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It All Started in 1982 with a Bushel of Apples It all started in 1982 with a bushel of apples. 2012 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 annual report • 1 2012 annual report • 2 his year marks a milestone for the food bank, 30 years of feeding the hungry in Teastern Wisconsin. It all started in 1982 with our first donation, a bushel of apples from a local orchard, a simple donation that often symbolizes abundance. That is the basic premise on which the food bank was founded, farmers, manufacturers and retailers donating their abundant product and produce to the food bank. Things have changed in 30 years, computer- in 1982 and continues to allow us to maximize ized manufacturing has cut down on that our service to the community today. Last excess, most donations are picked up rather year, we distributed a record 18.4 million than delivered to the food bank and nearly pounds of food to the community, a 33% half of all the donated food is fresh product increase from just two years ago. rather than canned goods. For us, the apple is the root of our food bank, We’ve changed and adapted to the times to a simple reminder of our history. Humble in its ensure that food continues to flow into the beginning, we have grown from that root into food bank to meet the needs of our 1,000 a flourishing tree that provides nourishment partner meal programs, pantries and shelters. to some of the most vulnerable people in our These programs rely on us every day to pro- community. vide people struggling with hunger, food for We know that without the branches, the tree today and tomorrow. Photos taken on location at Patterson’s Orchard, would not bear fruit. Thank you for being the New Berlin, Wisconsin However some things remain the same. We branches that support our efforts, whether still solicit food donations every day, much you’re donating food, giving of your time or like Price Davis, one of the founders of the contributing a generous financial gift. These food bank and a Milwaukee Rotarian, who gifts have helped us to provide nearly 300 served as the food bank’s first food solicitor. million meals in 30 years. You are the reason We still operate under a model that provides that after 30 years of feeding the hungry, food to community partner hunger relief pro- we are also a source of hope for families grams. This operation proved to be efficient struggling with hunger. Sincerely, Bonnie J. Bellehumeur Jim Milner President Chairman of the Board Feeding Hope Across Eastern Wisconsin FAMILIES The lasting effects of the recession have made trips to the local food pantry a regular part of everyday life for many local families. Families are struggling with job loss, layoffs, loss of health insurance benefits and even home foreclosure. These difficult life changes have forced many families to choose between a trip to the grocery store and pay- ing the bills. Neighborhood pantries and meal programs are a safety net for families in our area. CHILDREN Children are the most vulnerable population struggling with hunger. Studies have shown that lack of access to nutritious food for growing bodies can have significant effects. Lack of sufficient food for a healthy lifestyle, can lead to concentration problems in the classroom and poor educational performance. Your donations ensure that children in eastern Wisconsin have access to proper foods to help them grow and learn. More than 105,000 children in eastern Wisconsin rely on food from Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. 2012 annual report • 2 INDIVIDUALS Providing enough food with limited income can be particularly difficult when you’re on your own without the support of family. Individuals come to rely on support from the community when there’s not enough food in the house. Donations from local food drives and the financial support of donors make it possible for single men and women to have access to food when otherwise they might go without. SENIORS After working a lifetime, struggling to purchase food isn’t something that anyone should have to face. However, nearly 33,000 seniors over the age of 60 don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Many seniors find food and companionship at community meal programs where volunteers serve up hot meals and a side of hope for seniors struggling to make ends meet on a fixed income. 2012 annual report • 3 Achievements in 2012 MEALS FOR MINDS FRESH RESCUE PB&J CHALLENGE Learning on an empty stomach is no easy Just a few years ago, fresh food was hard The Great Peanut Butter & Jelly Challenge task. Studies have shown that growing to come by for food banks. It’s a difficult is all about kids helping kids. It encourages children who are well nourished perform product to transport because of its short elementary and middle school students to better in school. With that concept in shelf life. However, since 2006, the Fresh collect peanut butter and jelly during the mind, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Rescue program has brought millions of month of October to help feed children at collaborated with Target to develop its pounds of fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy risk of hunger. Students who participated in first school pantry. Meals for Minds, hosted into the warehouse for distribution to our The Great Peanut Butter & Jelly Challenge at Forest Home Elementary School on partner hunger relief programs. our fleet last year collected 28,425 pounds of Milwaukee’s south side, provides a mix of of eight trucks logged more than 322,400 peanut butter and jelly. Since 2003, the food including fresh fruits and vegetables miles picking up 9,004,942 pounds of pB&J Challenge has collected more than for families with students enrolled at the fresh product resulting in a 34% increase 345,000 pounds of peanut butter and jelly school. With 90% of the students enrolled in fresh fruits and vegetables available for for students in need, enough pb&j to make in the school’s free and reduced price lunch hungry families. Since 2006, Fresh Rescue four million sandwiches. We’re thankful for program, Meals for Minds ensures that has collected more than 22 million pounds of the more than 70 schools that participated children will also have a meal to go home to fresh product. and our program partners: Roundy’s at the end of the day. 400 volunteers helped Supermarkets, the Milwaukee Bucks, distribute more than 126,000 meals to Smucker’s, Jif, Brownberry and Kemps. families in need. 2012 annual report • 4 STUFF THE BUS BOY SCOUT FOOD DRIVE MILES FOR MEALS Before the sun rises the day before Rain, cold and snow can’t stop the Boy During the month of September, Hunger Thanksgiving, the buses are lined up, the Scouts from collecting food for our hungry Action Month, our partner programs and radio is pumping sweet sounds of the neighbors. Thousands of uniformed Boy community supporters lace up their shoes holiday season and bundled up volunteers Scouts go door to door in March collecting for hunger relief. Our 9th annual Milwaukee are standing ready to collect donations for food for those in need. this year, Scouting Miles for Meals 5K run/2 mile walk along the the annual Stuff the Bus food drive. Children for Food collected 125,785 pounds of food. lakefront raised over $24,000 for hunger from a local day care, firefighters from the Boy scouts sort and pack all of the food at relief. More than 500 participants took steps West Allis Fire Department, the Milwaukee nine sites around the community. Drivers to alleviate hunger in the community. We also Wave and local residents all come together from Schneider National Trucking donate launched our First annual Miles for Meals with one goal in mind, feeding the hungry. their time and transport the food back to Fox Cities in appleton this year. After thirteen hours, we filled seven buses, the food bank. Since 1988, the Milwaukee collecting a record 280,353 pounds of food. County Boy Scouts have collected more Countless donors and our partners 99.1 than three million pounds of food for The Mix, Pick ’n Save and Milwaukee County Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and Transit System make this event possible. In its partner programs. 14 years, we’ve distributed more than two million meals to the hungry in our community thanks to the dedication of Stuff the Bus donors. 2012 annual report • 5 KIDS CAFE FOOD FOR BROWN COUNTY After the last school bell rings, many children THE HOLIDAYS FOOD DROP head to after school care programs to Everybody deserves a warm meal during the Waiting in a line for food, not at a grocery unwind after a long day of class, mingle with holidays, but some of our neighbors don’t store, but in a mall parking lot in Green Bay, friends and start their homework. Feeding have that simple luxury. The Food for the many families attending the Brown County America Eastern Wisconsin collaborates with Holidays campaign raises funds and food Food Drop were grateful to go home with local community centers and Boys and Girls to ensure that families have a reason to be bags of groceries to fill their cabinets and Clubs to host Kids Cafe, an after school care thankful at the end of the year. We set out refrigerator. Feeding america eastern program that provides a free hot meal to on a Million Meal Mission in November and Wisconsin worked with the Brown County children in a safe environment. 22,944 meals by the end of December, we reached our Homeless and Housing Coalition and the were served to children in need at five goal.
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