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Last year, Adelante distributed over 15,000 school items (not including pens and pencils!) to 1,356 preK-12th grade students across seven school districts in the San Luis Valley. To pull off this huge endeavor, Adelante partnered with various local organizations, including SLV Community Solutions.
We anticipate increased need this year as three additional school districts have already signed up as of April to participate in the 2025 Distribution. We are planning for 2000+ students, entailing we need to raise around $40k to cover costs ($20 per child when we buy in bulk).
As with last year’s event, our staff and volunteers will host the distribution in late July/early August at different sites across the SLV to promote accessibility.
Supplies will be organized so that students can choose their own grade-specific supplies. Last year, one second-grader left with a backpack full of everything pink, from pencil sharpeners to scissors to notebooks! A family with 2 school-aged children shared, “Every little bit helps” while another caregiver praised the individualized attention staff and volunteers gave his children, saying, “They talked to each child like it matters. And having options to choose from is great!”
Want to learn more about the impact of this event? Read the Monte Vista Journal's article here:
www.montevistajournal.com/stories/adelante-distributes-school-supplies-to-over-1300-students,56738
Just in time for a summer adventure, come bid on a gorgeous handcrafted wood canoe! From Canadian artisans Stalek Canoe, this incredible watercraft is being auctioned off to one lucky winner. All proceeds will support the Food Bank Network of the San Luis Valley as we work to meet the rising challenges of hunger and malnutrition across all of the SLV's communities.
🛶 Value: $4500 | Starting Bid $1500
🌞 Auction runs July 1 – July 31
Learn more about the canoe's specifications and place your bid online:
www.32auctions.com/lphcanoe
🌈 Want to see the canoe in person? It is being displayed at Rainbow's End in Alamosa!!!
THIS WEDNESDAY, we will have free samples again!!!
🍲Our AmeriCorps members are coming up with creative, healthy, and "no skills required" recipes that are family friendly! Patrons of the Alamosa Food Bank are welcome to try them out and even take a recipe card home to make it on their own!
😋Food Samples will be offered bi-weekly on Wednesdays!
🥘Our upcoming sample dates are: July 2, 16, 30 & August 13, 27
🍎The Alamosa Food Bank is open M-F from 12 pm-4 pm. Samples are offered until we run out!
