Contact Info

LIFT-UP
Samantha Freese
100 Midland Ave, Unit 270
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

Phone: (970) 625-4496
Contact Form
Website: www.liftup.org

Services

• Food Pantry
• Extended Table
• Lift-UP Little Ones- Diaper Program

Hours of Operation

Office Hours Monday- Friday, 9-4pm
Pantry services available Monday- Friday, Aspen to Parachute, days and times vary by location.

About Us

OUR MISSION 

LIFT-UP is the leader in providing equitable food security for individuals and families; educating, building understanding, and supporting to end of hunger from Parachute to Aspen.

History:

LIFT-UP was established in May of 1982 in response to the collapse of the oil shale industry and the hardest area hit was Rifle, CO, the epicenter of the crisis.

When the boom hit, the Rifle population had jumped from 2,700 to over 4,500 people as the workers rushed in eager for work. Following the collapse, however, over 2,000 people found themselves out of work, with no way to feed or care for their families: some living in cars and under bridges.

In response to the ever-increasing crisis, local churches, businesses, and concerned citizens joined together to create a long-term solution to food insecurity in their town.

It was through true community union and compassion that the organization LIFE INTERFAITH TEAM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY or, as we know it today; LIFT-UP. It was quickly realized that food insecurity went far beyond Rifle and over the past 40 years, LIFT-UP has risen to meet the needs of our communities from Aspen to Parachute. LIFT-UP maintains established Food Pantries in Aspen, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, New Castle, Rifle, and Parachute in addition to providing mobile food distribution services.

The rate at which LIFT-UP responded to the closure of our pantries while shifting to mobile distribution in 2020 was a massive undertaking.

In 2022, LIFT-UP expanded the Farm 2 Food Pantry Program, which supplies fresh, healthy food to our Pantries. Support of this initiative is vitally important to our guests, local farmers, and the Roaring Fork Valley communities.

The same urgent need for support exist in our community today though challenges differ. We have friends, coworkers, and neighbors who are suffering from food insecurity every day and need our help more than ever.

Our distribution infrastructure has had to expand and grow as fast as the 600% increase in need we have experienced since 2020. This need is only increasing as we all experience the rapidly rising costs of housing, food, and gas.

Your support of LIFT-UP’s infrastructure, operations, and food programs are just as important today as when we started our mission in 1982.