2016-2017 Annual Report with Results Reporting
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FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 INDIVIDUAL DONORS Our MissiOn Founding Trustees Hunger in Lane County To alleviate hunger by creating access to food Scott and Kathy Kitchel John and Chrissy Murphy Our viSiOn Marion Sweeney, Kate Laue and Cama Evans More Than One in Three Lane County Residents Experience Food Insecurity To eliminate hunger in Lane County Rick Wright, Market of Choice Plantinum Circle ($10,000+) Anonymous (6) Food insecurity is a lack of access, at times, to Why do people experience food insecurity? Beverly Avidan FOOD FOr Lane COunty PrOGraMS Philip and Florence Barnhart Mark and Mary Ann Beauchamp enough food for an healthy lifestyle. Too often • Fixed income • Minimal or no benefits Cereal FOR YOUTH Meals ON WHeels Glenn and Renee Buchanan this means a difficult trade-off between important Provides nutritious, organic cereal to Friendly volunteers deliver a freshly Dee Carlson and Mike Balm • Underemployment • Chronic illness children and teens prepared, nutritiously balanced, meal to seniors living in Eugene with time for a brief basic needs such as medical care, housing, or • Lack of affordable housing • Student loan debt CHIldreN’S WEEKEND SNACK PACK visit and safety check Distributes snack kits for elementary school- • Cost of childcare • Medical bills transportation, and nutritiously adequate foods. aged children to take home on weekends MUltICUltUral OUTREACH and vacations Employs a Multicultural Outreach Coordinator to work with community EXTRA HelpING partners cultivating dignity, respect and Provides a weekly supply of bread and open access OREGON’S FOOD INSECURITY AMONG NATION’S HIGHEST 43% OF LANE COUNTY HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLE produce for residents of low-income housing NUTRITION EDUCATION TO MEET BASIC NEEDS FAMIly DINNER PROGRAM Through cooking classes, grocery store tours The Dining Room is a restaurant-style meal and outreach events site in downtown Eugene serving free hot dinners four nights a week PRODUCE PLUS Creates a farmer’s market experience with FOOD RescUE EXPRESS (FREX) high-quality, free produce for people in SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US Recovers prepared but unserved food need from hospitals, schools and restaurants Financial support from Leadership Donors allowed us to grow our capacity FOOD INSECURITY RANK: 6TH WORST IN LANE COUNTY SCHOOLS, to repackage into family-sized portions in RUral DELIVERY 53% OF CHILDREN WERE FFLC’s commercial kitchen for distribution Supplemental food delivery twice monthly to serve seniors in our community. Through Meals on Wheels and our Senior ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND to isolated rural communities Grocery Program we are helping more seniors get the nutrition they need GrassROOTS GARDEN & YOUTH FARM while allowing more seniors to stay in their homes. Thank you for helping us REDUCED LUNCHES IN 2017 On-site gardening, education and SENIOR GROCERY PROGRAM workshops, while growing fresh, organic Provides a monthly food box of healthy take care of those who took care of us. produce for FFLC distribution staples to low-income seniors JOB TraINING SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM Two 12-week programs teach culinary and Serves nutritious meals to children five days warehouse skills for job readiness a week when the National School Lunch Program is not in session Source: Oregon Center for Public Policy analysis of USDA data Source: United Way of Lane County, Jan., 2016 2 3 OUR MISSION: ALLEVIATE HUNGER BY CREATING ACCESS TO FOOD We are a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 food bank and accomplish our mission by soliciting, collecting, rescuing, growing, preparing and packing food for distribution through a network of more than 150 partner agencies and distribution sites. FOOD for Lane County carries the operational expense of food banking and processing with no fees to community partner agencies. We have built our success on the ability to be agile and responsive to the community’s need since we were founded in 1984. As the second largest food bank in Oregon, we are a partner of both the Oregon Food Bank network and Feeding America, the national food bank collaborative. With only 62 employees, we rely on 77,500 hours of volunteer work equivalent to 37 FTE, a strong volunteer Board of Directors, and our community partner agencies to serve Lane County’s emergency food needs. We serve a population base of 369,519 people living within 4,722 square miles of urban and rural Lane County. Our stewardship has been recognized by Charity Navigator as a top-rated nonprofit. FOOD DONATIONS GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE THE BUSINESS OF GIVING Bumble Graphics Levi Strauss & Co. Curtis Restaurant Equipment Lochmead Dairy From grapes to granola and canned soup to cantelope, we rely on food donations from a variety of sources, SCAN-a-Coupon raises thousands Companies of every shape and size Down to Earth Distributors Macy’s Fidelity Information Services Kiefer Mazda including wholesalers and retail grocery stores, farms, food drives, companies and individuals. More than of dollars each year for hunger have shown their commitment First Tech Federal Credit Union McClure Associates 60% of the 7.6 million pounds we distributed last year came from local donors. It’s a vast and varied network of to easing hunger in Lane County. relief in Lane County. It is one of Kendall Auto Group Moss Adams Our thanks go out to the hundreds support that keeps our trucks on the road, food pantry shelves stocked and dinner plates full. We are grateful for the easiest ways to give where MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions Mountain Rose Herbs the enthusiastic and generous support. you live, while supporting these more not listed here. The business Orchard View Farms Natural Grocers stores that support FOOD for community supports our efforts in PacificSource Health Plans Northwest Natural Gas Company Lane County. Thank you to these so many ways — with cash gifts, PakTech OnPoint Community Credit Union Major Food Donors and Drives participating stores for their grants, volunteering, event PeaceHealth Oregon Fuel Injection, Inc. Phoenix Rising Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association 104.7 KDUK Johnson Vegetable Farms Paktech continued support of hunger relief sponsorships and food donations. Timber Products Company Oregon Taxi 5th St Market Kelly Middle School Pepperidge Farm There is not a FOOD for Lane in Lane County. Umpqua Bank Oregon Urology Institute Albertsons King Estate Winery PeaceHealth Sacred Heart County program that has not been Veritas Software Overtime Tavern Attune Foods / Post KVAL Medical Center SCAN-A-Coupon Partners touched by corporate generosity. Pearly Whites of Eugene Bi-Mart Lane County Fair PetSmart Poppie Advertising Design Café Yumm! Lane Community College Prairie Mountain School Capella Market Corporate Donors: $1,000–$2,499 Providence Health Plans Cash & Carry League of Women Voters Royal Caribbean Down to Earth 2G Construction Rennie’s Landing Columbia Distributing Lane County Home Show Safeway Friendly Street Market 5th Street Public Market Corporate Donors: $10,000+ Corporate Donors: $5,000–$9,999 Reynolds Electric Inc. Cross Town Movers Lane Rural Fire and Rescue SELCO The Kiva A Healing Space Roehl & Yi Investment Advisors Dollar Tree LDS Bishop’s Storehouse Spring Valley Dairy Market of Choice American Medical Concepts Cash and Carry Actors Cabaret of Eugene Sittner and Nelson Eugene Symphony Life Lutheran Church Springfield Creamery Ray’s Food Place Bank of America Essex General Construction Applied Scientific Instrumentation, Inc. Slocum Center for Orthopedics a East West Tea Company Lochmead Dairy Sweet Leaf Farm Sundance Natural Foods Business Law Centre Golden Management Attune Foods & Sports Medicine Emerald Fruit and Produce Co Lone Pine Farms Symantec Cafe Yumm! Jerry’s Home Improvement Autodesk - Matching Gift Program SO Delicious Dairy Free Eugene Association of Realtors Luvo The Grassroots Garden CBT Nuggets Jersey Mike’s Subs B & H Upholstery Supply, Inc. Stone Works International First United Methodist Church Market of Choice The Youth Farm Direct Travel KVAL TV Bier Stein Bottleshop and Pub Sundance Natural Foods Franz Bakery McDonald Wholesale Thistledown Farm Eugene Association of REALTORS Level 32 Racing Bi-Mart SYSCO Fred Meyer National Association of Letter Carriers True Value Foundation Springfield Board of REALTORS Olsson Industrial Electric Bo’s Wine Depot The Jerry Brown Company Frito-Lay Natural Grocers Umpqua Dairy Products Hawes Group Parties to Go Bulk Handling Systems The UPS Store Georgia-Pacific Northwest / Bigfoot Vending University of Oregon Integrated Labs Ray’s Food Place Cafe 440 Toby’s Family Foods Glory Bee Foods Northwest Community Credit Union US Postal Service King Estate Winery SELCO Community Credit Union Capella Market TravelCard Commercial Fueling Good Earth Home, Garden and Living Show Northwest Christian College Walmart Mark & Co. Windows Structural Integrity Associates Coastal Trips Inc. Goodwill Oak Hill School Ward Insurance Market of Choice Symantec Corporation Dan Herman Consulting Truist Grace Community Fellowship Oakway Fitness WhiteWave Foods Murphy Company The Kiva Dari-Mart Stores UBS Grain Millers Oregon Food Bank Whole Foods Market Pacific Continental Bank Whole Foods Environment Control, Inc. Visconsi Companies Grocery Outlet Bargain Market Oregon Ice Cream Company Willamalane Parks and QSL Print Communications Wilson Sound and Lights Friendly Foods & Deli Voorhees & Associates Groundwork Organics Oregon Medical Group Recreation District Robertson / Sherwood / Architects PC Goodwill Industries Wells Fargo Advisors Hummingbird