The Wheat Ridge Business Association will host the second annual Feed the Future Summer Gala from 5 to 8 p.m. July 20 at Teller Street Gallery, 7190 W. 38th Ave. The event will feature food, wine, live music and a variety of door prizes.
The gala raises funds for the Feed the Future Backpack Program, which provides food items to students in eight local elementary schools, who receive free or reduced-cost lunch. The Arvada Food Bank provides the food and each week, volunteers package the items with the goal of supplying students with extra meals when they might otherwise go hungry. Participating children receive two breakfast and two lunch items, two snacks, fruit and vegetables.
The program, which costs roughly $3,000 per month, benefits 300 children each week during the school year.
“This is the one program that has brought businesses, churches, elected officials, schools, residents and other non-profit organizations together in support of our children. We have become the ‘village’ for our children,” said Loretta DiTirro, president of the Wheat Ridge Business Association. “If just one child benefits, we have succeeded.”
Tickets are $35 each and may be purchased at www.wheatridgebiz.com or by mailing a check to the Wheat Ridge Business Association, P.O. Box 1231, Wheat Ridge, 80034-1231.
Donations to the Feed the Future program can also be made on-line or via mail.
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