Agency Newsletter March 2024

Agency Newsletter – March 2024 Our March Partner Agency Coalition Meeting with One Colorado is March 20th! One Colorado will join us for Part 2 of One Colorado’s LGBTQ+ Workshop for People Working in Food Systems on March 20th at 9:00 a.m. This training dives deeper into gender identity, provides some additional tools around Spanish […]

Services Insights Updates February 2024

First off, we want to introduce Barbara Roeckel, our new Service Insights Coordinator! Drop her an email at barbarar@careandshare.org to say hi or ask any questions about SIMC (Service Insights on MealConnect)! Congratulations to the 51 individuals from 27 partner agencies who have completed SIMC training and thank you all for your survey responses! This […]

Veterans Helping Veterans | Tony’s Story

Earlier this fall, we partnered with Mt. Carmel Veteran Services for their annual Patriot Day event, which provided over 400 food boxes and other essential items for veterans and active-duty service members. It was there that we met Tony, a Vietnam veteran who now volunteers his time giving back to his fellow service men and […]

Springs Food Pantry and First Church of the Nazarene Join Forces

Towards the end of 2023, Springs Food Pantry was facing a very difficult situation. After serving the community from their West Side location for over six years, director Linda Carroll was forced to pack up the pantry and find a new home due to issues with the building. Thankfully—in the eleventh hour—she prevailed. Colorado Springs […]

Agency Newsletter February 2024

Agency Newsletter – February 2024 New Regions Announced We have reconfigured our service area to best serve each of our valued partners. See the new map and list of those regions. What you should know moving forward is that your regional manager is here to support your work in the communities you serve every day! […]

Agency Newsletter January 2024

Agency Newsletter – January 2024 Partner Agency Coalition Meeting, January 24th Please join us for our 2024 kick-off Partner Agency Coalition Meeting on January 24th from 1-2 p.m. We are excited to announce our guest presenter will be Greta Allen from Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger! She will teach us all about the legislative process […]

Learn More About Cooking Matters

WHAT IS COOKING MATTERS?  Cooking Matters teaches families to shop for and cook healthy meals on a limited budget! Our team at Care and Share collaborates with community organizations that serve families with limited incomes such as schools, recreation centers, and food pantries to bring hands-on cooking and nutrition classes to their community.   Our classes […]

Introducing Service Insights on Meal Connect

Service Insights on Meal Connect (SIMC) is a free, all-in-one online universal data collection tool for neighbor intake that will take the place of current paper or database intake processes. Check your email for a PowerPoint with more information about SIMC! Click HERE to complete the survey if you haven’t already.  Email nadia@careandshare.org if you […]

Inclement Weather Policies

Care and Share will make a weather delay or closure at 5:00 AM on the day of. You can call  719-434-3419 at or after 5:00 AM to confirm a delay or closure.   Two Hour Delay: Any agency that is expecting a delivery that is impacted by a 2-hour delay will be notified by Quality Assurance […]