After months of clean-up, renovation, repair and inspection, Summit-based nonprofit CAFE Food Rescue has moved into its new home, “The Hub,” on Stephens Way in Silverthorne. 

CAFE Food Rescue commemorated the opening with a launch party Thursday, Oct. 24

Executive director Diane Calvin said the opportunity for this move came about when Silverthorne purchased the building at 175 Stephens Way last year with the intent of using the land it was on to widen Stephens Way. With that construction years away, the town offered the spot to the nonprofit for its operations in the meantime. 

CAFE Food Rescue gathers surplus food from local grocery stores, restaurants and catering services then repackages the food and distributes it to local food pantries and community dinners. 

“The location in Silverthorne is important because it is near to many of our food donors and a couple of our biggest food distribution partners (The Family & Intercultural Resource Center in Dillon and the Summit Rotary Club community dinner at the Elks Lodge),” Calvin said via email. “It is also close to our food pantry at the Community Care Clinic.”

So far in 2024, the nonprofit “rescued” over 93,000 pounds of food, translating to over 77,000 meals, in Summit County. 

“The Hub” has commercial-grade kitchen equipment, an administrative meeting space, a walk-in refrigerator and freezer and space for food repackaging. 

Thanks to help from the town of Silverthorne, the nonprofit will have a wholesale packaging license for “The Hub.” Prior to this, it only had packaging licenses at the Keystone Conference Center where it has a commissary kitchen agreement.

“The Hub” is located at 175 Stephens Way. To learn more about CAFE Food Rescue visit CafeFoodRescue.org.