DENVER — The Food Bank of the Rockies is combating food insecurities by delivering medically tailored food boxes to neighbors with chronic illnesses.
Patients who have certain health risk factors and have been identified as food insecure through a screening process qualify to take part in the Food for Health program to receive free grocery boxes weekly.
The program started in October 2022, and since then, the food bank has served more than 400 neighbors.
With the success of Food for Health, Monica Buhlig, chief programs officer at Food Bank of the Rockies, looks forward to expanding the program…