{"id":1312399,"date":"2019-07-14T19:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T01:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=983959"},"modified":"2019-07-14T19:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T01:58:36","slug":"hunger-assistance-agency-lift-up-issues-4-a-day-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/hunger-assistance-agency-lift-up-issues-4-a-day-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger assistance agency Lift-Up issues $4-a-day challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeri Durnan, manager of LIFT-UP\u2019s food pantry in Glenwood Springs, adds a few donated canned goods to the shelves recently. With the help of grants and donations the all-volunteer pantry helps homeless and those in need.<\/strong>
Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

LIFT-UP, the 37-year-old nonprofit known for managing food pantries throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and Garfield County, has introduced a new $4-a-day challenge.<\/p>\n

According to a press release, the awareness campaign aims to shine a light on the fact that hunger is a year-round struggle for more than 2,700 families that are served each month by LIFT-UP food pantries.<\/p>\n

LIFT-UP has called on the public to participate in the challenge to experience what it is like to eat and drink on a $4-a-day budget.<\/p>\n

Why $4 a day? \u2014 $4.15 is the national allocation of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), previously Food Stamps, funding for qualifying low-income individuals.<\/p>\n

The $4-a-day challenge is an educational opportunity for the community to stretch their food budgets and plan ahead for shopping and meal prep, with the goal of cost-efficiency while making healthy food choices, according to the release from the nonprofit agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticipants will find themselves forced to make food shopping choices on a limited budget, and learn how difficult it is to avoid hunger, afford nutritious foods and stay healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Challenge will begin Monday, July 15.<\/p>\n

LIFT-UP will have recipes, partner links and ways to stretch dollars, as well as healthy food choices information, on the LIFTUP.org website and social media, according to the release.<\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeri Durnan, manager of LIFT-UP\u2019s food pantry in Glenwood Springs, adds a few donated canned goods to the shelves recently. With the help of grants and donations the all-volunteer pantry helps homeless and those in need.Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent LIFT-UP, the 37-year-old nonprofit known for managing food pantries throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 17:07:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}