Alamosa, this fact is depicted most by the daily provision of free summer meals for local children, administered by the Boys and Girls Club of the San Luis Valley. To show his support for the initiative, Governor Hickenlooper visited the Club to speak to the severity of childhood hunger. As he shared an exciting and chatter-filled lunch with more than 150 children at the Club, it was easy to see the significant impact that the Summer Food Service Program is having on this community.

A Family's Food Revolution with Cooking Matters Colorado
May 13, 2011: Want to know more about our Cooking Matters' programs across the country? Check out this great video about Cooking Matters in Colorado! See how one Colorado family changed its nutrition and habits with happy, healthy results.

Colorado Health Foundation Awards $1.6 Million to Cooking Matters
May 9, 2011: To help residents of The Centennial State gain access to nutrition and cooking education, the Colorado Health Foundation has pledged a significant sum of money -- $1,664,540 -- to our regional Share Our Strength Cooking Matters program.

Experiencing What It Means to be Part of the Share Our Strength Network
Feb 8, 2011: The No Kid Hungry Arkansas State Campaign Director attends Colorado's Summer Food Summit and shares what she learned.

A Five Year Plan to End Childhood Hunger in Colorado
Dec 15, 2010: Our Colorado Director, Ruth Stemler, shares the recently released Five Year Plan to End Childhood Hunger in that state.

From the Frontline: What I've Learned after a Year with Operation Frontline in Colorado
Sep 7, 2010: An AmeriCorps with Operation Frontline in Colorado shares what she has learned after a year working with the program.

Cheers for Peanut Butter and Jelly
Aug 11, 2010: Colorado Campaign to End Childhood Hunger Fellow Maggie Reinsvold talks about our work this summer in that state, through the lens of local non-profit The Production Company.