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Download the 2015 Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 A Message from Our President & Board Chair 4 What Winning Looks Like for Food Security & Health 6 Board of Directors 7 Standing Committees 8 Overcoming Obstacles: Couple Perseveres with Help from Gleaners Pantry 10 Nourishing Our Communities: 2015 Efforts 12 The Gleaners Legacy Society & 2015 President's Table 15 Food Insecurity in Southeast Michigan 16 "Mowing Down" Child Hunger: A Philanthropic Tradition Born from Blessings 18 2015 Financial Summary 20 Gleaners Leadership Team 2 GLEANERS Community Food Bank A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & BOARD CHAIR Thank you for supporting Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan! Because of you, we were able to deliver Similarly, our work at the state level is growing as we tremendous value for the community partner with the Food Bank Council of Michigan to increase the food and funds received through state in our last fiscal year. In fact, for every channels over the next few years. This should help all dollar Gleaners invested in food and Michigan food banks, including Gleaners, better meet programs, we were able to provide $8.79 the needs of our state’s hungry men, women, children in economic benefit to the households and seniors. we served. For the next three years, our leadership team is focused on increasing our economic impact HERE’S HOW WE DELIVERED SOME OF THAT VALUE: to households by 20 percent. We will do this by • Distributing more than 28 million meals to the strengthening our current programs and expanding community, at a value of $34.6 million those that prove to be highly effective. We will also • Graduating 6,260 people from Cooking Matters™— continue to engage new partners and find new ways more than twice our goal— and delivering $1.3 to address the food needs of our community. million in economic benefit to participants as a result of better shopping and preparing more We are excited and honored to lead Gleaners at a time meals at home when our envisioned future—and the possibility of a • Getting assistance to 600 households who hunger-free community—are closer to being realized. qualified for help but did not know how to get it, Most of all, we are grateful to you for being an resulting in an additional $2.2 million in federal important contributor to our success. Thank you. SNAP benefits to southeast Michigan families. In addition, we're working closely with food rescue organization Forgotten Harvest to identify food security gaps in the areas we serve, and determine how we can best meet the needs of our hungry neighbors. Gerald F. Brisson, President Katy Locker, Board Chair 2015 Highlight Nearly meals provided last summer to children who depend on school meals, but in the 4 million summer often go without 4 GLEANERS Community Food Bank WHAT WINNING LOOKS LIKE FOR FOOD SECURITY & HEALTH When hunger is solved, our community wins on many levels—from improved household stability to healthier communities to more successful and productive citizens. In these pages, community leaders from various sectors share their thoughts on what it means to win against hunger. Winning Means Children Aren’t Hungry. "Students want to learn, grow and achieve but without proper nutrition, they don’t have that opportunity. How can a child have a love of learning if they have a fear of hunger? Madison District Public Schools is proud of our partnership with Gleaners Community Food Bank because Gleaners shares our commitment to serve families. Our partnership through School Food Mobiles will have a life cycle impact in the lives of children.” RANDY SPECK Superintendent of Madison District Public Schools Winning Means Working Together to Solve Hunger. “Hunger is a formidable adversary but one that we can conquer. Winning against hunger will require the entire food bank network to work together in close coordination to share strategies and bring innovative solutions to scale. It will also require expanding our “team” beyond our traditional partners to include health care, business, and other players who win when hunger is solved. The Food Bank Council of Michigan is DR. PHILLIP KNIGHT committed to its role as a partner and convener of all these Executive Director of important players in solving the challenge of hunger. We the Food Bank Council believe a food secure Michigan is a healthier, more secure, of Michigan more productive Michigan. We all win when hunger loses.” Annual Report 2014-2015 5 Winning Means Our Communities are Healthier. “There is a growing interest in the intersections of food insecurity and health. Doctors and health care organizations are taking note, especially as more research has linked food insecurity to increased risk for chronic diseases like obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Feeding America and our member food banks have more tools now to make the case that MORGAN SMITH food is medicine. Programs that provide healthy food Program Manager and support people in accessing other services are for FAITH-DM at critically important for supporting our clients' health. Feeding America Demonstrating the impact that food banks can have on improving health outcomes is key. I am thrilled that Gleaners is one of the three sites involved in the Feeding America Intervention Trial for Health, rolling out interventions to support clients who are living with diabetes and collecting the critical evidence to demonstrate these programs work. To me, this is what “winning” looks like—not just ending hunger, but doing it in a way where individuals, their families, and our communities are both stronger and healthier.” Winning Means Families are Thriving. "Winning means that families are thriving as they embrace the benefits of healthy food choices and regular physical activity. Working with partners like Gleaners, we are creating informed, engaged consumers that have access to healthy food choices, introducing people to new approaches in nutrition that benefit Michigan’s agricultural economy, and measuring positive increases in nutritional behavior that lead to lifelong wellness.” J.J. TIGHE President & CEO of the Michigan Fitness Foundation 6 GLEANERS Community Food Bank BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gleaners is thankful for our 20–member Board of Directors who provide leadership, guidance, and support for our mission. FOUNDER DIRECTORS Gene Gonya Jeff Aughton Heather Lovier Deloitte Quicken Loans OFFICERS Bryan Becker Ellen Rogers The Hunter Group, LLC Katy Locker, Chair Spectacles Cable Television Knight Foundation Janet Fava Jim Tompkins, Vice Chair Blue Cross Blue Kevin Trombley and Treasurer Shield of Michigan The Kroger Co. DTE Energy Ryan Hoyle Jason Paulateer Cheryl Scott Dube, Secretary GalaxE.Solutions PNC Bank MotorCity Casino Van Nguyen Victor Green, Assistant Secretary Asian Pacific American Terry Robinson Wayne State University Chamber of Commerce Comerica Bank Paul Glantz, Assistant Treasurer David L. Morrison Jim Vella Emagine Entertainment Citizens Bank Ford Motor Company Fund Gerald F. Brisson, President Richard Loewenstein Gleaners Community Food Bank Centria Healthcare Walter Young of Southeastern Michigan Community Leader Annual Report 2014-2015 7 STANDING COMMITTEES Gleaners is also grateful to our volunteer committee members, who contribute their time, talents, and treasure to help feed our hungry neighbors. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Katy Locker, Chair Jeff Aughton Jim Tompkins, Vice Chair and Treasurer Krysten Baligian Paul Glantz, Assistant Treasurer Bryan Becker Cheryl Scott Dube, Secretary Pat Berwanger Victor Green, Assistant Secretary Mary Brock Ryan Hoyle Nancy Coy Salvatore J. Giammarusti BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Debra Herr-Dempsey Jeff Aughton Ellen Bartman Jannette Cheryl Scott Dube, Chair Brent Jones Victor Green Keith Koppmeier Katy Locker Janet Lawson Richard Lowenstein Heather Lovier FINANCE COMMITTEE David Morrison Paul Glantz Chuck Otis Katy Locker Terry Robinson, Chair Heather Lovier Ellen Rogers David Morrison Jim Vella Jim Tompkins, Chair Bill Winkler David VanderPloeg Tommy Woycik Walt Young HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEE Bryan Becker Jason Paulateer, Chair Ryan Hoyle, Chair Kevin Trombley Katy Locker 8 GLEANERS Community Food Bank OVERCOMING OBSTACLES: COUPLE PERSEVERES WITH HELP FROM GLEANERS PANTRY Lori and Bill of Brighton have had a secure, fulfilling life. Together, they’ve watched their blended family of three children blossom into adulthood. They’ve each worked—Bill as a garbage man and Lori and Bill make the most of their six visits a year to maintenance worker—Lori as a long time home the pantry, stocking up on vegetables, bread, tuna fish, health employee. But, without warning, major health beef stew and other staples. And, they’ve put Lori’s problems turned their lives upside down and blew a culinary school training to good use. She’s adept at big hole in the family budget. making meals that can be frozen or freezing foods like yogurt, so they can be saved and used later. They are Bill suffered two heart attacks and developed models for doing what it takes and making the most diabetes. His reduced mobility makes it impossible out of what they have. for him to work. Lori, too, was forced to stop working due to a bipolar condition that requires her to be on They’ve also kept their dignity in a tough medication, a shocking development for someone in circumstance with the help of Gleaners. “The staff her mid 40's. knows us and has helped remove the stigma of having to get food at a pantry,” said Lori. “We Their income comes from disability checks that keep couldn’t be more grateful to Gleaners.” the bills paid, but that doesn’t leave much for basic needs, like food. Reluctant to ask for help, but finding no other option, the couple eventually connected with Gleaners Shared Harvest Pantry and found relief. Caption goes here Annual Report 2014-2015 9 2015 Highlight more than meals provided by Gleaners to 426,550 28 million people in SE Michigan 10 GLEANERS Community Food Bank Nourishing Our Communities: 2015 Efforts We are pleased to share several successes from our last fiscal year.
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