THE FOOD BAG
Summer 2014
Newsletter of the Fort Bragg Food Bank
THE FOOD BAG EXTRA HELP FOR SENIORS
We provide a monthly Senior Box of additional food to our senior clients through a federally funded program called CSFP (you don’t really want to know what this stands for!). This year we were happy to add three new distribution sites for this program. Locally, seniors can now pick up their monthly box at the Redwood Coast Senior Center as well as at the Food Bank. We’re hoping this will be a convenience to seniors who regularly use the services of the Senior Center. We also added sites at the Anderson Valley and Gualala food pantries which will provide extra food to lowincome seniors in these communities.
FOR THE KIDS!
We’re so fortunate to have wonderful community partners concerned with the health and well-being of our children. The Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund has designated $10,000 of their share of the funds donated by Harvest Market through their Grocery Bag Token program for supplementing the nutrition of vulnerable children during extended school vacation periods when subsidized school lunches are not available to them. All summer long Food Bank families with children will receive an extra weekly food bag chock full of milk, eggs, other high-protein foods and fresh produce. We also are distributing diapers, courtesy of the Childrens’ Fund, to families with infants and toddlers. Visit our Website: www.fortbraggfoodbank.org
FRESH PRODUCE FOR REMOTE RURAL FOOD PANTRIES
With the help of a $6,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Mendocino Co. we are delivering more fresh produce to small food pantries in the remote areas of our county – in Gualala, Point Arena, Boonville, Leggett, Laytonville, and Round Valley. So far we’ve delivered about 3 ½ tons of food to these sites each month. We already deliver USDA commodities to these sites monthly, so it made sense to make use of spare truck capacity on these monthly delivery runs to bring more food to these sites. These small rural pantries, ably run by faithful volunteers, usually take place in spaces borrowed from local churches or civic groups. Most lack storage space and vehicles to transport food so they are enthusiastically grateful for this extra food for their clients.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE 910 N Franklin St, Fort Bragg 964-9404 General Distribution (All Ages) MON, WED, FRI: Noon – 3 pm WED: 4:30 – 5:30 pm Senior Distribution (60+) MON, WED, FRI: 10:45 – 11:15 am Clients may come once each week
OUR VISION: People coming together to create hope for a dignified, abundant life for everyone. OUR MISSION: To provide nutritious food that supports people in creating a healthy and better
BREAKFAST CLUB
FORT BRAGG
RAFFLE
FOOD BANK
PO Box 70 Fort Bragg CA 95437
Breakfast for Two – every month for a year! Plus on your Birthday!
PRST STD NONPROFIT POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #18 FT BRAGG CA
Winner Takes All !
BREAKFAST FOR TWO FROM ALL 13 RESTAURANTS
Great Odds !
ONLY 100 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD
BREAKFASTS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY: Flow Restaurant Eggheads Mendocino Hotel Café 1 MacCallum House Laurel Deli Little River Inn JJ’s Restaurant Sandpiper House Cucina Verona Headlands Coffeehouse David’s Queenie’s Roadhouse Cafe TICKETS: $50 - FOR SALE AT: THE FOOD BANK & HARVEST MARKET DRAWING: LABOR DAY. NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Send a check – big or small – everything helps! Bring us your used grocery bags. Drop off a case of food or bag of groceries. Too many zukes! We’ll take ‘em! Volunteer your time! Love one another!
Calling All Soupmakers! We’re looking for talented soupmakers to enter our annual Fundraising Event 3RD Annual
soup & Chili
Cook-Off
Saturday Oct 18 5 – 7:30 pm Pentecost Hall
Let us know if you would like to participate Call 964-9404 A Benefit Concert for the Fort Bragg Food Bank Friday Aug 29 at 7 pm – 1st Presbyterian Church
Thank You TO OUR TOP 2013 DONORS Season of Sharing
Lloyd & Judith Kozloff
Phillip & Monica Steinisch
Dorine Real & Lee Tepper
Knights of Columbus
St Anthony Catholic Church
The Community Foundation of Mendocino Co
Hawthorne Timber Co
Samuel Snook
Joe & Terry Furgerson
Doug Hammerstrom & Diane Harris
Mary & William Shepherd
Kathleen Kohn Fetzer Family Foundation
Elizabeth Gibson
Norman Rudman
Robert & Susan Juntz
Ron & Lola Brashear
William & Linda Rohr
Divine Assistants International
Rotary Club Of Fort Bragg
Michael Nissenberg & Kathy MacDonald
Do Gooders
Linda Kalman
Mendocino Presbyterian Church
Harvest Market
Mary McNeill
Paul & Irene McGuckin
Jeffrey & Helen Woodfield
Laura Vogelgesang
Judy & Bob Mathey
Betty Stechmeyer
Judith Summers
Susan Larkin
Carol Young Brooke Foundation
David Gurney
Elk Altar Society
Mendocino Coast European Auto
North Coast Opportunities
Patricia Dunbar
Robert Jones
Louise Rossi
Kristin Dempsey
Bruce & Moira Conzelman
Howard Martin
Sharon Core
Steven & Patricia Zlatunich
Denise Kreienhop
Claire S Ellis & Chuck Greenberg Fund
Coastal Mendocino Association of Realtors
Betty Abramson & Charles Artigues
William & Mildred Bohannan
Frisbee Ice Bowl
Heidi Altvater
Jordan & Lila Ayers
Cheryl & Kenneth Pogue
Mavis Moore
Orval & Joan Arnett
Savings Bank of Mendocino County
Paula Gann
Mike Anderson
Gilmore Perla
Oscar Erion
Elizabeth Owings
Peter Lit & Darcie Mahoney
Jacqueline Dornan
Fremont De Armond
Sharon Valenti
Thomas Corey
April Mason
GAG Charitable Group
Bill & Barbara Knapp
Cap'n Flints
Mendocino Solar Service
North Coast Energy Services
Rosenthal Thornton Construction
Paul & Barbara Clark
Royal Redwood Ranch
Warren Volk
Nicholas Yost & Sandra Rennie
Thomas J White & Leslie Scalpino Fund
Karen Lebacqz
Jerome & Patricia Thomas
Team Insurance & Financial Services
Fort Bragg First Presbyterian Church
Pase Trust
Jeanne Stoenner
Norma Andres
SO MANY THANKS, SO LITTLE SPACE We regret that we lack the space to list everyone who has donated so generously to us over the last year. So many caring community members gave that their names would not all fit on this page. Without their contribution the Food Bank would truly not be able to run. Our sincere thanks to these regrettably unsung heroes! Only 2013 cash donors are listed above. 2014 donors will be acknowledged at a later date. We have not listed people who gave so generously through the Season of Sharing campaign as they were acknowledged in the Fort Bragg Advocate News. We have made every effort not to list donors who wished to remain anonymous. If we have inadvertently mentioned any such donors, please accept our sincere apology and let us know so that we can correct our files.
A Big Thank YouTo All Who Participated in the
2013 Season of Sharing Special Thanks To: Sharon DiMauro, The Fort Bragg Advocate News, The Community Foundation of Mendocino County and to all the community members who contributed so generously through this campaign! Special appreciation for reporter, Frank Hartzell!
Our Gratitude to the Matching Funders of the
2013 Turkey Challenge Savings Bank of Mendocino County Team Insurance & Financial Services
Mendocino Solar Service Century 12 – Paul & Barbara Clark
Mendocino Coast European Auto
Thank You So Much to
Local Businesses
That Donate Extra Food Weekly
Harvest Market Safeway Harvest at Mendosa’s Purity Market Colombi’s Market
Corners of the Mouth Thanksgiving Coffee D’Aurelios’ Starbucks The Cookie Company
Café Beaujolais GoodLife Bakery Flow Restaurant
Our Appreciation To:
Groups That Host Food Drives & Barrels
Harvest Market Safeway Letter Carriers Lavendar Lady Savings Bank of Mendo Co Fort Bragg Library
Redwood Elementary Dana Gray Elementary FBHS Key Club Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church
4H Club Mendo Coast Frolf Club Mendocino Coast Jewish Community
Many Thanks to:
Regular Donors of Fresh Produce Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Mendocino Coast Produce
North Coast Brewing Company Local Backyard Gardeners
THANK YOU and A BIG HUG TO OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!
Newsletter of the Fort Bragg Food Bank
THE FOOD BAG EXTRA HELP FOR SENIORS
We provide a monthly Senior Box of additional food to our senior clients through a federally funded program called CSFP (you don’t really want to know what this stands for!). This year we were happy to add three new distribution sites for this program. Locally, seniors can now pick up their monthly box at the Redwood Coast Senior Center as well as at the Food Bank. We’re hoping this will be a convenience to seniors who regularly use the services of the Senior Center. We also added sites at the Anderson Valley and Gualala food pantries which will provide extra food to lowincome seniors in these communities.
FOR THE KIDS!
We’re so fortunate to have wonderful community partners concerned with the health and well-being of our children. The Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund has designated $10,000 of their share of the funds donated by Harvest Market through their Grocery Bag Token program for supplementing the nutrition of vulnerable children during extended school vacation periods when subsidized school lunches are not available to them. All summer long Food Bank families with children will receive an extra weekly food bag chock full of milk, eggs, other high-protein foods and fresh produce. We also are distributing diapers, courtesy of the Childrens’ Fund, to families with infants and toddlers. Visit our Website: www.fortbraggfoodbank.org
FRESH PRODUCE FOR REMOTE RURAL FOOD PANTRIES
With the help of a $6,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Mendocino Co. we are delivering more fresh produce to small food pantries in the remote areas of our county – in Gualala, Point Arena, Boonville, Leggett, Laytonville, and Round Valley. So far we’ve delivered about 3 ½ tons of food to these sites each month. We already deliver USDA commodities to these sites monthly, so it made sense to make use of spare truck capacity on these monthly delivery runs to bring more food to these sites. These small rural pantries, ably run by faithful volunteers, usually take place in spaces borrowed from local churches or civic groups. Most lack storage space and vehicles to transport food so they are enthusiastically grateful for this extra food for their clients.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE 910 N Franklin St, Fort Bragg 964-9404 General Distribution (All Ages) MON, WED, FRI: Noon – 3 pm WED: 4:30 – 5:30 pm Senior Distribution (60+) MON, WED, FRI: 10:45 – 11:15 am Clients may come once each week
OUR VISION: People coming together to create hope for a dignified, abundant life for everyone. OUR MISSION: To provide nutritious food that supports people in creating a healthy and better
BREAKFAST CLUB
FORT BRAGG
RAFFLE
FOOD BANK
PO Box 70 Fort Bragg CA 95437
Breakfast for Two – every month for a year! Plus on your Birthday!
PRST STD NONPROFIT POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #18 FT BRAGG CA
Winner Takes All !
BREAKFAST FOR TWO FROM ALL 13 RESTAURANTS
Great Odds !
ONLY 100 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD
BREAKFASTS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY: Flow Restaurant Eggheads Mendocino Hotel Café 1 MacCallum House Laurel Deli Little River Inn JJ’s Restaurant Sandpiper House Cucina Verona Headlands Coffeehouse David’s Queenie’s Roadhouse Cafe TICKETS: $50 - FOR SALE AT: THE FOOD BANK & HARVEST MARKET DRAWING: LABOR DAY. NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Send a check – big or small – everything helps! Bring us your used grocery bags. Drop off a case of food or bag of groceries. Too many zukes! We’ll take ‘em! Volunteer your time! Love one another!
Calling All Soupmakers! We’re looking for talented soupmakers to enter our annual Fundraising Event 3RD Annual
soup & Chili
Cook-Off
Saturday Oct 18 5 – 7:30 pm Pentecost Hall
Let us know if you would like to participate Call 964-9404 A Benefit Concert for the Fort Bragg Food Bank Friday Aug 29 at 7 pm – 1st Presbyterian Church
Thank You TO OUR TOP 2013 DONORS Season of Sharing
Lloyd & Judith Kozloff
Phillip & Monica Steinisch
Dorine Real & Lee Tepper
Knights of Columbus
St Anthony Catholic Church
The Community Foundation of Mendocino Co
Hawthorne Timber Co
Samuel Snook
Joe & Terry Furgerson
Doug Hammerstrom & Diane Harris
Mary & William Shepherd
Kathleen Kohn Fetzer Family Foundation
Elizabeth Gibson
Norman Rudman
Robert & Susan Juntz
Ron & Lola Brashear
William & Linda Rohr
Divine Assistants International
Rotary Club Of Fort Bragg
Michael Nissenberg & Kathy MacDonald
Do Gooders
Linda Kalman
Mendocino Presbyterian Church
Harvest Market
Mary McNeill
Paul & Irene McGuckin
Jeffrey & Helen Woodfield
Laura Vogelgesang
Judy & Bob Mathey
Betty Stechmeyer
Judith Summers
Susan Larkin
Carol Young Brooke Foundation
David Gurney
Elk Altar Society
Mendocino Coast European Auto
North Coast Opportunities
Patricia Dunbar
Robert Jones
Louise Rossi
Kristin Dempsey
Bruce & Moira Conzelman
Howard Martin
Sharon Core
Steven & Patricia Zlatunich
Denise Kreienhop
Claire S Ellis & Chuck Greenberg Fund
Coastal Mendocino Association of Realtors
Betty Abramson & Charles Artigues
William & Mildred Bohannan
Frisbee Ice Bowl
Heidi Altvater
Jordan & Lila Ayers
Cheryl & Kenneth Pogue
Mavis Moore
Orval & Joan Arnett
Savings Bank of Mendocino County
Paula Gann
Mike Anderson
Gilmore Perla
Oscar Erion
Elizabeth Owings
Peter Lit & Darcie Mahoney
Jacqueline Dornan
Fremont De Armond
Sharon Valenti
Thomas Corey
April Mason
GAG Charitable Group
Bill & Barbara Knapp
Cap'n Flints
Mendocino Solar Service
North Coast Energy Services
Rosenthal Thornton Construction
Paul & Barbara Clark
Royal Redwood Ranch
Warren Volk
Nicholas Yost & Sandra Rennie
Thomas J White & Leslie Scalpino Fund
Karen Lebacqz
Jerome & Patricia Thomas
Team Insurance & Financial Services
Fort Bragg First Presbyterian Church
Pase Trust
Jeanne Stoenner
Norma Andres
SO MANY THANKS, SO LITTLE SPACE We regret that we lack the space to list everyone who has donated so generously to us over the last year. So many caring community members gave that their names would not all fit on this page. Without their contribution the Food Bank would truly not be able to run. Our sincere thanks to these regrettably unsung heroes! Only 2013 cash donors are listed above. 2014 donors will be acknowledged at a later date. We have not listed people who gave so generously through the Season of Sharing campaign as they were acknowledged in the Fort Bragg Advocate News. We have made every effort not to list donors who wished to remain anonymous. If we have inadvertently mentioned any such donors, please accept our sincere apology and let us know so that we can correct our files.
A Big Thank YouTo All Who Participated in the
2013 Season of Sharing Special Thanks To: Sharon DiMauro, The Fort Bragg Advocate News, The Community Foundation of Mendocino County and to all the community members who contributed so generously through this campaign! Special appreciation for reporter, Frank Hartzell!
Our Gratitude to the Matching Funders of the
2013 Turkey Challenge Savings Bank of Mendocino County Team Insurance & Financial Services
Mendocino Solar Service Century 12 – Paul & Barbara Clark
Mendocino Coast European Auto
Thank You So Much to
Local Businesses
That Donate Extra Food Weekly
Harvest Market Safeway Harvest at Mendosa’s Purity Market Colombi’s Market
Corners of the Mouth Thanksgiving Coffee D’Aurelios’ Starbucks The Cookie Company
Café Beaujolais GoodLife Bakery Flow Restaurant
Our Appreciation To:
Groups That Host Food Drives & Barrels
Harvest Market Safeway Letter Carriers Lavendar Lady Savings Bank of Mendo Co Fort Bragg Library
Redwood Elementary Dana Gray Elementary FBHS Key Club Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church
4H Club Mendo Coast Frolf Club Mendocino Coast Jewish Community
Many Thanks to:
Regular Donors of Fresh Produce Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Mendocino Coast Produce
North Coast Brewing Company Local Backyard Gardeners
THANK YOU and A BIG HUG TO OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!
