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Food Pantry Partnership Stories

CNP works with food pantry partners across the state on a variety of projects. Learn more about these partnerships and projects in our success stories below. 

Flatbed trailer with boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables.

September 2020 | Fresh food donation, collection efforts benefit Laramie County residents

In Laramie County, CNP and the Cheyenne Rotary After Hours Club are working together to coordinate fresh food donations to Needs Inc., a food pantry, that helps story and distribute the produce. Read more. 

Ears of corn in their green leaves in a red plastic bin on a table with potatoes and onions.

August 2019 | Fresh Produce Arrives at the Thayne Community Food Bank

During the spring of 2019, The Thayne Community Food Bank and CNP worked together on a Healthy Food Pantry project that brought fresh foods, including fruits and vegetables to pantry patrons. Read more. 

People pulling a large sheet of plastic over a wooden done structure to create a geodome.

August 2019 | Sustainability for a Healthy Food Pantry 

In summer 2019, Lincoln County Extension in Afton received a Geodome to use as a community garden and to assist the local food pantry with sustainability for its fresh fruit and vegetables program as part of the Healthy Food Pantry Project. Read more

* The Cent$ible Nutrition Program is funded by USDA SNAP-Ed and EFNEP. SNAP-Ed assists individuals and families who receive, or are eligible to receive, benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). EFNEP assists families and youth with limited resources  in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets and contributes to their personal development and the improvement of total family diet and nutritional welfare. Visit our income-qualification page to learn more. 

This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material was funded by USDA’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program-EFNEP. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Issued in furtherance of extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kelly Crane, Director, University of Wyoming Extension, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming Extension, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071.

The University of Wyoming is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.

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