by Kelli Donley | Oct 23, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Good to Great, Novel
I’ve been haunted by insomnia lately. This happens about once a year. I’ll go 3-4 weeks without a good night’s sleep, waking around 2 am for 2-3 hours at a stretch. Some nights I just lie there, rolling the day around in my head, like a bowling ball...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 18, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Public Health
I attended a community meeting a couple weeks ago for an organization called Hunger Free Colorado. They are the lobbying arm of the Feeding America-fueled food banks in the state. They take direction from the five food bank leaders state-wide on what to lobby with...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 29, 2011 | Colorado, Community
I volunteered recently with my food banking buddies at a local LDS cannery that donates to pantries. We were among some 60 volunteers to work on peach canning. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work in a cannery, this may come to mind. If...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 28, 2011 | Colorado, Community
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Henry David Thoreau
by Kelli Donley | Sep 14, 2011 | Colorado, Community
I’ve found a great group of like-minded community friends in Denver who get together a couple times a month to talk about social justice issues. In particular, hunger. We are all volunteers at a local food bank and are reaching out to other food banks and...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 9, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Heirloom Homestead
The recipe for a smelly, heaving first community dinner in Colorado? Take one crock of green chile, a dozen peanut butter cookies, a large green salad, a couple bottles of wine and fridge of beer, and a handful of friends who say nice things like, “Hey! It...
