WHI 12-16-20
First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative and the Wyoming
Governor’s Residence Foundation allocated $55,800 this week to anti-hunger nonprofit organizations for infrastructure needs through the Initiative’s second grant cycle of 2020.
Wyoming Hunger Initiative grants are intended to support infrastructure and longevity of antihunger organizations as well as long-term, sustainable solutions to food insecurity across the state. All funds distributed through the Wyoming Governor’s Residence Foundation are raised privately through donations. Because of the generosity of numerous corporations and private donors, a second round of grant funding was possible in 2020.
“The mission of Wyoming Hunger Initiative is to support the existing work of anti-hunger organizations across the state,” First Lady Jennie Gordon says. “It’s important to us that we allocate resources where they will have the greatest impact, as quickly as possible.”
Over 45 entities applied for Wyoming Hunger Initiative infrastructure grants and the Foundation is proud to announce that 23 applicant requests were funded. The following organizations are December 2020 recipients:
Boys & Girls Club – Campbell County
Boys & Girls Club – Laramie County
Bread of Life Food Pantry – Johnson County
Cent$ible Nutrition – Lincoln County
Cody Cupboard – Park County
Community Food Closet – Sublette County
Feeding Laramie Valley – Albany County
Foundation for National Food Pantry – Fremont County
Glenrock Area Food Pantry – Converse County
Johnson County Friends Feeding Friends – Johnson County
King’s Portion – Converse County
Lander Valley Farmers Market – Fremont County
Needs, Inc. – Laramie County
Pinedale Community Food Basket – Sublette County
Pushroot Community Garden – Fremont County
Salvation Army – Natrona County
Salvation Army – Laramie County
The Shack – Big Horn County
Unaccompanied Students Initiative – Laramie & Natrona County
Upton Food Bank – Weston County
Wind River Grow Our Own 307 – Fremont County
Worland Community Garden – Washakie County