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Nibbles & Sips Fundraising Gala

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We Hope You'll Join Us for
Our 2025 Gala!

Saturday, February 22, 2025 • 5:00 - 8:30pm

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center • 7800 E. Tufts Avenue, Denver 80237

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For over a decade, our traditional fundraising event has been an in-person food and beverage tasting event that provides over 50 restaurants and alcohol sampling stations. We pair many of the popular gala components with a casual, upbeat atmosphere that draws over 600 people together for a hoot of a good time. 

Contact Todd to learn more about joining us as an Event Supporter for the 2025 Nibbles & Sips Gala! Together, we will raise funds to support the transformational initiatives that are helping more community members overcome disparity and live healthier lives. The Nibbles & Sips Gala is a unique evening full of inspiration, hope, and community.

Witness and be part of the extraordinary IFCS mission reaching to those most in need. 

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Click on the selections below for information about the various ways you can help support IFCS’ Nibbles & Sips Gala. Thank you!

SPECIAL THANKS TO BEVY’S, OUR 2025 PRESENTING SPONSOR

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Stunning Venue

IFCS is honored to be hosting Nibbles & Sips again at the elegant Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, with its 12-story atrium lobby and sleek modern spaces with lots of natural light. Conveniently situated minutes from downtown Denver and the South Metro Denver communities, this would be a great opportunity to stay overnight at a posh property and extend your celebration.

Fine Food & Beverage Tasting

The Nibbles & Sips gala offers the opportunity to sample more than 300 wines, spirits and beers from around the world, coupled with tasty offerings from local restaurants such as:

  • Alamo Draft House
  • Bad Daddy Burger
  • Polidori Sausage
  • Blue Bell Ice Cream
  • Los Dos Portillos
  • Corner Bakery
  • Root 25
  • The Melting Pot
  • Piccolo’s
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes
  • Red Bird Farms
  • Romano’s Restaurant
  • Tico’s Mexican
  • Torchies Tacos
  • Seasons 52 Fresh Grill
    …And more!

Non-alcoholic beverages are also available.

Entertaining Auctioneer

Ever since singing into her hairbrush as a young girl, Jennifer Clifford of Beyond the Call Charity Auction Services has loved delighting audiences from behind a microphone. Her dynamic personality plus her ability to connect with people motivates audiences and brings crowds to their feet. More than just fast-talking, she’s the complete package of experience and expertise, and she has a heart for IFCS.

Watch this webpage for ticket purchase information in early 2025!

Contact Todd with Any Questions

Many Thanks to Our Generous 2024 Event Sponsors:

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Highlands Ranch Rotary Foundation
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This is what your support provides to IFCS:

3 DonateLevel25K
3 DonateLevel1K B
$25,000Be the Market Leader
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Stock the Market @ IFCS for One Month
$1,000Have a Cow
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Stock 20 Cases of Shelf-Stable Milk for the IFCS Food Market
3 DonateLevel10K
3 DonateLevel2.5K
$15,000Fill that Truck
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Transport 10,000 lbs. of Food in a 26’ Box Truck
$500Host a Hygiene Products Drive
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Provide Toiletries that SNAP and Grants Don’t Cover for Participants
3 DonateLevel ProteinFreezer
3 DonateLevel25
$10,000Pack Protein Power
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Secure “a Ton” (2,000 lbs.) of Frozen Chicken, Turkey, Pork and Eggs
$100One Can, Two Can, Who Can, You Can
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Contribute 1 Grocery Basket of Food to Add to the Market Shelves
3 DonateLevel1K
3 DonateLevel AddFreshToCart
$5,000Be a Hunger Hero
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Supply 2,400 Families with Fresh Produce for a Month
$50Get Fresh
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Provide a Bag of Fresh Produce for an Enrichment Program Participant & Family
3 DonateLevel2.5K
3 DonateLevel FoodieBank
$2,500Flush Their Worries Away
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Secure Six Months of Paper Products for the Food Market
$25Break Your Foodie Bank
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Feed a family for a day

Would you like to partner with us? Support IFCS programs to nourish lives and help alleviate hunger in our community.

Donate now!

Non-Discrimination Statement

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or  retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  1. Mail:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. Fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or 
  3. Email:
    program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

This statement was updated 8.3.22 in accordance with USDA updates and guidelines.

Eligibility Guidelines

IFCS Enrichment Programs have service area and income guidelines.

SERVICE AREA GUIDELINES:
For IFCS Enrichment Programs, we have a service area covering:

  • Western Arapahoe County: Centennial, Englewood, Glendale, Greenwood Village, Littleton, Sheridan, and unincorporated Arapahoe County.
  • Southwest Denver Neighborhoods: Bear Valley, College View, Fort Logan, Harvey Park, Harvey Park South, Marston & South Platte (Southwest Neighborhoods further defined as being south of Jewell and west of Santa Fe).
  • Northern Douglas County: Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Lone Tree.

  • Southern Jefferson County: South Lakewood, Littleton, Morrison (Neighborhoods further defined as being south of Jewell along the C-470 Corridor – including Columbine, Bow Mar, Dakota Ridge, and Ken Caryl Ranch) 

Applications outside of these listed areas will not be accepted.


INCOME GUIDELINES:
As of March 1, 2024, a household may meet income-based standards in either of the following two ways:

  1. Participate in one of these public assistance programs:
    • Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
    • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
    • Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
    • Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
    • Old Age Pension (OAP)
    • Aid to Needy Disabled (AND)
    • Aid to the Blind (AB)
    • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
    • Medicaid Eligible Foster Children
  1. If the household does not participate in any of the above public assistance programs, the household must have a combined gross income that does not exceed the maximum income limit for the applicable household size.

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES:
Please refer to the Interest Form for additional, program-specific criteria.

Eligibility and Income Guidelines

Anyone experiencing food insecurity and self-identifying as meeting the Income Guidelines below is eligible for IFCS Food Market services.

Income Guidelines:
As of March 1, 2024, a household may meet income-based standards in either of the following two ways:

  1. Participate in one of these public assistance programs:
    • Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
    • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
    • Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
    • Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
    • Old Age Pension (OAP)
    • Aid to Needy Disabled (AND)
    • Aid to the Blind (AB)
    • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
    • Medicaid Eligible Foster Children
  1. If the household does not participate in any of the above public assistance programs, the household must meet the requirements based on the chart below, having a combined gross income not exceeding the maximum income limit for the applicable household size.

For IFCS Financial Assistance Programs (Rental and Utility Bill Payment Assistance), we have a service area of western Arapahoe (Centennial, Englewood, Glendale, Greenwood Village, Littleton, and Sheridan) and southwest Denver Neighborhoods. This includes Bear Valley, College View, Fort Logan, Harvey Park, Harvey Park South, Marston & South Platte (Southwest Neighborhoods further defined as being south of Jewell and west of Santa Fe). IFCS Rental Assistance Programs may be limited to the cities listed within Arapahoe County.

For IFCS Enrichment Programs, we have a service area covering:

  • Western Arapahoe County: Centennial, Englewood, Glendale, Greenwood Village, Littleton, Sheridan, and unincorporated Arapahoe County.
  • Southwest Denver Neighborhoods: Bear Valley, College View, Fort Logan, Harvey Park, Harvey Park South, Marston & South Platte (Southwest Neighborhoods further defined as being south of Jewell and west of Santa Fe).
  • Northern Douglas County: Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Lone Tree.

  • Southern Jefferson County: South Lakewood, Littleton, Morrison (Neighborhoods further defined as being south of Jewell along the C-470 Corridor – including Columbine, Bow Mar, Dakota Ridge, and Ken Caryl Ranch) 

 Applications outside of these listed areas will not be accepted. (Central Denver, North Denver, and Aurora applications will not be accepted.)