Colorado Food Pantry >> Colorado Springs Food Assistance >> Westside First Wesleyan Church Food Pantry

  • Name: Westside First Wesleyan Church Food Pantry
  • Address: 502 N Walnut Street
  • City: Colorado Springs, CO 80905
  • Phone: 719.473.7113
  • Website: http://westsidefirst.org/WFWFoodPantryhome.html
  • Contact Email: pantry@westsidefirst.com
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  • Description: We have been in operation since November of 2011. Since then, we’ve helped over 2,000 people with food assistance. We strive to serve God and combat hunger by distributing food to the public in a way that displays kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and honors their inherent value as a person. At Westside First Wesleyan Food Pantry, we are led by our mission and guiding principles in all that we do. We value: Safety, Dignity, Faith, Community and Stewardship. These values guide us every day as we reach out to the people we serve. These values are why we choose to use a client choice shopping model. They are why we ensure all foods are handled safely by trained volunteers with clean techniques. They are the reason we keep red tape and paperwork to a minimum. And, above all, they are the reason you will find that we truly care for and value each and every person who enters our facility - customer or volunteer.
Comment from Ellen Kessler: Hello - I’m a volunteer with Canada Geese Protection Colorado. We have been working since July to stop the slaughter of Denver’s urban park geese and to stop the distribution of pesticide/herbicide-tainted goose meat. Related to the food safety issue - we have a couple of questions for your food bank and hope you’ll take a few minutes to help us out. 1) Was your food bank approached by the USDA to distribute goose meat gleaned from the killing of 1600+ resident urban geese in Denver’s Parks this summer? 2) If yes, what was your response to the offer? We are working to make sure that goose meat tainted with pesticides & herbicides is NOT fed to food-insecure people this coming summer. We’d very much appreciate it if you’d get back to us with answers to these two questions. Thanks very much for any help you can provide. And thanks for what you are doing to fight hunger! Ellen Kessler

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