Empty Bowls: This Spring fundraiser involves delicious homemade soups by our Food Bank Volunteers, partnering with the artists at the Red Lodge Clay Center. The cost of the tickets includes the great soup served in a beautifully handcrafted clay bowl that you pick out yourself, homemade bread and scrumptious homemade desserts. All of the proceeds go to the Food Bank. Last year we served over 260 people in the basement of the Red Lodge Community Church.

Red Lodge Fun Run for Charities: BareTooth Cupboards is proud to be part of the Red Lodge Fun Run for Charities. Funds received from past Fun Runs have been our largest single source of fund raising each year. This year’s Fun Run helped rise $12,259.35.  We are so thankful for the support from the community.  Every single dollar will help make a difference in the lives of hungry people in Carbon County.

Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Baskets: In addition to stocking and distributing food through-out the year, annually BareTooth Cupboards assembles food baskets for the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. The baskets are filled with enough food for a family to prepare and enjoy a very special holiday meal with all the trimmings. With your help and donations we are able to provide these dinners. Individuals in need of a Thanksgiving and/or Christmas basket need to contact BareTooth Cupboards at 446-1255 or stop by the Food Bank behind the Pollard to sign up.

Local Christian Camp Support: BareTooth Cupboards teamed up with Palisades Resort Ministry (406-446-9817) to provide healthy snacks for the participants and coaches during the PRM Annual Sports Camp. This was a twofold effort. It was to provide healthy snacks for all, and it was to promote the efforts of BareTooth Cupboards. What a combination! Palisades Resort Ministry provides a free camp to all. Last year they had 45 participants, and a group from Blackshear Place Baptist Church in Flowery Branch, GA. provided the coaching.

Community Garden: Rocky Mouuntain Flower Farm and Nursery has been kind enough to let us use a plot of their land as a community garden.  In the spring, any residents can sign up for a small piece of ground.  The only requirement is that the "farmers" share a portion of their produce with BareTooth Cupboards.  This guarantees that throughout summer and fall we have home-grown vegetables for our clients.  Any who are interested in participating can contact BareTooth Cupboards.

Bridger Food Bank Project: A major accomplishment for the Food Bank in 2009 was the launching of a Food Bank located in the community of Bridger. We identified a small group of people in that community in need of food assistance. In March on 2009, we began our Bridger Outreach Program delivering food to these people. This outreach program was operated out of the trunk of one of our board members vehicle. In the Fall of 2009, as a result of hard work and dedication, we officially launched the Bridger Community Food Bank. This effort was further supported by a $2,000.00 Grant from the Steele-Reese Foundation via the Montana Community Foundation. We forecasted serving 600 people over the course of 2009…amazingly, the Bridger Food Bank fed nearly 1,000 in 2009! We continue in 2010 to provide assistance by way of mentoring and previously agreed to financial support. We look forward to seeing them fully independent in the near future.