2020 Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT 2020 2020 - 2021 Board of Directors President LETTER FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Tom Hutchison Dear Friends of the Food Bank, Vice President Lori Lewis Dryer Adjust. Pivot. Tailor. Modify. Adapt. There are many words to describe how the Food Bank has had to change over the past year in response to the COVID-19 TABLE OF CONTENTS Treasurer Lex Anderson pandemic. Thankfully, creativity, teamwork, and collaboration are a part of our Secretary core values. They are in our DNA. THE CULINARY CENTER SHIFTS....................................................... 3 Laura Law Throughout this year’s annual report, you will be provided insight through Immediate Past President AGENCIES ACCOMMODATE........................................................ 5 Mike McAndrews stories and examples as to how we have adjusted service delivery and tailored Members programs to accommodate new partnerships. One important aspect that has COMMUNITY IMPACT INNOVATES............................................... 7 Shelley Allen not changed, and has not been lost on us, is the importance of our mission. Wendy Brooks This year more than ever, our work has been highlighted and thrust into the VOLUNTEER CENTER TILTS.............................................................. 9 Missy Brumley limelight. Randy Cowling NEW PARTNERSHIPS EMERGE...................................................... 11 Donna McElroy Dutton Those long lines of drive-thru distributions you’ve seen on national news Rich Ficken stories are very real right here in Oklahoma. You may have heard about the Mercedes Millberry Fowler PANDEMIC PIVOTS..................................................................... 13 Ashlee Fox incredible statistics of first-time users of food assistance. Children, families, Jenna Garland seniors, and veterans facing food insecurity need our help more than ever. EVENTS EVOLVE........................................................................... 15 Jennifer Hua They are the faces of hunger, and they could easily be your colleague, your Jeanne Jacobs neighbor, or you and your family. What is of great concern, according to FINANCIAL STATEMENT............................................................... 16 Eric M. Kunkel Feeding America, is before the pandemic, national food insecurity levels were G. Scott Lewis Christine McQueen the lowest they had been in 20 years. Because of COVID-19, progress made to HOW WE OPERATE....................................................................... 17 Manny Rubio food insecurity in the U.S. will likely be wiped out. Carol Tandy PARTNER AGENCIES.................................................................... 19 Darren P. Walkup But fear not, YOUR Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is here and Senior Team ready to fight this battle head on. We are stronger than ever with resources, MOBILE PANTRY SITES................................................................. 22 Chief Executive Officer staffing, supporters, strategy, partners, and we will continue to pivot, adjust, Lori A. Long and adapt as long as we have neighbors who go to bed hungry. COMMITTED GIVING................................................................... 23 Chief Advancement Officer Rochelle Dowdell It is my privilege to serve this community and to lead the charge at this FINANCIAL DONORS.................................................................. 25 organization. I thank you for your belief in, and support of, our ever important Chief Culinary Officer Jeff Marlow and growing mission. SOUP’S ON CARRIES ON.............................................................54 Chief Impact Officer Yours in service – John McCarthy FOOD DONORS........................................................................... 55 Chief Human Resources Officer Susan Schulte Chief Operating Officer Please note, gifts listed in this Annual Report were given between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. Ryan Walker Lori A. Long, CEO Chief Financial Officer Sonja Wilson THE CULINARY CENTER SHIFTS kitchens open. Chef Marlow and his team prepared menus and took care of logistics n non-pandemic times, the regarding food preparation and delivery. Culinary Center provides numerous I They also coordinated the array of kitchen opportunities for community engagement partners. This program initially fed local and unique partnerships. The center prepares children in partnership with Tulsa Public CULINARY meals from scratch for school community Schools. It has now regrouped and provides dinners. Partners like All Souls and Junior meals to tribal elders in partnership with the League then deliver those meals to their Cherokee Nation. adoptive schools, which encourage family CENTER engagement and enrichment. Mobile Eatery The center’s new mode of serving food trucks provide fresh meals to veterans, includes daily individual meals and snacks students on school breaks, and a rich variety provided to seniors through Life Senior of other daily locations where people in need Services as well as efficient, tasty family receive the delicious food. meals distributed by an array of partners, many new to us during the pandemic. Finally, Once the pandemic began and unique freshly made, then frozen soup and family needs surfaced along with health and safety meals have anchored our twice-a-month challenges, the creative juices of our chefs Soup’s On drive-thru food distributions since were put to the test. They assessed how to May 2020. Families desperately needing food safely prepare and distribute meals in new assistance have raved about the meals which ways. Hunger Free Oklahoma took the lead also accompany boxes of shelf-stable food, on a new project to keep families fed, keep fresh produce and frequently, dairy and restaurant workers paid, and keep local meat products. FISCAL YEAR 2020 TOTALS 176,000 Mobile Eatery and Culinary Trade Total Meals 83,000 Summer Feeding Program Meals CURRENT CULINARY CENTER OUTPUT 18,000 Meals prepared and distributed each week. 3 4 AGENCIES ACCOMMODATE help. They were truly ill-prepared to do so, he pandemic has challenged our and frequently things don’t work out.” T network partners like never before. Just before the pandemic hit, Pat’s agency In previous disasters, events were typically was fortunate to have implemented new isolated. Not only is our entire service area technology to register guests. With all the currently affected, but the entire country PARTNER additional challenges, it has helped with now grapples with similar challenges leading flexibility, efficiency and safely acquiring to significant increases in demand and some guest information. supply disruptions. Maintaining volunteer forces presents a AGENCIES In addition, partners quickly adjusted serious challenge for our partners. Pat said, their service models to provide food where “Some older volunteers made the decision needed while keeping volunteers and clients to stay home, they just don’t get out. Other safe. Agencies have seen neighbors who volunteers are fearless.” Sandy Sills, 83, formerly supported their work showing up as comes in every day. “She is like a general, and clients. In some cases, partners have reported everyone respects her. When she comes in at a 60-70 percent increase in need. her age and does this hard work, they step Pat Dalke, the director of the Christian up their game.” Help Center in Grove, reports that many “I’m really proud of this place. The concept previous guests, afraid to get out and who was well developed before I arrived. We have rely on others for transportation, don’t show the support of the churches, people, and up as often. businesses. In December, we had more gift “We do see new people every day. We giving than ever before.” Pat also expressed started letting our guests come in more her gratitude for the Food Bank, saying “You often since many have lost their jobs, you just guys have supported us 1,000 percent. With can’t say no,” Pat said. “A lot of people also any questions or problems, you guys are moved here because a relative was going to there to help us. You are invaluable to what we do.” In Fiscal Year 2020, our network of Partner Agencies distributed 30.3 million pounds of food throughout the 24 counties of eastern Oklahoma. That’s the equivalent of 92% of our overall food distribution. 5 6 COMMUNITY IMPACT INNOVATES During the pandemic, thousands of shelf- stable or prepared and frozen meals were he Community Impact team looks for delivered weekly to children living in low- innovative, direct service solutions T income apartment complexes. to feed people who may otherwise get overlooked. This includes all the initiatives In addition to the existing Senior Servings in the multi-faceted Food for Kids programs, Program, a new delivery system was set up to Cooking Matters classes, Pop-up Markets, assist seniors in Tulsa Housing Authority sites Senior Servings, and Veterans initiatives. during quarantine conditions. A partnership with Life Senior Services sees homemade With many schools serving children meals and snacks going to seniors in their remotely since the onset of the pandemic, adult day care programs. maintaining Food for Kids programs has provided a great challenge. Even so, the To aid the veteran community, emergency Backpack Program has continued with boxes of shelf-stable food have regularly some schools providing packs on meal gone to the Coffee Bunker veterans center. pickup days, and some school counselors In addition, a partnership with Supportive even making home deliveries. Many School Services