WINTER/SPRING 2021

& 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Solving Hunger in a Worldwide Crisis: Guided by Those Most Vulnerable PG 3 Setting Food Our Partners, Distribution Records Our Community PG 5 PG 7 What’s Inside? Our Mission 1. Letter from the President We exist to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious food, and related resources. & Board Chair We accomplish this through collaboration, efficient operations, education, and innovative solutions to achieve 2. Solving Hunger in a Worldwide Crisis a hunger-free community in southeast . 3. Guided by Those Most Vulnerable We believe hunger can be solved We believe real change takes courage 5. Setting Food Distribution Records We believe people are worth investing in We believe complex problems take 7. Our Partners, Our Community We believe “child” and “hunger” are two words that collaborative solutions 9. Behind the Scenes should never go together We believe in the dignity of every person in the community 10. Gleaners’ Leadership Team We believe everyone benefits from a hunger-free community We believe good data enables better decisions 12. 2020 Impact 13. Gleaners’ Emergency Response Efforts 14. Adopting Hunger as a New Cause 15. 2020 Financial Summary Our Strategic Meet People 16. Board of Directors & Standing Where They Are Committees Priorities 18. The Gleaners Legacy Society & President’s Table Our vision is to end hunger in . Gleaners is committed to the following strategic Foster 21. Gleaners’ South Campus priorities in order to make this vision a reality. Innovation 22. Increased Giving for a Greater Impact Look for these icons throughout this edition for 24. Secure Gleaners’ Future by Leaving a examples of our priorities in action. Lasting Legacy Partner for Greater Impact 25. You Can Make a Difference

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Letter from the President & Board Chair

In a year unlike any other, we are We’re proud to share the incredible impact This is what community is all about: coming overwhelmed with gratitude for you have made as we continue to advance our together to help each other in a time of great your compassion, generosity, programs and strategic planning to best meet need. As we measure and analyze our learnings the needs of the community. Throughout the from the pandemic, we are working hard to build and support. pandemic, you enabled Gleaners to pivot time and a better and brighter future for our food-insecure e have been so impressed by the way time again to meet the challenges ahead. neighbors. In fact, we’re already getting ready to the community came together and rallied W Leveraging new partnerships, Gleaners has open a beautiful new distribution center in Taylor. behind our mission to provide households expanded its support network for our most We can’t wait to share those details and more in with access to sufficient, nutritious food, and vulnerable populations, providing an additional this edition of Gleaners Harvest. related resources. 19,533,511 pounds of food through our newest Thank you again for supporting our efforts in Your efforts have allowed Gleaners to be a pillar emergency distribution efforts since the start achieving a hunger-free community. of support for so many throughout the COVID-19 of the pandemic. We scaled up our mobile pandemic: for the working parents who were laid distributions, adding 66 new sites in the first few off and furloughed, for the children who could weeks of the pandemic. We met people where Gerald F. Brisson, no longer receive free meals at school, for the they were by finding safe and innovative ways to President & CEO elderly who couldn’t leave the safety of their own deliver 245,065 quarantine food boxes directly to homes, and for so many others. From the bottom the homes of our hungry neighbors. As a result of our hearts, thank you for your unwavering of these efforts, Gleaners was able to distribute a commitment to building a hunger-free community record-breaking 63.7 million pounds of food over across southeast Michigan, and for trusting the past year—and we can’t thank you enough for Susan Hawkins, Gleaners to get the job done. making it all possible. Board Chair 2

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he pandemic distorted our sense of time. T Some days were never-ending, while weeks “We knew that children and families had the highest risk of and months disappeared as blurry memories. – Rachelle Bonelli, Vice President of Programs at Gleaners Even now, a year later, we are still trying to facing hunger initially.” process what we have been through, how we in need each year. We were making great strides children, as before the pandemic we’ve coped, and what is to come. Storytelling is part to reach even more people we knew were supported the more than 310,000 children in of our human nature. It is how we learn and grow falling through the gaps. But then a terrible southeast Michigan who received breakfast and and better understand our experiences. Here is new disease far more contagious and deadly lunch at school for free or at a reduced cost. our story, and how you are an integral part of it. than the flu was threatening to sweep through Gleaners had already partnered with schools, We have grown as an organization, as a leader, our country and our community. We were churches, and neighborhood organizations as a community partner, as a neighbor, as a well-positioned to expand the scope of our to provide meals for school children during family member. Our story is also your story. We services, but we didn’t yet know the pandemic planned school closures, such as holidays and are so grateful to be in this together. would rattle the of every person, summer breaks. But, when schools abruptly In February 2020, we did not have a crystal business, and industry throughout the world. shuttered due to the pandemic, we knew foretelling the devastating depth of the As the effects reverberated through the fabric families would be the first impacted as they pandemic, but we had more than an inkling of our society, the need for food assistance scrambled to feed their children. of the disruption ahead. For over 43 years, skyrocketed by 44% in southeast “The very first thing I did was pick up the phone Gleaners has provided an essential safety net Michigan alone. and reach out to school districts, because we of food and nutrition when poverty, short-term One by one, those most vulnerable in our knew that children and families had the highest crises, and chronic illnesses affected people’s community were being impacted. Gleaners risk of facing hunger initially,” said Rachelle ability to make ends meet. Along with Forgotten is well-known for supporting families with Bonelli, Vice President of Programs at Gleaners. Harvest, we served nearly half a million people WINTER/SPRING 2021 3

Solving Hunger in a Worldwide Crisis: GUIDED BY THOSE MOST VULNERABLE

aria was a single working mom living every other person. It felt risky simply to breathe. Mpaycheck to paycheck. Most days, she In the checkout line, she already knew– this dropped her two kids off early at school, and then wasn’t enough food to last her family for the week she went to work cleaning houses. ahead. But she had no choice, it was all she could Occasionally she worked at a friend’s catering afford. They’d just have to figure it out. business on the weekends for extra income—the Additional food distributions were clearly needed leftover food that she could bring home was a to help families with children as well as numerous bonus. Her family didn’t have many extras, but unemployed and furloughed workers from a wide they had enough, especially with help from the range of fields. Gleaners addressed this challenge free breakfast and lunch programs at school. But by adding new mobile food distributions late in March, Maria’s stable routine was upended. throughout our service territory. Each site served School was abruptly cancelled, and her cleaning an average of 270 households, twice a month – clients were afraid to let her inside their houses. more than double the number of people served at Her friend’s catering company had to close, and a typical mobile site prior to the pandemic. they worried about their future events. Maria was But we knew that seniors and people with afraid too. Both she and her younger son had underlying health issues faced unique challenges. asthma. Serious enough to send them to the ER Their age and associated health conditions put in the past. them in a high-risk category, and the coronavirus At the grocery store, she waited anxiously in had high potential to spread in senior living line outside, trying to plan what to buy with her communities. Transportation was already a limited funds. When it was finally her turn to enter barrier and going to the grocery store was no the store, she was shocked to see the sparse longer safe for many. Extended family members shelves. Gallons of milk were sold out. The cans and neighbors ventured out to mobile sites and of beans had disappeared. Only a few bags of gathered food for other neighbors in need, but frozen vegetables remained in the freezers. She still a large contingent of the senior population wouldn’t have as many choices as usual – and the remained isolated at home with few connections. items that were left were more expensive. She We promptly set out to identify, locate, and rushed through the store, dodging other harried connect with these vulnerable citizens. shoppers, attempting to stay six feet away from 4 GLEANERS HARVEST

82-year-old Louise lived in a one-bedroom struggling to make ends meet for the very family—and everyone! This food from Gleaners apartment in Pontiac. She has diabetes and first time. has been a tremendous help during one of the arthritis and was losing her vision due to Betty, a retired administrator living in Roseville, most difficult times in my family’s life.” worsening glaucoma. “I was so relieved when that drove up to a local mobile food site after she Gleaners responded and met this need first box of food was left on my porch. My nephew invited her daughter and three grandchildren to quickly with the help of every employee in our had been trying to deliver groceries to me, but live with her in April. Her daughter had lost her organization and our numerous community both he and his wife work at the hospital. They’re job, and Betty could not watch them struggle. partners. Though, what started as a targeted worn out and have their own family to take care “I live on just $746 a month. It’s been really emergency response during a global crisis of. I wish I could help them with the kids.” difficult—nearly impossible—to keep us afloat. became our new standard for serving While families with children and seniors have I’ve never worried about food. This is so different.” southeast Michigan. long been supported by our programs at Gleaners, Betty tried to apply for food assistance but our emergency response had to include all of received less than $20 a month in SNAP benefits. our community’s most vulnerable – including “We’ve got to figure something out. For my healthcare patients, veterans, and those

Our strategic priorities are at work when serving our most vulnerable neighbors.

Meet People Where They Are Taking risk factors and transportation barriers into consideration, Gleaners distributed a record-breaking amount of food to those who needed the most help.

Foster Innovation Gleaners took a targeted and data-driven approach to identifying populations who were most likely to face food insecurity during the pandemic, including

KEY TAKE-AWAYS seniors, families with children, low-income medical patients, and veterans. WINTER/SPRING 2021 5

Solving Hunger in a Worldwide Crisis: Setting Food Distribution Records

hen the pandemic swept across southeast sites within a week does not discount the W Michigan, every Gleaners employee—no fact that each week was an evolving logistical matter their previous job title—shifted into nightmare. But, through it all, the Gleaners team planning, operations, and distribution. Our team remained focused and mission-driven. Stories of worked around the clock to schedule drivers, find families stretched thin, but determined to help trucks, hire and manage additional staff to work each other through rough times, were overheard at distribution sites, and warehouse all the extra again and again in the lines of cars at mobile food food. As our operations rapidly evolved to keep distribution sites. up with ever-changing CDC guidelines, we took 72-year-old Craig and his wife lived on a limited a proactive approach to serving our community budget in Eastpointe. “I was always careful by scouring Michigan Department of Education with my money—to make sure we were living data and calling school administrators and public good in retirement.” In 2019, their daughter lost health officials to determine the best locations her battle with breast cancer, and today, for mobile food distributions. Craig helped care for his three grandchildren, We needed to come together to act quickly and aged seven, eleven, and twelve. “It’s like starting broadly, but just as importantly, we needed to all over. And my monthly income just isn’t act intentionally. enough to get us all through. The kids sure eat Our agility as an organization was on full display a lot. They love the milk and cereal, but my wife in the spring of 2020. That we launched our initial likes the healthy food we get here. Especially emergency response mobile food distribution the produce.” 6 GLEANERS HARVEST

In mid-March 2020, Gleaners jumped into action, “I’m just reaching out to find any help I can for “I’ve never had to go to a food adding 66 new Family and Community Mobile our family. I’ve never had to go to a food bank Food sites. These sites were similar to School before, so this is new to me.” Debbie worked bank before, so this is new Food Mobile sites already in place in high-need for a landscaping company, but the company to me.”– Debbie communities, but now they were open to the ceased operations to follow the governor’s orders larger public. The selected sites were at or near to suspend all non-essential activities. “I think These stories are why we do what we do. schools, so families would still have easy access, it’s best to be cautious, but that means I’m not but now anyone who needed food could safely bringing in the income that my family relies on. I’m Gleaners already operated School Food Mobile up and have fresh groceries placed into so grateful to be able to get this food now. I just programs at 86 sites in high-need communities. their trunk. As the pandemic expanded into don’t know what the next months will look like.” School families could drive up and receive a weeks and months and unemployment grew, trunkful of fresh produce, milk, and healthy Strategically sourcing food and efficiently families who had never needed help before were shelf-stable groceries once a month. Each site distributing it to where it was needed most was stretched in ways they’d never known. served an average of 100 families every month. our main objective. Even with our established Of course, the need for that program to greatly Debbie had three young kids, ranging in ages supply chains, we were forced to be flexible and expand was soon evident. four to eight. Her youngest was in the car with order far in advance to get what we needed, her as she waited to receive food at a Gleaners because giving out random assortments of food, distribution at Fowlerville High School. whatever we could get our hands on, would be wasteful and ineffective. Gleaners’ dieticians and Cooking Matters program team members knew that carefully selected Our strategic priorities are at work through our ingredients were necessary to make balanced, healthy, and flexible meals that could be mobile distributions. stretched for days and weeks. Scale Up Solutions that Work We sought positive, healthy outcomes for those that sought our support. Gleaners staffers Building upon the success of mobile distributions before the pandemic, Gleaners was able to quickly launch several new curated an assortment of fresh fruits, vegetables, mobile sites in areas where food insecurity was highest. meats, and dairy, as well as canned and boxed staples with protein and whole grains. We also Optimize Our People Power offered virtual nutrition education and cooking videos so children, parents, and seniors could Flexibility and teamwork enabled Gleaners to watch and cook alongside us. restructure teams and hire new staff members to meet the growing demand for emergency TAKE-AWAYS food resources. WINTER/SPRING 2021 7

Solving Hunger in a Worldwide Crisis: Our Partners, Our Community

With volunteer numbers reduced, the dedicated support from the Michigan National Guard has been he Gleaners team learned by doing, and critical to our efforts. Since the start of the pandemic, the Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen packed T we responded as the crisis unfolded. But, more than 6 million pounds of food for our hungry neighbors. we could not have done it without the creative community of partnerships that grew throughout ran the Meals on Wheels programs with a steady veterans in southeast Michigan. This joint effort the last 12 months. corps of volunteers. They already knew where is particularly important as veterans and the The Food Bank Council of Michigan, United seniors lived, and they had a way to transport community at large continue to feel the economic Way for Southeastern Michigan, The Skillman food directly to their homes. Gleaners also joined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Zaneta Foundation, PNC Bank, DTE Energy, Ford Motor the Coordinated Food Delivery Consortium Adams, Director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Company Fund, and the State of Michigan were alongside other local agencies, including the Area Agency. “Putting food on the tables of veterans some of the partners with us from the very start Agency on Aging chapters, Forgotten Harvest, and their families during these challenging times of the crisis. We created an agency taskforce, and Eastern Market, to further facilitate this work. reflects our mission at the MVAA of supporting including Forgotten Harvest, which convened Newer partnerships with the VA Medical Michigan veterans through all facets of weekly to best respond to the pandemic. Center, Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, The their lives.” Just like Gleaners, other community Michigan Veterans Trust Fund and The American Leveraging the support of the Michigan National organizations—both established agency partners Legion allowed us to distribute food to veterans Guard to build quarantine food boxes, or Q-boxes, and new grassroot efforts—were stepping up in need. we were able to further our commitment to and reaching out to the vulnerable populations “I applaud this partnership between the Michigan both veterans and the aforementioned senior they served. A partnership with the regional Area Veterans Trust Fund and Gleaners Community population. The Q-boxes were filled with a Agency on Aging was a logical fit, given the work Food Bank to reduce food insecurity among our well-balanced assortment of shelf-stable food we’ve done with seniors. Their local chapters that could be put together for complete nutritious 8 GLEANERS HARVEST

Our neighbors now know how to better help one another and how to ask for help when needed.

meals such as spaghetti and tomato and launched a new Virtual Food sauce, and rice and beans. Recipes Drive platform to help offset the loss were included to help people make of in-person events. the most of the healthy ingredients. Through our established and new Gathering staples for Q-boxes was collaborations, we can meet people already a Gleaners specialty, and where they are. We expanded our in normal times our network of capacity to serve and provide safety volunteers would sort and assemble and security, not only during the the food packages. But with new pandemic, but for other challenging safety protocols and restrictions times ahead. Our neighbors now in place, volunteers were no longer know how to better help one another able to gather at our warehouses. and how to ask for help when That’s why the partnership with the needed. We all are more empathetic Michigan National Guard was so as the last year underscored how important. By the first week of April, quickly our lives can be destabilized. they were deployed and well on their Relying on our collective strength way to assembling thousands of has made all the difference. KEY TAKE-AWAYS emergency Q-boxes. You’ve been there for us and our Our strategic priorities are at work with Since the start of the pandemic, we community, and we’ll continue to be have worked with more than 200 with you every step of the way. our community partnerships. community organizations and sites When resiliency and compassion to deliver over 245,000 Q-boxes. come together, we can do more than Partner for Greater Impact We’ve recently gained extended survive; we can thrive. As community leaders, Gleaners leveraged funding and support, so we plan to existing partnerships and fostered new deliver more than 100,000 additional relationships to identify and best serve boxes in the first half of 2021. our food-insecure neighbors throughout The Gleaners team also designed the pandemic. WINTER/SPRING 2021 9

BEHIND THE SCENES 10 GLEANERS HARVEST

Gleaners’ Leadership Team

Cecile Aitchison Stacy Averill Jeffrey Bandy Julie Beamer David Black Vice President of Development Vice President of Community Controller Chief Operating Officer Transportation/Operations Giving & Public Relations Director

Rachelle Bonelli Gerald Brisson Bridget Brown Krista Cierpial Terry Collia Vice President of Programs President & CEO Director of Food Secure Director of Human Director of Marketing Livingston Resources WINTER/SPRING 2021 11

Greg Drouillard Justin Gruber Angela Halverson Yulanda Harris Cory Joyrich John Kastler Director of Food Sales Director of Data Analytics Director of Donor Director of Talent Director of Major Gifts Senior Director of Benchmarking & Purchasing Engagement Development & Corporate Partnerships & Performance Reporting

Justin Kimpson Denise Leduc Carmen Mattia Judith McNeeley Sarah Mills Jessica Ramsay Senior Director of the Ford Director of Community Senior Director of the Ford Vice President of Director of Wellness and Director of Food Access Resource and Engagement Center Engagement Resource and Engagement Community Engagement Nutrition Education & Youth Engagement at the Fisher Academy Center - Mercado

Cara Rayner Lawrence Seay Sheryl Stoddard Omari Taylor Rachel Williams Director of Operations & Facilities Director Vice President of Director of Executive Director of Strategic Community Project Management Administration Communication Impact Initiatives 12 GLEANERS HARVEST

Thanks to your support, we have achieved 2020 Impact great things in the past year!

1,494 Cooking Matters™ program graduates saved an average of $260 per year through improved 1,288 community food management skills. food drives collected 666 partner agencies This equated to $388,440 in 1.1 million pounds engaged to serve economic benefit to households. of food. emergency food to 63.7 million hungry neighbors. pounds of food 145,611 meals provided distributed in 33,149 volunteer shifts each day to people in the last year. southeast Michigan. completed, resulting in 91,160 hours of volunteer work toward Gleaners’ mission, which is the equivalent of 44 full-time employees.

24 BackPack Program sites feeding 1,450 children at 63 schools throughout the year. 5.4 million pounds of fluid milk distributed, providing a nutritious source of 22.3 million pounds protein and calcium to of fresh produce families with children and provided to other households. hungry families. WINTER/SPRING 2021 13 Gleaners’ Emergency Response Efforts (March 19, 2020 - January 31, 2021)

In addition to the work we do each year with our traditional agency partners, Gleaners established new food distributions to respond to the COVID-19 emergency. 66 200+ 19,533,511 new mobile sites partners engaged pounds of food providing 1,130 +to help distribute = distributed distributions of food 245,065 Q-boxes

• 164,593 family • 35,750 low-income households with medical patient 529,754 school-aged children households TO households, • 103,735 senior • 9,912 veteran including: households households

71,321 donors stepped up to support all 9,378 donors at 201 Virtual Food of our efforts throughout the pandemic, Drives allowed Gleaners to purchase including 33,390 new donors who gave $800,339 of food for those in need. to Gleaners for the first time. 14 GLEANERS HARVEST Adopting Hunger as a New Cause

ore than a year into the COVID-19 crisis, Gleaners to meet the need. Together with Gleaners tradition with us, and we are pleased we can Mwe are all too familiar with the harrowing and regional Area Agency on Aging partners, the again help provide support in these themes of uncertainty, fear, and distress in the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation provided 10,000 unprecedented and challenging times,” said world. But we often overlook the silver lining that shelf-stable quarantine boxes for seniors in need. Mohammad S. Alshammari, President & CEO of accompanies any misfortune: that there are always We are so appreciative of their targeted and Aramco Americas. people who are willing to help. empathetic approach to serving the elderly. Charitable giving can take many shapes and This is when humanity shines at its brightest. It’s Other organizations looked at the world around forms—and sometimes, gifts are made to carry on neighbors helping neighbors. It’s extended families them and took a holistic approach to fighting the legacy of someone who exhibited generosity looking out for one another. And it’s generous hunger. They poured their trust into charities and throughout their lifetime. Catherine individuals, corporations, and foundations taking who were known to have the infrastructure and McCartney was an occasional volunteer at immediate action to serve their communities by expertise to provide healthy, nourishing food Gleaners who, nearing the end of her life, wanted making a significant charitable contribution. We to anyone who needed help. Aramco Americas nothing more than to help people in need. are so grateful for the more than 33,000 donors and Unilever were two corporations who gave Catherine was never wanting for money, yet she who gave to Gleaners for the first time this year. to Gleaners for the first time, providing us with lived frugally and subsequently left behind a large It is gifts like these, and so many others, that unrestricted funds that powered our ability to estate that she split between various passions, fuel Gleaners’ ability to fight hunger across efficiently and effectively serve the community. one of which was feeding struggling neighbors southeast Michigan. Their combined efforts equated to 450,000 meals through Gleaners. We thank Catherine McCartney Early in the pandemic, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. for our hungry neighbors. “Supporting food banks for leaving behind a legacy that will serve so many Foundation shifted its priorities to focus on and their vital role in the community is a longtime throughout southeast Michigan for years to come. emergency response efforts. As community

leaders, they spearheaded strategic conversations about the hidden, vulnerable • To make a monetary to Gleaners, please visit populations whose lifelines were disrupted by gcfb.org/give-money pandemic. After thorough analysis, all signs To support Gleaners with a corporate sponsorship, please visit pointed to self-quarantining seniors, who were • gcfb.org/corporate-sponsorship facing gaps in service and experiencing hardship at disproportionate rates. They knew they had to • To include Gleaners in your estate planning, please visit do something about it – and they reached out to plannedgiving.gcfb.org WAYS TO GIVE TO WAYS TO GLEANERS TO WINTER/SPRING 2021 15

* 2020 Financial Summary MEALS Understand how your support creates a hunger-free community.

Meals Distributed REVENUE 53,148,015 Donated Food $76,705,916 Meals Per Day Cash $29,858,173 145,611 Grants, United Way & Other $6,601,660

Purchased Food Reimbursements $6,507,192 Meals Per Week Agency Shared Maintenance $504,987 1,022,077 Other Revenue $647,609 Meals Per Month TOTAL REVENUE $120,825,537 4,429,001 EXPENSES 94% efficiency Donated Food $75,359,485 for feeding Purchased Food $10,138,049 hungry neighbors Programs & Outreach $13,361,449

Fund Raising $4,063,078

Administration $2,811,404

TOTAL EXPENSES $105,733,465

*Numbers from audit for 2020 fiscal year 16 GLEANERS HARVEST Board of Directors

FOUNDER DIRECTORS Henry Lau Fenix Media, LLC Gene Gonya Gary Abernathy Marsh & McLennan Agency Terry Robinson Comerica Bank OFFICERS Sarah Alvarez Outlier Media Damali Sahu Susan Hawkins, Chair Bodman Law Sam Bush Saga Communications Kevin Trombley Janet Fava, Vice Chair The Kroger Co. of Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Beth Cafaro Catholic Health Initiatives, Retired Kyle Urek Richard Hampson, Treasurer Deloitte Nadine Cook Van Nguyen, Secretary Ascension Southeast Michigan David VanderPloeg Schoolcraft College Community Health Our Daughters International

Gerald F. Brisson, President & CEO Donna England Ronald Weingartz Gleaners Community Food Bank of DTE Energy, Retired Weingartz Southeastern Michigan Victor Green Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety

Joel Kellman Dykema Gossett

Richard Landgraff PNC Bank WINTER/SPRING 2021 17 Standing Committees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FACILITIES COMMITTEE Susan Hawkins, Chair Terry Robinson, Chair Ronald Weingartz, Chair Janet Fava, Vice Chair Damali Sahu, Vice Chair Jay Bonahoom Richard Hampson, Treasurer Krysten Baligian Jack Bourget Van Nguyen, Secretary Beth Cafaro Sam Bush Sarah Alvarez Nadine Cook Joel Kellman Terry Robinson Henry Lau Cheryl Scott Dube Ronald Weingartz Brent Jones Kevin Trombley Robert McCormick GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Chuck Otis EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF Jose Santrich Van Nguyen, Chair Nina Thekdi ALL COMMITTEES Victor Green Susan Hawkins, Chair Ned Greenberg Gerald F. Brisson, President Kyle Urek PROGRAM COMMITTEE Sarah Alvarez, Chair FINANCE COMMITTEE David VanderPloeg, Vice Chair Lauren Bigelow Richard Hampson, Treasurer Laura Trudeau Donna England Paul Glantz Richard Landgraff HR COMMITTEE Kevin Trombley Janet Fava, Chair Gary Abernathy AUDIT COMMITTEE Ronald Weingartz David VanderPloeg, Chair Kyle Urek 18 GLEANERS HARVEST

Gleaners is grateful for the more than 71,321 donors who helped us serve our food- The Gleaners Legacy Society insecure neighbors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. On these pages, we recognize our Legacy Society and President’s Table donors.

Established in 2008, The Gleaners Legacy Society exists to build a permanent source THE LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS of funding in the Gleaners Endowment Michael and Adele Acheson Dana Lokniskar and Jeff Murri Donald and Edith Slotkin Fund to continue our mission of feeding William and Elizabeth Berlin Christine Beck Irving and Barbara Nusbaum Mary Stange hungry people and nourishing our Community Foundation for Ruth Ellen Mayhall Roger Olson and Lela Wadlin The Taste of the NFL communities. Members of The Gleaners Southeast Michigan Karen Mazo Harold and Kay Peplau Wayne and Joan Webber Legacy Society are truly champions in the Donna M. England Eugene and Lois Miller Dulcie and Norman Rosenfeld Walter and Donna Young fight against hunger in southeast Michigan Gene and Judy Gonya The Coleman and Shirley A. and shall ever be remembered for their Toni Wisne Sabina Jack Krasula Mopper Fund for Children valiant efforts.

The Gleaners President’s Table is comprised of donors who have contributed $15,000 or more in food, funds, or 2020 President's Table volunteer hours from October 1, 2019 — September 30, 2020 to help solve hunger in our region. PRESIDENTS INDIVIDUALS James and Mary Beth Morabito Pamela Rossiter James and Amanda Tompkins Patrick Jeski OF GLEANERS Anna M. Ptasznik Jeffrey and Jennifer Farber Paul A. Glantz Anna M. Woodruff Jeffrey and Pamela Beard Phillip W. Fisher Gene Gonya, 1977 – 1998 Barbara A. Taylor Jeffrey and Susan Kelley Ralph Pearlman Richard A. Loewenstein, Carmen Caneda 1998 – 2002 Jennifer Adderley Raymond Beebe and Mary Boland Carol and Joseph Andronaco Agostinho A. Fernandes Jr., Joel and Lauren Jacob Richard and Mona Alonzo 2002 – 2008 Carroll Knight Joseph and Rosalie Vicari Richard Turigliatto W. DeWayne Wells, Catherine McCartney Julie W. Dawson Robert H. Gorlin 2008 – 2013 Cecile Aitchison Karl and Kelley Albrecht The Weingartz Family Gerald F. Brisson, Current The Celani Family Kathleen and Dennis Zuccaro Sarah and Anthony Earley Christopher Stroh Harold and Kay Peplau Estate Stephen Augenstein Donald and Esther Simon Kyle and Katherine Urek Terry J. and Jeanette Robinson Edward C. Levy and Linda Dresner Marcel Dijkers Terry W. Krueger Estate of Asta Mack MacDonald Mary Robinson Thomas G. Parrish Frank and Maria Angileri Maureen T. Given Thom and Connie Lipari Fredric and Shawn Bonine Melissa B. Maghielse Virgie Ammerman Katie and Gerry Brisson Michael and Peggy Pitt Walter and Donna Young Harry J. Pearce Michael L. Green Wayne and Joan Webber James and Emma Woodyard Michael Zimmerman James and Jacqueline Armistead Nicholas and Karen Pyett WINTER/SPRING 2021 19

FOUNDATIONS & Delta Air Lines, Inc. Marathon Petroleum Corporation The Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Marcia S. Fowler Fund CORPORATIONS Detroit Medical Center Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation The Glancy Foundation, Inc. The Holley Foundation Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. Deupree Family Foundation McGregor Fund The Hough Foundation Allen Foundation, Inc. DiBella’s Subs McKesson Foundation The June and Cecil McDole Foundation Ally Financial, Inc. Donald R. Simon & Esther Simon Foundation MGM Grand Detroit The Kresge Foundation Andiamo Restaurant Group The Douglas F. Allison Foundation Michael and Peggy Pitt Charitable Trust The Kroger Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Aramco Americas DTE Energy Foundation Michigan Fitness Foundation Foundation Arby’s Foundation, Inc. Empowerment Foundation Michigan Health Endowment Fund The Kroger Company of Michigan Ascension Health Ministry SVC CTR Enterprise Holdings Foundation Michigan State University Federal Credit Union The Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Atlantic Precious Metal Resources Episcopal Diocese Of Michigan Michigan Veterans Trust Foundation The Marshall Mathers Foundation Autodesk Foundation Farm Bureau Agent’s Charitable Fund Milena Brown Living Trust The Skillman Foundation Baker Tilly US, LLP Faurecia Milton M Ratner Foundation The Suburban Collection Bank of America - Troy FCA Foundation Morgan Stanley The Walters’ Family Foundation BASF Corporation Ford Motor Company Fund Motown Soup The Workers Charitable Trust Benson and Edith Ford Fund Ford Motor Company Purchasing Group NFL Foundation The Young Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Freudenberg North America L.P. OB Services Thom and Connie Lipari Family Foundation Bordines Nursery GalaxE.Solutions PNC Bank Detroit Tigers Foundation Bucket Fillers, Inc. General Motors LLC PNC Foundation TJX Foundation C.L. Knight Charitable Fund Greater Horizons Polk Scyphers Foundation Toni Wisne Sabina Foundation Charities Aid Foundation of America Henry Ford Health System Punch Enterprises, Inc. Tosa Foundation Carl and Irene Morath Foundation, Inc. Higher Hopes! PwC Charitable Foundation UBS Financial Services, Inc. Carl’s Golfland of Detroit Humana Quicken Loans Unilever Celanese Foundation Int. Order of the Kings Daughters & Sons Inc.- Detroit Chap. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation United Dairy Industry of Michigan Celani Family Foundation, Inc. Jain Society of Greater Detroit Inc. Ralph L. and Winifred E. Polk Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan Chick-fil-A, Inc. Jersey Mike’s Subs Raymond James Charitable Endowment Variety, The Children’s The Children’s Foundation John Pritzker Family Fund Fund Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Citizens Bank Foundation Joshua and Eunice Stone Foundation Robert Bosch LLC Ward Utley Family Foundation Clara Lionel Foundation Key2Finesse Rose and Lawrence C. Page Sr. Family Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation Comcast Foundation Corporation Charitable Foundation Kohl’s 94.7 WCSX Comerica Foundation SABIC, Inc. Kraft Heinz Foods Company Weingartz Family Foundation Community Foundation for Southeast Smith-Dewey Family Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Michigan L & M Machining and Manufacturing Sozo Companies, Inc Weyerhaeuser Day Foundation Costco Lake Michigan Credit Union Start Small Foundation William Davidson Foundation CR England Livingston County United Way TCF National Bank WJBK-TV Fox 2 Detroit CVS Health Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation The Atlantic Zatkoff Family Fund Deloitte & Touche, LLP The Bottle Crew 20 GLEANERS HARVEST

COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVES Busch’s Fresh Food Market Meijer Distribution Center STATE & FEDERAL Capital Sales Mercury Foods, inc & FUNDRAISERS Caramagno Foods MIchigan Apples Committee ORGANIZATIONS Allied Universal Chiquita Bananas Michigan Milk Producers Association Federal Emergency Management Agency Ally Financial, Inc. Coca-Cola Mondelez (FEMA) Children’s Hospital of Michigan: Cereal Drive Conagra Nestle Water North America Feeding America Faurecia: Faurecia Fuels Costco Wholesale Northern Illinois Food Bank Food Bank Council of Michigan General Motors Seat Validation CVS Corp Oliver Farms Michigan Department of Education Gold for Food: Livingston County Dental CVS Sales, Inc. Pepperidge Farm Michigan Department of Health and Human Association Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank Pepsi Services Great Lakes Council, Boy Scouts of America: FEEDING FLORIDA Perfect Pact, LLC Share Our Strength Scouting for Food First Cut Produce Prairie Farms USDA Key2Finesse Food Bank Council of Michigan Rite Aid Drugs Distribution Center Kroger Company of Michigan: January Drive, Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Rose Packing First Responders VOLUNTEERS Food Bank of the Heartland Roselli Foods Ally Financial, Inc. L&M Machining & Manufacturing: Holiday Drive Food Gatherers Food Bank Royal Banana Barbara Thomas Livingston County Association of Realtors: Frito Lay, Inc. Rudich Farms Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan LCAR Food & Fund Drive Garden Fresh Gourmet, Inc. S & F Foods, Inc. Church of the Divine Child The Rock Family of Companies (Quicken General Mills Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Danielle Donovan Loans) Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Wisconsin David Seibert Rick Young: Mountain of Food Gordon Food Service Serra Brothers DTE Energy Snethkamp Automotive Family Gourmet Gorilla Kitchen Sysco Food Services Excel Employment Options PF Fitness Group LLC (Planet Fitness) Great Lakes Coca-Cola Target FCA USA LLC, Inc. Lineage Logistics Great Lakes Field Service Council The Kellogg Company Ford Motor Company The Suburban Collection: Drive Away Hunger Greater Chicago Food Depository The Kroger Company General Motors LLC The Caskey Family Virtual Food Drive Greater Lansing Food Bank Tyson Foods, Inc. Jewish Vocational Services Jean Yamamoto, Dr. Jeff Reider, Linda Seley Heeren, LLC United Dairy Industry of Michigan Kathleen Robinson & Chuck Otis’ Virtual Food Drive Horkey Brothers Farms US Food Service Mary St. Pierre Kraft-Heinz Company Value Wholesale Michigan National Guard FOOD DONORS Kroger Distribution Center- Romulus Variety, The Children’s Charity PNC Bank Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank Kroger Reclaim Vistar-PFGC Quicken Loans Aldi Lagrasso Brothers Walmart Robert Bosch LLC Amazon Lipari Foods WG Provisions Sandy Oliver Archway Marketing Services Mascari & Company United Way for Southeastern Michigan Atlas Wholesale Foods Mastronardi / Sunset Produce Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Aunt Millies McLane Food Service Agency Bosco’s Pizza Company Meijer Wayne State University WINTER/SPRING 2021 21 Gleaners’ South Campus

t Gleaners, we believe that the solution to food insecurity is within Aour reach – and we are now closer than ever to achieving that goal. In the coming months, we will proudly open the doors of South Campus, our brand new 181,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center in Taylor. This beautiful new facility is a crowning achievement in Gleaners’ history. Twice the size of our headquarters in Detroit, South Campus will enable us serve more people and distribute more food than ever before. As we look to the future, we are filled with hope and inspiration, knowing that we have gained the capacity to best meet the needs of our community. South Campus will enable us to expand our mission while simultaneously decreasing overall costs: • Increased storage capacity allows Gleaners to accept more fresh and frozen foods. • The additional space addresses immediate and long-term needs, ensuring our ability to provide more people with the right amount of food at the right time. • Gaining access to a broader array of supply chain opportunities allows Gleaners to maximize its impact on our most vulnerable populations. While the new facility also features renovated office space, Gleaners will To learn more about South Campus, watch our virtual continue to be headquartered in Detroit. announcement at gcfb.org/gleaners-south-campus 22

Increased Giving for a Greater Impact

leaners extends its deepest gratitude to the G long-standing donors and partners who have “Across The Suburban Collection, our team members were exhibited an unwavering commitment to fighting food insecurity in southeast Michigan. They are a enthusiastic and determined to meet the one million meal driving force behind Gleaners’ impactful programs goal in support of Gleaners’ work for our community.” and initiatives during normal times – and when - David Fischer, Jr., President & CEO, The Suburban Collection the pandemic struck, they doubled down on their mission to serve their community. For many years, The Suburban Collection has Suburban Collection set—and surpassed— Since March 2020, food insecurity has been demonstrated its commitment to fighting hunger their goal of providing 1 million meals through on the rise at alarming rates. Feeding America as a long-time sponsor of Gleaners’ events Gleaners. The campaign took place for three full projects that during the pandemic, 813,680 people and initiatives. With a desire to help struggling months during the holiday season, and raised in Gleaners’ five-county service area are at risk families affected by the pandemic, they decided funds through Virtual Food Drives, employee for hunger. To put that into perspective, that’s to support Gleaners with of one of their largest incentive programs, raffles, and location- nearly 250,000 more people who may require and most ambitious campaigns to specific initiatives. We can’t thank The Suburban food assistance. Because of this urgent need, date: “Drive Away Hunger.” Collection enough for the positive impact they many of our existing partners resolved to help Putting innovation, safety, and a healthy dose have made. Gleaners more than ever before. of fun at the forefront of their efforts, The WINTER/SPRING 2021 23

Bank of America’s flourishing partnership This sentiment was shared by several with Gleaners has always been rooted in a local leaders and businesses, including Ajax “From hosting cereal box drives to shared goal to provide children with access Paving Industries, Inc. A long-time supporter to healthy, nutrient-rich meals. When the of Gleaners, Ajax Paving took further care food donation collections, to grant pandemic caused schools to unexpectedly of their neighbors in southwest Detroit by support and volunteer engagement, close, many children lost access to the free providing additional meals for the holidays. and reduced-cost meals they relied on to Combined, Ajax Paving and the Marshall our team is dedicated to ensuring support their growth and learning. Mathers Foundation provided 300,000 meals no kid goes hungry.” A heartbreaking 1 in 4 children—247,270, to to local children, families, and low-income - Tiffany Douglas, SVP, Market Executive, Bank of America be exact—were suddenly at risk of hunger individuals across southeast Michigan. in southeast Michigan. As a response, Bank The generosity of these organizations, along of America made its biggest commitment with so many others, is an inspiring reminder to Gleaners yet, as presenting sponsor of that in the face of hardship, there will always our Making Investments in the Lives of Kids be leaders who drive positive change in our (M.I.L.K.) Movement. We are so grateful to communities. And for that, we offer our Bank of America for providing fresh milk deepest thanks. and nutritious meals to students in need, and for strengthening our ability to diminish childhood hunger. Browse our list of other Through its 44 years of service, Gleaners opportunities to give back at has built strong relationships with notable gcfb.org/waystogive leaders who share a personal connection to the city of Detroit. We are honored to have the ongoing support of GRAMMY Award-winning rapper Eminem through the Marshall Mathers Foundation, whose mission is to provide assistance to disadvantaged and at-risk youth primarily in Detroit and its surrounding communities. When the pandemic struck and the need for food assistance skyrocketed by 44%, the Marshall Mathers Foundation stepped up to the cause and drastically increased their charitable giving to Gleaners. 24 Secure Gleaners’ Future by Leaving a Lasting Legacy

veryone has something they are is a rewarding experience that makes a E passionate about. You may be passionate meaningful difference in our community. about Gleaners Community Food Bank But what if you could make a long-term impact because it holds an important place in your and build a better world for generations to heart. The fight against hunger may be a come, even after your lifetime? cause that’s near and dear to you. Or, you may You can—with a legacy gift to Gleaners. be passionate about with an organization you know and trust. When you include Gleaners in your estate planning, you’re helping to secure the future These passions drive the philanthropic spirit of the organization and support our vision of of Gleaners. Ensuring our hungry neighbors ending hunger in southeast Michigan. have access to nutritious, wholesome food

Gleaners has an online resource that can help you find the CONTACT giving option that works best for your goals: Cecile Aitchison, Vice President, Development • Include a gift to Gleaners in your will or living trust Phone: 313-308-0358 • Name Gleaners as a beneficiary of your Email: [email protected] retirement account We would be happy to speak with you in Transfer appreciated stock to Gleaners To learn more, or to utilize our online • confidence, with planned giving resources, please visit: • Create a life income gift no obligation. plannedgiving.gcfb.org WINTER/SPRING 2021 25 You Can Make A Difference Upcoming Events Each $1 you donate helps Gleaners feed one hungry person for one day. 94¢ of every dollar goes toward food and food programming. Women’s Power Breakfast Tuesday, May 4, 2021, held virtually

17th Annual Iron Chef Competition* Donate Thursday, August 12, 2021 Donate Online 2021 M.I.L.K. Gala* Make a secure donation online today at gcfb.org. Friday, October 8, 2021 Detroit Athletic Club Call in a Credit Card or Installment Gift Contact our Development Operations Team, (866) 453-2637 ext. 660. *All in-person events contingent upon COVID-19 safety protocols Send a Check Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan Find more details on these and other upcoming events 2131 Beaufait Street, Detroit, MI 48207-3410 at www.gcfb.org/events.

Other Ways to Give There are many ways you can make a difference in the lives of our hungry neighbors. Browse our list of other opportunities at We are incredibly grateful to the sponsors and gcfb.org/waystogive. supporters who make these events possible. Thank you! Community Food Drives Gleaners is a founding member of: & Fundraisers To hold a drive or support an event, please contact Terry Collia, Director of Marketing, (313) 923-3535 ext. 205 or [email protected]. Volunteer Member of: Recognized as: Though volunteer activities have been minimized for safety reasons, we still have shifts available and will continue to open more as com- munity health improves. To see our latest opportunities, please visit gcfb.org/volunteeropportunities. A founding member of

Gleaners Distribution Centers

Gleaners Detroit Headquarters & Gleaners Taylor Distribution Center Distribution Center 25678 Northline Rd., Taylor, MI 48180 2131 Beaufait St., Detroit, MI 48207 Gleaners Joan & Wayne Webber Gleaners Livingston County Distribution Center Distribution Center 24162 Mound Rd., Warren, MI 48091 Gleaners Community Food Bank 5924 Sterling Dr., Howell, MI 48843 of Southeastern Michigan Gleaners South Campus 2131 Beaufait St. Gleaners Oakland County Distribution Center Detroit, MI 48207-3410 Distribution Center 21405 Trolley Industrial Dr, (313) 923-3535 or 1-866-GLEANER 120 E. Columbia Ave., Taylor, Michigan 48180 (313) 923-2247 Fax Pontiac, MI 48340 www.gcfb.org