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PO Box 156 • 194-C Bodo Drive • Durango, Colorado 81303


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USDA Commodities Program (TEFAP – The Emergency Food Assistance Program)

May 6, 2018

TEFAP is a federally funded program that provides USDA foods to low-income households through a monthly supplemental food box.  You must bring Picture ID and can pick up your commodities any time during our regular operating hours once per month.

To be eligible to receive TEFAP foods, an individual or family must be enrolled in one of the following programs:

  • Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
  • SNAP (formerly food stamps)
  • Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
  • Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
  • Old Age Pension (OAP)
  • Aid to Needy Disabled (AND)
  • Aid to the Blind (AB)
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Medicaid Eligible Foster Children

Or meet the specified income guidelines below:

Household SizeMaximum Monthly Household IncomeMaximum Annual Household Income
1$1,859$22,311
2$2,504$30,044
3$3,148$37,777
4$3,793$45,510
5$4,437$53,243
6$5,081$60,976
7$5,726$68,709
8$6,370$76, 442
for each additional family member, add:$644$7,733

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Express Employment Professionals Durango in Bodo Park (next to office depot) will be accepting food donations M-F from 8am-5pm.

Would you like to schedule a food drive? Learn more here.

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So grateful for the missionaries from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who came by today to shovel our parking lot. Their kind service will make our food distribution tomorrow not only easier, but also much safer! 😊
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We will not be open today due to the weather. All orders will be re-scheduled as soon as possible. Stay safe & warm out there.
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At the end of our 3rd Annual Dump Hunger Food & Fund Drive, we are feeling extremely blessed! With the amazing support of this community and our partners at Ska Brewing and C&J Gravel Products Inc we collected 3,326lbs of food and $25,355.19 (not including the generous $12,500 Match coming from a local supporter and CJ Gravel)!!

With so much need in this community, we are thrilled to have had such a successful event and thank everyone who made feeding our neighbors in need a priority this holiday season.
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Today’s the final day of our 3rd annual Dump Hunger Drive. C&J Gravel Products Inc is matching Monterey donations & Ska Brewing is giving out FREE Crowlers of Euphoria Winter Ale with any 10 foods or $10 donated. Stop by Ska Brewing in Bodo Park before 5pm to help feel our neighbors in need this holiday season!
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Live from the Dump Hunger Food Drive!
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Live from the Dump Hunger Food Drive!
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More people are facing food insecurity by the day and Durango Food Bank is seeing demand like never before. TODAY and TOMORROW Ska is hosting a food drive in our parking lot with C&J Gravel Products Inc. We will give you a crowler of Euphoria for every 10 items you donate, and C&J will match any cash donations up to $12,500! Please help us hit that # and help out our community!
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Our donors are protected by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. This law protects donors from civil and criminal liability should the product donated in good faith later cause harm to the needy recipient.

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PO Box 156
194-C Bodo Drive
Durango, Colorado 81303
(970) 375-2672

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