Sangre de Cristo Volunteers for Community Inc

Volunteers operate a once-a-month free pantry where clients are given a large box to fill with non-perishable foods, fresh produce, and household/personal items. The pantry also provides vouchers for bread and eggs from the only full-service grocery store within a 25-mile radius. Clients are required to provide their name and number of persons in their household, as required by Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado, where a portion of the pantrys food is purchased or provided free of charge. Monetary donations, collected during monthly food collections, are also used to purchase food and other items not available at Care & Share.The pantry is the only one in the community which does not require recipients to income-qualify, which it is able to do because no federal or state funds have been requested for this project. Recipient numbers average 45 households per month. In January, 2023 VFC partnered with Care and Share to bring a monthly mobile food pantry to Colorado City. Recipients fill a large bag with fresh fruits, vegetables and other food items that volunteers arrange on shelves on one side of a large truck after retrieving them from the storage side of the truck. This mobile pantry is a nice complement to the other pantry and has been very well received in the community.

Volunteers sponsor programs for families and children. The holiday giving program provided gift cards and other items to 41 disadvantaged youth in Pueblo county.Volunteers sponsor an annual easter egg hunt at the Colorado City park. Volunteers hide eggs and children hunt for them and receive candy and prizes. 95 children participated in 2024.