A Boulder County group that feeds 600 hungry kids in the St. Vrain Valley School District got a $5,000 boost Wednesday through an initiative from a familiar national business that satisfies early morning appetites.
The Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation presented the $5,000 check to Colorado FriendShip, which provides food and clothing to families in need. The funds will go toward Colorado Friendship’s IncrEdibles Program, a nine-year old effort to provide weekly food bags to students from 10 schools, said Liz Friedenson, executive director of Colorado FriendShip.
The bags are filled with kid-friendly, nonperishable food that is high in protein and distributed every Friday during the school year, providing six meals for the weekend, Friedenson said.
“For many of these kids, they don’t have much to eat on the weekends, so this gives them the nutritious food they need for those days they are not in school,” she said. “This money from Dunkin’ Joy will do a lot for us and those kids.”
Colorado Friendship is an all-volunteer organization that has served Boulder County homeless and “destitute” since 1998 with hot meals and clothing, Friedenson said.
The Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation is a charitable group supported by Dunkin’ franchises, guests,vendors and employees, according to a Dunkin’ news release. The franchise was formerly known as Dunkin’ Donuts but changed its name in 2019.
Tim Casey, a Dunkin’ franchisee, presented the giant $5,000 check to Friedenson at the Dunkin’ franchise on Ken Pratt Boulevard. Casey said Dunkin’ picked Colorado Friendship over 80 other applicants for the funding.
”Colorado Friendship was best aligned with Dunkin’ and its goal to serve kids battling hunger and illness in our community,” Casey said.
The Foundation partners with food banks, children’s hospitals and nonprofit organizations to help hungry kids, the group’s news release states. Since 2006, the Joy in Childhood Foundation has granted more than $30 million to hundreds of national and local charities across the county, the news release states.
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