🍏VICTORY! With resounding enthusiasm, Colorado once again voted in favor of every Colorado child having access to a healthy school meal by voting yes on Propositions LL and MM!!!
COLORADO - Together we are going to #KeepKidsFed!
COLORADO - Together we are going to #KeepKidsFed!
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🍏VICTORY! With resounding enthusiasm, Colorado once again voted in favor of every Colorado child having access to a healthy school meal by voting yes on Propositions LL and MM!!!
COLORADO - Together we are going to #KeepKidsFed!
COLORADO - Together we are going to #KeepKidsFed!
🍅➡🏫Celebrate National School Lunch Week and National Farm to School Month by voting YES on Propositions LL and MM in the Colorado Election on November 4th! To learn more about these propostions, how they #KeepKidsFed AND support Colorado farmers and ranchers, go to YesonLLandMM.com
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October 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🍅➡🏫Celebrate National School Lunch Week and National Farm to School Month by voting YES on Propositions LL and MM in the Colorado Election on November 4th! To learn more about these propostions, how they #KeepKidsFed AND support Colorado farmers and ranchers, go to YesonLLandMM.com
On November 4th, Colorado voters can make sure every student has access to healthy school meals by supporting two essential ballot measures: Propositions LL and MM. Pledge to vote YES on LL and MM by going to bit.ly/voteyesLLMM #keepkidsfed
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
On November 4th, Colorado voters can make sure every student has access to healthy school meals by supporting two essential ballot measures: Propositions LL and MM. Pledge to vote YES on LL and MM by going to bit.ly/voteyesLLMM #keepkidsfed
October 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I served as the Interim Communications Director for @hungerfree.bsky.social in 2022 and 2025. I also led the legislative communications in 2023 and coordinated their statewide communications plan & communications coalition for a victorious ballot campaign in 2023 to fund school meals.
#KeepKidsFed!
#KeepKidsFed!
September 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I served as the Interim Communications Director for @hungerfree.bsky.social in 2022 and 2025. I also led the legislative communications in 2023 and coordinated their statewide communications plan & communications coalition for a victorious ballot campaign in 2023 to fund school meals.
#KeepKidsFed!
#KeepKidsFed!
Come on, Maryland. Let's do better. We need to #KeepKidsFed!
States with Universal Free School Meals
1. California
2. Colorado
3. Maine
4. Massachusetts
5. Michigan
6. Minnesota
7. New Mexico
8. New York
9. Vermont
10. Nevada (free meals through temporary extension via pandemic relief)
#Momsky
States with Universal Free School Meals
1. California
2. Colorado
3. Maine
4. Massachusetts
5. Michigan
6. Minnesota
7. New Mexico
8. New York
9. Vermont
10. Nevada (free meals through temporary extension via pandemic relief)
#Momsky
June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Come on, Maryland. Let's do better. We need to #KeepKidsFed!
States with Universal Free School Meals
1. California
2. Colorado
3. Maine
4. Massachusetts
5. Michigan
6. Minnesota
7. New Mexico
8. New York
9. Vermont
10. Nevada (free meals through temporary extension via pandemic relief)
#Momsky
States with Universal Free School Meals
1. California
2. Colorado
3. Maine
4. Massachusetts
5. Michigan
6. Minnesota
7. New Mexico
8. New York
9. Vermont
10. Nevada (free meals through temporary extension via pandemic relief)
#Momsky
Congratulations to every student, parent, farmer, nutrition professional, teacher, community member and advocate who spoke out and organized to make this happen. So proud to be part of the team ensuring that kids can grow and learn and thrive. Together, we can and we will #KeepKidsFed!
#Momsky
#Momsky
EXCITING NEWS! Colorado lawmakers just passed HB 25-1274, which will send two measures to voters this fall to maintain existing funding for the Healthy School Meals for All Program (HSMA)!
May 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations to every student, parent, farmer, nutrition professional, teacher, community member and advocate who spoke out and organized to make this happen. So proud to be part of the team ensuring that kids can grow and learn and thrive. Together, we can and we will #KeepKidsFed!
#Momsky
#Momsky
With less than two weeks left in the session, we need YOUR help to pass this bill and create a path to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All. Send and email to your Senator TODAY urging them to support Healthy School Meals for All: bit.ly/keepkidsfed
Thank you for supporting Healthy School Meals!
Thank you for supporting Healthy School Meals for All!
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April 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
With less than two weeks left in the session, we need YOUR help to pass this bill and create a path to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All. Send and email to your Senator TODAY urging them to support Healthy School Meals for All: bit.ly/keepkidsfed
Together, we can (and we will) keep kids fed and our food systems strong! Speak out with us to create a path to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All! Take action: bit.ly/keepkidsfed.
April 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Together, we can (and we will) keep kids fed and our food systems strong! Speak out with us to create a path to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All! Take action: bit.ly/keepkidsfed.
‼️EXCITING NEWS! HB1274 passed the Senate Finance committee on a 6-3 vote! A big thank you to our Senate sponsor Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet & everyone who showed support! Next stop: Senate Appropriations.
Keep speaking out with us to pass this important bill and keep kids fed: bit.ly/keepkidsfed
Keep speaking out with us to pass this important bill and keep kids fed: bit.ly/keepkidsfed
April 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
‼️EXCITING NEWS! HB1274 passed the Senate Finance committee on a 6-3 vote! A big thank you to our Senate sponsor Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet & everyone who showed support! Next stop: Senate Appropriations.
Keep speaking out with us to pass this important bill and keep kids fed: bit.ly/keepkidsfed
Keep speaking out with us to pass this important bill and keep kids fed: bit.ly/keepkidsfed
We need YOUR help to keep this bill moving as it heads to the Senate. Do not delay - contact your senator TODAY: bit.ly/keepkidsfed. Together, we will #KeepKidsFed! Act now.
April 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We need YOUR help to keep this bill moving as it heads to the Senate. Do not delay - contact your senator TODAY: bit.ly/keepkidsfed. Together, we will #KeepKidsFed! Act now.
April 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
YOU can help #KeepKidsFed by writing a letter to local papers. Check out our virtual training in partnership with @savethechildren.org to learn more. LTEs (letter to the editor) are a simple, but powerful activist tool to support Healthy School Meals for All! VIDEO: www.facebook.com/HungerFreeCo....
Letter to the Editor Training: Healthy School Meals for All | LETTER TO THE EDITOR TRAINING: Voters enthusiastically support Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program. Right now, state lawmakers...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR TRAINING: Voters enthusiastically support Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program. Right now, state lawmakers are...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
YOU can help #KeepKidsFed by writing a letter to local papers. Check out our virtual training in partnership with @savethechildren.org to learn more. LTEs (letter to the editor) are a simple, but powerful activist tool to support Healthy School Meals for All! VIDEO: www.facebook.com/HungerFreeCo....
Thrilled to join @hungerfree.bsky.social's Anya Rose and @savethechildren.org's Ana Bustamante and Rachelle Todea to help advocates speak out in local papers to show their support for Healthy School Meals for All. VIDEO: www.facebook.com/HungerFreeCo.... Together, we can #KeepKidsFed! #Momsky
Letter to the Editor Training: Healthy School Meals for All | LETTER TO THE EDITOR TRAINING: Voters enthusiastically support Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program. Right now, state lawmakers...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR TRAINING: Voters enthusiastically support Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program. Right now, state lawmakers are...
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April 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thrilled to join @hungerfree.bsky.social's Anya Rose and @savethechildren.org's Ana Bustamante and Rachelle Todea to help advocates speak out in local papers to show their support for Healthy School Meals for All. VIDEO: www.facebook.com/HungerFreeCo.... Together, we can #KeepKidsFed! #Momsky
Excited to share tips on how to get letters into local papers to support school meals to #KeepKidsFed! Join me at 12:30 EST! #Momsky
Don't forget to join Hunger Free Colorado & our friends from @savethechildren.org TODAY for a livestream to learn how YOU can speak out in local papers to to keep kids fed by fully funding Colorado's Healthy School Meals for All program!! Hop over to Facebook.com/HungerFreeColorado at 10:30 MT.
April 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Excited to share tips on how to get letters into local papers to support school meals to #KeepKidsFed! Join me at 12:30 EST! #Momsky
Thrilled to join @hungerfree.bsky.social's Anya Rose & Save the Children Action Network's Ana Bustamante and Rachelle Todea to talk about Colorado's Healthy School Meals for All program and how activists can help by sending letters to papers. Hop on to a virtual training 4/14.
#Momsky #KeepKidsFed
#Momsky #KeepKidsFed
April 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thrilled to join @hungerfree.bsky.social's Anya Rose & Save the Children Action Network's Ana Bustamante and Rachelle Todea to talk about Colorado's Healthy School Meals for All program and how activists can help by sending letters to papers. Hop on to a virtual training 4/14.
#Momsky #KeepKidsFed
#Momsky #KeepKidsFed
JOIN US 4/14 to hear more about Healthy School Meals for All & how YOU can help by sending letters to local papers. Hop on to our virtual training featuring Hunger Free Colorado's Anya Rose & Morgan Meneses-Sheets and @savethechildren.org's Ana Bustamante & Rachelle Todea. YOU can help #KeepKidsFed!
April 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
JOIN US 4/14 to hear more about Healthy School Meals for All & how YOU can help by sending letters to local papers. Hop on to our virtual training featuring Hunger Free Colorado's Anya Rose & Morgan Meneses-Sheets and @savethechildren.org's Ana Bustamante & Rachelle Todea. YOU can help #KeepKidsFed!
Nieves Aragon knows first-hand how Healthy School Meals for All is making a difference for families across CO: “HSMA provides more than 600,000 free meals to students each day. Many of those kids would be hungry & struggle at school if they did not have this critical support.”
We must #keepkidsfed!
We must #keepkidsfed!
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nieves Aragon knows first-hand how Healthy School Meals for All is making a difference for families across CO: “HSMA provides more than 600,000 free meals to students each day. Many of those kids would be hungry & struggle at school if they did not have this critical support.”
We must #keepkidsfed!
We must #keepkidsfed!
Lobby day with CSPC 🍏 Working together to #KeepKidsFed! ✊
March 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Lobby day with CSPC 🍏 Working together to #KeepKidsFed! ✊
I ❤️ this piece from Food to Power's Patience Kabwasa! "HB 25-1274 represents the kind of systems-level change our food ecosystem desperately needs—one that nourishes our children, values food service workers & creates reliable markets for CO farmers." gazette.com/opinion/gues... #MomSky #KeepKidsFed
GUEST OPINION: Healthy school meals Is a smart investment
While our state is facing some tough decisions this year as it relates to our budget, families in our area are dealing with their struggles. About 37% of Colorado households
gazette.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I ❤️ this piece from Food to Power's Patience Kabwasa! "HB 25-1274 represents the kind of systems-level change our food ecosystem desperately needs—one that nourishes our children, values food service workers & creates reliable markets for CO farmers." gazette.com/opinion/gues... #MomSky #KeepKidsFed
Food to Power's Patience Kabwasa is speaking out in The Gazette to make it clear that Healthy School Meals for All is an investment in Colorado's future with returns that will benefit generations to come!
Read: gazette.com/opinion/gues.... #KeepKidsFed
Read: gazette.com/opinion/gues.... #KeepKidsFed
March 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Food to Power's Patience Kabwasa is speaking out in The Gazette to make it clear that Healthy School Meals for All is an investment in Colorado's future with returns that will benefit generations to come!
Read: gazette.com/opinion/gues.... #KeepKidsFed
Read: gazette.com/opinion/gues.... #KeepKidsFed
Hunger Free Colorado was thrilled to join other economic justice advocates at the Capitol today for the All Families Deserve a Chance Coalition lobby day! We spoke to legislators about bills that support healthcare access, economic justice, and food security, including HB25-1274 to #keepkidsfed!
March 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hunger Free Colorado was thrilled to join other economic justice advocates at the Capitol today for the All Families Deserve a Chance Coalition lobby day! We spoke to legislators about bills that support healthcare access, economic justice, and food security, including HB25-1274 to #keepkidsfed!
Denver7 aired a great explainer on the latest update for Healthy School Meals for All.
Watch the clip and read the full article below to learn more:
#keepkidsfed
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Watch the clip and read the full article below to learn more:
#keepkidsfed
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Colorado lawmakers consider asking voters to approve more funding for free school lunch program
State lawmakers are considering sending voters a ballot measure this fall to provide more funding for a program that offers free meals to every Colorado student.
www.denver7.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Denver7 aired a great explainer on the latest update for Healthy School Meals for All.
Watch the clip and read the full article below to learn more:
#keepkidsfed
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Watch the clip and read the full article below to learn more:
#keepkidsfed
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Must read on federal cuts to SNAP featuring @endhungerco.bsky.social's Dayana Leyva. Check it out & speak out to urge Congress to halt cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program & school meals: secure.everyaction.com/9PdM1z2znUWL.... Together, we can #KeepKidsFed & work to end hunger!
SNAP cuts would disproportionately impact Colorado's rural communities
A budget resolution recently passed by the U.S. House calls for reducing agriculture funding to the tune of $230 billion. But critics warn that the proposal will lead to severe cuts in the Supplemen...
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March 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Must read on federal cuts to SNAP featuring @endhungerco.bsky.social's Dayana Leyva. Check it out & speak out to urge Congress to halt cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program & school meals: secure.everyaction.com/9PdM1z2znUWL.... Together, we can #KeepKidsFed & work to end hunger!
While Congress tries to cut funding for critical nutrition assistance programs, advocates around the country are pushing for bills to #KeepKidsFed and support families! Thank you to @hungerfree.bsky.social and their partners for their work to support free and healthy school meals for all! #Momsky
The Healthy School Meals for All program is an investment in the health of our kids & our local economies!
Read our full press statement here: bit.ly/AdvocatesUrgeSupportforHSMABill
Spanish: bit.ly/DefensoresApoyoComidasEscolaresSaludablesparaTodos
#KeepKidsFed
Read our full press statement here: bit.ly/AdvocatesUrgeSupportforHSMABill
Spanish: bit.ly/DefensoresApoyoComidasEscolaresSaludablesparaTodos
#KeepKidsFed
March 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
While Congress tries to cut funding for critical nutrition assistance programs, advocates around the country are pushing for bills to #KeepKidsFed and support families! Thank you to @hungerfree.bsky.social and their partners for their work to support free and healthy school meals for all! #Momsky