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The Art of .Ighting Hunger The Art of ighting Hunger 2000 Annual Report Message from the Executive Director and the Board President Board of Directors The Art of ighting Hunger Officers Dean Fenner 3M (retired) Grant Wacker Glynis Hinschberger The theme for this annual report is quite appropriate- “The Art of Fighting President Seren Innovations, Inc. Wells Fargo Private Client Hunger.” What we do here at the Food Bank is truly an art; It is not a science. A Services Tim Hughes scientific approach would suggest a very specific, exact prescriptive method for fighting Alliance Bank Mike Banks hunger. Unfortunately, there is no one, simple approach. Rather, it is an art. It is an art Vice-President Mary Pat Raimondi based on passion, commitment and vision. It must be creative, innovative and risk Ramsey County Human Services The Milestone Group taking. It clearly recognizes and accepts the challenges as well as the opportunities that John Williams Thomas Schurig face us in fighting hunger in the twenty-first century. Treasurer Pillsbury Company Cub Foods (retired) Andrea Thomas This annual report is intended to share with you how for over twenty-seven years Maureen Hooley Bausch Lab School Second Harvest St. Paul Food Bank has engaged in this art of fighting hunger. It is Secretary Dave Woldt critical that the picture is presented and we stand accountable to all of our supporters Mall of America General Mills (retired) and stakeholders. Members Jerry Guevara Hispanos en Minnesota Dale Anderson Becky Wolfgram As you review this annual report, reflect on the picture and the outcomes of our Ramsey Action Programs Urban Coalition fight against hunger in our communities and the state. Each of our programs, supported Kathleen Anderson LiCho XENE XAI by our Board of Directors and staff, is part of that picture. Therefore, in this spirit, Computer Training Specialist review this report of our Food Bank, Commodity Supplemental Feeding Program (Mothers St. Paul Pioneer PRess Susan Asplund and Children and Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors), Twelve Baskets Program, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Product Recovery Center, Mise-En-Place (job training/community kitchen), and our Bonnie Bassett after school programs (Kids Cafes and Feeding Kids Partnership). These parts together Land O’Lakes, Inc. paint a complete picture for you of the art of fighting hunger. Marian Briggs Padilla Speer Beardsley It is truly our hope, as Board and Staff, that you will celebrate with us the Nancy Cincotta achievements of this past year. We certainly want you to accept our gratitude and the Ramsey County Human Services gratitude of those we serve. It could not happen without your support. Our Mission: Richard (Dick) F. Goebel Grant Wacker Executive Director Board President Feed people who lack sufficient resources by providing nutritious food through a network of food distribution organizations. Statement of inancial Position 2000 Major Program Expenses June 20, 2000 and 1999 Assets 2000 1999 Food Bank $ 24,241,105 Mac/Naps $ 2,358,043 Inventory In Kind $ 3,296,167 $ 4,608,787 Twelve Baskets $ 2,092,181 Other Current Assets $ 919,604 $ 1,011,438 PRC $ 219,608 Total Current Assets $ 4,215,771 $ 5,620,225 Membership $ 76,103 Land, building, and equipment, net of Mise-En-Place $ 58,811 accumulated depreciation of $1,231,705 in 2000 and $1,135,684 in 1999. $ 1,596,910 $ 1,678,332 Other Assets $ 72,363 $ 68,587 Total Assets $ 5,885,044 $ 7,367,144 Liabilities & Net Assets Total Current Liabilities $ 341,054 $ 362,361 Total Longterm Liabilities $ 1,131,610 $ 1,164,011 Total Liabilities $ 1,472,664 $ 1,526,372 Total Net Assets $ 4,412,380 $ 5,840,772 Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 5,885,044 $ 7,367,144 2000 Statement of Activities Income 2000 1999 Food Donations - In Kind $ 25,328,757 $ 25,817,584 Operating Revenue & Support $ 3,279,680 $ 3,290,293 Total Revenue & Support $ 28,608,437 $ 29,107,882 Second Harvest St. Paul Food Bank meets the standards of the Charities Review Council. Meeting standards does not imply Expenses any endorsement or approval by the Council. Food Distribution - In Kind $ 26,632,103 $ 25,096,842 Operating Expenses $ 3,404,726 $ 3,125,917 A complete audited financial report is available upon request. Total Expenses (Support - $742,381 $ 30,036,829 $ 28,222,759 Program-$29,294,448) Change in Net Assets $ (1,428,392) $ 885,123 The Art of inances The Art of ood Banking Second Harvest St. Paul Food Bank is a clearinghouse for food and non-food items donated by the food industry and individuals. Dozens of heavy-duty boxes on pallets, each box filled with many pounds of cereal, canned goods, peanut butter and other food staples, neatly line the floor and warehouse racks. The Food Bank is an efficient charitable business, always striving to shorten the distance for the time food takes to reach hungry people. A dedicated team of warehouse employees and a host of volunteers help the Food Bank smoothly operate its distribution center so that it can secure enormous amounts of wholesome food. Since its inception 27 years ago, the Food Bank has sharpened its food distribution skills. Food delivered to the Food Bank is unloaded, double-checked for quality, weighed and logged into the Food Bank’s inventory database. Donations are temporarily stored in our 65,000 square foot warehouse until they can be distributed to the foodshelves, on-site meal programs and other non-profit agencies that comprise the Food Bank’s member agencies. The Food Bank is a reliable resource for over 435 member agencies in 36 counties of Greater St. Paul, West Central and Southwest Minnesota and 20 counties in Western Wisconsin. These agencies depend on the Food Bank’s stock to supply their organizations with nutritious foods to serve to those in need. The Food Bank’s member agencies are the main channel through which fresh, canned, refrigerated and frozen foods are distributed to hungry individuals in the 56 counties that make up the Food Bank’s service area. In the year 2000, the Food Bank’s Delivery Route Program became more elaborate . Most of the Food Bank’s agencies receive their orders via the Delivery Program. In order to serve our agencies better and in response to agency needs, we added three new direct service delivery routes. Two new routes were added in the St. Cloud, Mankato and New Ulm area. These routes deliver direct to agencies’ doors The ood Bank rather than going to a central drop site. Another route was added to serve agencies located in towns along I-35 north of St. Paul. Even in Product Received 14,122,163 lbs. the Metro area, agencies don’t have access to adequate transportation or prefer to use staff time in direct service efforts; therefore, the Food Product Distributed 13,646,262 lbs. Bank provides delivery services there as well. Drivers make deliveries two days each week to agencies needing this service. Expenses $24,241,105 Society of Gleaners The St. Paul Companies Inc. Foundation Associations Ms. Marian Briggs Mr. Steven Hosier Mr. E. Ferd Nordrum U. S. Bancorp Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bringer Ms. Carol Houliston Ms. Deborah Olson Membership in the Society of Gleaners is Minnesota Dept of Commerce Bob Buck Mr. Keith Hovland Mr. Kevin Olson based on one of two criteria:: a donation Warren Foundation MN State Agricultural Society of $1,000.00 or more, or have included One Anonymous Charter Trust Mr. Kenneth Caldwell Mr. James Hunter Mr. Howard Orenstein MN Livestock Breeders Assoc. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Carlson Mr. Allen Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ott us in their financial planning, ie. will, St. Paul Men/Women’s Bowling Assoc. insurance, etc. Corporations Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Cecin Paul & Diane Jacobson Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Owens AVVR Inc. Patrick Henry High School National Foundations Mr. Paul Christian Mr. Myron Janni Mr. Arthur Page CID, Inc. Honor Soc. Students Mary Courteau Mr. Michael Jarzyna Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petersen 3M Foundation Coca-Cola Company Religious Mr. & Mrs. Russell Cowles Mrs. Patricia Juaire Ms. Karin Peterson 3M General Offices Colon & Rectal Surgery Assoc. Bethel Lutheran Church Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dawkins Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kantner Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Peterson American Express Minnesota Foundation ConAgra CROP WALK Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Delisle Rosemary Kessler Mr. Wendell Pollock Buuck Family Foundation Cub/Supervalu/FICA Centennial United Methodist Ms. Olivia Dodge Mr. Peter Kinney Mr. Roger Potish Art & Martha Kaemmer Fund of the Ecolab Emmaus Lutheran Church Mr. Greg Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Harry Kirby Ms. Mary Quigley HRK Foundation Franchise Associates, Inc. Episcopal Church of St. John in Paul & Judith Dukart Philip Kohls Maureen Reed, MD Casey Albert T. Oneil Foundation Gross-Givens Manufacturing Company the Wilderness Mr. George Farr Jim & Mary Kowalski Rev. Alvin Rueter Deluxe Corporation Foundation HealthEast First Covenant Church Kevin Filter Mr. Daniel Larson Mr. Walter Sawicki General Mills Foundation McLeod USA Greater Minneapolis Council of Mr. James Flink Mr. & Mrs. Albert Lawson Mr. John Scanlon Land O’Lakes Inc. Minnesota Twins Churches Ms. Diane Uecker-Flink John & Lyn Lawyer Mr. Walter Scooler MAZON: A Jewish Reponse to Hunger Northwest Airlines Jehovah Evangelical Lutheran Church Barbars A. Frey Mr. & Mrs. Serge Litkewitsch Mr. & Mrs. William Sexton Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Padilla Speer Beardsley Macalester Plymouth United Church Mr. Donald Gamboni Mr. Paul Magee Ms. Deanna Siliciano Foundation, Inc. Paper Cal Steel Co Presbyterian Church of the Way Mr. Gregory Gehrig Mr. Thomas Mardaus Mr. Conrad Soderholm The Margaret Rivers Fund Pillsbury Company Roseville Lutheran Congregation Mr. & Mrs. James Gesell Mr. Wallace Martin, Sr. Katherine Stevenson McCarthy Bjorklund Foundation Reell Precision Manufacturing St. John Episcopal Church Rev.
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