Livingston Food Resource Center

It starts with food. But in Park County, where 1 in 8 of your neighbors rely on us, it becomes so much more.

Food is the door. It's how families find us, how trust is built, and how real change begins. From that first visit to the pantry comes counseling, benefit navigation, community connection, and long-term stability. The Livingston Food Resource Center exists to increase nutrition security and overall well-being in our community, because not all food solves hunger. Real nutrition security means access to fresh, nutrient-dense foods that helps our neighbors not just survive, but thrive. It's an investment in every person we serve, and in the long-term health of this community.

Your dollars work hard here. As a rural county, we purchase over 50% of the food we distribute, compared to just 11% for urban food banks. Every gift is stretched as far as possible:

- 83¢ of every $1 goes directly to programs

- 188 volunteers contribute over 4,000 hours of service, a FT staff-to-volunteer ratio of 1:37!

Through 13 programs bridging gaps to uplift our neighbors we meet people where they are, serving families, seniors, and children across Park County; Food Pantry, Mobile Pantries, Pantry Supper Club, Summer Lunch in the Parks, Backpack Buddies, School Pantries, Senior Commodities, Thanksgiving Baskets, Community Kitchen, Kamut for Community Bread Program, Counseling & System Navigation, and Elevating Neighbors.

To learn more about our impact, explore our 2025 Annual Report: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/adf8136ee1.html#page/1

Testimonials

“I live in Livingston with my husband and two young daughters (ages 5 and 1). As costs of living continue to rise, the LFRC has been an essential source of support for our family. We’ve been able to provide our family with healthy, nourishing meals. We come to the food pantry nearly every week to help supplement some of our groceries. Being able to cook healthy meals for my family is such a blessing. The LFRC is making a positive impact on my family and so many others in the community.” - Cheyenne, 37 (client)

“When students take a bag of food home there is a sense of relief as they walk out the door. Relief that they have food, but also relief that there are people and organizations willing to help them.” - Justin Pond, PHS Assistant Principal

"I keep coming back for the people - the clients that come into the pantry to shop, the other volunteers that I work with and have formed friendships with and of course the awesome staff of LFRC! I volunteer in the Food Pantry and the displays of gratitude and thankfulness shown by all the clients that shop each week is overwelming. It’s a joyful place to work and building relationships with the clients is very important to me." - Pattie (Volunteer)