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Fast Facts: Finding Our Place at The Table
Fast Facts: Finding Our Place at The Table
Food is Fuel Kids Campaign 2013 Get Dirty for a Good Cause on June 8 Empty Bowls: Nourishment Through Art Take Your Place at the Table on June 2 Stryker Receives Community Pillar Award Grainger Supports Caseworker Pantry JUNE 2013
Fast Facts
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes can procure food for around 6 cents per pound. That means with your donation of $20, we can buy more than 300 lbs. of foodenough to fill three grocery carts.
In order to promote legislation and policies concerning food security, KLF has created an e-advocacy team. Sign up at advocacy@kzoolf.org for easy monthly action items.
KLF distributes food to more than 70 volunteer-operated pantries, schools, senior living sites, prepared meal sites and more throughout the County.
Kids brains and bodies are active year-roundnot just when school is in session. Imagine trying to be a r successful student, athlete or musician without having F, O d . d n St onatio Watch w ith p an nu aff a enough to eat. n o r t ne a l D o ur dr a nd ts s ll rs O H a r op - of w e b s oe Through Kalamazoo n St a r ite f lo din asy of o a o c ff U g a r s o t Loaves & Fishes Food is SA u n d u r l o c to p a r n S . ion s , i c a l l u s t ic i atio er n n at We clu pat Fuel Kids Campaign, eat ns a c ol s d e t h yo i ng le c ned ! Si nd ted s ge we will provide ready can u r sea donate mply d Ave ites t . fe e r o t i h access to a variety v r e e da i a st c h i n y ou r s p a r e t h r ou y of nutritious foods ld f c c the ears D han gh on u or a ph Foo ol l a cha o d for families and l d e r g e f ou e ay! d is l le n rD . Ev n r F g Fu iv e or m in er y d kids during ore g the el K id -T h ru $ 1 J e c om nn r s in f the summer mu C a m p a i s e d k zo ifer Jo ormat $7, nit a h i months, when ol f . o r g n s o n a o n o n y to h e i g n . I n 5 0 0 to how . t 48 lp u s school-based 2 8 -2 t s co 013, w uppor 617 o part t l e l meals arent e re c i ext . 21 cipate t $10,0 as accessible. ,c 3 or 0 jen ontac 0. Every donation made to this n i fe t r@ campaign will support the procurement or distribution of essential food resources that kids and families in this community count on. Every ounce of nourishment kids receive during their younger years is vital to their future success. Children cant properly learn or grow without receiving crucial nutrients communityfrom local business owners, or employeefound in a healthy balanced diet. If kids spend even just driven initiatives, to individual or faith-based collections one summer without consistent meals, the consequences we can provide the fuel our kids need by ensuring they relating to their development will be felt for a lifetime. have reliable access to food. KLF provides groceries, snacks and meal assistance Keep an eye on your mailbox for more details about the year-round at more than 70 local sites, including pantries, 2013 Food is Fuel Kids Campaign and join us for the Dollar schools and partner agencies. Connecting families with food often begins with the children in the household, either Drive-Thru on July 10 to help fight hunger for local kids. through a teacher or caseworker. With the help of the
10,000 families. As great as that is, we know that there is still more to do. One goal of the 2013 Kalamazoo Mud Run is to raise $12,000 to support KLFs Mobile Food Initiative. The Kalamazoo Mud Run is a joint effort of Kalamazoo Community Church and the Bridge in Portage, said Johnson. Last year, in its inaugural run, over 1,300 runners of all ages took part in raising over $30,000 toward water wells in Uganda, Africa. Theres still time to get involved. Go to www.kalamazoomudrun.com to register as a runner, volunteer or simply to donate to the cause.
Interested in helping Kalamazoo become a hunger-free community? Weve got a place for you! Attend a brief orientation meeting and tour to get started. VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION DATES: Wednesday, June 12 Wednesday, June 26 Wednesday, July 24 Sign up with our Volunteer Coordinator, Laura Winther: 269/488-2617, ext. 209 laura@kzoolf.org
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Canned fruit Foods high in protein (6 grams or more) are always needed in our warehouse, too.
Mary Hutchins and Anne Wend Lipsey of KLF with Carol Hurley of W.W. Grainger, Inc. in the Caseworker Pantry area By supporting the Caseworker Pantry and locating the new freezer, refrigerator, and food boxes closer to where the work is being done will help save time and create more efficiency for both the caseworkers and the Loaves & Fishes warehouse staff. Thank you to The Grainger Foundation for their ongoing support of KLF and its anti-hunger programs.
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Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes will feed hungry people and engage our community in the fight to end hunger.
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Robert & Janet Andersons 60th Wedding Anniversary Bette Anderton Bronson Methodist Hospitals Medical Staff Art Cole Gloria Copeland Evar Corradini David & Annette Duchamp First United Methodist Church Women Phyllis Hepp Dr. Yannis Grants Retirement Lindsey Jacobs Birthday Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Pantries Kalamazoo Sail & Power Squadron Marvin King Anne Wend Lipsey David & Luvina Matyas 40th Wedding Anniversary Sean McCann LaMarr Millers Birthday Claire Moermans Birthday Emma Moermans Birthday
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TRIBUTES 3/3/2013 5/2/2013 Special thanks to those who honor friends and family through contributions to KLF.
Benjamin Palmers Birthday Emily Palmers Birthday Brandy Pennimans 90th Birthday Phyllis Rappeports Birthday Victor Siemers Varnum LLP Helen Walls Graduation Dean Margaret Merrion Edna Romig Frakes Mrs. Helen Graham Dan Harrison Paul Haserodt Dorothy Jean Hoeksema The Father of Peggy Iler Hiram Cap Kamps Dan Kavanaugh Lance Lambert Jim Lawrence Mary Lazarton Linda Mary Renauld Lutz Maurice Madden Kathy Mizeur Ron Moore Donna Nichols Jaimie Oorbeck Thomas Oorbeck Frank Ossiff Jr. Rick Ostericher Gerald L. Pochyla Ann O. Pratt Jim Reish Jessica Renauld
Connie Alfiero Nancie Bigler Leila Bradfield Len Bridge Harold Bulger Bruce L. Burrows Robert Frank Charkowski George Commissaris Tom Crooks Rev. Jorge DaSilva Garold & Evalyn Bunny DeForest Loretta Doerschler Richard Donovan Robert Eager, Sr.
IN MEMORY OF
Oswald & Alvina Renauld Milo and Frances Rifenberg Kathleen Roberts Darrell Rostami Toni Rostami Dr. Clarence W. Rudegeair Fred R. Russell Marilyn Scheel Martin & Emma Schmitt Joani Siwik Pearl Marie Renauld Stone & Douglas Stone David Stuck Jim Swanson Winona Swope Roon Visser Ellen Weighman Jerry Wend Anne M. White Don and Ruth Wisser William A. Wright Johanna Yzenbaard Flora Zeinstra
Board of Directors
Jack Abate Patricia Carlin Rob DeWit HJ DuBrule Bob Ezelle Martin Glista Alan Harbaugh Mike Henderson Sam Lealofi Robert Lohrmann Karen McPhail Harvey Myers Helen Norris Stacey Randolph Martha Ream Martha Simpson Jan Tiderington
Phyllis Hepp, Organizational Development Director Jennifer Johnson, Resource Dev. & Public Relations Director Deb Josephson, Services Coordinator Marvin King, Warehouse Director Anne Wend Lipsey, Executive Director Ruth Matteson, Call Center Lead Jon Riccio, Donor Database Coordinator Kimberly Schoetzow, Communications Coordinator Carolyn Tyler, Operations Coordinator Laura Winther, Volunteer Coordinator
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