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Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Human Services, Thrift Shops, Travelers Aid
Mission: Food assistance for the underemployed, unemployed, and homeless.
Programs: Lift-up provides food assistance once a month to residents, homeless, and people who are underemployed or unemployed. We also provide prescription assistance, thrift store vouchers for clothing and basic household items, and bus vouchers for job interviews and doctor appointments. Lift-up has offices and food pantries in aspen, basalt, carbondale, glenwood springs, new castle, parachute, and rifle, colorado. In 2014, lift-up distributed 36,734 food sacks to 23,589 individuals, and 1,464 individuals received tefap commodities. 234 people received lift- up's other services, such as prescription assistance, bus vouchers, and other emergency services. In addition, volunteers contributed 6,658 hours to prepare and serve 18,509 meals to people in need through lift-up's extended table soup kitchen.