DENVER — With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits still on hold across the country, the Denver Public Schools Foundation has revived a fund from that started at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to feed families in need.

The nonprofit, which raises money for Colorado’s largest school district, told Denver7 Tuesday the fund has raised more than $125,000 since it launched Oct. 30, just two days before the lapse in SNAP benefit funding.

Sara Hazel, president and CEO of the DPS Foundation, called that total “amazing.”

“We want to make sure that all of our students and families have food so that they can show up to school ready to learn,” Hazel told Denver7 Tuesday.

Five years ago, the Food Security Fund helped pay for grab-and-go meals for kids who weren’t gett

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