Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

Volunteers arrive at the Cedaredge Food Bank with a weekly load of supplies, some of them donated, from the Food Bank of the Rockies distribution center in Grand Jucntion.Nothing goes to waste in the good-hearted effort of 40 or more dedicated volunteers who show up on time when needed, willing to help and to work keeping the Surface Creek Community Services food bank's mission abreast of a growing need.

Known to most people as the Cedaredge Food Bank, the local institution in operation for over a decade has been facing an uphill trek in recent years of serving a growing number of families and individuals even as donations have lately tapered off.

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