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• Help Care and Share collect 10,000 turkeys!

  November 10, 2012 5:15 PM

  Care and Share has teamed up with Springs Rescue Mission, and they have a very specific goal this Thanksgiving holiday. They want to collect 10,000 turkeys! Through different events in the next couple of weeks they hope to meet their goal. If you'd like to help out you can... more »

• Turkey Bowl flag football tournament benefits Pueblo's Care and Share

  November 10, 2012 5:11 PM

  It's a flag football tournament that started out as a fun rivalry between brothers. Now in its fourth year, the Turkey Bowl has become a full blown tournament between ten teams with a total of 120 players. They played out at CSU-Pueblo, and all of the proceeds from the event... more »

• Pueblo County takes donations for Care and Share

  June 29, 2012 7:48 PM

  If you're in Pueblo and want to make donations like water and Gatorade to help those affected by the Waldo Canyon Fire, you can take those to the first floor of the courthouse on W. 10th in Pueblo. They're taking donations for Care and Share "Colorado has been invaded be... more »

• Help fill Care and Share's pantry this Saturday Play Video

  November 3, 2011 7:52 PM

  The holidays are just around the corner and once again we are teaming up with the Air Force coaches wives to help fill Care and Share's pantry. News 5 will be helping out at the gates as you enter the stadium and we ask that you bring a canned... more »

• Care and Share announces new CEO

  February 15, 2011 1:25 PM

  Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado has named Lynne Telford as its new CEO. She will begin her duties on March 14. Telford is currently Vice President at Pikes Peak United Way. "We are so pleased that Lynne has chosen to work with Care and Share,"... more »

• Care and Share lets go of C.E.O.

  December 4, 2010 8:11 PM

  Care and Share Food Bank's chief executive officer, Deborah Tuck, had just explained the needs of the food bank to News First Five earlier in the week. By the end of the week she had been fired. Tuck was let go after only 13 months on the job, in the... more »

• Hunger growing in Southern Colorado

  September 26, 2010 7:47 PM

  Southern Colorado's hungry are getting hungrier. Groups like Care and Share give out millions of pounds of food a year, but keep having to find millions more. "In 2 years we've moved from 11 million to 18.5," says Deborah Tuck, C.E.O. of the food bank. They supply local... more »

• LSI employees volunteering in Colorado Springs

  June 16, 2010 1:17 PM

  Garden of the Gods, and Care and Share are getting a boost today from LSI employees, taking part in the company's annual Global Volunteer Day. "At LSI, we understand the importance of giving back and being active participants in our communities," said Abhi Talwalkar, president and CEO, LSI. "Each... more »

• Flower beds become veggie gardens at City Hall

  June 1, 2010 8:41 AM

  The flower beds outside Colorado Springs City Hall are just one example of budget cuts. The city sliced the money to plant flowers, but that doesn't mean the beds will remain empty. A group of volunteers is using the space to plant a vegetable garden to grow food for... more »

• Out of date: is it safe?

  February 18, 2010 8:01 PM

  How fresh is the food you buy? We shopped around at some local supermarkets and found various food items with expired dates, dents and broken seals. Suprisingly enough, most of it is legal to sell. Dr. Bernadette Albanese of the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment says... more »

• Local schools join forces to collect food

  February 4, 2010 8:01 PM

  Students at four local high schools are joining in some friendly competition to help feed families in need in our community. Palmer, Wasson, Mitchell and Coronado High Schools are each trying to collect 2,000 pounds of food at the Harvest with a Heart Food Drive over Valentines Day Weekend.... more »

• Local schools join forces to collect food

  February 4, 2010 7:23 PM

  Students at four local high schools are joining in some friendly competition to help feed families in need in our community. Palmer, Wasson, Mitchell and Coronado High Schools are each trying to collect 2,000 pounds of food at the Harvest with a Heart Food Drive over Valentines Day Weekend.... more »

• Area charities in need of turkeys

  November 16, 2009 7:38 PM

  With a little less than two weeks until Thanksgiving, several local charities are in need of turkey donations to help feed families in our community. For example, you won't find many turkeys inside the freezer at the Springs Rescue Mission. Director of Programs Lyn Harwell says during the last... more »

• Tickets available for AFA vs Army football

  November 5, 2009 1:02 PM

  The big inter-service rivalry--Air Force vs. Army football--is this weekend at Falcon Stadium at the Air Force Academy. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. Click here to purchase tickets If you attend the game, bring along non-perishable food items to contribute to the annual Coaches wives food drive. News... more »

• Marketing and Communication Manager, Care and Share, Pueblo

  September 4, 2009 10:58 AM

  The Marketing and Communication Manager will implement the food bank's strategic communications plan aimed at increasing awareness of hunger issues and encouraging charitable responses to Care and Share's role in ending hunger throughout the service area. Contact: hank@careandshare.org more »