Food Bank
Your Food, Your Choice
Everyone deserves healthy, nourishing food. At Sister Carmen Community Center, our Food Bank offers fresh foods, pantry staples, and household essentials in a welcoming space. Families shop using a self-choice model, so you can pick the foods that best meet your needs. Whether you’re stretching your grocery budget or worried about your next meal, residents of Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, and Erie are always welcome. We’re here to help when putting food on the table feels harder than it should.
Sister Carmen Food Bank Location & Hours
Walk-ins are welcome during our regular shopping hours. If this is your first visit — or if it’s been a few years — please complete our brief enrollment paperwork before you arrive and bring it with you. If you are already enrolled at Sister Carmen, you may schedule your visit in advance using the links below:
Schedule your appointment here for regular food bank shopping hours.
Tuesday morning hours are reserved for seniors, people with disabilities, those who are immunocompromised, or anyone who benefits from a calmer environment. Schedule your appointment here for Tuesday morning quiet hours.
If Our Hours Don’t Work for You
If you can’t come during our open hours or need food delivered, please call us at (303) 665-4342. We’ll work with you to find a solution that fits your needs.
What to Bring
- A photo ID
- Current proof of address (like a utility bill) that includes your name and address showing you live in Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Erie, or unincorporated East Boulder County.
How It Works
Our Food Bank is a self-shop model—you choose the foods that are right for you and your family.
- Park in our lot at 655 Aspen Ridge Drive, Lafayette, CO and enter through the East side of the building.
- If this is your first visit–or if it’s been a few years–please come in to complete brief enrollment paperwork before scheduling future appointments. You may also download enrollment paperwork here to print and bring in with you to your first visit.
- Once enrolled, you may schedule an appointment (Schedule Here), check-in with an Advocate when you arrive and wait in the lobby until your name is called.
- If you are walking in with no appointment (this includes first time visitors):
- Add your name to the waitlist on the tablet in the entryway.
- Pick up a beeper. You can wait indoors or anywhere on the property until it sounds. (Beepers only work on site.)
- When your beeper sounds, check in with an Advocate in the Food Bank waiting area.
Transportation & Pick-Up Options
- If you cannot come in person, a friend or family member can shop for you. Please give them your ID and proof of address.
- If you live in Lafayette, you can use the Ride Free Lafayette service to reach us.
- If these options don’t work, call us at (303) 665-4342. We’ll help find another solution.
Visit Frequency
You’re welcome to shop up to 3 times each month. If you need more support, you may also visit Community Food Share.