Colorado – Colorado’s local egg farms donated 306,720 eggs to Feeding Colorado’s five food banks during Easter week. The Food Bank of the Rockies in Denver — a Feeding Colorado member — had its mobile pantry set up Friday morning at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, where they distributed a portion of the recently donated eggs, along with other food items, to about 350 families.

 

 This marks the 10th consecutive year that the Colorado Egg Producers (CEP) Association-member farms have partnered with the Feeding Colorado food banks to help those in need for the Easter holiday, and CEP is elated to have again contributed to the efforts of Feeding Colorado and the Good Egg Project — an initiative to end childhood hunger through the American Egg Board.

 Hickman Family Farms, Morning Fresh Farms, NestFresh, Opal Foods and Sparboe Farms are the local operations that produced and donated the farm-fresh eggs to Feeding Colorado’s food banks for Easter this year.  “Colorado Egg Producers have been a tremendous supporter of the Food Bank of the Rockies and our sister Feeding Colorado food banks,” said Kevin Seggelke, president and CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies. All five Feeding Colorado food banks are extremely grateful for the egg donations CEP provides hungry families all year long.”

Colorado Egg Producers President Jerry Wilkins assisted with the food distribution. Colorado’s egg farms donate an estimated 1 million eggs per year to local food banks, and have now donated about 10 million eggs all together during the past decade.  “The farms that make up the Colorado Egg Producers Association take seriously the fact that one in seven Coloradans don’t have enough food to meet their basic needs, and we strive to assist those families — not only during Easter, but year-round,” said CEP Executive Director Bill Scebbi.

 

During Friday’s mobile-pantry event, Food Bank of the Rockies and CEP staff were joined by the Easter Bunny and CEP’s mascot, Eggbert.  

About Colorado Egg Producers Association

The Colorado Egg Producers (CEP) Association is a membership organization representing egg farms throughout Colorado. CEP is committed to doing what’s right for its community, as is illustrated by their regular donations of thousands of eggs to food banks throughout the state, and its partnership with the Good Egg Project — an initiative from America’s egg farmers that aims to educate people about where eggs come from, and to encourage Americans to help conquer hunger in the U.S. Egg farmers throughout Colorado pride themselves on providing a high-quality, protein-dense food like eggs to citizens in this great state. They are also proud to offer consumers the choice between cage, cage-free eggs, organic, nutrient-enhanced, brown and white eggs. You can find locally produced, fresh, wholesome and safe eggs in the dairy cases of your favorite Colorado supermarkets. Learn more about the Colorado Egg Producers at www.coloradoeggproducers.com, or follow CEP on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. 

 

About Feeding Colorado

Feeding Colorado is an association of the five Feeding America food banks in Colorado: Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, Community Food Share, Food Bank for Larimer County, Food Bank of the Rockies and Weld Food Bank. All five food banks are 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. Together, they serve all 64 counties in our state, and feed nearly 700,000 people through their programs and more than 1,500 partner hunger-relief agencies. Learn more at www.FeedingColorado.org.