MARCH, 2016 NEWSLETTER Page 1 Foothills Food Bank — March, 2016 Calendar March 2 Care Cllub 17 Care Club 18 Easter Basket DistribuƟon begins 19 Fiesta Day Parade 19 VCA Clinic 24 UƟlity Assistance 26 Food Bank Board MeeƟng April 4 Volunteer Trainiing 6 Care Club 21 Care Club 30 Relay for Life (through May 1) TBD Mother’s Day Purse ministry NewsleƩer Contents Page 2 *Making Progress in 2015 Page 3 *Mirabel Fundraiser *Our Asset: Robin Kilbane Page 4 *Donors Make a Difference *Easy Ways to Help Page 5 *Financial Review: 2014 v 2015 Page 6 *Adopt-a-Family Happiness Page 7 *Pets Need Help, Too *Young Contributors *Annual StaƟsƟcs *What We Always Need Page 8 *Charitable DonaƟon Form Dear Patrons, Donors, Volunteers and Sponsors, Welcome to 2016 and thank you for the support you have given to the Food Bank this past year. With each newsleƩer, we talk about the expanding programs and the in crease in parƟcipants that we are supporƟng here at the food bank. The message conƟn ues as we see more families in need of help and when we compare previous year’s volumes of food distributed and numbers of folks helped, the numbers conƟnue to be larger. All of you know that the Buffalo Chip had an unfortunate event which resulted in loss of jobs right at Christmas Ɵme. We were able to add some of those folks to our Christmas “Adopt a Family” program and the Local Fire Department helped us supply giŌs for the children of the employees of the Chip. We also received money from local resi dents in the area and we forwarded the funds to the Chip employees under the direcƟon of Larry Wendt. Thanks again to all of the folks in the Foot Hills area that stepped up to help those who were affected by this tragedy. We are moving forward with our building expansion. Plans have been submiƩed to the city of Cave Creek and we will start construc Ɵon aŌer the City has approved our plans. We are fortunate to have leaders at the city who have met with us and given us guidance to move forward. Our funding for this project is driven from a grant and from the iniƟaƟon of a Capital Building Campaign. We are striving to have all of the funds required before compleƟng the construcƟon. Your conƟnued support allows us to help thousands of individuals throughout each year. THANK YOU for helping us to help others. Sincerely, Board President Chuck Weirauch The Foothills Food Bank NewsleƩer Editor/Designer—Peni Long [email protected]
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MARCH, 2016 NEWSLETTER
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Foothills Food Bank — March, 2016
Calendar March 2 Care Cllub 17 Care Club 18 Easter Basket Distribu on begins 19 Fiesta Day Parade 19 VCA Clinic 24 U lity Assistance 26 Food Bank Board Mee ng April 4 Volunteer Trainiing 6 Care Club 21 Care Club 30 Relay for Life (through May 1) TBD Mother’s Day Purse ministry
Newsle er Contents Page 2 *Making Progress in 2015 Page 3 *Mirabel Fundraiser *Our Asset: Robin Kilbane Page 4 *Donors Make a Difference *Easy Ways to Help Page 5 *Financial Review: 2014 v 2015 Page 6 *Adopt-a-Family Happiness Page 7 *Pets Need Help, Too *Young Contributors *Annual Sta s cs *What We Always Need Page 8 *Charitable Dona on Form
Dear Patrons, Donors, Volunteers and Sponsors,
Welcome to 2016 and thank you for the support you have given to the Food Bank this past year. With each newsle er, we talk about the expanding programs and the in-‐crease in par cipants that we are suppor ng here at the food bank. The message con n-‐
ues as we see more families in need of help and when we compare previous year’s volumes of food distributed and numbers of folks helped, the numbers con nue to be larger. All of you know that the Buffalo Chip had an unfortunate event which resulted in loss of jobs right at Christmas me. We were able to add some of those folks to our Christmas “Adopt a Family” program and the Local Fire Department helped us supply gi s for the children of the employees of the Chip. We also received money from local resi-‐dents in the area and we forwarded the funds to the Chip employees under the direc on of Larry Wendt. Thanks again to all of the folks in the Foot Hills area that stepped up to help those who were affected by this tragedy. We are moving forward with our building expansion. Plans have been submi ed to the city of Cave Creek and we will start construc-‐on a er the City has approved our plans. We are fortunate to have
leaders at the city who have met with us and given us guidance to move forward. Our funding for this project is driven from a grant and from the ini a on of a Capital Building Campaign. We are striving to have all of the funds required before comple ng the construc on. Your con nued support allows us to help thousands of individuals throughout each year. THANK YOU for helping us to help others. Sincerely,
Board President Chuck Weirauch
The Foothills Food Bank Newsle er Editor/Designer—Peni Long [email protected]
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Foothills Food Bank
Mission
The Foothills Food Bank and Resource Center provides food, referral informa on and financial assistance to individ-‐uals and families in need within our service area.
Hours of Opera on
Monday: 9 am—3 pm Tuesday: 9 am—3 pm 5:30 pm—8 pm Wednesday: 9 am—3 pm Thursday: 10 am—4 pm 5:30 pm—8 pm Friday: 10 am—4 pm Care Club Pick-up Times
Each Month 1st. Wednesday 10:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m. 3rd Thursday 10:30 a.m.--8 p.m. Physical Address 6038 E. Hidden Valley Drive Cave Creek, AZ 85331 Mailing Address P.O. Box 715 Carefree, AZ 85377
Contact Informa on Email [email protected] Phone 480-488-1145 Fax 480-488-9008 Twi er www.twi er.com/FoothillsFood Website Foothillsfoodbank.com Facebook www.facebook.com/FoothillsFoodBank
Dear Food Bank Supporters, We have quieted down a li le since the busy holiday sea-‐son of 2015. It is the lull before the storm. We will soon be breaking ground for our 2,000 square foot addi on. We have not even been in the building 3 years and already it has become necessary to put on an addi on.
There are several things that impact this decision : The first is that we desperately need more storage space, especially refrigera on. The second is that we are helping clients to receive more services (SNAP,
AHCCCS, DES U lity Assistance and other resources) and need more office space.
The third is that we would like to bring our Snack Pack Program in-house. We are ren ng space in order to fulfill this much needed program.
We are well on our way to reaching our es mated cost of this addi on. We applied for and received a $150,000 grant from Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust to be used toward the cost. Also, sadly Fr. Herb Hauck, who was instrumental in our receiving a $300,000 gi that paid off our mortgage, passed away and he requested that dona-‐ons be made to the building fund in his memory. We received in Fr. Herb’s memory
$64,940. Addi onal dona ons to the Capital Campaign amount to $32,905, bringing the total to $247,845 of the es mated $400,000 needed. Elsewhere in this news-‐le er is more informa on about the Capital Campaign. Thank you, again, for a very prosperous 2015 and please con nue to support those in need in 2016. Sincerely, Execu ve Director Pam DiPietro
Making Progress in 2016
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People Make Progress Possible
What We Always Need Lunch soups, chunky soups Stew, chili Canned tuna, chicken, spam, salmon Canned tomatoes, sauce, paste Pasta, rice and potato sides Peanut bu er and Jelly Sugar, flour Tea, coffee Dried beans, Canned beans Diapers—sizes 5 and 6
Foothills Food Bank
Bidding on the Bear Necessi es for Snack Pack Congratula ons to the ladies at the Mirabel Golf Community for raising over $46,000 at their annual luncheon to benefit the Foothills Food Bank. 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Snack Pack Program. 75 ladies a ended this year's luncheon and auc on which took place
on January 22nd. The theme was a Teddy Bear Picnic. Co-chairs Terry Krivoruchka, Amber Buckman and Angie Dietrick are very grateful to their commi ee and to all of the Mirabel ladies (and men) who made this year's event a huge success!
Robin Kilbane—Asset to the Food Bank
Robin joined the Food Bank in November, 2015. She is our Resource and Educa on Coordi-‐nator. Along with a degree in Psychology, Robin comes with a mul tude of experience that has taken her in many direc ons. All that are helpful for her new role at the Food Bank. The most important one is that she has excellent people-skills and empathy for others. She recently helped a Veteran that needed surgery, but was having trouble ge ng through the system. She kept working with him as his support system un l he finally received the much needed surgery. Here is Robin’s personal take on what she does: My job as Resource and Educa on Coordinator has been evolving in many new direc ons as I get to know the needs of our clients. My goal is to provide as many resources that I can find to help move people forward in their lives and out of the cycle. I have been so fortunate to work with and be mentored by Suzanne Hyde LCSW, the social worker for Neighbors in Need AZ. Together we have been working to bring a mobile medical unit to the food bank monthly to provide medical services and checkups, working with local employers to train and recruit in our area, and star ng rela onships with shelters to help with our homeless popula on. The Foothills Caring Corps, St. Vincent de Paul, Desert Foothills YMCA, Salva on Army and Mar al Adam Stein have also been a tremendous help to me. I am so thankful to be working with such dedicated people and organiza ons. We have a wonderful caring community.
Ladies at Mirabel browsing to bid on donated treasures.
The year 2015 was a very challenging, yet produc ve one for the Food Bank and the communi es we serve. Thanks to the extremely generous contribu ons from our food resource partners and you, the members of the community, we not only met the growing needs of our clients for food and other resources, but were able to con nue to sustain our infrastructure to meet these demands. During the past year, we sa sfied the needs of our client base, which grew about 20% because of your generosity. In addi-‐on, a donor purchased a new refrigerated van for the transporta on of food and materials from contribu ng local grocery
stores to our facility. Also, because of you, our donors, we purchased land for parking facili es adjacent to our building to expand our limited parking spaces, and replaced refrigera on units in our exis ng structure. All of these ac vi es were paid with exis ng funds and your 2015 contribu ons. In addi on, we started a Capital Campaign in 2015 to fund the expansion of our facility to meet our growing needs. The num-‐bers we serve within our boundaries con nues to grow, and it has become necessary to expand. The expansion of 2,000 square feet will accommodate the purchase of more refrigera on units (desperately required to properly store perishable foodstuffs), general storage area, client wai ng and packing areas, and other general purposes. The approximate cost of this expansion (including equipment) should not exceed $400,000. We are grateful to the contributors who have helped us get started on funding the facili es expansion and believe we can complete this project in 2016 without incurring any long-term debt. This can only be accomplished while we sustain con nu-‐ing opera ons to meet the needs of our community. YOUR CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS WILL ALLOW US TO MEET OUR AMBITIOUS GOALS AND SUSTAIN THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE FOOD BANK. Within this newsle er you will see a review of our financial performance for the past two years that will assist you in ge ng a heightened perspec ve of the ac vi es of the Food Bank for the past two years. The second is a financial request form for your con nuing support of our ac vi es. As always, any contribu on is gratefully appreciated, tax-deduc ble and may qualify for an Arizona Tax Credit. Please contact our office at (480)488-1145, should you need further informa on concerning the Food Bank, its ac vi es or related contribu on informa on.
Foothills Food Bank
2016 Board of Directors
President Chuck Weirauch Vice President Ken Jones Secretary Gina Durbin Treasurer Dave Loewith Directors Angie Dietrick Glenn Ford Don Hicks Jacki Jobe Larry Mahaffy Frank Simanson Jeff Skoglind Sharon White Execu ve Director Pam DiPietro
Donors Make a Difference
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Easy Ways to Help the Food Bank Shop at Fry’s: We can now earn dollars from Fry’s Food Stores. You can help us earn our share by logging onto www.frysfood.com and linking your Fry’s card with our organiza on. Just type in “Foothills Food Bank” as the organiza on name and you are set! It’s as easy as that. Once you have registered your card, every me you shop and swipe your V.I.P. card, the Food Bank will start earning a rebate. Order at Amazon: The Foothills Food Bank is a registered charitable organiza-‐on with Amazon. Amazon will donate .05% of every purchase you make
through the site. You must register, and then it will automa cally give us the dona on every me you make a purchase. What could be easier! Register at Smile.amazon.com. And we can always use your le over plas c bags—another easy way to reuse and help us help our clients.
Sta s cal Informa on 2015 2014 Clients Served 41,209 38,885 Volunteer Hours 28,148 26,793 Donated Food (@ $2/lb) $ 1,520,770 $ 1,347,700 Food Disbursement (@$2/lb $ 1,623,830 $ 1,558,412
Financial Informa on Income Restricted Contribu ons Adopt a Family $ 10,081 $ 7,490 Care Club 19,890 23,290 Snack Pack 61,878 13,035 Other 9,482 4,768 Capital Campaign 247,845 20,000 Long Term Debt Payoff 300,000 ____________ __________ 349,176 368,583 Unrestricted Contribu ons Individual 227,939 239,648 Church/Business 77,045 58,570 Founda on 73,452 33,455 Fundraisers 31,270 51,306 Matching Gi s 8,224 3,998 Other 25,358 17,352 ____________ ___________ 443,288 404,329 Total Income 792,464 772,912 Expenses Administra ve 129,330 119,104 Programs 338,343 299,420 Other Expense (Income) (23,574) 1,195 Total Expenses 444,099 419,719 Opera ng Cash Surplus 348,365 353,193 Long Term Debt Payoff 296,360 Capital Expenditures 133,254 3,474 Net Cash Surplus $ 215,101 53,359
Foothills Food Bank
Financial Review of 2015 versus 2014
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Foothills Food Bank
Adopt -A- Family Makes for Happy Holidays
Our 13th Annual Adopt-a-Family program concluded on December 24th, 2015. On behalf of the Foothills Food Bank we’d like to extend our sincere gra tude to our donors and volunteers that helped make this our most successful event yet. Through your generosity, we provided 377 families with gi cards, items of need and toys to those who are less fortunate in our sur-‐rounding Foothills communi es. We offered three ways to serve families this year. Our first event was held in Black Canyon City on Saturday, Dec. 12th where over 70 families from the north valley were served. Our second event was held at Holland Center in Sco sdale on Sunday, Dec. 13th where 100 families came in to pick up their gi s. Lunch boxes were provided and Santa was present along with a generous toy give-away provided by the Rural Metro Fire Department. Our third op on for families to receive gi s was direct delivery by their donors. This provided an opportunity for each party to meet one another. The Foothills Food Bank also provided gi cards and toys to registered clients who missed our events. Addi onally, we had a unique opportunity to serve employees who were affected by the Buffalo Chips fire and suddenly had no income.
Together, with the help of 160 donors (churches, schools, clubs and individuals) and 30+ volunteers, the compassion shown for the less fortunate was evident and greatly appreciated. Special thanks to our event center hosts Chris Winger and Nicole Seagren of the Foothills Community Founda on, to Jean Johnson of the Salva on Army and High Desert Helpers in Black Can-‐yon City and to our Co-Chairs, Jeannine Di oe & Nancy Keller for their organiza on and countless hours spent on this important project.
Many expressed their gra tude and here are just a couple of notes. (Names have been withheld.)
“To the People at Foothills Food Bank, I want to tell you that you have made a huge difference in our lives! We are ea ng good home cooked meals because of your efforts and food. We were given a really nice cookware set for Christmas and we are so very thankful for it. We appreciate all that you do for us and our community! From our hearts we thank you. May God Bless you all. Merry Christmas.“
“Dearest Foothills Food Bank Staff and Volunteers, Happy New and I pray that each of you all had a blessed and wonderful holiday season because you certainly ALL deserved it! Your stockings brought smiles to my children’s faces and the candy is s ll being enjoyed. We used the candy canes to deco-‐rate our tree because somewhere during our move the tree decora ons were lost. Hopefully I’ll find them just in me for Easter. That’s life as a single parent to 6 beau ful and precious children. I say you’re amazing because when I first opted to move here and give my kids a healthy way of life as a single parent, that scared me. How will I fare, alone with 6? But God is also amazing! He connected me to all of you and what a blessing you have been. Then a wonderful donor gave us those amazing and personalized gi bags and I cried with joy, because of his gen-‐erous gi , my kids had a phenomenal Christmas. They thought he was an elf, and he was gracious enough to go along with it. God bless him and his en re family as he blessed us as his adopted Christmas family. Lastly, that party at the Holland Center was superb. It put the icing on the wonders of Santa for my 6, 7, 8, 8, 10 and 12 year olds. Again, may God bless all of you. I am so grateful to all of you beau ful people. You have truly helped my family grow and thrive through your endless giving. “
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Pets Important for Client Families—Help Us Help Them, Too
Remember the saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away?" How about playing with your pet each day? Those of us with pets understand the proven health benefits of having a pet in the family, including physical, mental and emo onal well-being. For clients who have pets in their lives, we have been providing cri cal vaccina ons which support them in main-‐taining a safe and healthy home. Over the past two years, through the generous support of Veterinary Centers of America, over 200 pets have received vaccina ons. We want to do more and are striving to bring a mobile spay and neuter clinic to the Food Bank site to provide addi onal services to our clients’ pets. When we have raised $2500, we can schedule the clinic. One day on-site will result in 40 pets being spayed or neutered. Your dona ons can be directed to Foothills Food Bank, PO Box 715, Carefree, AZ 85377. Please note in the check memo that it is for the Spay and Neuter Clinic. Your dona-‐on is tax deduc ble. Thank you.
Many Ways to Make a Difference
Annual Sta s cs Year 2015
Volunteer hours: Hours contributed by 400+ volunteers: 28,148 Number of individuals receiving food: 41,209 Pounds of food disbursed: 811,915 Pounds of food donated: 760,385 (The food bank purchases the food shor all.) New Clients (families): 637 (Equates to 1,575 more people helped.) Families receiving monetary assistance: 261
The Young Show Compassion Early Recently 3 young boys, Cole, Jackson and Wesley brought in food from a food drive that they had taken on by themselves. They canvassed their neighborhood asking neighbors to do-‐nate food for a food drive they were organizing. They are showing compassion for others at a very young age.
And yet another… Sarah is 8 years old and her sister Juliana is 11. They have done many projects like lemonade stands and puppet shows to raise food and/or money for the Foot-‐hills Food Bank. They have been doing this for the past several years. Their Grandmother stated, “It encourages them to con nue to show compassion for others
and hopefully that will con nue throughout their lives.” We agree. At a very young age these children know it is important to help the less fortunate. Kudos!
What We Always Need Lunch soups, chunky soups Stew, chili Canned tuna, chicken, spam, salmon Canned tomatoes, sauce, paste Pasta, rice and potato sides Peanut bu er and Jelly Sugar, flour Tea, coffee Dried beans, Canned beans Diapers—sizes 5 and 6
Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes.
M A R C H , 2 0 1 6 N E W S L E T T E R
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The Foothills Food Bank and Resource Center provides emergency food, financial assistance and other life necessi es and resources to individuals and families in the desert foothills, which encompasses a 180-square mile area that includes Black Canyon City, Cave Creek, Carefree, Anthem, Desert Hills, New River, Rio Verde, north Sco sdale and north Phoenix. We are partnering with others and working together in our communi es to provide needed services to help our clients succeed in becoming self-suppor ng. Dona ons of funds and goods are cri cal in helping to fulfill our mission. Thank you for your con nued support.
2016 Charitable Dona on Form
______ Capital Campaign for the Building Expansion. Support our plan to con nue to meet the needs of our community. ______ Arizona Charitable Giving Program. Support the Foothills Food Band and reduce your Arizona tax bill with a tax credit. (Maximum dona on for the AZ tax credit is $400 for a married couple, $200 if single, head of household or filing separately). For more informa on, visit www.revenue.state.az or call 1-800-843-7196. Name(s) ___________________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip ______________________________________________________________ Telephone ___________________________ Email _________________________________ Amount Donated ______________________ Amount enclosed ______________________ Make check payable to Foothills Food Bank. -Or- Please charge my VISA _____ MC _____ Discover _____ American Express _____ Card number ______________________________________________________________ Expira on Date _____________________ Security Code (3 digits on back of card) _______ Signature _____________________________________________ Date ________________ Please mail this completed form to: Foothills Food Bank, PO Box 715, Carefree, AZ 85377
