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To alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food while MISSION | encouraging self-sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and education. SPECIAL EDITION
“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”
— MOTHER TERESA
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Dear Friend, All of us here at St. Mary’s Food Bank want you to know agencies, making sure food is distributed properly, and how much we appreciate your faithful support. Thank that recipients are treated with dignity and respect. you for standing with us! Edgar said he loves his work because it reduces the struggle for hungry and hurting neighbors, and he’s We are so passionate about what we do because we thrilled to be making an impact on people’s lives every see the faces every day. The children, the families, the day. (See page 3.) elderly folks — all turning to St. Mary’s because they are hungry. Chris, an Army vet who fought on the front lines now fights on the front lines of hunger. The Veterans And we’re deeply committed because some of our team Vocational Rehabilitation program helped him deal members were once recipients of St. Mary’s services. with his PTSD and introduced him to St. Mary’s Food Before they started working here, they were on the Bank. He began as a volunteer and went on to land a receiving end of nutritious food boxes. They’ve lived it, full-time job in the volunteer department. (See page 4.) so the compassion runs deep. Adam, a graduate of our second-chance Community Herlinda, for example, lost her job when the recession Kitchen program was so successful as a student that he hit, and struggled to support her four children. was asked him to join the Community Kitchen staff Emergency food boxes from St. Mary’s helped to stretch after graduation. (See page 6.) her budget, even after she began working at the food bank as an administrative assistant. Today, as one Herlinda, Adam, Edgar, Jerome, and Chris are just a who often answers the phone at St. Mary’s, Herlinda few members of our team who view their work as more communicates hope to people who are in desperate than just a job, but as a chance to change the world need, letting them know help is on the way. She said . . . one person at a time. that’s the most satisfying part of her job. (See her story You’re doing that too, every time you support St. Mary’s. on page 3.) So, thank you. And know that we’re completely Jerome, who lights up our warehouse with his positive committed to stretching every dollar you give to help attitude, received food boxes from St. Mary’s as a child. as many people as possible. (See page 5.) Thank you so much for your compassion Edgar, who was born into extreme poverty without and support! the benefit of parental direction, now can’t wait to get Sincerely, Your Friends at to work every day. He works with St. Mary’s partner St. Mary’s Food Bank 2
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Edgar to get food to our hungry neighbors! hungry our to food get to Edgar
Thank you for standing with Herlinda and and Herlinda with standing for you Thank
a smile on people’s faces.” people’s on smile a
volunteering, because we’re helping people and putting putting and people helping we’re because volunteering,
not even work for us. It’s more like giving back or or back giving like more It’s us. for work even not
is amazing,” he said. “But at the end of the day this is is this day the of end the at “But said. he amazing,” is
. “The work we do do we work “The . work as responsibilities daily his view
Despite Edgar’s drive and strong work ethic, he doesn’t doesn’t he ethic, work strong and drive Edgar’s Despite
put on our own tables,” he said. he tables,” own our on put
the food that is being given out is food that we would would we that food is out given being is that food the
treated with dignity and respect. “We want to make sure sure make to want “We respect. and dignity with treated
sure food is distributed properly and that recipients are are recipients that and properly distributed is food sure
Edgar works with St. Mary’s partner agencies, making making agencies, partner Mary’s St. with works Edgar
“Helping people is what I like to do.” to like I what is people “Helping
I get to do, that’s my main motivator now,” he said. said. he now,” motivator main my that’s do, to get I
“When I wake up every day and I think of the work that that work the of think I and day every up wake I “When
purpose and duty. and purpose
the age of six. Today, he begins each day with a sense of of sense a with day each begins he Today, six. of age the
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when I go home is that I helped a lot of people.” of lot a helped I that is home go I when
on things,” she said. “The good feeling that I get get I that feeling good “The said. she things,” on
“When I came here, it changed my whole outlook outlook whole my changed it here, came I “When
people in need. in people
visitors. Her favorite part is knowing she’s helping helping she’s knowing is part favorite Her visitors.
for help, answers phones, and fields questions from from questions fields and phones, answers help, for
administrative assistant. She greets families coming coming families greets She assistant. administrative
Today, Herlinda works at St. Mary’s as an an as Mary’s St. at works Herlinda Today,
was here for me to be able to help my family.” my help to able be to me for here was
something like that,” she said. “But I’m glad St. Mary’s Mary’s St. glad I’m “But said. she that,” like something
“I never really thought I would have to go through through go to have would I thought really never “I
emergency food boxes. food emergency
the single mother of four turned to St. Mary’s for for Mary’s St. to turned four of mother single the
recession hit and jobs were nowhere to be found, found, be to nowhere were jobs and hit recession
for her to admit that she needed help. When the the When help. needed she that admit to her for
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and self-sufficient, Herlinda said it was difficult difficult was it said Herlinda self-sufficient, and
s a woman who had always been hard-working hard-working been always had who woman a s
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Feeding people ...... people Feeding “ From the Front Lines of War to the Front Lines in the War on Hunger y name is Chris, and I am an Army veteran. MWhen I returned home, I was struggling with PTSD and depression, the Veterans’ Vocational Rehabilitation program helped me get a job with St. Mary’s. This place has changed my outlook in so many ways, because I know that what I’m doing is positively impacting the community. Here at St. Mary’s, my job is to greet the volunteers and carry out their orientation. It’s up to me to make sure each one feels welcome, and to ensure their safety. Ultimately, I want every volunteer to have a great experience. My favorite part about coming to work every day is engaging with these wonderful volunteers, because they really want to help out the community. They’re not getting paid to come here. They’re just doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. So many great people, and they’re making a great impact! There’s a huge need in our community — a lot of people going through a lot of difficult things. for our hungry neighbors. Without involvement from the volunteers and those who give support to St. Mary’s, we At St. Mary’s I feel like I have purpose again, and
wouldn’t be able to make as big of a difference I just want to give back.
Every $1 you give provides 7 meals! Here’s how:
St. Mary’s Food Bank rescues edible Last year, St. Mary’s distributed food from local grocery stores — more than 74 million pounds on average, more than one million of food in our state. meals per month.
More than 500 partner agencies Growers, produce houses, hand out food to people in our manufacturers, foodservice community. companies and other industry partners also donate food. You helped provide more than 70 Volunteers sort and pack millions of million meals to the hungry. pounds of food each month. If we had to replace volunteers with paid staff time, we would need to hire Our relationships with these generous partners allow us roughly 130 full-time employees. to stretch each dollar as far as possible. This enables us to maximize gifts from friends like you to help feed more people in Arizona. Thank you for helping our hungry neighbors!
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– Jerome –
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now 13, and she volunteers here too. here volunteers she and 13, now
around the warehouse and on and off of trucks. My daughter is is daughter My trucks. of off and on and warehouse the around
Now I work at St. Mary’s, driving a forklift, moving loads of food food of loads moving forklift, a driving Mary’s, St. at work I Now
with emergency food boxes, and we made it through. it made we and boxes, food emergency with
her anything. That really broke my heart. But St. Mary’s provided us us provided Mary’s St. But heart. my broke really That anything. her
at my 9-year-old girl saying she was hungry . . . and I couldn’t give give couldn’t I and . . . hungry was she saying girl 9-year-old my at
jobs. There were times when we went without, when I had to look look to had I when without, went we when times were There jobs.
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(602) 343-3144 (602)
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Keeps on Giving on Keeps The Gift That Gift The FOLD A Life-Changing Gig Serving in the Community Kitchen has opened Adam’s eyes to a world of good.
ot long ago, I made some poor decisions that one student looking for housing and every member of Nleft me living in a halfway house, unsure our staff trying to help find him a place. This is so much where my life was headed. When I heard about more than a culinary program. There’s so much more the Community Kitchen program at St. Mary’s, going on than that. I decided to give it a try. I came here just as a way to get out of a halfway house, I’m so glad I did. It’s been life-changing. but it’s turned into so much more. When I saw what was going on here, I had some pretty big epiphanies and Community Kitchen (CK) is a life skills and food awakenings. service training program for people with barriers to employment. Students gain the skills to get good jobs, There were so many good things going on here that while our community’s poor and hungry neighbors get I wanted to be a part of it. So now I’m doing the best the food they need. I can to help this place that did good things for me and for others. When I graduated from the program, I could’ve searched for a job in food services. However, I decided to stay at St. Mary’s as a kitchen assistant, and now I help teach CK classes. My most important role is effectively communicating the mission and the lessons of CK to the students. Practically speaking, we help with lunch, with catering services, and with Kids Cafe,® feeding area school children. The most important thing for me is making sure the students learn something and have a good time while doing it. It’s super rewarding — helping to feed the community and working with the students. We’re like family. I remember
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