New Mexico Food Pantry >> Farmington Food Assistance >> ECHO Food Bank CSFP

  • Name: ECHO Food Bank CSFP
  • Address: 401 S Commercial Avenue
  • City: Farmington, NM 87401
  • Phone: 505.326.3770
  • Website: http://www.echoinc.org/
  • Contact Email: cknowlton@echoinc.org
  • Counties Served: San Juan County
  • Basic Programs: Food basket
  • Description: The ECHO Food Bank collects, stores, and processes food to distribute to low-income individuals. Food is obtained from manufacturers, farmers, distributors, grocers, community food drives and state and national food bank networks in order to make it available to hungry people in Northwest New Mexico. Emergency Food Boxes, hygiene kits and infant boxes (EFB) are provided up to 4 times in twelve months for individuals or families in crisis. Holiday food boxes & Operation Merry Christmas food boxes are available during holidays in cooperation with other Service providers. Backpack Program (BPP) provides individually packaged, kid-friendly foods in nondescript backpacks to area Elementary School Food Pantries. School personnel determine children at risk for returning home to empty pantries and send the food home with information on assistance to families.
Comment from gerry larrivee: I'm curious as to why I never see or hear anything about ECHO in the community. No ads, no publicity, no solicitation. I would think that media would be happy to assist in ECHO visibility.

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