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Yorkville Common Pantry 2010 Annual Report Yorkville Common Pantry 8 East 109th Street Visit us on Facebook: New York, NY 10029 www.facebook.com/YCPNewYork (917) 720-9700 Follow us on Twitter: www.ycp.org @YCPNewYork 2010 Annual Report YCP Recognition Mission Statement Yorkville Common Pantry is dedicated to In December 2009, YCP was prominently In the same week, YCP was honored by the Robin Hood reducing hunger while promoting dignity featured in New York Family maga- Foundation with its prestigious Heroes Award and a and self-sufficiency. YCP champions the zine in its annual “What’s Your Favorite $50,000 grant for continued services for the needy. Mayor cause of the hungry through food pantry Charity?” roundup. Receiving the highest Michael Bloomberg spoke at the breakfast ceremony, and and meal distribution programs, nutrition rating of “Five Stars,” YCP was selected presenters included Robin Hood Founder Paul Tudor Jones education, basic hygiene services, home- as one of five “Family Pick” charities for and Robin Hood board members Tom Brokaw, Geoffrey less support, and related services. YCP’s offering outstanding program opportuni- Canada and Daniel Och. Every year, the Robin Hood Foundation celebrates people and community-based programs focus on ties for families to volunteer together to organizations making extraordinary contributions in the fight against poverty. Qualities East Harlem and other underserved com- respond to pressing community needs. honored include tenacity, selflessness, innovation, and the ability to profoundly affect munities throughout New York City. people’s lives. The Robin Hood Foundation also honored Halana Richardson, a 44-year- old mother of three, who received food services and other assistance from YCP as a YCP is grateful for our ongoing relation- first-time visitor to a food pantry. ship with our 19 sponsoring organiza- tions that not only provide volunteers, Early in 2010, YCP received the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Board members, funds, food and other Program (HPNAP) 2009 Best Practice Award in January, and was honored by the donations, but further infuse our work New York State Department of Health in a ceremony in Albany, NY. The award recog- with profound meaning and reward. nized YCP’s commitment to providing its We consider these organizations to be clients not only food, but the nutritional caring members of the extended YCP information and tools to live healthier family, and feel very fortunate to have lives. YCP has worked to advance nutri- their dedication and involvement. tion in East Harlem, a community that confronts challenges such as obesity, diabetes, and limited access to produce, Sponsoring Organizations by offering its pantry clients and their families a series of cooking and nutrition The Brick Presbyterian Church education workshops. The Church of St. Edward the Martyr The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola The Church of Heavenly Rest The Church of the Holy Trinity Make a gift to YCP: The Internal Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Revenue Service has determined Park Avenue Christian Church that YCP is exempt from Federal Park Avenue Synagogue income tax under Section 501(c) Park Avenue United Methodist Church (3) of the Internal Revenue St. Stephen of Hungary Code of 1986 and is a publicly- St. James’ Church supported charity under Section St. Jean Baptiste Church 509(a)(1). YCP therefore quali- St. Joseph Yorkville fies for the maximum charitable St. Thomas More Catholic Church contribution deduction allowed to St. Vincent Ferrer Church individual donors. If you would like Temple Emanu-El to discuss will bequests or other Temple Israel of the City of New York planned giving techniques that Temple Shaaray Tefila provide YCP with a more stable The Unitarian Church of All Souls long-term financial base, please contact Abigail Franklin, Develop- ment Director at (917) 720-9707 or [email protected]. Letter from the Executive Director Dear Friends, “Are we still in America?” This awestruck question was uttered by Diego, a nine year-old participant in Yorkville Common Pantry’s (YCP) Nutrition Initiative for Children and Families last summer. Like many of the 34 other children with him on a field trip to Katchkie Farms in Columbia County, he had never been outside of New York City. He had never observed how egg- plants, peppers and tomatoes grow, nor had he ever even considered it. The sights, sounds and smells were overwhelming. “This is the best day of my life!” another child exclaimed. Thirty years ago, when volunteers from East Side churches and synagogues formed YCP in response to the crisis of poverty and homelessness that government could not adequately address, they could not have imagined that hunger, food insecurity and the paradox of obesity in poor communities would exist in our city in 2010. Nor would they have been able to imagine that three decades later, children still live in ‘food deserts’ where fresh and healthy food is unavailable, or that the need would have grown expo- nentially so that YCP’s pantry program serves over 2 million meals a year to nearly 18,000 people. Since 2008, YCP has seen a 100% increase in the number of families seeking our help. Equally true today as in 1980, this extreme situation calls for new responses. In ad- dition to food, we must address hunger by providing information, education, training, instruction, and access to resources. Last year, toward those ends, we doubled enroll- ment in our nutrition education and cooking classes. That translated into almost 1,000 distinct individuals, including almost 400 children, receiving hands-on cooking and nutri- tion instruction, taking part in walking groups to greenmarkets in the community, and participating in field trips to places like Katchkie Farms. In the coming year we will again seek to expand this program so we can serve more families in order to impact behavior in the early years. Just as important, we will continue to expand the variety of support services for pantry families and homeless adults. Last year we helped over 5,000 people receive services other than food, including helping members of our community access $1.2 million in benefits through the streamlined electronic Paperless Office System. We partnered with other organizations to provide free on-site tax, legal and psychiatric services, as well as medical screenings. By providing benefits and services, food and nutrition instruction, treating people with dignity and respect all along the way, we believe we can continue to make a difference during these difficult times. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, Stephen Grimaldi 1 Message from the Chair Dear Friends, I am honored to be the new Chair of the Yorkville Common Pantry, and I ask for your support as I undertake this new challenge. For almost two-thirds of YCP’s history, I have been volunteering at the Pantry, and I have seen the many changes over the years: the spike in number of clients served, the dramatic enhancement in our physical space, the improvement in the nutrition of the food we distribute and the increasing professionalization of our ways of working. Now it is time for YCP’s supporters to grow as the organization has grown: be more engaged, contribute more, volunteer and be part of our mission! Discover the feeling of Community that working at the Pantry has given me and can give to you. I began to volunteer because I wanted to represent to my then young sons the importance of giving back. I stayed, because the work is meaningful, fulfilling, and important, and because YCP does the work better than anyone else in the field. We serve more meals, distribute more fresh produce, and teach better nutrition to children and families. And all that is just a start. Come visit! Wendy Stein Board of Directors Board Retirees Wendy Stein, Chair Carol M. Hess YCP Board Members Retire Lindsay Higgins We extend special appreciation to the two members of the YCP Board Sherrell Andrews, Vice Chair Jamie Hirsh who retired in 2010. Laura Weissberg was the sponsoring organization Gerard M. Meistrell, Vice Chair Linda E. Holt representative from Temple Emanu-El for many years and served with Kathy L. Nalywajko, Vice Chair Patricia Hughes devotion and creativity on the Board’s Development Committee and Stuart Johnson annual Benefit Committee. Dolores Morrissey served faithfully as the Elaine Weiss, Secretary Camille Kelleher sponsoring organization representative from St. Thomas More Church. Patricia Kelly YCP is grateful to both Laura and Dolores for so many years of service Mary McCaffrey, Treasurer Susan Kessler to YCP’s clients and mission. Kathy A. Leo Stephen Grimaldi, Anne P. MacKinnon Executive Director Doreen S. Morales Sherrell Andrews Completes Michael Nachman Term as Board Chair Antonia Abraham Neda Navab Sherrell Andrews completed her term as YCP Board Chairman in June Hartley Bernstein Peter Pront 2010 following three years of leadership that included chairing the Monty Blanchard Madeleine Rice Search Committee to recruit the new YCP Executive Director. Previ- Hilary Hart Brown Rebecca Robertson ously, Sherrell chaired the Long Range Planning Task Force and served Thomas W. Chin Lite Sabin on the Nominations Committee and the Executive Committee. She Elaine Clark Wendy Gartner Salles joined the Board of YCP as the sponsoring organization representative Didi Fenton-Schafer Mallory Spain from Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, where she had served on Candice K. Frawley Veronica Mallory Stubbs MAPC’s Outreach Committee for many years. YCP is deeply grateful to Edward Gallagher
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