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We believe the well-being of one is linked to the well-being of all.
The Community Market
The Community Market helps makes sure that sure that no family in our community has to choose between paying bills or putting food on the table.
Here in Eagle County, more than 8,700 residents deal with food insecurity. The Community Market (TCM) provides access to free, nutrient-rich food throughout the County with markets featuring a variety of fresh produce, meat, dairy and bread as well as shelf-stable grocery items, all available for each customer’s own choosing.
The Community Market also works to prevent food from going to waste.
The Community Market does grocery rescue and food distribution to the Mobile Intercultural Resource Alliance (MIRA), Colorado Mountain College, Family Learning Center, Edwards Early Center, and neighborhoods throughout the community.
The Community Market – Gypsum
A warehouse in Gypsum at 760 Lindbergh Drive – #7 serves as the central operations hub for the program.
View in Google Maps >
We are open for customer shopping in Gypsum:
Monday: 10 am – 4 pm
Wednesday: 10am – 4pm
Thursday: 10am – 4pm
Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday: 10am – 1pm
The Community Market – Edwards
Customers may also shop at our storefront space located in Edwards in the Vail Health Edwards Community Health Campus at 429 Edwards Access Road – Suite A202 . View in Google maps >
We are open for customer shopping in Edwards:
Tuesday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Wednesday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Thursday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Saturday: 10am – 1pm
The Community Market – Mobile Markets
We continue to bring our pop-up mobile markets to under resourced communities:
Wednesday:
Avon: 4:30pm – 6pm
Eagle Bend (1st/3rd weeks)
10 Stonebridge Drive
Avon, CO
Riverview (2nd/4th weeks)
39169 US-6
Avon, CO
Thursday:
Dotsero: 4:30pm – 6pm
Two Rivers
80 Lake Shore Drive
Dotsero, CO
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“People feel comfortable coming to The Community Market. No barriers, no presumptions. Shop for what your family needs. Here, nobody is ashamed. It’s a real market and there is dignity in shopping here.”— Beth Simon, volunteer and donor
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“Fresh food is not a privilege, it’s a right. The Community Market purchases and finds resources to get healthy food, and also rescues food. We are helping our community in providing that quality food and decreasing the amount of impact we are putting on our earth by finding alternative ways to recycle food, not just recycling it into the compost bins but to helping our community to get free, nutritious groceries.” – Erin Baumann, 2022 Volunteer of the Year
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“Eagle Valley Community Foundation offers a wonderful umbrella of opportunity through each one of its programs. The Community Market and MIRA with their focus on nutrition, health and wellness, help to equalize the community. I saw a need; the real need in this community, and I wanted to be part of the solution.” — Margo Andrews, The Community Market 2021 Volunteer of the Year
Three pillars guide our work at The Community Market:
Healthy
People
We are committed to providing a dignified experience for families. We promote a healthy diet and help to improve the overall health of community residents as we work to eliminate any stigma around food access and food security.
Strong
Community
By reaching out to local community leaders, businesses, civic groups and stakeholders, we are able to be responsive to community needs as they emerge. This outreach allows us to focus on distributing to other community partners and delivering food directly to neighborhoods.
Environmental
Sustainability
We help to reduce our community carbon footprint and support environmental sustainability by reducing food waste and recovering excess fresh food from local grocers and farmers. First, we feed people, next we feed animals as farmers pick up food scraps at The Community Markets, and finally, we compost, converting food waste into nutrient rich soil.
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59%
of food distributed is
fresh produce.In one year alone, through our food rescue partners, we rescued nearly 600,000 pounds of food from grocers, 32,053 pounds from farmers, and 10,000 pounds from local restaurants.
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11,907
gallons of water
saved thanks to The Community Market recycling efforts.
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Nearly 16%
Eagle River Valley residents live in food insecure households.
Meanwhile, up to 40% of the food produced in the United States goes to waste.
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141
school lunch debts were paid
in 2022 early childhood programs in the school district.
Our Partners
We are committed to nourishing the lives of those in need throughout Eagle County. Along with neighborhood community centers and mobile home parks throughout the county, local & regional farmers and growers, and several grocers, restaurants, and community non-profit groups, these community partnerships make that possible.
🤸🏽♀️Our health and wellness resource connection and program MIRA Bus - Camión MIRA is partnering with Howard Head Sports Medicine to introduce a community🏋🏾5 Week Fitness Challenge🏋🏽♀️
🤸🏾YOU are invited to join us for the KICK OFF event on Monday, April 22, from 5pm-6pm at The Community Market in Gypsum.🍎
🏃🏾♂️Let`s get moving together!🏃🏽♀️
https://eaglevalleycf.org/event/mira-howard-head-5-week-fitness-challenge-kick-off/
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🤸🏽♀️Nuestra conexión y programa de recursos de salud y bienestar MIRA Bus - Camión MIRA se está asociando con Howard Head Sports Medicine para presentar un desafío de acondicionamiento físico de 5 semanas para la comunidad.🏋🏽♀️
🤾🏽USTED está invitado a unirse a nosotros para el evento KICK OFF el lunes 22 de abril, de 5 p.m. a 6 p.m. en The Community Market en Gypsum.🍎
🏃🏾♂️¡Pongámonos en marcha juntos!🏃🏽♀️
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🌟Students in Action!
🥫Beyond grateful for the support Eagle Valley Elementary an IB World School families in helping to collect more than 300 lbs of food goods to donate to our program at The Community Market.
🏫 Truly a school dedicated to putting the "unity" in "community." We treasure witnessing the EVES mission in action to help create students that are independent thinkers, problem solvers, lifelong learners, and responsible members of a multicultural society.
🔔 And may we be reminded that access to healthy meals and investment in locally-produced food for all our kids is part of the equation in helping students to develop into inquisitive, informed, and compassionate citizens. #HSMA #HealthySchoolMealsForAll
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🥫Más que agradecidos por el apoyo de las familias de Eagle Valley Elementary, un Colegio del Mundo del IB, para ayudar a recolectar más de 300 libras de alimentos para donar a nuestro programa en The Community Market.
🏫 Verdaderamente una escuela dedicada a poner la "unidad" en la "comunidad". Atesoramos presenciar la misión de EVES en acción para ayudar a crear estudiantes que sean pensadores independientes, solucionadores de problemas, aprendices de por vida y miembros responsables de una sociedad multicultural.
🔔 Y que se nos recuerde que el acceso a comidas saludables y la inversión en alimentos producidos localmente para todos nuestros niños es parte de la ecuación para ayudar a los estudiantes a convertirse en ciudadanos inquisitivos, informados y compasivos.
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TODAY is a FREE Learning Opportunity: Enhancing Latina Maternal Health
HOY es una Oportunidad de Aprendizaje Gratuito GRATUITA: Mejorando La Salud Materna de Las Latinas
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✅Support the future of Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA)~ TAKE ACTION TODAY
🫛 We remain dedicated to ensuring the Healthy School Meals for All program is fully funded and sustainable, and your support is needed! In its inaugural year, the program has been tremendously successful, with every eligible district participating and more students enjoying meals than ever before. Yet, due to increased participation and shifts in federal reimbursements linked to escalating food costs, HSMA now confronts a considerable funding gap.
🏛️Although the Joint Budget Committee of Colorado’s legislature has agreed to fund free breakfast and lunch for this and the next school year, additional revenue is essential to prevent detrimental cuts to the program in the future.
💰We urge the legislature to pass a referred ballot measure to secure extra funding. This measure will protect free meals for students, invest in nutritious, locally-sourced food, and support better wages for frontline school nutrition workers.
📊Polls show that 62% of Colorado voters support HSMA and favor a referred ballot measure. However, with just over 3 weeks remaining in the legislative session, time is running out for lawmakers to act on this solution.
🗳️To get a referred ballot measure on this November`s ballot—and to secure funding before HSMA faces cuts—we need legislative leaders to approve a late bill and urge legislators to pass it swiftly.
🖊Please help secure the future of HSMA by reaching out to your House Rep asking to support a late bill for a referred ballot measure! To learn more, visit: https://secure.everyaction.com/Ls0kS4Fd7UashF18oGKjuw2?emci=6862c22a-8bfb-ee11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&emdi=46aa0d8a-23fc-ee11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&ceid=2396540
DID YOU KNOW...⁉️
🫛🏫🍎In 2022, Hunger Free Colorado led a coalition of more than 100 organizations (including Eagle Valley Community Foundation) and individuals across the state to pass Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA).
🥗The program provides FREE school meals for all public-school students, AND local purchasing grants, wage boosts for cafeteria workers & parent-student advisory committees to ensure meals are culturally relevant and appealing to students in each district.
🥘A grassroots, community-centered effort that demonstrated the power of community organizing for change, it sparked momentum across the country for universal meal programs in other states. The program is being implemented over
TWO years.
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¿Sabías que...⁉️
🫛🏫🍎En 2022, Hunger Free Colorado lideró una coalición de más de 100 organizaciones (incluyendo Eagle Valley Community Foundation) e individuos en todo el estado para aprobar Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA).
🥗El programa proporciona comidas escolares GRATUITAS para todos los estudiantes de escuelas públicas, Y subsidios locales de compra, aumentos salariales para los trabajadores de la cafetería y comités asesores de padres y estudiantes para asegurar que las comidas sean culturalmente relevantes y atractivas para los estudiantes en cada distrito.
🥘Un esfuerzo de base y centrado en la comunidad que demostró el poder de la organización comunitaria para el cambio, provocó impulso en todo el país para programas universales de comidas en otros estados. El programa se está ejecutando a lo largo de DOS años.
