Hungry the Capital Area Food Bank, Founded in 1980, Provides Food Through Hundreds of Partner Agencies to Nearly 500,000 Hungry People in the Washington Metro Area
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ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 Helping You Help the The Capital Area Food Bank at 32 Hungry The Capital Area Food Bank, founded in 1980, provides food through hundreds of partner agencies to nearly 500,000 hungry people in the Washington metro area. A member of Feeding America, the CAFB is the largest public, nonprofit food and nutrition education resource in the region and annually provides 27.5 million meals to residents struggling with hunger. It takes a comprehensive approach to addressing hunger by increasing access to nutritious food and initiating change through education, leadership training and advocacy. The CAFB works closely with, and provides food to such partner agencies as Bread for the City, DC Central Kitchen, Martha’s Table, ALIVE!, Manna and hundreds more. For more information on hunger, visit the CAFB website at www.capitalareafoodbank.org TABLE OF CONTENT S Board of Directors ....................................................... 3 Our Donors ...............................................................11-21 Letter from Greg Ten Eyck ........................................ 4 Partner Agencies ....................................................22-24 Letter from Nancy E. Roman ..................................... 5 Mobile Pantry Sites ................................................26-27 Financials ........................................................................ 6 A Tribute to Lynn Brantley ................................28-29 How the Capital Area Food Bank Operates ......... 8 Other Ways to Help .................................................... 31 Special Events ............................................................9-10 CAFB BOARD OF DIRE ctORS 2013-2014 LYNN BRANTLEY, PETE JONES PRESIDENT EMERITUS Wells Fargo Greg Ten Eyck, RICK KAPPLER CHAIRMAN Community Advocate Safeway, Inc. Eastern Division SHERI L.H. LINK barry F. SCHER, Community Advisory Board vice CHAIRMAN DAN MARETT Policy Solutions Harris Teeter, Inc. DANIEL A. Nadeau, Treasurer MARION MATTINGLY Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Mattingly & Associates JOHN Jaeger, KHALIM PIANKHI Secretary WUSA-TV9 YRCI NANCY E. ROMAN, PETER ACKERMAN President & CEO FreshDirect Capital Area Food Bank STEPHEN BRADY PETER SCHNALL Deutsche Bank Capital One BELINDA GARZA BRIAN SHELTON Walmart Giant ADAM GOLDBERG LINDA KEENE SOLOMON Trident Advisers, PLLC Deloitte Consulting LLP HANNAH HAWKINS CARL L. VACKETTA Children of Mine, Inc. DLA Piper JOHN HUFFMAN JOHNNY A. YATACO Pepco Energy Services, Inc. Washington Hispanic JOHN P. HYNES, JR. TASC General Counsel GEORGE JONES Eric Eisenberg, ESQ. Bread for the City, Inc. DLA Piper 3 Greg Ten Eyck Dear Friends Chairman The Capital Area Food Bank experienced Due to the uncertain economy and the in- The Capital Area Food Bank’s new facility significant changes last year. Our excep- creasing numbers of those suffering from opened on July 31, 2012. Over time, we will tional leader for 32 years, Lynn Brantley, inadequate nutrition, Lynn directed the be able to increase our storage capacity and retired at the end of 2012, but, thankfully, Capital Area Food Bank to embark on a food distribution to meet the growing need she will continue to serve the food bank as capital campaign in 2005 under the lead- in our region. president emeritus. ership of co-chairs Donald E. Graham, As the Capital Area Food Bank enters 2013 J.W. Marriott Jr., the late Abe Pollin and Chosen unanimously by the Board of Direc- with new leadership and a much-improved Bennett Zier. The Board and I agreed with tors, Lynn’s successor is Nancy E. Roman, food distribution center, we offer our sin- Lynn that we were outgrowing our former immediate past Director of Public/Private cere gratitude for your time and donations facility and were no longer able to meet the Partnerships and Communications at the that help us transform each dollar into growing demand for food in the region. United Nation’s World Food Programme three nutritious meals. The campaign concluded in November of (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian We pledge to continue working diligently 2010 with a total of $37 million raised plus agency, feeding 100 million people in 75 to ensure that everyone in our community a capstone grant of $5 million from Mr. countries. has access to adequate and nutritious food. and Mrs. William E. Conway Jr. through We will extend our outreach resources Nancy embodies the skills, experience and their charitable trust, The Bedford Falls that educate, empower and enlighten our devotion necessary to continue the tradition Foundation. of excellence and innovation so critical to the neighbors. And, we stand behind our mis- future of the Capital Area Food Bank. Her Construction of the new facility began in sion to serve others ’til no one is hungry. success in raising awareness and resources January of 2011. The architectural firm, for the fight against hunger worldwide is Epstein; the general contractor, Turner well-known. Her leadership and expertise Construction Company; and the develop- will allow us to expand further to meet the ment manager, the Jair Lynch Development complex hunger needs in our region. Partners renovated a 23,000-square-foot office portion of an existing building and Another major change in 2012, and a legacy constructed a 100,000-square-foot facil- of Lynn Brantley’s leadership, was the Cap- ity devoted to food storage and the partner ital Area Food Bank’s move into a brand agency shopping area. The name of the new food distribution center at 4900 Puerto entire structure is The Bedford Falls Foun- Rico Avenue in Northeast Washington, just dation Distribution Center, in recognition one-half mile from our old facility. of the capstone grant given by the Conways. 4 Nancy E. Roman Dear Supporters President and CEO I joined the Capital Area Food Bank When the Capital Area Food Bank truck We at the food bank have been providing it — after serving for five years in a senior rolled up, the faces brightened. It was not through agencies you know and respect such as leadership position in the United Na- yet 7 am, but there were already a dozen Bread for the City and ALIVE! — and through tion’s world hunger program, where we people in line — two mothers with young mobile pantries in hard-to-reach neighbor- were responsible for providing food for children, elderly people with canes and hoods all over the Washington metro area. 100 million people in 75 countries. walkers, all of them patiently and quietly The Capital Area Food Bank provides food di- Some of my experiences during that period waiting in the cold. rectly to tens of thousands of hungry children, were devastating. I was greeted warmly by the Reverend seniors and families. Through our partner A woman in Haiti tried to give me her baby, Banks who asked me into his office. When agencies, we are reaching close to 500,000 peo- because she could not feed him. we returned just 10 minutes later, 50 people ple. We are also providing leadership, training were in line, waiting in the cold. and food resources for hundreds of organiza- People huddled in refugee huts in Darfur tions, churches and other dedicated groups described having their sisters and daughters At that moment, a women rode by in a di- serving the hungry. raped and killed in their villages, and cross- lapidated car and shouted out, “Reverend ing Sudan, living on little more than grass. Banks, I can’t wait for food today, or I’ll be As we move forward, we are committed to late to work, but if there is any left, save me three important issues: However, nothing has been as disturbing some.” — or inspires me more to change — than • working more efficiently so we can do more the debilitating and stubborn hunger I have It is hard to imagine that one in two children for more people; witnessed in my hometown, the capital of in Washington, DC goes to bed hungry. Or, • providing better nutrition and more fruits the most affluent country on earth. that blocks from the White House, elderly and vegetables; and people wait patiently in the cold because Early into my new job, I decided to get out • helping individuals and families gain con- they lack for food. and see the Capital Area Food Bank’s work sistent access to affordable nutritious food in action. After meeting with our terrific But they do. themselves. truck drivers, I climbed into the cab with Over the past year, we and our 700 partner With your continued commitment, we are Odessie McCauley, who goes by Jun, short agencies have seen hunger rising among the helping to make sure mothers, fathers and chil- for Junior. Jun has been driving trucks full working poor. With gas prices ticking ever dren in the capital area don’t go to bed hungry. of food around Washington, Northern upward, with Social Security taxes increas- Thank you so very much for helping us help Virginia and Maryland for 26 years. Our ing to 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent, with the hungry across our region. destination that cold March morning was food prices rising much more than wages, the Dodge Park neighborhood in Lando- many more who are working full time find ver, MD — no more than 30 minutes from themselves needing additional food for 5 the White House. themselves and their families. financials for fiscal YEAR 2012 Capital AREA FOOD BANK Statements of Activities for the Year Ending June 30, 2012 2012 Unrestricted In-Kind Operations In-Kind Food Total Temporarily Restricted Total SUPPORT & REVENUE Contributions and grants $10,139,182 $ --- $10,139,182 $1,560,338 $11,699,520 In-kind food contributions --- 31,842,205