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ANNUAL REPORT Healthy INSIDE Pantry Initiative Increasing access

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Gleaners Food Security Celebrates is Healthy 40 Years Improving health through better nutrition Thanks to your support! pg. 1 pg. 4 WHAT’S INSIDE?

1 Gleaners Celebrates 40 Years

2 Letter From Our President

3 Improving the Lives Does this look familiar? This commemorative logo featuring of the People We elements from Gleaners’ original logo design will be used Serve throughout 2017 in celebration of Gleaners’ 40th Anniversary.

4 Food Security is Gleaners ushers in its 40th Anniversary with Healthy another year of major accomplishments fueled 6 Healthy Pantry by your support of and belief in this important Initiative: Increasing mission. Access to Fruits & Since 1977, Gleaners has had the honor of Veggies nourishing the communities of southeast Michigan by serving its most vulnerable citizens. ANNUAL REPORT As we begin to consider the future of our work, 8 Planting the Seeds of let’s take a moment to refl ect on some of our Healthy Habits achievements over the past several decades.

10 Letter From Our Board Chair

11 Moving Our Mission 1977 537,000 pounds of food distributed through 15 partner agencies 12 2016 Highlights Stability 1983 Pantry Pacs are developed for distribution through agencies, each Pac providing enough food for 50 13 Upcoming Events Providing families, meals children and seniors 1986 8 million pounds of food 14 News Briefs distributed through 165 partner with food staples that agencies 16 You Can Make a 1996 13.7 million pounds of food Difference help them move past distributed through 180 partner agencies 17 Board of Directors crises and receive the 2005 Gleaners partnered with the Salvation Army to organize a nourishment they need pilot of the Summer Food Service Connect with us on Program (free breakfasts and Facebook or Twitter to thrive. lunches for kids) at two sites 2007 1st Mobile Pantry truck is Join the discussion and created using a converted beverage become a fan to stay up to trailer, allowing distributions to take date on what’s happening and place in remote high-need areas what our followers think of it. 2016 Nearly 39 million pounds of food distributed through 534 partner Facebook.com/gleanersfan agencies; nutritious meals were Twitter.com/gleaners distributed to 4,200 children during summer break at 95 sites through the Cost per issue: 29¢ Summer Food Service Program; and School Food Mobiles distributed food at 75 sites 1986 647,500 pounds of fresh produce distributed Health 2005 Gleaners and the Food Bank of Oakland County merge, bringing Cooking Matters to Gleaners, helping to A focused e€ort on provide nutrition education to low-income individuals and families by teaching them how to cook healthy meals on increasing the amount of a budget 2008 DTE Energy partnered with Gleaners to fill a nutritious food and nutrition gap in access to fresh produce by working together to distribute fresh, local fruits and vegetables from gardens education provided to on DTE property to Gleaners’ partner agencies 2011 7.9 million pounds of fresh produce distributed, our community. thanks to the Food Bank Council of Michigan programs like Michigan Farm to Food Bank and Michigan Agricultural Surplus System 2012 Gleaners becomes largest franchisee of Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters program, graduating 2,195 people from the program 2013 2,704 families receive produce through Gleaners’ Fresh Food Share, a program that increases access to fresh fruits and vegetables in high-need neighborhoods 2014 Gleaners participates in the Food Bank Council of Michigan’s grant-funded Michigan Food Bank Access to Nutrition (MIFBAN) program, increasing the amount of fresh produce distributed by more than 4 million pounds over 2 years and increasing nutrition education to clients 2016 Gleaners’ Food Zoo opens its gates, o–ering education to the community and demonstrating the link between nutrition and healthy produce. Cooking Matters graduates more than 9,800 students—more than any other year in Gleaners’ history

1984 Kids Helping Kids program is launched, teaching children Empowerment the impact of hunger on their peers and shows them ways they can help Providing community 1997 The Gleaners Garden is established on land across from the warehouse, where clients can glean fresh vegetables from the garden members with the 1999 Shared Harvest Pantry, the first of Gleaners’ partner client choice pantries, opens in the fall, providing a dignified “shopping opportunity and experience” for clients knowledge to make 2007 6,800 children fed and educated through Gleaners’ dedicated children’s programs positive decisions 2009 The number of Client Choice Pantries within the Gleaners network increases to 22, doubling the quantity in 2007 to better their lives 2010 Cooking Matters at the Store, previously included only in Cooking Matters courses, begins as a standalone program. Participants well into the future. enjoy a local store tour where they learn how to get the most nutritional value for dollars spent 2016 Gleaners begins the Healthy Pantry initiative, a new project working to provide nutrition education to pantry clients and easier access to fresh produce to encourage healthy eating and improve overall health. Gleaners also launches My Neighborhood Mobile Grocery, a program providing customers with an opportunity to stretch their limited dollars further each month

WWW.GCFB.ORG 1 Letter from OUR PRESIDENT You’ve brought so much good to our subcommittee work. And our biggest community by supporting our work! ideas for growth — mobile grocery and I’m so grateful for you and all the people working with health care systems to who have gotten us to where we are coordinate services to best serve people today — donors, staff, and volunteers: who need us — are coming along. These you who have given so that others could investments are teaching us even more be nourished. about people who are struggling, the challenges they face, and the habits I admire our founder, Gene Gonya, who that they have developed for coping forged the trail for food banks here with the stress of their lives. We have and all over the country pushed the limits of our food purchasing 40 Years and Counting... as well. I admire the and management capabilities to deliver Capuchins, Salvation Army, significant value. We have integrated the Archdiocese of Detroit, Cooking Matters, nutrition education the Detroit Regional Chamber, and the and recipes, into our models so people many others who gave financial support, can cook and eat healthier. We are business oversight, and encouragement emerging as a statewide leader and as as the fledgling food bank made its one of the food banks willing to pioneer way and learned the critical skills of tactics that are sustainable and scalable. finding food, mobilizing volunteers, and distributing everything safely and fairly I’m proud of what we’ve done together to the churches and other agencies so and excited about what’s to come. And they could serve people in need. I’m grateful for your support in time, talent, and treasure which is crucial to I am deeply grateful for my current our success. You are making a difference team of staff, volunteers, and donors in people’s lives — clearly demonstrated who have helped Gleaners expand in our mission results from last year mobile food pantries, improve the (more food distributed, more Cooking quality and quantity of produce Matters graduates, research success in distributed, integrate education and diabetes treatment, et al). health efforts with food distribution and offer it through our network, and You have my heartfelt thanks and set up dashboards and key indicators admiration for your efforts. of success to monitor our progress. We’ve adopted a “household impact Onward and Upward! model” to better understand how we improve people’s lives. Our board of directors is contributing to our success with notable advances in development, governance, finance, audit, and HR Gerald F. Brisson, President

2 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE

Single parents, grandparents raising their security and the importance of building grandchildren, seniors on a fixed income, community partnerships between winning individuals and families struggling to stakeholders like healthcare organizations move past unexpected crises; these are and insurers that are invested in reducing the people we serve. Their backgrounds healthcare costs and improving the health vary and their stories are vast, changing in the populations they serve, as well as over the years as environmental conditions organizations working to improve access evolve. Gleaners’ focus and strategic to healthy food. Furthermore, this direction direction continues to evolve as well, taking highlights the importance of strengthening into consideration changes in economy, Gleaners’ partner agency network, technological advances, and as we learn establishing significant lines of feedback, more and more about the people we serve. and helping to provide the best product options, with a focus on nutrition and How do we ensure that the eorts of the balanced meal solutions. organization today will lead to the next threshold of food security tomorrow? With community support, collaboration, One of the ways that we do so is by and a disciplined approach, we will hit the establishing an organization-wide focus next threshold of food security. We are on the consumer. We must invest in our excited to start the next 40 years with a partner network and build sustainable strategic direction that will not only allow programs and food distribution models. us to reach more households with the food This strategic direction has lead to that they need, but also maximize the value current initiatives that link health to food that we provide with every interaction.

Through all eorts, focus is placed on improving the lives of the people we serve by evaluating the impact of our services at the household level, asking for feedback from consumers, and using that information to drive future strategies.

WWW.GCFB.ORG 3 FOOD SECURITY IS HEALTHY

Improved Health Through Better Nutrition

When families have to choose between Between debilitating medical bills, buying food and paying bills, nutritious monthly expenses, and the cost of basic food is often a luxury they can’t a ord, necessities, Karlene and her family were yet sacrifi cing on food quality can make at a loss and needed help. She recalls an already di cult situation worse. Poor what a di erence Gleaners made in nutrition can make health issues even their life. more costly to manage and keep people out of work longer, making it harder for “I was working three jobs. I was going families to get back on their feet. to school full-time to get my nursing license…I was doing everything I could,” Karlene felt this fi rst-hand when her she remembered. “You can’t pay the husband, Je , lost his job as an airline rent and you can’t put food on the table. mechanic after 9/11 and her family You can’t buy clothes for your children struggled to make ends meet. To or even school supplies. But Gleaners complicate matters, Je developed was there, saying ‘It’s okay, this food is lymphedema, a condition that left for you. Take it and enjoy. Nourish your him with chronic pain and extreme bodies and encourage your souls.’” shortness of breath. Karlene watched as he gradually lost his health and For many families like Karlene’s, a lost his hope as his illness progressed. sudden, chronic health issue for one

4 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 person can have devastating e ects and Karlene, Gleaners has begun working on the whole family. It becomes an with partners in the healthcare industry overwhelming cycle of medical expenses to demonstrate how a connection with and trade-o s in spending — things like healthy, sustainable sources of food can nutritious food, exercise equipment or not only reduce costs associated with even the time and ability to maintain treatment and hospital re-admissions, healthy activities become extravagances. but also contribute to positive health outcomes for people facing food insecurity thereby resulting in wins For the past 40 years, Gleaners for everyone. has worked to feed and nourish southeast Michigan communities For families like Karlene’s, who often have to make the di cult choice and they see what happens when between paying bills and putting food people don’t have to go hungry. on the table, food security is everything Kids do better in school, adults are and the stability that comes with it is a able to get back on their feet, and remarkable relief. families are more fi nancially secure. “I had somebody who was going to help me climb that ladder to help pull me Gleaners is ready to make that impact out of that ditch so that I could stand go even further by using food security on solid ground,” said Karlene. “There to break the cycle of chronic disease. was no food in the pantry, there was no New partnerships have allowed Gleaners money for gas or for rent, but Gleaners to build on what’s already been achieved. was there. They came and they were to build on this body of work and to there, with that heart, saying ‘We’re here improve the health of neighbors like Je for you. We care about you.’”

Making Tough Choices that A ect Health

Source: Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap, 2014, and Hunger in America, 2014

WWW.GCFB.ORG 5 HEALTHY PANTRY INITIATIVE: INCREASING ACCESS TO FRUITS AND VEGGIES NINE PARTICIPATING PARTNER AGENCIES Squash is plentiful in fall and winter, but many people are unsure how to cook it. It’s a healthy option that’s often Food-insecure families and seniors have better access to overlooked, but on a chilly winter day at the Lord’s Harvest fruits and vegetables thanks Pantry in Monroe, a volunteer demonstrated how to cut and to these pilot partners: cook spaghetti squash. The demonstration stand is one of many elements of a new Gleaners-led initiative to provide Capuchin Services Center easier access to healthy produce, as well as education to Detroit maintain a nutritious lifestyle.

Community Christian Church The Lord’s Harvest Pantry is implementing the Gleaners Sterling Heights Healthy Pantry Initiative by creating a marketplace that will look and feel like a small grocery store with fruit and Food Hub at the Ford vegetables prominently displayed. In addition to the cooking Resource and Engagement demonstration stand, a recipe rack will correlate with Center (FREC) Southwest Detroit featured items. These are “nudges” to make healthy food an easy choice. Hospitality House Walled Lake “Our new marketplace encourages people to pick healthier items,” says Sandy Imber, Food Programs Director. “We want Liberty Family Outreach to have options that fit individual situations. We’ll still have Warren canned food, but now we’ll have a new refrigerated unit and baskets to hold more produce in a beautiful, enticing display.” Lord’s Harvest Pantry Monroe The Healthy Pantry Initiative is a pilot program with nine current partner agencies, listed in the sidebar on the left. Redford Interfaith Relief (RIR) These agencies are implementing changes to give food- Redford insecure families and seniors greater access to fruits Shared Harvest and vegetables. Howell The trajectory of this project was influenced by direct Twelfth Street Food Pantry feedback from clients. In focus groups conducted by Growth Detroit Capital Network, an independent evaluator, pantry patrons confirmed that fruits and vegetables were important to their families. And yet, of the pantries visited, three had no fresh

6 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 As part of the Healthy Pantry Initiative, a new produce cooler was installed at the Capuchin Services Center in Detroit and stocked with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables for pantry clients to enjoy.

produce available and others had a very “I don’t know how to only cook a small limited selection. Thanks to a $200,000 amount. I enjoy cooking and taking it to grant from the Community Foundation others who need it.” She even volunteered for Southeastern Michigan and support to do a cooking demonstration at the from Forgotten Harvest, who is helping pantry. “Younger people do not know how to increase the variety of produce to cook fresh produce these days.” available and improve access to clients, In addition to cooking demonstrations, the Gleaners is making strides reach the Healthy Pantry Initiative’s multi-pronged southeast Michigan community and approach includes other service elements improve food security. such as a Healthy Ambassador. This is a trained volunteer who is available to walk The Twelfth Street Food Pantry in Detroit with clients as they select food items, is preparing for the arrival of a new walk-in providing assistance and guidance about cooler that will allow them to stock as much meal planning, budgeting, and cooking. fresh produce as they need — something they weren’t able to do before because of “We’re all learning a lot,” says Bobby storage constraints. They’re already seeing Cooper, the Board Chair at Twelfth Street an increase in tra c as people learn that Food Pantry. “We have educators coming more fruits and vegetables will be available. in to teach clients how to have a healthier lifestyle, but the volunteers learn a lot too. Back at the Lord’s Harvest Pantry, And the more we learn, the more we can a woman noticed the increase in fresh teach our clients.” produce. She’s a working senior with a diabetic husband. Finances are tight, and Gleaners will continue to work with Growth they do not receive government food Capital to gain insights directly from clients assistance. She has an elderly friend who over the course of this initiative. Only the is too proud to come to the pantry for voices of the families and seniors targeted assistance, so she brings him food too. by this project can confirm whether or not She planned to use the vegetables to they are getting the right food, in the right make a soup and share it with her amount, at the right time, as well as how neighbor who is quadriplegic. that food is aecting their health and sense of food security.

WWW.GCFB.ORG 7 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER ,  2016 GLEANERS Community Food Bank GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gleaners is thankful for our 18–member Board of Directors who provide leadership, guidance, and support for our mission.

FOUNDER DIRECTORS Van Nguyen Asian Pacific American Chamber Gene Gonya Je Aughton of Commerce Deloitte OFFICERS Jason Paulateer Bryan Becker PNC Bank Katy Locker, Chair The Hunter Group, LLC Knight Foundation Terry Robinson Nadine Cook Comerica Bank Jim Tompkins, Vice Chair St. John Providence Health System and Treasurer Jim Vella Janet Fava DTE Energy Ford Motor Company Fund Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Ryan Hoyle, Vice Chair Ronald Weingartz Richard Hampson GalaxE.Solutions Weingartz Citizens Bank Cheryl Scott Dube, Secretary Walter R. Young Heather Lovier MotorCity Casino Community Leader Quicken Loans Victor Green, Assistant Secretary Wayne State University Gerald F. Brisson, President Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Standing Commi ees 3. The Gleaners Legacy 5. 2016 Financial Society & 2016 Summary 2. 2016 GCFB Highlights President's Table Annual Report  1 STANDING COMMITTEES

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jim Tompkins, Chair Chuck Otis David VanderPloeg Chair Katy Locker, Chair Terry Robinson, Walt Young Ellen Rogers Jim Tompkins, Vice Chair and Treasurer Julianne Cassin Sharp AUDIT COMMITTEE Cheryl Scott Dube, Secretary Jim Vella Jason Paulateer, Chair Ronald Weingartz Victor Green, Assistant Secretary Je
Aughton Bill Winkler Ryan Hoyle, Vice Chair DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HUMAN RESOURCES Terry Robinson Krysten Baligian SUBCOMMITTEE BOARD GOVERNANCE Bryan Becker Bryan Becker COMMITTEE Pat Berwanger Janet Fava Nadine Cook Ryan Hoyle, Chair Je
Aughton Nancy Coy Katy Locker Cheryl Scott Dube, Chair Salvatore J. Giammarusti Janet Fava Sara Hipple Victor Green Brent Jones Katy Locker Keith Koppmeier FINANCE COMMITTEE Janet Lawson Heather Lovier Richard Hampson Judith Greenstone Miller Katy Locker Magda Moss Heather Lovier Van Nguyen 2 GLEANERS Community Food Bank 2016 GCFB HIGHLIGHTS

We are pleased to share several successes from our last fiscal year.

Gleaners finished above goal in total food distributed, providing 39 million pounds of nutritious food to our local partner agencies throughout Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, Livingston and Monroe counties – an increase of 4 million pounds (or 13%) over the previous year!

Cooking Matters™, a Gleaners' program where volunteer chefs and nutritionists teach people how to shop for and prepare healthy meals on a limited budget, once again graduated record numbers. In 2016, more than 9,800 people graduated from the program, more than any other year in our history.

With much higher produce distribution overall, Gleaners grew our percentage of healthy food distributed year over year from 74% to 80. Thanks to our partnerships with United Dairy Industry of Michigan, Kroger and Michigan Milk Producers Association, we were also able to distribute more than 61,000 gallons of milk in 2016.

Gleaners is committed to promoting self- su­iciency through education, advocacy, benefits access and community engagement. In 2016, we significantly exceeded our target for increasing the economic benefit to the households we serve, growing economic impact from $42 million to $49 million year over year. Annual Report  3

Gleaners is grateful to the more than 43,800 donors who make our work possible every year. On these pages, we recognize our legacy donors and President’s Table donors. THE GLEANERS LEGACY SOCIETY

Established in 2008, The Gleaners Legacy Society exists to build a permanent source of funding in the Gleaners Endowment Fund to continue our mission of feeding hungry people and nourishing our communities. Members of The Gleaners Legacy Society are truly champions in the fight against hunger in southeast Michigan and shall ever be remembered for their valiant eorts.

LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS: Michael & Adele Acheson Mr. Jack Krasula Dulcie & Norman Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. William Berlin Dana Locniskar & Christine Beck Toni Wisne Sabina The Coleman & Shirley A. Mopper Eugene & Lois Miller Mr. & Mrs. Donald Slotkin Fund for Children JeŠ Murri Mary Stange Community Foundation for Mr. & Mrs. Irving Nusbaum The Taste of the NFL Southeast Michigan Harold & Kay Peplau Wayne & Joan Webber Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gonya Donna & Walter Young 2016 PRESIDENT’S TABLE

Gleaners' President’s Table is comprised of individual, corporate, and foundation donors who have contributed $15,000 or more in food, funds, or volunteer hours to help solve hunger in our region.

PRESIDENTS OF GLEANERS: Estate of Marian R. Konot Baker Tilly Gene Gonya, 1977 – 1998 Estate of Thomas J. Lucas The Bank of America Charitable Richard A. Loewenstein, 1998 – 2002 James and Mary Beth Morabito Foundation, Inc. Agostinho A. Fernandes Jr., 2002 – 2008 Harold and Kay Peplau Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman W. DeWayne Wells, 2008 – 2013 Estate of Dorothy J. Reidel Foundation Gerald F. Brisson, Current Andra M. Rush The Bottle Crew Bernie Smilovitz Celani Family Foundation, Inc. INDIVIDUALS Estate of Marilyn Snodgrass Cisco Systems Michael and Adele Acheson Barbara Thomas Citizens Bank Foundation David and Cherie Bazzy Joseph and Rosalie Vicari Community Foundation for Southeast Estate of Robert Brenner Donna and Walter Young Michigan Jack and Heide Clausnitzer Costco Wholesale Ronald and Eileen Eckstein FOUNDATIONS & Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation Phillip W. Fisher CORPORATIONS Delta Air Lines, Inc. Marcy Hayes and Neal Rubin Anonymous DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Joel and Lauren Jacob Andiamo Restaurant Group Detroit Manufacturing Systems JeŠrey and Susan Kelley Laura & John Arnold Foundation Detroit Wine Organization Russell and Kathleen Kittleson Artichoke Garlic Foundation DTE Energy Foundation 4 GLEANERS Community Food Bank

Enterprise Holdings Foundation FOOD DONORS Vendtek Wholesale Equipment, Inc. Faurecia 7-11 Inc. Walmart The FCA Foundation Achatz Pie Company Whole Foods First Presbyterian Church of Brighton Aldi Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Andrew Brothers FOOD DRIVES Benson & Edith Ford Fund Archway Marketing Services CANstruction Ford Motor Company Fund Arctic Cold Storage DMC Children’s Hospital – Cereal Drive Ford Motor Company Purchasing Group Atlas Wholesale Foods Faurecia – Faurecia FUELS Joy in Childhood Foundation Awrey Bakery Great Lakes Council, Boys Scouts of The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Better Made America The Kresge Foundation Big Lots Livingston County Association of Realtors The Kroger Company Bimbo Bakeries Warren Fill the Gazebo The Kroger Company Foundation Bimbo Bakeries USA MJR Digital Cinemas and Cumulus Media The Kroger Company of Michigan Costco Wholesale Canned Film Festival L & M Machining & Manufacturing CVS Sales, Inc. National Association of Letter Carriers Thom and Connie Lipari Charitable Door to Door Organics Stamp Out Hunger Foundation Flatout, Inc. Premier Relocations Making Our Children Smile Foundation Frito Lay, Inc. Quicken Loans/Rock Venture The Marshall Mathers Foundation General Mills Rick Young – Mountain of Food Mazda Foundation (USA), INC Horkey Brothers Farms St. Patrick Catholic Church and School MGM Grand Detroit Jerusalem Foods Brighton Moore Stephens Doeren Mayhew Kar's Nuts Carl and Irene Morath Foundation, Inc. Kellogg Company STATE & FEDERAL Nextep Systems Kraft Foods ORGANIZATIONS Rose and Lawrence C. Page Sr. Family The Kroger Company Feeding America Charitable Foundation Liberty Wholesale Federated Campaign Stewards Pewabic Pottery Lipari Foods Food Bank Council of Michigan Michael & Peggy Pitt Charitable Trust Mastronardi/Sunset Produce SE Michigan Area Combined Federal PNC Bank Meijer Campaign (Federal Employees) PNC Foundation Mondelez International Share Our Strength Quicken Loans Morley Candy Company USDA – Michigan Department of Education Rent-A-Center, Inc. Nestle USA Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Oliver Farms Toni Wisne Sabina Foundation VOLUNTEERS Pepsi Cola AAA Schaller Corporation Pierino Frozen Foods Ally Financial, Inc. The Elizabeth, Allan & Warren Shelden Raisin Valley Inc. Ameriprise Financial Fund Ram Produce Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Joshua (Jim) and Eunice Stone Reinhart Bakery Comerica Foundation Rite Aid Drugs Distribution Center Deloitte Target Corporate Headquarters Royal Banana DTE Energy Tenet Healthcare Corporation S & F Foods, Inc. FCA US LLC TJX Foundation Sara Lee/Bimbo Bakery Ford Motor Company UAW Region 1A Serra Brothers General Motors Company United Way for Southeastern Michigan St. Patrick's Church and School, Brighton Jewish Vocational Service United Way of Livingston County Target PNC Bank Urban Institute TNG Worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Variety, the Children's Charity Turri's Italian Foods, Inc. Quicken Loans Walmart Foundation Tyson Foods, Inc. Target The Walt Disney Company United Dairy Industry of Michigan United Way for Southeastern Michigan Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation Value Center Wayne State University Weingartz Family Foundation Value Center Marketplace WJBK-TV FOX2-Detroit Value Fresh Marketplace The Young Foundation Value Wholesale Variety, the Children's Charity Annual Report  5 2016 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

REVENUE

Donated Food $57,663,399 0.90% Cash Donations $11,953,353 Agency Shared Maintenance Grants, United Way & Other $3,232,778

5.30% Purchased Food Reimbursements $4,139,923 Purchased Food Reimbursements Agency Shared Maintenance $684,286

4.20% TOTAL REVENUE $77,673,739 Grants, United Way 74.20% & Other Donated Food 15.40% Cash Donations

EXPENSES

Donated Food $56,695,301 1.10% Purchased Food $4,796,364 Administration Programs & Outreach $11,479,292 3.90% Fund Raising $3,013,518 Fund Raising Administration $809,964

TOTAL EXPENSES $76,794,439 95.02% Food, Programs 95% Efficiency for Feeding Hungry Neighbors & Outreach

MEALS*

Meals Distributed 32,445,353

Meals Per Day 88,891

Meals Per Week 623,949

Meals Per Month 2,703,779

*Based on the most recent meals per pound equivalent determined by the USDA GLEANERS LEADERSHIP TEAM

SENIOR JOHN KASTLER LEADERSHIP Vice President of Evaluation

GERALD BRISSON BRIDGETT LOMAX President & CEO Senior Director of Strategic Insights

JULIE BEAMER LINDA MAKRIS Chief Operating O cer Chief Financial O cer

RACHELLE BONELLI SHERYL STODDARD Vice President of Programs Senior Director of Administration

LEADERSHIP

Jeff rey Bandy Stacy Kessel Cortnie Squirewell Controller Director of Marketing & Senior Director of the Ford Communications Resource and Engagement Center Katherine Benford Director of Program Services Justin Kimpson Rachel Williams Senior Director of the Ford Director of Community Gwen Bresko Resource and Engagement Center Impact Initiatives Director of Information Systems Services Denise Leduc Director of Community Bridget Brown Engagement Director of the Livingston Distribution Center Carmen Mattia Senior Director of the Ford Greg Drouillard Resource and Engagement Center Director of Food Sales Purchasing FOOD ZOO

PLANTING THE SEEDS OF HEALTHY HABITS

How can pizza teach kids and adults about eating healthy? In a pizza garden with tomatoes, basil, and onions, of course!

It may sound strange but it’s just one of by encouraging people to grow and eat the creative ways Gleaners’ new Food more vegetables. An important step Zoo is connecting with youth and adults in reaching that goal is helping people to inspire healthy eating and interest understand the link between vegetables in gardening. and nutrition and demonstrating how vegetables can be easily grown with Gleaners opened the Food Zoo in June limited resources such as space, time, 2016 across from its main warehouse in and money. Detroit. Realizing that ending hunger takes more than supplying food, The Food Zoo is a demonstration and Gleaners’ goal in creating the Food Zoo learning garden rather than a production was simple: increase nutritional intake garden. Youth learn about healthy

8 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 eating and develop skills in basic food eort means youth and adult preparation and gardening, all while visitors will leave with a full range of getting outside. Partner agency sta, connections and skills to help add and adult volunteers and clients, also nutritional variety to their diets. have an opportunity to learn about nutrition and to see how they can “Gardening is a great way to engage start their own vegetable gardens at youth in a positive development home or at their local pantries. program,” said Milaina Macklin, Michigan State University Extension In addition to the Gleaners sta 4-H Program Coordinator. “They members who tend to the crops, can develop so many life skills, from coordinate agency education, and problem solving and leadership to provide youth programming, two healthy lifestyle choices. You can see local organizations also play a key their sense of pride and ownership role in the success of the Food Zoo. as they see their garden project Keep Growing Detroit helps by develop into something that providing programming for agency contributes to their health and partners while connecting them to health of their community.” the Garden Resource Network. During the upcoming growing season, the The Food Zoo is open May-October, Capuchin’s Soup Kitchen Earthworks weather permitting, for self- Urban Farm will provide technical guided tours and group volunteer expertise including overseeing crops, opportunities. To schedule a time managing pests and disease, and to volunteer, visit ordering supplies. This coordinated www.gcfb.org/volunteer.

WWW.GCFB.ORG 9 Letter from OUR BOARD CHAIR

July marks the end of my sixth year to redirect dollars toward feeding as a board member and third (and our hungry neighbors. Some of final) year as chair. What motivates these volunteers also offer pro-bono not only my fellow board members, services in marketing, research, and but also the more than 40,000 people evaluation. who give their time annually? How does the work we do contribute to the My reflective moment revealed to betterment of Gleaners and society? me the clear benefits volunteers deliver to Gleaners, but what of those As board members, my colleagues dedicating their time? I think that and I guide Gleaners’ activities people volunteer because helping our The thought of an and oversee its major functions neighbors is a truly human impulse, individual facing a including fundraising, human and a tangible thing we can do to resources, and finance. We acknowledge our own blessings. I day without hunger meet quarterly to discuss also recognized that, personally, the is heartbreaking. critical issues related to thought of an individual facing a day management and set course with hunger is heartbreaking and correction when necessary. We worthy of my attention. also marshal the strengths of our respective employers and networks, Our vision — to end hunger in enhancing connections between southeast Michigan — is big! We different sectors to increase Gleaners’ haven’t reached it, but hopefully, I’ve resources and profile. We raise much- contributed in some small way. I’m needed financial support as well as thankful to all the volunteers who awareness about hunger while seeking helped make my journey an honor to ensure Gleaners’ future and the and a privilege. services it provides.

Our 40,000+ volunteers contribute by providing the labor needed to pack and distribute tens-of-millions of pounds of food annually. Their hours Katy Locker, Board Chair equate to 62 full-time employees! Reduced staffing costs allow Gleaners

10 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 MOVING OUR MISSION

PROCESSING YOUR GIFTS TO MAKE OUR MISSION POSSIBLE

Deborah Dillard knows what it’s like to need help realize how easy it is for someone to lose that making ends meet. In the middle of a successful fi nancial stability when illness strikes. career in the insurance industry, Deborah was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and “You’re penalized when you’re sick. My son was needed to leave her job. The next four years born in that house and was in private school. were fi nancially challenging and despite her When you have to tell your kids that you can no best e orts, Deborah fell behind on mortgage longer live like this…the pain in their faces hurts. payments and lost her home of 32 years. A lot of people don’t know what people are going through or what it’s like until you’re in The subsequent years were a challenge but even their shoes.” then, Deborah worked to help others have the help and support that she felt weren’t available “I love my job, I love the people, and to her when she needed it. She’s worked at Gleaners for the last 13 years, using the skills I wouldn’t change it for anything in she developed at Blue Cross Blue Shield and the world. I’m so grateful for today Cigna to help Gleaners’ operations run smoothly. and just want to live in the moment.” Today, Deborah works in the Development department, processing gifts and making sure Deborah has seen how far Gleaners has come in donation receipts get out to donors quickly. hunger relief e orts during her 13-year career but still sees the need to reach people who need it Deborah believes deep down that working most. “I’m glad I’m here. When I see people who together, we can end hunger. Her hope is that need help, I give them my card and tell them to more people will realize organizations like call Gleaners. There’s no reason people should be Gleaners are available when things get tough hungry.” With retirement on the horizon, Deborah and there’s no shame in asking for help. She knows she will stay on afterwards as a volunteer. also wants people who are more fortunate to

WWW.GCFB.ORG 11 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

Thanks to your support, we have achieved great things in the past year!

9,808 Cooking Matters™ graduates including 2,356 kids and teens, learned how to shop for 67 & prepare healthy, BackPack Program aordable meals sites feeding 3,257 children year round

47,998 933 volunteer shifts School-Based completed, resulting Mobile Pantry in 129,594 hours of events provided a monthly volunteer work toward source of food for children Gleaners’ mission and their families

534 partner agencies 2,030 engaged to reach community food hungry neighbors with drives collecting emergency food 2.5 million pounds of food

38,934,424 14,132,227 pounds of food pounds of fresh produce distributed throughout the provided to hungry families year to neighbors in need

12 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 FIND MORE DETAILS on these and other upcoming events at UPCOMING EVENTS www.gcfb.org/events and www.gcfb.org/fooddrives

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017 Women’s Power Breakfast Stamp Out Hunger Cobo Center, Detroit Participate right from your mailbox. Join metro Detroit’s powerful women leaders for Gleaners’ Join your community for Stamp Out Hunger, the nation’s 24th annual Women’s Power Breakfast. Enjoy a light breakfast largest one-day food drive! Leave a non-perishable food and an inspiring program to help raise one million meals for donation at your mailbox by 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 for hungry children and wrap up another successful Million Meal your letter carrier to collect. Match campaign. www.WomensPowerBreakfast.org www.gcfb.org/StampOutHunger

JULY 17-28, 2017 MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017 Hunger Free Summer Food Fight Bernie Smilovitz Hunger Free Summer Golf Classic Hosted by your organization or workplace Detroit Golf Club Join this year’s Hunger Free Summer Food Fight, a food Join us for one of southeast Michigan’s premier charitable and fund collection in which organizations throughout the golf outings! Take part in a day of great golf, food, and fun. tri-county area compete against teams within their division Your support will help provide 2 million meals for hungry to raise the most meals for hungry neighbors. children this summer. www.gcfb.org/foodfight www.BerniesGolf.com

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2017 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017 13th Annual Iron Chef Competition 13th Annual Detroit Uncorked Bordine’s Nursery of Brighton Gleaners’ Detroit Distribution Center Join us for the 13th Annual Iron Chef Competition and For the third year in a row, Gleaners is thrilled to have been enjoy an evening of great food, entertaining company, chosen as the Detroit Uncorked charitable partner and host. and friendly competition — including secret ingredients Join Gleaners and the Detroit Wine Organization in an and a mixology competition! Interested in participating? exciting evening featuring more than 250 world class wines, Email [email protected] for more information. Michigan handcrafted beers, premium spirits and brilliantly www.IronChefEvent.org paired hors d’oeuvres. www.gcfb.org/uncorked

WWW.GCFB.ORG 13 NEWS BRIEFS

Scouting for Food

The Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan once again participated in Scouting for Food, a food drive that helps address the issue of hunger in the community. In November 2016, the Scouts collected nearly 200,000 pounds of food from generous people in neighborhoods throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe and Genesee counties.

Birdie Day

More than $500 and 290 frozen turkeys were collected on November 13, 2016 to help provide southeast Michigan families with traditional Thanksgiving meals! Special thanks to Whispering Pines Golf Club, the Majestic at Lake Walden, and Oak Pointe Country Club for helping to ensure a happy, hunger-free Thanksgiving for our neighbors.

Canstruction

Architecture and engineering teams from the metro-Detroit area fi lled Wayne State University’s Welcome Center with impressive sculptures made entirely out of cans November 13, 2016 to help feed hungry neighbors through the Canstruction® competition. This event would not have been possible without the support of AIA Detroit, Tower Construction, Kroger, and Wayne Cares.

Albert Kahn Associates was awarded Juror Favorite, People's Choice and Facebook Fan Favorite with their "Super Mario Bros.: 14 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 CANstruction Edition." Radiothon

Thank you so much to our generous donors, 104.3 WOMC, and to Kroger for matching every dollar raised during the WOMC Radiothon on Thursday, February 2, 2017! Thanks to support and kindness of southeast Michigan Hunger Heroes, Gleaners was able to provide 585,000 meals to our hungry neighbors.

Women’s Power Happy Hour

We are so grateful to our Women’s Power Happy Hour attendees, event chairs, and sponsors! The event, held on Thursday, March 27, 2017, helped to kick off Gleaners’ Million Meal Match with more than 350 guests and an evening of sips, savories, and a wonderful silent auction to help feed hungry children this spring.

WWW.GCFB.ORG 15 • Each $1 you donate helps Gleaners feed one You hungry person for one day. can make a • 95¢ of every dollar you difference give goes directly toward feeding hungry people.

1 SEND A CHECK: 8 CONSIDER A CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION: Gleaners Community Food Bank Tracey Cholish, (313) 571-0327 of Southeastern Michigan or [email protected] 2131 Beaufait St., Detroit, MI 48207-3410 9 HOLD A FOOD DRIVE: 2 CALL IN A CREDIT CARD Stephanie Melnick, (313) 571-0362 OR INSTALLMENT GIFT: or [email protected] Development Operations, (866) 453-2637 ext. 660 10 SUPPORT AN EVENT: Suzette Hohendorf, (313) 571-0241 3 DONATE ONLINE: www.gcfb.org or [email protected]

4 TRANSFER STOCK: 11 VOLUNTEER: Tracey Cholish, (313) 571-0327 You can help Gleaners in a variety of ways: or [email protected] packing food for distribution, mailing letters, or even at one of our special events. 5 ASK YOUR EMPLOYER Individuals, families and groups are welcome. FOR A MATCHING GIFT: To help, contact a Gleaners volunteer coordinator: Tell your employer you donated to Gleaners and request a matching gift. If your company Detroit and Taylor: Karen Rogensues, does not have a matching gift program, (313) 308-0589 or [email protected] ask about starting one. Contact Bridgett Lomax at (313) 571-0249 or Warren: Sherree Gerzanics, [email protected] with questions. (866) 453-2637 ext. 356 or [email protected]

6 PROVIDE A MEMORIAL OR TRIBUTE Pontiac: Margarita Ovalle, GIFT FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION: (248) 409-1159 or [email protected] Development Operations, (866) 453-2637 ext. 660 Howell: Delores Watters, (313) 308-0593 or [email protected]

7 LEAVE A LEGACY: Special Events: Julie Ptasznik, Tracey Cholish, (313) 571-0327 (313) 571-0381 or [email protected] or [email protected] Cooking Matters: Carolyn Sagi, (866) 453-2637 ext. 257 or [email protected]

Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your donation is 100% tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

16 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2017 FEEDING Gleaners Community Food Bank Board of Directors of Southeastern Michigan HUNGRY 2131 Beaufait St. PEOPLE AND Detroit, MI 48207-3410 FOUNDER (313) 923-3535 or 1-866-GLEANER NOURISHING OUR Gene Gonya (313) 923-2247 Fax COMMUNITIES www.gcfb.org OFFICERS Katy Locker, Chair Gleaners Distribution Centers: Knight Foundation Gleaners Detroit Headquarters & Distribution Center Jim Tompkins, Vice Chair 2131 Beaufait St., Detroit and Treasurer DTE Energy Gleaners Livingston County Distribution Center 5924 Sterling Dr., Howell Ryan Hoyle, Vice Chair GalaxE.Solutions Gleaners Oakland County Distribution Center Cheryl Scott Dube, Secretary 120 E. Columbia Ave., Pontiac MotorCity Casino Gleaners Taylor Distribution Center Victor Green, Assistant Secretary 25678 Northline Rd., Taylor Wayne State University

Gleaners Joan & Wayne Webber Distribution Center Gerald F. Brisson, President 24162 Mound Rd., Warren Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan

DIRECTORS Founding member of: Je¡ Aughton Deloitte Bryan Becker The Hunter Group, LLC FOOD BANK COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN Nadine Cook St. John Providence Health System Janet Fava Member of: Recognized as: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Richard Hampson Citizens Bank Heather Lovier Quicken Loans Van Nguyen Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce Jason Paulateer PNC Bank Terry Robinson Comerica Bank Jim Vella Ford Motor Company Fund Ronald Weingartz Weingartz Walter R. Young Community Leader

WWW.GCFB.ORG 17 The Gleaners Legacy Society

The Gleaners Legacy Society exists to build a permanent source of funding in the Gleaners Endowment Fund for ending hunger and nourishing our communities into the future. Members of the Gleaners Legacy Society are truly champions in the fight against hunger in southeast Michigan and shall ever be remembered for their valient efforts.

Michael & Adele Acheson Mr. & Mrs. Irving Nusbaum Mr. & Mrs. William Berlin Harold & Kay Peplau The Coleman & Shirley A. Mopper Fund for Children Dulcie & Norman Rosenfeld Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Toni Wisne Sabina Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gonya Mr. & Mrs. Donald Slotkin Mr. Jack Krasula Mary Stange Dana Locniskar & Christine Beck The Taste of the NFL Eugene & Lois Miller Wayne & Joan Webber Jeff Murri Donna & Walter Young Thank You!