Nourishing Communities by Feeding Hungry People

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NOURISHING COMMUNITIES BY FEEDING HUNGRY PEOPLE

WINTER 2007

“America’s Greatest Generation” Faces a New Challenge — FIGHTING HUNGER Church Volunteers Find Age is No Barrier to Their Service Gleaners Ends FY 2006 on Solid Financial Footing — Our ANNUAL REPORT Is Inside Great People Gather at Fall Events to Harvest Support for Hungry Neighbors

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WHAT’S INSIDE? Join GLEANERS’ TO 1 Letter from the President JOURNEY 30! 2 The Greatest In April 2007 Gleaners will Generation begin its 30th year nourishing our communities by feeding 4 Seniors Helping hungry people. Seniors 5 In the Line of Duty

7– FY 2006 WHAT WE DO HOW WE DO IT 16 Annual Report We collect 25 million pounds of food We have outstanding relationships with every year — either donated from companies in the food processing 21 Grandparents major food processors, retail chains and industry — including the Detroit Produce Raising volunteer food drives or purchased at Terminal and others. Grandchildren deep discount to fill out the nutritional We have a very efficient, technologically and quantity requirements of those 22 You Can Help advanced system to collect, store, and we serve. 23 Resources for distribute food with very little waste Senior Citizens We distribute food for 500,000 meals through five strategically located every week — to more than 400 partner distribution centers in Livingston, 24 Calendar agencies in six southeastern Michigan Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties. counties through our five distribution We have a professional staff and 25 Board of centers. Those partner agencies include Directors 14,500 dedicated volunteers who shelters, soup kitchens, food pantries are committed to our mission of and senior citizen centers that provide ending hunger. prepared meals or pantry supplies directly to hungry people. We deliver almost half of our food free. The other half is distributed through a We fill hunger gaps for 6,800 children shared maintenance program with our — through programs such as member partners. Their contribution of Gleaners Harvest cost Operation Frontline, Kids Café, 14¢ per pound of food offsets the costs of 30¢ per copy to print KidSnack, and Kids Helping Kids. transporting, handling, and purchasing Cover photo by These programs provide meals to food. It assures our member partners that Herbert Gunn children in after-school programs, snacks they will get all the food they need, when to children in schools in high-need areas, they need it, rather than getting whatever and get young people involved in is available through recent food donations. volunteer work and philanthropy. And we raise awareness — of the causes of hunger, of the people making a difference in fighting hunger, and of the issues that still remain as we feed our hungry neighbors.

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1 Letter from the President I hope that you have been enjoying the citizens. You will see how holiday season as I have — sharing wonderful senior citizens such as Aaron food and fellowship with family and friends. As this and Jeanette Funderburg in joyous season winds to a close and we brace ourselves Detroit are actively helping for the heart of a Michigan winter we should remember other elderly people stay that this is the hardest time of year for thousands of nourished. You will discover senior citizens. They are often making hard choices that a corporate partner, between heating their homes or buying the meals they Charter One Bank stepped up need to stay healthy. National studies suggest that 1 of in a huge way at Thanksgiving to provide us 10,000 every 15 elderly persons is not sure from day to day if turkeys to distribute to our partner agencies. And you he or she will have enough to eat. should feel proud that in the Gleaners 2006 Annual Report included in the center of this issue, that you are If you could only meet the many blessed seniors that I part of a well-managed, fiscally sound organization have gotten to know who humbly get some help from that efficiently and professionally uses 96.3¢ of every our partners each month. And I say “blessed” because dollar donated to directly serve its mission — with when I ask them how they are doing, they tell me, “I’m only 3.7¢ going to administrative costs. blessed.” And I’m blessed to know them, too. These are men and women who have spent their lives caring for In short, you will see how people just like you, and their families, working, and in many cases fighting for organizations not that different from ones you may our country. I have a lot to learn from them. be a part of, are making a significant difference to end hunger in every county we serve in southeastern That’s why we are dedicating this issue to what has Michigan. sometimes been called America’s Greatest Generation — the men and women who successfully faced the challenges of World War II and brought the U.S.A. to great prosperity. Augie Fernandes President Here in Gleaners Harvest you will learn how Veteran’s Gleaners Community Food Bank of Haven in Wayne makes a special effort to serve senior Southeastern Michigan The Hunger Continuum

Food Secure/ Food Insecure Hungry Malnourished/Starving Well Fed Assured access at all times to 38.2 million Americans live In 4.4 million U.S. households, Relatively rare in the United enough food for an active, without enough food to fully a lack of money forces adults States, but chronic mild healthy life. Surveys suggest meet basic needs at all to decrease the food they undernutrition does occur that the typical food-secure times due to lack of consume to the point where when financial resources are household in the U.S. spends financial resources. they are quite likely to be low. The mental and physical 31% more on food than a hungry on a frequent basis, changes that accompany comparable food-insecure or their children's intake has inadequate food intake can household. been reduced to the point that have harmful effects on they are likely to be hungry learning, development, on a regular basis. productivity, physical and Sources: The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC): psychological health and http://www.frac.org/html/hunger_in_the_us/hunger_index.html family life. USDA: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/err11/

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2 WORLD WAR II GENERATION The Greatest Generation sometimes faces the greatest gap in nutrition and food security

They have been called “The “Seniors are such a Greatest Generation” by pundits vulnerable population,” and politicians because the explains Sue Figurski, the Americans who were born during food coordinator for the the lack of connections with other the Great Depression fought and Macomb Food Program in Clinton people. To serve that need, St. won World War II, then came home Township, which supports the food Patrick Senior Center provides a to raise families and build the distribution of 50 local food comprehensive health and wellness world’s strongest economy. pantries in Macomb County. She program in addition to serving explained that a growing number of 175–200 nutritious meals every The members of that generation now seniors can only afford to buy food day of the week. living in Michigan faced tremendous if there’s money left after the other challenges and made important bills have been paid. “They never decisions in those times. But the “Seniors are facing extraordinarily don’t pay their rent. They never difficult decisions,” said Susan choices many of them will make in don’t pay their utility bills,” Figurski the next four months may be as hard Vidican, executive director of the said. “So they end up not having Rochester Area Neighborhood as any they have made during their enough to buy food.” long and productive lives. They will House. “When you are working be choosing whether to heat their with a budget of $500 to $800 a Mary Honsel, director of Crossroads month, medication can be one-third houses, fill their prescriptions or of Michigan, a social service agency put food on their tables. of their total income,” Vidican said. that maintains a food pantry and “And food can be whatever is left soup kitchen in midtown Detroit, over—and often is.” agrees. “If you want your heat and your lights, you scrimp on the Neighborhood House, a consortium food.” When Gleaners’ partner of 25 churches in the Rochester agencies serve food to hungry area, also addresses a spectrum of senior citizens they are meeting emergency needs. Through its food other needs at the same time. pantry at the First Congregational Seniors with food insecurity are Church, the agency provided often isolated by their circum- 218,000 pounds of food stances. “Our culture doesn’t have in 2005 and expects to that necessary respect to take care exceed that in 2006. of the elderly, and seniors are The program is sometimes shoved away,” said challenged to SaTrice Coleman-Betts, executive provide a 10-14 director at St. Patrick Senior Center, day supply of food for its Margaret Sharper has been a volunteer just south of downtown in Detroit. and a member of St. Patrick Senior She explained that seniors suffer clients. Center in Detroit for over 20 years. mentally as well as physically from

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“If you want SENIORS IN WINTER your heat and Many seniors of Livingston County BIG PICTURE come from a farming background your lights, Rising costs for Food, Fuel, and explained B.J. Morrison, you scrimp on Health Care 1996–2006 in the food nutrition coordinator at the the food,” said Southeastern Michigan1 Oakland Livingston Human Service Mary Honsel, Agency (OLHSA). Morrison said that • Food and Beverages – 24% while they were able to maintain self- executive • Fuel and Utilities – 69% sufficiency during their working lives, director at • Health Care – 55% they could not accumulate enough Crossroads • Fuel and Utilities costs have risen almost 2-and-a-half times faster than savings to stay that way in their senior of Michigan. years. Many of the men her agency the Consumer Price Index. serves receive only $800 a month in • Health Care costs have risen almost Social Security, while some of the women only see $400. twice as fast as the Consumer Price Index. “They came through at a different time. [As farm wives], they didn’t work; they didn’t pay into Social Security. That’s the way Senior citizens are especially the world was then,” she said. “That means they don’t have any vulnerable 2 additional income or retirement fund. All they are getting is that • Nearly 3 million elderly persons are Social Security check.” served by the America’s Second Harvest Three days a month 450 qualified seniors come to the agency’s network each year. 6,000 square-foot warehouse in Howell for a supplemental food • 21.5% of client households have at least program. Clients also shop in the agency’s client-choice pantry to one member who is age 65 or over. meet other food needs. Morrison and a corps of volunteers— • 17% of the people seeking help from mostly seniors themselves — deliver 50 food boxes to homebound emergency feeding programs were at seniors and serve 50 mothers with children to supplement the least 65 years old. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s WIC program. In households with senior citizens “We have a lot of people in this county who are that received food assistance 2 left with very little or no money, who don’t • 28.7% said they had to choose have transportation, and who are just between food and medical care. struggling from day to day,” said Morrison. • 31% said they had to choose between “It is very sad for a country like this to food and paying for heat/utilities. have people who are living without what they need when they should In an Iowa survey3 be happier in these last days that • 44% had cut back on food and heating they have.” expenses because of rising health insurance costs.

1 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm 2 Source: America’s Second Harvest. http://www.secondharvest.org/learn_about_ hunger/senior_hunger.html 3 Source: Selzer and Company Inc. Department of Public Health 2005 Survey of Iowa Consumers, September 2005. Found at National Coalition on Health Care, www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml

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WHO ARE THEY? WAYNE COUNTY VOLUNTEERS Seniors Helping Seniors It’s Never Too Late to Start

aron Funderburg was 88 From 10 a.m. to noon the center The Funderburgs have been com- years old when he decided to serves about 100 seniors and then mitted to this Detroit neighborhood reopen the food center that his opens its doors to other hungry just west of Highland Park for more church once operated. That was families until 3 p.m. Up to 30 than 60 years. They were married Afour years ago. volunteers pack between 225 during World War II in Alabama and 275 food boxes on Thursday and moved here after the war, where Today the 12th Street Missionary evenings and help with the dis- Aaron found work at an automotive Baptist Food Center still opens up tribution on Fridays. Aaron then spring manufacturing plant. every other Friday to serve senior delivers food boxes to the homes of citizens, and when it does, there’s They were among the very first eight or 10 neighborhood seniors a pretty good chance the 92-year members of the 12th Street who can’t get to the church. Asked old and his wife Jeannette will Missionary Baptist Church and until what the neighborhood seniors probably be there helping out. The recently, Aaron served as president would do without the center, Aaron Funderburgs might be among the of the church’s 50-member senior Funderburg has said, “They’d do oldest of America’s Greatest citizens group. That didn’t stop the without, that’s what they would do.” Generation, but that hasn’t slowed Funderburg’s involvement, how- down their commitment to help ever. Jeannette said, “He got older, other senior citizens in need. and he gave it up, so now I’m “For some seniors, the only thing the president.” they get is their social security check,” said Jeanette, “and this year has been real hard because the gas has gone up, the water has gone up, and even the food has gone up.”

Aaron and Jeanette Funderburg, coordinators of the 12th Street Missionary Baptist Church Food Center in Detroit, Michigan

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5 IN THE LINE OF DUTY

uty calls on Wednesday mornings for Jerry Mathison, a 1965-67 Army veteran from conflicts in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. For the past two Dyears, he has reported to Veteran’s Haven, a resource center for military veterans in downtown Wayne, Michigan, for the weekly food distribution that begins at 9 a.m. sharp. Mathison and a half-dozen other Haven clients and volunteers meet the Gleaners’ delivery truck in a parking lot where they build food sacks for low-income seniors. Founded in 1994, Veteran’s Haven is open every day of the week for vets who need Jerry Mathison, volunteer at food, help with housing and employment Veteran’s Haven in Wayne, and a myriad of other social services that Michigan the center offers. “While veterans are our main focus, we also sponsor programs aimed at seniors and low- “Any additional income, non-veterans through a Wednesday food program,” said Berna. The Haven sees help they can get 150 people on those days. is appreciated On a typical Wednesday, 50 or 60 cars line up early. After the drivers sign-in with and welcome,” Tyrone Wiley, they pop open their trunks Charlie James, staff driver for Gleaners, delivers said Vince Berna. and circle past the volunteers without food to Veteran’s Haven in Wayne, Michigan having to step out of their vehicles. “Every week, our “The majority we have are seniors,” said Ray Plesiewicz, vice-president of Veteran’s numbers grow.” Haven. “It helps them stretch that little meager check that they get, since a lot of them are on Social Security or disability or state aid. This is a help to them.” “It’s no secret. Seniors are living on a fixed income. Any additional help they can get is appreciated and welcome,” said Vince Berna founder of Veteran’s Haven and a Vietnam veteran himself. “Every week, our numbers grow.” “The seniors have to make a choice between buying food and medication,” explained the often-colorful founder. “When money is tight, what are you going to choose? You got to pay rent, you got to eat, and you got to have your meds. And if you don’t have your meds, you’re going to croak.”

“If it wasn’t for us, a lot of them would be going hungry,” added Judy Berna, wife of the founder and the Haven office manager. “Gleaners gets a five-star rating,” said Vince Berna. “We work very closely together.” Vince Berna, founder of Veteran’s Haven in Wayne, Michigan

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6 und Raising Successes OAKLAND PRESS FOOD DRIVE F OAKLAND PRESS fourth annual food drive nets13,000 meals.

Subscribers to the Oakland Press kick off the food drive. Donors Center to help meet the needs of helped out in a big way this year dropped off their canned goods hungry Oakland County seniors, by contributing 13,000 pounds of and non-perishable items at children and families. Nancy Knop food to the newspapers' annual libraries, city halls and other from Gleaners said, “We are glad to campaign for Gleaners. The community gathering places. get this help, because hunger Oakland Press inserted grocery Volunteers brought the food to doesn't stop when the Christmas bags in 80,000 Sunday papers to Gleaners’ Oakland Distribution lights go off.”

DETROIT PISTONS Pitch in— Thank You become Champions for Hunger

Detroit Piston star Rip Gleaners is now using a Verizon Hamilton appeared on Wireless GPS phone system to billboards and public keep its deliveries on track. The service announcements phones send continuous location urging people to “Be a information to the Gleaners’ Champion Against operations center, where dis- Hunger” by donating patchers can reroute trucks to the 2006 Michigan already on the road to pick up Harvest Gathering. food donations or change routes Palace Sports & for more efficient deliveries and Entertainment CEO pick ups. The technology also can Tom Wilson and be very important in the event of Karen Davidson — an emergency. wife of Bill Davidson, With drivers on the road eight Chairman of Guardian hours a day, five days a week, Industries and Palace Sports & Entertainment — served the phones save a tremendous as co-chairs for the 16th annual campaign. amount of money for fleet management, which is one of the The fall fundraising effort supports single highest costs for Gleaners. Gleaners and other food banks across the state of Michigan. This year’s campaign has raised more than $261,993 and 284,662 pounds of food.

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Annual Report for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2006

An HISTORIC MERGER brings more food to more hungry people

A new strategic plan will maintain GLEANERS’ LEADERSHIP to end hunger

A commitment to the community approaches a 30th ANNIVERSARY

“When you are hungry, nothing else matters.”

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8 Gleaners Community Food Bank Annual Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006

Message from the Board Chair Strategic Plan

s you will see in the following pages of the 2006 he Board of Directors of Gleaners decided more A Annual Report, Gleaners continues its nearly T than a year ago that the merger and an upcoming 30-year tradition of delivering food to the hungry in milestone — Gleaners’ 30th Anniversary — made 2006 Southeastern Michigan both efficiently and effectively. an excellent time to revisit the organization’s strategic It is a noteworthy achievement that Gleaners spends plan. In meetings with major partners and supporters 96.3¢ of every dollar directly on the mission of feeding we shared data about our current services, the children, seniors, the working poor and others in need increasing need in southeastern Michigan, of food. demographic trends, and industry trends. We engaged these stakeholders in dialogues about the needs of this Fiscal Year 2006 was an historic year for Gleaners and community, now and in the future. Our stakeholders the Food Bank of Oakland County. The two organ- told us what they believed our community needed and izations completed a successful merger that has how we could continue with and strengthen our resulted in significant savings — savings which mission of nourishing our community by feeding enabled Gleaners to serve an additional one million hungry people. meals in Oakland County alone. Our stakeholders encouraged us to build on our With direct operations in five counties — Livingston, leadership position in the community and on the trust Macomb, Monroe, Oakland and Wayne — and an our community has in our ability to make a difference. affiliation with Washtenaw agencies, Gleaners now They encouraged us to continue to lead the com- serves an area that includes two million households, munity in the fight against hunger. In the next five representing about 44% of all households in the state years, Gleaners will move into a stronger role with its of Michigan. partners as an advocate and resource center in the Gleaners partners with over 400 pantries, soup effort to end hunger here. kitchens, and shelters to feed the hungry in this region. These essential partners are listed by county in the The Board has adopted these strategic goals that Report. Also included is a list of major donors whose Gleaners expects to accomplish by the year 2010: generosity makes so much of Gleaners’ work possible. Invest in our food provider network by It is impossible to thank each and every one of more 1. becoming the champion, leader and key than 14,000 volunteers and tens of thousands of resource for our partners. donors of food and funds who support Gleaners’ each Improve processes and distribution systems to year. So I will simply issue a general thank you to all 2. provide food where and when it is needed. who have helped Gleaners deliver on its promise to Improve the variety and nutritional quality of nourish communities by feeding hungry people. 3. the food distributed. Lead the southeastern Michigan region as its Ned Greenberg anti-hunger advocate and public educator in 4. order to secure resources and mobilize people Ned W. Greenberg to stop hunger. Board Chair Obtain the financial resources needed to lead the Gleaners Community Food Bank of 5. fight against hunger in southeastern Michigan. Southeastern Michigan Strengthen mission delivery through the 6. involvement, development and commitment of team members.

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Executive Staff Changes

Gleaners has already made progress toward many Gerald F. Brisson of its strategic objectives, and as an example of that, it Vice President of Development has added three new people to its management team: Gerald Brisson, Bridgett Lomax, and DeWayne Wells.

Operations and Financial Summary

Gleaners operated with great efficiency again in 2006 — even as the Detroit and Oakland County operations merged. The new, combined enterprise distributed nearly 25 million pounds of food to its 400 partner agencies with 96.3¢ of every dollar raised going directly into food or related distribution programs. Gerald Brisson The Value of Donated Food Brisson comes to Gleaners from 20 years of Gleaners’ financial summary shows the importance of experience in fund raising, most recently as a food donations to serving hungry people. More than consultant to nonprofit organizations and 75% of Gleaners’ revenue comes in the form of donated executive director of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps: food — a total of $28 million in 2006. When food is Midwest. Prior to accepting the job at Gleaners, donated by large food processors or through volunteer Brisson worked with his nonprofit clients to raise food drives it can be distributed at exceptionally low more than $10 million annually to help people cost — 6.2¢ per meal. in need.

Gleaners supplements donated food with items it Brisson also served as development director at purchases at very low cost on behalf of its partners. By Capuchin Soup Kitchen, where he increased combining donated and purchased food, Gleaners can private donation revenue from $4.8 to $7.5 million be a “one-stop” shop for many partner agencies — annually, and raised more than $6 million for fulfilling all their nutritional and quantity needs. capital improvements. Earlier, Brisson worked for Eliminating trips to different vendors saves time and the American Red Cross as a quality assurance valuable resources for those partners. The purchased manager. Brisson has earned both his Bachelor food increases the average cost per meal that Gleaners and Master of Arts degrees in Organizational delivers as a whole, but it is well worth it as part of the Management from the University of Phoenix. He overall strategy to feed hungry people. The combined also has a Certificate in Fund Raising average cost of donated and purchased food is still only Management from the prestigious Center on 33¢ per meal — an incredible value because it means Philanthropy at Indiana University (The Fund Gleaners is delivering food to sustain a life for just one Raising School). dollar per day.

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W. DeWayne Wells | Vice President Program Services Department

DeWayne Wells comes to Gleaners from Starfish Family Services in Inkster, where he held the position of chief operating officer, overseeing the agency operations, analyzing new programs, as well as information technology. Before his service there, Wells was executive director of Capuchin Soup Kitchen, where he was the first non-Capuchin given that responsibility. At the Soup Kitchen, Wells implemented a new performance management system, a mission and values integration process and other organizational improvements. Wells has also held executive financial positions at Trinity Health (formerly Mercy Health Services) and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers DeWayne Wells (formerly Coopers Lybrand) as an auditor. Wells is a CPA who earned his MBA from Wayne State University and BBA from Western Michigan University. Wells is active in community service. He resigned from the Gleaners board to accept this staff position. He has also served as board chair for Southwest Counseling Solutions and Sisters of the Living Word Charitable Trust in Arlington Heights, Ill. He is board secretary for Mercy High School in Farmington Hills and has been active in the Catholic Health Ministries Board Formation Program. Wells has been honored as a Southwest Counseling and Development Services Bridgebuilder and a Crain's Detroit Business 40 Under 40 business leader.

Bridgett Lomax | Development Director

Bridgett Lomax comes to Gleaners from YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, where she was the Vice President of Arts, Humanities & Culture, managing arts programming at 14 branches serving three metropolitan Detroit counties. At the Boll Family YMCA in downtown Detroit, Lomax managed and programmed the first and only YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit arts center. Before she joined the YMCA, Lomax served as a program officer for the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, where she was instrumental in the initiative to increase cultural participation in a seven county region. Lomax also has experience at the Museum at Drexel University and the Charles H. Wright Bridgett Lomax Museum of African American History in Detroit. Lomax received her Bachelor of Science degree at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed her Master of Arts Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating with distinction.

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2006 Annual Report Financial Summary

Revenue Amount Percent Donated Food $ 28,010,989 76.6% Cash Donations $ 3,645,477 10.0% United Way $ 390,694 1.1% Grants $ 880,736 2.4% Agency Shared Maintenance $ 874,634 2.4% Purchased Food Reimbursement $ 2,268,153 6.2% Investment Income $ 89,237 0.2% Other $ 385,964 1.1%

Total Revenue $ 36,545,884

Expenses Program Services $ 7,087,368 19.0% Food Distributed $ 28,889,882 77.3% Management $ 586,476 1.6% Fund Raising $ 800,517 2.1%

Total Expenses $ 37,364,243

Meals Distributed 24,982,101 Meals per day 68,444 Meals per week 480,425 Meals per month 2,081,842

Net increase in cash at year end $ 60,534

Net decrease in value of food inventory $ (878,893)

Efficiency 96.3% for feeding hungry neighbors

Financial Note: Gleaners Did Not Lose Money in 2006 While the financial summary shows that Gleaners’ overall expenses were higher than its revenues for FY 2006, they reflect a timing of food distributions, not a loss of cash. Most of Gleaners’ revenue comes in the form of donated food, which is stored for a short period of time in its distribution centers in Warren, Howell, Pontiac, Taylor and Detroit. In FY 2006, Gleaners distributed $878,893 more food than it collected as it drew down reserves in its warehouses while it waited for new donations to arrive. This is a natural cycle that is part of the process of working with large food processing donors and hundreds of agencies directly feeding the hungry. If the value of food donations and distributions are eliminated, Gleaners operated with a $60,534 cash surplus.

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Our Partners in the Fight Against Hunger

LIVINGSTON CONTRIBUTING Bound Together Kids Caf´e, Pontiac Our Lady LaSalette, Berkley PARTNERS C.P.I./Community Programs, Inc., Waterford Oxbow Lake Baptist Church, White Lake American Red Cross, Howell Calvary Temple, Royal Oak Oxford/Orion FISH, Lake Orion Head Start, Howell Camp Wathana, Holly Phoenix Residential Services, Pontiac Heather Oaks, Brighton Childrens' Village, Pontiac Power & Praise Worship Center, Hazel Park Howell Assembly of God, Howell Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Oak Park Progressive Lifestyles, Inc., Oakland Township Livingston County Senior Nutrition, Pickney Christian Outreach, Pontiac Progressive Residential Services, Troy Livingston Family Center, Howell Church of the Holy Spirit, Highland Promise Village: Home for Children, Davisburg Shared Harvest, Howell Closet of Hope United Methodist Church, Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Pontiac St. Joseph Catholic Church, Howell Southfield Quality AFC Homes, Pontiac Wildwood Ranch, Howell Columbia Ave Baptist Church, Pontiac Redwood Inc., Oxford Comfort Zone, Novi Residential Alternatives, Highland LIVINGSTON BENEFITED PROGRAMS Common Ground Sanctuary, Royal Oak Right Road Community Development, Ferndale Brighton Lions Club, Brighton Community Homes, Berkley Robert Matchan Center, Pontiac Family Impact Center, Fowlerville Community Sharing, Highland Rochester Area Neighborhood House, Rochester LACASA, Howell Completion House, Pontiac Safe Harbor Community Service, Pontiac Lakeshore Apartments, Howell Crossroads for Youth, Oxford Salvation Army Camp Echo, Leonard Livingston Catholic Social Services, Howell Davisburg Rotary, Davisburg Salvation Army Disaster Relief, Southfield Livingston County Senior Centers, Howell Door of Faith, Pontiac Salvation Army Farmington, Southfield Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, Eastside Church of Christ, Pontiac Salvation Army Pontiac, Pontiac OLHSA, Howell Eastwood Clinic, Royal Oak Salvation Army Royal Oak, Royal Oak Salvation Army Howell, Howell Elite Alternatives, Auburn Hills Samaritan Group Homes, Dearborn Heights St. Vincent de Paul, Howell F.I.R.S.T. Program/United Way, Pontiac South Oakland Shelter, Royal Oak FAIR, Pontiac Southfield Goodfellows, Southfield MACOMB PARTNERS Faith Baptist Church, Waterford Spaulding for Children, Southfield Covenant Christian Center, Roseville First Baptist Church of Ferndale, Ferndale St. Alexander Food Pantry, Farmington Hills Evangel Temple Church of God, Warren First Baptist Church of Holly, Holly St. Anne Parish, Ortonville Faith Lutheran Church, Shelby Twp First United Methodist of Royal Oak, Royal Oak St. Dennis Catholic Church, Royal Oak Family Youth Interventions, Mt. Clemens First United Methodist Church, Pontiac St. Elizabeth Briarbank Home, Bloomfield Hills Gideon Baptist Church, Warren Five Points Community Church, Auburn Hills St. Ives Catholic Church, Southfield God's Mission To Men, Mt. Clemens Forgotten Harvest, Southfield St. Joseph Church, Pontiac Holy Innocents Catholic Church, Roseville Franklin Road Church of Christ, Pontiac St. Jude Emergency Food Pantry, Detroit Lord of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, Warren Glorious Way, Pontiac St. Michael Parish Franciscan Poverty Program, Macomb County Head Start, Clinton Township God's Helping Hands, Rochester Hills Southfield Macomb Family Services, Clinton Township Grace Centers of Hope, Pontiac St. Michael Parish, Pontiac Macomb Food Program, Clinton Township Halo Pantry, Pontiac St. Rita Parish, Holly New Life Food Pantry, Roseville Haven, Pontiac St. Stephen Baptist Church, Pontiac Pathway to Freedom, Mt. Clemens Helen AFC Home, Pontiac St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Pontiac Ray of Hope Day Center, Mt. Clemens Hope Network S.E., Pontiac Synod Residential Services, Waterford Sacred Heart Conference, Roseville Hospitality House, Walled Lake Ten Mile Free Will Baptist Church, Salvation Army Mt. Clemens, Mt. Clemens Integrated Living Inc., Rochester Madison Heights Salvation Army Warren, Warren Johnson Memorial, Pontiac Tribute to the Lord Ministries, Oxford St. Clement Food Pantry, Centerline Kid's Kloset, Clarkston Visions Clubhouse, Pontiac St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, Ladies of Charity, Bloomfield Hills Waterford Baptist Cathedral, White Lake St. Clair Shores Lakecrest Baptist Church, Waterford Waterford Riverside Seventh Day Adventist St. Mark Catholic Church, Warren Lakeville Manor, Lake Orion Church, Waterford St. Mary Queen of Creation, New Baltimore Lighthouse Clarkston, Clarkston Waterford Senior Center, Waterford St. Paul of Tarsus Church, Clinton Twp. Lighthouse Kids Caf´e, Pontiac White Lake Goodfellows, Union Lake Tried Stone Baptist Church, Clinton Twp. Lighthouse Pontiac, Pontiac Word of Faith International Christian Center, Vessels Full Gospel Church, Chesterfield Living Alternatives, Davisburg Southfield Vietnam Veterans of America, Roseville Lourdes Nursing Home, Waterford YMCA Camping Services, Holly Warren Community Food Pantry, Warren Madison Heights Goodfellows, Madison Heights YMCA North Oakland, Auburn Hills Word of the Lord Ministries, Mt. Clemens Mecca House Corporation, Pontiac YMCA of Farmington, Farmington Hills Zion Temple COGIC, Romeo Mercy Services for Aging, Farmington Hills Yad Ezra, Berkley Milford Assembly/Our Daily Bread, Milford Zion Community Enrichment Center, Ferndale MONROE PARTNERS Mount Hope Lutheran, Pontiac Monroe County Opportunity Program, Monroe Neighbor for Neighbor, Davisburg WAYNE PARTNERS CRNC - Lenawee, Tecumseh Neighborhood Residential, Rochester Hills A Better Life, Detroit God's Works!, Monroe New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Pontiac ADCO Phoebe's Pantry, Detroit Marion Place, Monroe New Passages, Pontiac Agape Temple, Detroit Monroe Outreach Ministries, Monroe Newman AME, Pontiac All Saints Parish, Detroit Salvation Army Monroe Harbor Light, Monroe Norman's Home, Detroit Alternatives for Girls, Detroit American Progressive, Romulus OAKLAND PARTNERS North Oakland Residential, Oxford Macomb North Oakland Drop-In Center, Holly Ark of Deliverance, Detroit ASSPEN, Pontiac Belleville Church of God, Belleville Adoption Associates, Inc., Farmington Hills Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, OLHSA, Pontiac Bethel Baptist Church of Southgate, Southgate Advanced Teaching Concepts, South Lyon Blithsome Hillcrest Home, Detroit Andersonville Community Church, Davisburg Oakland Church of Christ, Southfield Older Persons’ Commission, Rochester Boys Hope Girls Hope, Detroit Apostolic Christian Church, Farmington Hills Brake Middle School, Taylor Auburn Hills Christian Center, Auburn Hills Open Arms Food Pantry, Pontiac Open Door Outreach Center, Waterford Bread of Life Food Pantry, Melvindale Baldwin Center, Pontiac C&W Community Outreach, Detroit Big Brothers Big Sisters, Southfield Open Hands Food Pantry, Royal Oak Orchards Children Services, Southfield C.O.T.S., Detroit

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Our Partners, cont.

Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit Heartline, Detroit Rgrps, Inc., Wayne CareFirst, Detroit Help's on the Way, Dearborn Heights Riverview Church of God, Wyandotte Caring Community Center, Detroit Holy Redeemer Food Pantry, Detroit Ruth Ellis Center, Highland Park Carter Metropolitan CME, Detroit Hope Community Church, Detroit Safe Center, Inc., Detroit Cass Community Social Services, Detroit House of Worship, Detroit St. Aloysius Community, Detroit Cathedral Community Services, Detroit I Am My Brother's Keeper Ministry, Detroit St. Charles Outreach, Detroit Catholic Church of the Madonna, Detroit Immaculate Heart of Mary, Detroit St. Christine Church, Detroit Central Detroit Christian CDC, Detroit Inkster Human Development, Inkster St. Cyprian Catholic Church, Riverview Central United Methodist Church, Detroit Iroquois Ave. Christ Lutheran Church, Detroit St. Dominic Outreach Center, Detroit Children's Resource Center, New Boston Jewish Vocational Services/Career Initiative St. Dunston Parish, Garden City Childrens Village International, Detroit Center, Detroit St. Gregory Christian Service, Detroit Christ Cathederal Baptist Church, Detroit Jordan Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit St. Ignatius Church, Detroit Christ Church of Redford, Redford Joy Baptist Church, Westland St. John Community Center, Detroit Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Westland Latino Family Service HIV/AIDS, Detroit St. Luke's Food Program, Detroit Christ United Methodist Church, Detroit Life Changers International Ministry, Detroit St. Mary Parish, Detroit Christ the King Lutheran Church, Southgate Life Line, Detroit St. Patrick Parish, Detroit Church of God Mountain Assembly, Belleville Lighthouse Home Missions, Westland St. Paul Community Outreach, Detroit Church of the Messiah, Detroit Linwood Church of Christ, Detroit St. Paul United Methodist Church, Detroit Churches Intervention CIEM, Detroit Little Friends, Detroit St. Peter Claver, Detroit Citizens Adult Foster Care, Detroit Lomax Temple, Detroit SS Augustine & Monica Parish, Detroit City Shelter/Tireman Home Center, Detroit Love Joy Church of God, Detroit Salvation Army Fort St., Detroit Communities in Schools, Detroit M & S Human Services, Detroit Salvation Army Brightmoor, Detroit Community Food Depot, Detroit Madison Community Resource Center, Detroit Salvation Army Dearborn Heights, Community Link Youth Outreach, Highland Park Mariners Inn, Detroit Dearborn Heights Community Services CDC, Detroit Mercy-Maryhaven Senior Apartments, Southgate Salvation Army Denby, Detroit Conventional Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit Mercy Education Project, Detroit Salvation Army Grandale, Detroit Crossroads of Michigan, Detroit Mercy-Stapleton Center, Detroit Salvation Army Harbor Light, Detroit Damon Homes, Detroit Metro East Drug Treatment Corp., Detroit Salvation Army Harding, Detroit Delray United Action Council, Detroit Metropolitan Baptist Church, Detroit Salvation Army Romulus, Romulus Department of Human Services, Detroit Metropolitan United Methodist Church, Detroit Salvation Army Temple Corps, Detroit Detroit East Mental Health, Detroit Michigan Veteran's Foundation, Detroit Salvation Army Westland, Westland Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, Detroit Military Presbyterian Church, Detroit Salvation Army Wyandotte, Wyandotte Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Detroit Samaritan Community Center, Detroit E & E Care Solutions, Grosse Ile My Father's Business, Detroit Scott Memorial United Methodist Church, Detroit Ecorse Presbyterian Church, Southgate NEGC-Motor City ClubHouse, Detroit Services for Older Citizens, Grosse Pointe Ecorse Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ecorse Nativity Pantry, Detroit Shar House, Detroit Ecorse/River Rouge Food Pantry, Ecorse New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit Sharon Seventh Day Adventist, Inkster Effective Alternative Community, Detroit New Community Missionary Baptist Church, Shiloh Deliverance Church, Detroit Evangel Ministries, Detroit Detroit Silver Star Baptist Church, Detroit Evangelistic Outreach Ministries, Detroit New Covenant Christian Church, Detroit Sing a New Song, Detroit Exodus Food Pantry, Detroit New Covenant of Peace Church, Detroit Sobriety House, Detroit Focus: HOPE, Detroit New Day Multi Purpose Center, Detroit Soldiers of the Cross, Detroit Fairfield Residential Care, Inc., Detroit New Fellowship Church, Detroit Southwest Association for Children, Detroit Faith Christian Center, Taylor New Hope Tabernacle, Detroit Southwest Detroit CMHS, Inc., Detroit Faith Lutheran Church (SEV), Detroit New Hope United Methodist Church, Melvindale Southwestern Church of God, Detroit First Assembly of God, Dearborn Heights New Life - Helping Hand, Petersburg Sow a Seed Ministries, Detroit First Baptist World Changes, Detroit New Life Home, Detroit Spanish Pentecostal Church, Detroit First Step, Plymouth New Light Baptist Church, Detroit Starfish Family Services, Westland Flowers Community Services, Inc., Detroit New Light Nursing Home, Detroit Sunnybrook, Detroit Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit New Resurrection Faith Ministries, Detroit T.C. Simmons Visiting Ministries, Detroit Forte Manor, Detroit North Central CMHC/APC, Detroit Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit Franklin Wright Settlement, Detroit Oakwood SDA Pantry, Taylor Taylor Apartments-Wrap Around, Taylor Freedom House, Detroit Off the Streets-Virginia Park, Detroit Transition/OTS, Detroit Friends U-Need, Detroit Open Door Ministries, Canton Tree of Life Christian, Detroit Friends of Detroit, Detroit Operation Help, Detroit Tried Stone Baptist Church, Detroit Friends of Parkside, Detroit Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Detroit Trinity Community Presbyterian Church, Detroit Full Gospel Church, Detroit Overcomers Thru Christ, Detroit Trinity Episcopal Church, Detroit GRAB Community Outreach, Detroit Pentecostal Temple Baptist Church, Detroit Twelfth St. Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit Gaius Co-Op Emmanuel House, Detroit People's Community Church, Detroit United Sisters of Charity, Detroit Genesis New Beginning, Detroit Perfecting Community Care Center, Detroit United Victory Outreach, Detroit Gibraltar Food Pantry, Gibraltar Positive Images, Detroit Veterans Outreach Center, Wayne Girlstown Foundation, Belleville Prayer House, Detroit Victory Outreach, Detroit God's Way Of Living Ministries, Detroit Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit Walk in the Spirit (WITS), Detroit Grace Community Church, Lenox Puritan St. Church of Christ, Detroit West Mound United Methodist Church, Taylor Grace Temple COGIC, Detroit Quality Behavior Health, Inc., Detroit Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit Greater Northwest COGIC, Detroit Ravendale Community Inc., Detroit William S. Ford Memorial United Methodist Greater Southern M.B.C., Detroit Redford Interfaith Relief, Redford Church, Detroit Halford, Detroit Restoration House, Detroit Woods Care, Wayne Harper Ave. Church of God, Detroit Restoration Towers, Detroit Worshippers & Warriors, Allen Park Hartford Agape Hunger, Detroit Resurrection Ministries, Detroit YWCA Interim House, Detroit Harvest House, Hamtramck Resurrection United Methodist Church, Detroit Harvest Lighthouse, Ecorse Revival Tabernacle, Highland Park

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Major Donors — Giftsof $1,000 or More, July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Mr. Joseph Gaus & Ms. Cynthia Bauer Mr. Lawrence A. Morath Ms. Wendy Achatz Ms. Mary J. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Moylan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Acheson Mr. and Mrs. Bruce T. Godfrey Ms. Victoria W. Murphy Mr. Charles Altman Mr. and Mrs. Terry C. Graessle Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ninteman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Anderson Mr. Fred Grandchamp and Ms. Robbie McBride Mr. and Mrs. John J. Oberpeul Mr. and Mrs. Steve Applegate Mr. and Mrs. John A. Green Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Offerle Mr. and Mrs. Steven Arbit Mr. and Mrs. Ned W. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Olson Dr. and Mrs. William R. Back Ms. Susan J. Guenther Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ortiz Mr. Donald G. Barr Jr. Ms. Patricia C. Harmon Mr. John A. Ossenmacher Dr. Evelyn R. Barrack Ms. Kathleen M. Hartter Ms. Lucille A. Padgett Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Beck Ms. Judith J. Havens Mr. Ted Pearse Mr. and Mrs. Dick C. Bentley Ms. Patricia A. Heftler Mr. Charles S. Peltz Mr. and Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Ms. Lauraine A. Hoensheid Ms. Erica Peresman Dr. and Mrs. Jay Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Derek K. Hogland Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Craig Berthel Mr. and Mrs. David Hohendorf Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Popovic Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berwanger Dr. Jean M. Holland Mr. Paul W. Potter, TTEES Mr. John A. Blatt Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hudson Ms. Barbara A. Quilty Dr. Fredric Bonine Leslie Ishbia Mr. and Mrs. Doug Reed Mr. Louis P. Boudreau Mr. and Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mr. Gerald Riess & Ms. Laura Lalone Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Brisson Ms. Michelle M. Ivey Mr. and Mrs. James C. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Brock Mr. and Mrs. William S. Jack Mr. Bradley Robinson Mr. Thomas I. Brown Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson Ms. Suzanne M. Rodriguez Mr. Ralph Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Jacob Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burt-Willson Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Jacob Mr. Aaron R. Ross Ms. Rheta Rhae Busacca Mr. George Johnston Mr. Brian Roth Mr. Jeffrey Bush Mr. Jay R. Jolliffe Mr. Paul Roubal Mr. and Mrs. Eric Capaldi Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rudy Ms. Vivian Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kapolnek Mr. and Mrs. Jere C. Rush Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Caughlin Mr. Jamie Karchon Mr. Jack Russo Mr. Adam D. Cheslin Mr. Joel R. Karczewski Mr. Gary E. Ryti Mr. Gregg A. Christenson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart R. Kayne Mr. Robert D. Safian M.D. Dr. Carlo Ciaramitaro Ms. Ellen Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Santhony Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Clark Mr. James Kirstowski Mr. and Mrs. Steven Schaller Mr. Herbert A. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Norman S. Klein Ms. Deborah K. Schutt Mr. and Mrs. William W. Cook Ms. Denise A. Knobblock Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schwartz Ms. Lenor D. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Knoppow Mr. Carl E. Selz Mr. Michael P. Corrigan Dr. and Mrs. James Kohlenberg Mr. Richard A. Shapack Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Crain Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Koss Mr. and Ms. Robert J. Shirock Mr. Loren Crandell Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Krueger Mr. Terry G. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Cummings Mr. Eric Krupp & Ms. Diane Casalou Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Singer Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Cummings Ms. Joyce Kubicki Mr. and Mrs. Donald Slotkin Mr. John Currie Mr. Richard C. Kuziora Mr. Bernie Smilovitz Mr. Robert M. Currie Mr. Terry K. Lanzen Mr. Jerry L. Sobota Mr. Richard H. Czerwinski Mr. and Mrs. Michael Layne Ms. Pauline Stark Mr. and Mrs. Darrin L. Davis Ms. Lynn LeAnnais Mr. and Mrs. David Stringer Mr. and Mrs. Dominick L. DeBello Mr. and Mrs. David W. Lentz Ms. Patricia M. Surd Mr. and Mrs. Michael Debets Mr. and Mrs. Hannan Lis Mr. Mark B. Tepen Mr. and Mrs. Christopher DeMovellan Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Lockman Mr. Doug Thal Ms. Agnes S. Dempster Mr. Dana M. Locniskar and Ms. Christine Beck Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Tompkins III Mrs. Cynthia Diponio Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. LoVasco Mr. James H. Trask Mr. Gerald S. Dittrich Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lovasco Mr. and Mrs. Tom Trudeau Ms. Mary Dittrich Ms. Melissa J. Lowe Mr. David G. Truesdell Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Duggan Mr. John Lucci Mr. and Mrs. James A. Tutorow Ms. Rosalie A. Eppert Mr. Dale B. Lurie Mr. Gary C. Valade Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Erickson Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Mann Mr. and Mrs. Wesley D. Van Houten Ms. Gail A. Eynon Ms. Carol A. Mason Mr. and Mrs. Dale Van Wulfen Mr. Robert M. Felland Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Dave R. VanderPloeg Mr. Ron Ferber Ms. Ruth Ellen Mayhall Mr. and Mrs. Cornell G. Vennettilli Mr. and Mrs. Agostinho A. Fernandes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McGee Mr. and Mrs. James Vlasic Ms. Lynda M. Ferro Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. McKenty Mr. and Mrs. Curt Vogel Dr. Marjorie Fisher Mr. Allen Menuck Mr. and Mrs. Stephen I. Walker Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mr. Jerry Meter Mr. Joseph Walsh Ms. Martha A. Foley Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Gail L. Warden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ford Mr. Ralph Miesel Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Warner Mr. and Mrs. Steve J. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Mihalich Mr. James R. Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Nelson W. Fredrickson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Miles Mr. Joseph L. Welch Ms. Kathleen M. Fritz Ms. Alice Miles Mr. John V. Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Furlo Mr. and Mrs. Hamid R. Mohyi Mr. and Mrs. Stan E. Wencley

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Major Donors, cont.

Ms. Elizabeth C. Williams Detroit Lions Charities The Lyon Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Willoughby Dickinson Wright M & M Ilitch Holdings, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wood Doeren Mayhew Certified Public Accountants M. Jacob & Sons Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Young DTE Energy Magna International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David J. Zmyslowski DTE Energy Foundation Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation Dykema Gossett PLLC Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation CORPORATE & FOUNDATION Eagle Ottawa, LLC Market Measurement DONORS Ear Phonics Mark/Lis Family Fund ABC Group EDS/GM Global Marketing The Marshall Mathers Foundation ABN AMRO Services Company Edsel B. Ford II Fund Mary G. Stange Charitable Trust The Action Benefits Company Epoch Restaurant Group Mary Maybury Berkery Memorial Trust Aisin World Corporation Of America Etkin Johnson Company LLC MASCO Corporation Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. Excelda Manufacturing Matilda R. Wilson Fund Al-Craft Industries, Inc. Expert Services, Inc Mazon Aline Underhill Orten Foundation Exxon Mobil Chemical The Ruby McCoy Foundation The Alix Foundation Fannie Kraft Foundation McDowell & Associates Allmerica Financial Charitable Foundation The Feinstein Foundation Medical Alternatives Press, Inc. ALPS Automotive FH Martin Constructors Meldrum Properties American Electrical Construction Fifth Third Bank Methode Electronics, Inc. America's Second Harvest First Presbyterian Church of Brighton Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Artisan Associates Inc. First Presbyterian Church of Northville Michael & Peggy Pitt Charitable Trust ArvinMeritor, Inc. Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Michigan Council of Korean Churches Auburn Hills Christian Center Ford Dealers Advertising Michigan First Credit Union Autodesk, Inc. Benson & Edith Ford Fund Michigan State University Extension AUTOLIV Foster Electric America Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC Belfor-Inrecon Freightliner LLC Milliken Berkley Screw Machine Products Inc. Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. Big Boy Restaurant Fusiontech Inc. Motor City Consumers Co-Operative, Inc. Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Galasso & Associates, C.P.A., P.L.C. MotorCity Casino Blackwell Ford Inc. General Motors Foundation MPC Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Giffels-Webster Engineers, Inc. Muslim Student Association - CSA Office Blue Water Automotive Systems, Inc. Glidden Financial Service, Inc. National Logistics Management Brighton Area Schools Global Impact Neiman Marcus Brighton Commerce Bank Greater West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Oakland County Association of Assessing Brighton NC Machine Corporation Greektown Casino LLC Officers Capuchin Community Center The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church Oakland County Chapter of Credit Unions The Clarence & Grace Chamberlin Foundation Grosse Pointe Theatre Oakland Township United Way Charity Motors Inc. Guardian Industries Corp. O'Charley's Charter One Foundation Hand In Hand Omron Auto Electronics, Inc. Chesley Consulting Handleman Company The Pampered Chef, Ltd. The Chubb Corporation Hartland United Methodist Church Panera Bread Foundation Church World Service, Inc. Hayes Lemmerz Park West Gallery Clarion Health Alliance Plan Parrot Inc. Clear Channel Radio - Detroit Henry Ford Health System Penske Truck Leasing Co. CO-HR, LLC Henry Ford Medical Center Fairlane The Karen & Drew Peslar Foundation Comcast James and Lynelle Holden Fund The Pewabic Society, Inc. Comcast Foundation The Holley Foundation Pinckney Community Schools Comerica Charitable Services Group Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Piston Group Comerica Foundation Hope Lutheran Church Plastech Comerica Incorporated Huntington National Bank Ralph L. and Winifred E. Polk Foundation Community Foundation for Southeastern MI Huron Valley Schools Progressive Moulded Products Compuware Corporation Interface Fabrics Rite Aid Corporation Continental Teves Jenkins & Company Robert Bosch Corporation Cranbrook JML Contracting & Sales Robison Foundation CRH North America Inc. Key Safety Systems Rochester Church of Christ Crittenton Hospital Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutte & Sherbrook Rochester Community School District DaimlerChrysler Corporation Knollenberg for Congress Committee Rochester Rotary Charities, Inc. DaimlerChrysler Fund Knox Charitable Foundation Rotary Club Of Brighton DaimlerChrysler Services Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C. Royal Oakland Community Credit Union Dallas R. Kitchen Building Co. Kostal of America, Inc. Saint Andrew Catholic Church Datanational Corporation Kraft Foods, Inc. SANYO Energy Corporation Dearborn CRC Youth Group The Kroger Company of Michigan SANYO-FMS Audio Delphi Automotive Labrecque, Jackson, Price & Roehl, LLC Save On Everything Denso International America, Inc. Lear Corporation SBC DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Leland F. Blatt Family Foundation Security Packing Detroit Auto Dealers Assc. Charitable FDN Fund Light Source, Inc. Share Our Strength Detroit Federation Of Teachers Livingston Women's Club Sheets Trucking

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2006 Annual Report Major Donors, cont.

Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund Tosa Foundation Shepherd of Lakes Toyota Motor Sales, J.S.A., Inc. Siemens VDO Tram, Inc. Singer Investments TRW Inc.- Automotive Operations Sodexho Foundation, Inc. Tuktawa Foundation Sodexho Inc. Tweddle Litho Company Sony Electronics Tyco Electronics Corporation Soroptimist International of Oakland County UAW Local 14 Sphere Marketing UAW-DaimlerChrysler St. Michael Parish UAW-GM Center For Human Resources Star Crane & Hoist - Metro UBS Foundation Steelcase, Inc. Unilock Michigan, Inc. Stout Risius Ross, Inc. Unique Fabricating, Inc. Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. United Container Company The Suburban Collection United Methodist Women Sue's Landscaping, Inc. United Way Community Services Sumitomo Wiring Systems (USA), Inc. United Way of Oakland County Summit Performance Solutions Unwired Technology LLC Summit Polymers, Inc. US Farathane Sun Valley Foods Utica Community Schools T&C Federal Credit Union Verizon Wireless Tal-Port Industries Visteon Tamer Foundation Visteon Village Taste of the NFL Walled Lake Consolidated Schools The Taubman Company Wal-Mart TCF National Bank Wal-Mart Foundation Teamsters Local Union No. 299 Washington Mutual Foundation Teona Systems Waterworks Systems & Equipment, Inc. The Clarence and Jack Himmel Foundation WDIV-TV The Kresge Foundation Woodbridge Foam Corp. Automotive The Royal Bounce Company Woods Construction Inc. The Trico Foundation Word of Faith Christian Center The Young Foundation Wylie E. Groves High School The Thomas Foundation Yazaki North America, Inc. TI Group Automotive Systems

Thank you for your generous support.

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17 One Mo’ Time — Gleaners’ annual fall benefit October 8 offered Dancing in the Streets participants a Motown theme and raised $76,000. Nearly 300 children and adults enjoyed music and fun to Fight Hunger at Gleaners’ Detroit headquarters and distribution Raises $76,000 center. They sampled Soul, Mediterranean, Polish, Greek, and Mexican food and many of them also packed (left to right) Patty Frenkel family food boxes for (Steering Committee), our hungry neighbors. Denise Dennehy (Chair), Erica Peresman (Chair), Elisa Greenberg (Chair), Bridget Bohn (Chair), Dulcie Rosenfeld (Event Founder)

Taste of the NFL Michigan Women’s heads to Miami for Hall of Fame Honors Super Bowl XLI Margery “Midge” Feliksa

Last year’s Taste of the NFL in Detroit was a great In 1977, when Gene Gonya success, and this year the annual fundraising event was starting Gleaners in a for America’s Second Harvest will follow Super Bowl garage near the Capuchin XLI to Miami Florida. Taste of the NFL is the premier soup kitchen, Margery strolling food and wine event of Super Bowl weekend. “Midge” Feliksa and her husband were dedicated If you are planning a trip to south Florida for the big volunteers who helped game, save time on your calendar Saturday, February raise funds and recruit 3, 2007 to join in on food, fun and football at the others to help. Greater Ft. Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center. Meet and greet chefs For her assistance found- and current or alumni NFL ing Gleaners, “Midge” players from each NFL city, Feliksa was inducted this bid on Super Bowl XLI October to the Michigan tickets in the silent auction, Women’s Hall of Fame. and stay and enjoy live Gleaners is grateful for the entertainment at the Super tremendous commitment Bowl “Party with a Purpose.” of Feliksa and thousands of others who have helped Jerome Bettis items up for bid at Gleaners will receive a Detroit’s Taste of the NFL. us grow and serve others portion of the proceeds. Find for nearly 30 years. more details at www.tasteofthenfl.com.

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18 The front of Olga’s card is correct BirdieDay in Livingston County

About 2,000 golf balls were thrown onto a green at Majestic Golf Course in Hartland. Committee members found the five closest to the cup and “Gleaners will receive a donation awarded them $1,000 prizes in for every purchase you make.” the “ball drop” raffle. The winners were Rick Fons, Emily Due to a printer’s mistake, the fine Harris, Dr. Brian Petersburg, print on Olga’s cards for Gleaners Charlie Tanner, and John Masek. say that contributions will be made to the American Red Cross. Do not Golfers who brought a frozen turkey or a be alarmed by that. The front of the $25 donation to any one of five Livingston card is correct. For every purchase County golf courses November 19 were you make using a card with a treated to a free round of golf. The event Gleaners’ logo, the donation will sponsored by Brighton Commerce Bank come to us. Olga’s apologizes for provides food for local agencies, including the error. Salvation Army, LACASA, St. Vincent de Paul, Head Start, Meals on Wheels, Family Impact Center, Shared Harvest Pantry and others. An estimated 1,500 Livingston County families are expected to require food assistance through the holidays.

If you have Birdie Day was an event for donated to frozen turkeys and frozen Gleaners since golfers, such as Janna and Chris Curran, Jim Weaver, July of 2006 — you and Scott Gidcumb. should have received an Olga’s Single Double Triple PLUS card as a special “thank you” from Olga’s. An estimated 1,500 We hope you had a chance to use the card for a free Original Olga® Livingston County Sandwich. Please don’t put the card away families are expected and forget about it, because the card helps us both every time you to require food use it. You get a least 50 cents off each Olga® Sandwich and each assistance through entree salad you order, and Olga’s will make a donation to Gleaners. the holidays. So end your hunger for awhile at Scott Gidcumb putts through a Olga’s — and you will be helping minor snow squall. feed your hungry neighbors.

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Birmingham Bloomfield West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Vine and Dine Event GRUB CRAWL Raises $9,500 Raises $1,534

Kurmas said, "I ate a lot and More than 150 people attended the West Bloomfield Chamber Grub Crawl, and laughed a lot. Volunteering for Gleaners in Oakland County benefitted from Gleaners reinforced the fact a portion of the money raised. One of the organizers, Lee Jaffke said, “We all agreed. that time is just a valuable a A great time. Great food. A fun party gift as money." atmosphere and all for a wonderful cause. When can we do this again? Count us in.”

Maryann Branstrom and Mickey Cummings try to unlock the shopping cart at the Raffle Key (upper left) Lee Jaffke (lower left to right) Karen Jaffke, table with a Cheryl Gonda, Lynn Speerschneider, Gordon Muir, volunteer Chris Martin and Elmer Jaffke. Cari Kurmas. The Pampered Chef ® Consultants Raise $5,338.22 for Gleaners

The pennies Pampered Chef also donates $2.00 for every count for purchase of a Round-Up from the Heart Gleaners when limited edition copper trivet. Pampered Chef In October, Ginger Broome, a local, indepen- customers buy dent Pampered Chef consultant presented their high quality Gleaners a check for $5,338.22 collected kitchen tools and through the program. She said, “I am thrilled “Round-Up from to present each check for the pennies, nickels, the Heart.” The dimes and quarters people donate! Small campaign change has really made a big change in the encourages Present for the Pampered Chef donation were (L to R) Ann Szwarc, Laura Adkins, D. Ginger Broome, lives of those who are hungry!” customers to total Augie Fernandes, Gene Gonya, and Debbie Hostos. their purchases at It was the second donation of the year for cooking shows, then paying the next higher even dollar Pampered Chef. Total contributions for Gleaners from amount. When they do, the difference is donated to the group now stand at $12,489.40. local food banks, including Gleaners.

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etroit’s second Kids Café opened with a live performance from local positive hip-hop duo, Walter D “Freeway” Johnson and “Specialist,” a talent show, and a free meal provided by ConAgra Foods — primary national sponsor for Kids Cafés. The Salvation Army Kids Café serves dinner five nights a week to 30 or more school-aged children at its Temple Corps Building. The meals are part of an after- school program that gives children a safe place to do homework, and learn other fun and useful skills. Kids Café OPENS at Two boys enjoy a hot meal and Salvation Army conversation. Temple Corps Building in Detroit

g Three friends enjoy the festivities.

Sodexho A total of 15 chefs participated in the 2006 Sodexho Chili Cook-Off — Chili raising $2,650 for Gleaners and creating an outstanding experience of sights, smells and tastes. A panel of judges declared Detroit Institute of Arts’ Cook-off chili the best of the day. All the chili that wasn’t required for judges and guests Raises was donated to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. $2,650

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21 GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN Capuchins support seniors with food and advice

t age 62, Ernest Hill, Jr. was living alone and stretch- about parenting. When they investigated further, they ing an SSI check, $10 a month in food stamps and recognized a significant need, and began to address it. regular meals at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen to get by when he suddenly faced a new challenge — “It is really Araising two of his 26 grandchildren. quite a shock for most people He had realized his daughter was not able to take to raise care of her 12-year-old and 14-year-old children, so he children at this moved them into his one-bedroom seniors’ apart- age,” said ment and began a “second round” of parenting. Denise “This is a new experience for me, trying to raise kids Johnson, the again. It’s been 34 years since I had kids to raise and (left to right) Deborah Starr-Hodges, Capuchin it is something that I wasn’t ready for,” Hill said. “I Denise Johnson and Marta Holmes, staff emergency don’t want to put them out in the streets or in a members at the Capuchin Service Center assistance foster home, so I feel that it is my obligation to step in Detroit department up to the plate.” On a recent trip to the Capuchin manager. She and two of her staff members, pantry Hill realized he was not alone, and more Deborah Starr-Hodges and Marta Holmes, organized important, that help was available to him through a support group for three or four of the seniors. the Capuchin Service Center. A year ago, staff at the Holmes is a grand-mother herself, raising two center noticed a growing number of seniors coming grandchildren. “What they really wanted to do was share information with each other,” said Johnson. The grandparents compared notes on where they can get clothing, how to manage a budget to pay for school uniforms and how to find school supplies at no cost. By word of mouth, the group grew to a dozen who now meet one Tuesday a month to discuss their circumstances. Most of the group are grandmothers, Ernest Hill, Jr., but that didn’t stop Hill, with two adolescents back grandfather in his care, he signed up for the group almost as raising his soon as he could. grandchildren. in for food assistance were also asking for guidance

Dining Senior seniors don’t have to eat alone. “Din- serves in locations where seniors ing Senior Style is geared toward are already congregating such as Style Delivering the active senior,” said Benford. “We community centers and senior THAN Meals have 23 locations where lunch is residential facilities. Benford added MORE served Monday through Friday. It is that seniors receive a helping of Katherine Benford, program director different from Meals on Wheels, education along with their meals for Macomb County’s Senior which is geared toward the home- and fellowship. Citizen Nutrition Program, bound senior with limited mobility.” makes sure that more than meals The hot meal is also supplemented are provided for seniors in her care. The Macomb County Nutrition with shelf staples and emergency With a 30-year-old program called program serves 1,600 meals through meals from Gleaners. Dining Senior Style, a hot lunch is Meals on Wheels and 500 more served in a social atmosphere where through Dining Senior Style, which

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can make a You difference! Each $1 donation helps Gleaners feed one hungry senior citizen for one day.

Every hour you volunteer helps keep our costs low. Volunteers sort and pack millions of pounds of food for us every year. And they help Gleaners hold events and share our mission with others. There are many ways you can join our effort —

1 SEND A CHECK: 7 PROVIDE A MEMORIAL OR TRIBUTE GIFT Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION: 2131 Beaufait, Detroit, MI 48207-3410 Bridgett Lomax 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 249

2 CALL IN A CREDIT CARD OR INSTALLMENT GIFT: 8 LEAVE A LEGACY: Lisa Walker, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 241 Gerry Brisson, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 246, or [email protected] 3 DONATE ONLINE: www.gcfb.org 9 IF YOUR COMPANY CAN CONTRIBUTE: Darlene Paulauski, 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 242, or 4 VOLUNTEER: [email protected] Call the volunteer coordinator at the distribution center nearest you. Community Foundation Detroit Fred Anthony – 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 239 Endowment Challenge Warren Gleaners Joan & Wayne Webber Distribution Center The Community Foundation for Southeastern Deborah Dillard – 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 222 Michigan offers a matching contribution for Taylor Alma Perez – 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 221 every gift of $1,000 or more to the Gleaners’ Pontiac Nancy Knop – 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 407 endowment fund right now. The offer expires Howell Michelle Ounanian – 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 335 when the Community Foundation’s matching gift funds for all charities in the region are 5 TRANSFER STOCK: claimed, so this is the time to give. Generous Ask your your broker to contact Tom Murphy, donors have already increased Gleaners’ 1-866-GLEANER, ext. 233. endowment by $405,000 as a result of the 6 ASK YOUR EMPLOYER FOR A MATCHING GIFT: challenge match. Your contribution will be a Tell your employer you donated to Gleaners and request a great help — doubling its effect immediately. matching gift. If your company does not have a matching gift program, ask about starting one.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Your donation is 100% tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is a 501(c)(3) organization. Individuals, married couples and businesses may claim 50% of their cash donations to Gleaners on their Michigan Income Tax Return as a tax credit for contributions to homeless shelters and food banks. Individuals may claim 50% of gifts up to $200; married couples filing jointly may claim 50% of gifts up to $400; and businesses may claim 50% of gifts up to $10,000. Please consult your tax advisor before making a claim.

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Resources for Senior Citizens

Primary Resources — Gleaners’ Partners that Area Agencies on Aging Deliver Services Primarily to Senior Citizens Detroit Area Agency on Aging 1333 Brewery Park Blvd. Livingston County Detroit, MI 48207 Livingston County Senior Nutrition, Howell (313) 446-4444 Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, Howell Area Agency on Aging 1-B Central Office Serving Macomb County Oakland County Macomb County Community Services 29100 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 400 Agency, Clinton Twp. Southfield, MI 48034 (248) 357-2255 • (800) 852-7795 Monroe County TTY: (248) 263-1455 Monroe County Opportunity Program, Fax: (248) 948-9691 Monroe Area Agency on Aging 1-B Oakland County Livingston/Washtenaw County All Agency Oakland, Pontiac Access Location Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, 3550 Liberty Road, Suite 2 Pontiac Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Older Persons’ Commission, Rochester (734) 213-6704 • (800) 852-7795 Wayne County Fax: (734) 213-6806 Church of the Messiah, Detroit Area Agency on Aging 1-B Merriman Elementary School, Detroit Macomb County Access Location Mercy-Stapleton Center, Detroit 39090 Garfield, Suite 102 Restoration Towers, Detroit Clinton Twp., MI 48038 St. Patrick Parish, Detroit (586) 226-0309 • (800) 852-7795 Fax: (586) 226-0408 Area Agency on Aging 1-B Monroe County Access Location 14930 LaPlaisance, Suite 130 Monroe, MI 48161 (734) 241-2012 • (800) 852-7795 Fax: (734) 241-6877

www.PantryNet.org www.eCupboard.org and Glinkos — tools that remove barriers in feeding hungry people and revolutionize the way pantries operate.

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24 Calendar of Events 2006 – 2007 Enjoy your support of Gleaners at one of these events January March January 1–7 March 8 Check Out Hunger — Completes its final week at many Pinckney Community School’s 14th Annual Empty area grocery stores. Tear off a coupon and add $1, $3, or $5 Bowls Dinner — Join over 1,000 guests at one of to your grocery bill as a donation to help Gleaners purchase Livingston County’s greatest fundraisers. Select a food items that are not usually donated to the food bank. handmade ceramic bowl from thousands of local For a complete list of participating stores go to student artists and enjoy all-you-can-eat soups from www.gcfb.org and look under Special Events. over 50 local restaurants. For more information visit: www.pcs.k12.mi.us/emptybowls or contact Erica Karfonta February at 866-GLEANER ext. 331 or [email protected]. February 2 March 14 Howell vs. Hartland Food Fight — During halftime at Annual Women’s Power Breakfast — the Howell High vs. Hartland High Varsity Basketball game This event is a special “by invitation on February 2nd, the school that raises the largest amount only” gathering of the area’s most of food for Gleaners will be announced as winner and prominent female business, civic and recipient of “The Gleaners Cup,” a trophy made from community leaders. It includes judges, recycled tin cans. Both high schools will be collecting politicians,professionals, business nonperishable food two weeks prior to the big game. owners, corporate executives, journalists, broadcasters, Event contact: Michelle Ounanian at 866-GLEANER ext. key volunteers and members of the area’s most influential 335 or [email protected]. boards. The Women’s Power Breakfast is an opportunity for these women to gather to network, share breakfast and February 24 hear a keynote speaker, soon to be named. Event contact: Pewabic Pottery Empty Bowls Event — Come purchase Julie Ptasznik at 866-GLEANER ext. 245 or a unique and wonderful pottery bowl donated by local [email protected]. students and artists at Pewabic Pottery, 10125 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit to benefit Gleaners. April Also enjoy a simple lunch of soup donated by local restaurants. Event April 19 contact: Julie Ptasznik at 866-GLEANER Gentlemen’s Night Out to Fight Hunger — Enjoy the ext. 245 or [email protected]. second year of an event that was created in response to the Women’s Power Breakfast, but geared towards men. Join the gentlemanly crowd for a Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament, billiards, cigar lounge, hearty dinner and snacks, a new game called GoLo (check it out at www.igolo.com), darts, and other games. Event contact: Colleen Love at 866-GLEANER ext. 243 or [email protected]. Shared Harvest Pantry

Julie Harris, director of Livingston County's Shared Harvest Pantry receives her Beacon of Light award from Gleaners’ executive director, Augie Fernandes at the Michigan Fall Harvest campaign conclusion ceremony.

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Board of Directors

Gene Gonya, Gerald J. Israel, NOURISHING COMMUNITIES BY Founder Past Chair Consultant FEEDING HUNGRY PEOPLE OFFICERS Jim Jenkins Ned W. Greenberg, Chair Gleaners Community Food Bank of Jenkins & Company DataNet Quality Systems Southeastern Michigan Steve Lawson Pat Berwanger, Eastman Capital 2131 Beaufait St., Detroit, MI 48207-3410 Senior Vice Chair Group, LLC (313) 923-3535 or 1-866-GLEANER Community Leader Diesel Technologies, LLC Catherine Genovese, (313) 923-2247 Fax Judith F. Layne Vice Chair Dickinson Wright PLLC www.gcfb.org Candy Cane Christmas [email protected] Tree Farm Major K. Kendall Mathews Salvation Army Vivian R. Pickard, Gleaners Distribution Centers: Vice Chair Bob McGowan Gleaners Detroit Headquarters & General Motors Smith-Winchester Distribution Center Corporation Leonard E. McIntee 2131 Beaufait St., Detroit Vince Dow, Community Leader Treasurer Alice A. Miles Gleaners Livingston County Distribution Center DTE Energy Community Leader 5924 Sterling Dr., Howell Bill Winkler, Benjamin Ortiz Gleaners Oakland County Distribution Center Secretary Verizon Wireless Wayne State University 120 E. Columbia Ave., Pontiac Jerry Powell Agostinho A. Fernandes, Jr., Gleaners Taylor Distribution Center The Kroger President Company of MI 25698 Northline Rd., Taylor Gleaners Community Laura J. Trudeau Food Bank Gleaners Joan & Wayne Webber Distribution Center The Kresge Foundation 24162 Mound Rd., Warren DIRECTORS Dave R. VanderPloeg Huntington National Gleaners is proud to be a founding member of: Michael H. Acheson Interlaken, LLC Bank America’s The Food Ed Bahoura V. James Viola Community Leader Second Bank Save-A-Lot Stores Harvest Council of Sharon A. Banks Claudette Wardell-Cameron Michigan Office of Robert Ficano, H.E.L.P., Inc. Wayne Co. Executive Walter R. Young And a member of: Velva S. Clark Community Leader Max Broock, Inc. The United Way The Better Business ADVISORY BOARD Dick Dills, Past President Bureau Sharisse Brookins Community Leader Charles Graham Robert Duschinske Robert Heffernan Comerica, Inc. Curtis Hertel Michelle L. Gaggini, Lisa Lis Past Chair James Macy Blue Cross Blue Shield Lois Miller of Michigan Charles Oliver Jeff Glaser Lorenzo Rivera Royal Oakland Community Dulcie Rosenfeld Credit Union Neal Rubin Edith Scott Suzette F. Hohendorf Community Leader Denise Starr Ruth Stephens-Collins Vicky Howell, Esq. Pat Weber James Williams Howard Zoller, Esq.

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10,000 Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway

Gleaners Community Food Bank thanks Charter One Foundation for Carving Out Hunger with its gift of $75,000 to purchase 10,000 Thanksgiving turkeys for Gleaners’ partner agencies. Charter One volunteers distributed turkeys and other food for hungry people November 14 at Gleaners Detroit Distribution Center. Thank You!

Charter One volunteers will also be helping out all year at seven of Gleaners’ partner agencies.

These non-profit agencies represent soup kitchens and food pantries serving some of the most vulnerable communities in southeast Michigan: All Saints Parish, Detroit The Baldwin Center, Pontiac Macomb Food Program, Clinton Twp. Salvation Army Temple Corps, Detroit Salvation Army, Warren Shared Harvest Pantry, Howell Yad Ezra, Berkley Sandy Pierce, President and CEO of Charter One Bank in Michigan presents $75,000 to Gleaners.

Give a Minute — Raise a Million

To continue feeding hungry people all year long, Charter One’s gift launched Gleaners’ Gleaners has asked the community to donate $15 per “Give a Minute — Raise a Million” minute over the last seven weeks of 2006 — or a total final fundraising effort of 2006. of just over $1 million. A one-minute donation of $15 puts food on the table for one hungry senior citizen for two weeks. Donate online @ www.gcfb.org/charterone { } Your donationmay be eligible for a generous Michigan tax credit, described on p. 22.