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& 2018 ANNUAL REPORT • l -- Best Food Forward: A Game-Changer PG 7 Taking Hunger Delivering Off the Table Health and Hope for Families PG 2 PG 5 ·,•I :, WINTER/SPRING 2019 1 What’s Inside? OUR MISSION LETTER FROM THE 1. Letter From the President We exist to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious & Board Chair PRESIDENT & BOARD CHAIR 2. Delivering Health and Hope food, and related resources. We accomplish this through collaboration, efficient operations, education, and innovative solutions to 5. Taking Hunger Off the Table achieve a hunger-free community in southeast Michigan. 2018 was an exciting year in terms of growth and innovation for Families at , and we are excited to share with you the 7. Best Food Forward OUR VISION 10. Gleaners’ Leadership strides we’ve made toward our mission of achieving a 12. Why We Give: Kroger To end hunger in southeast Michigan. hunger-free community. 14. Standing Committees More than 43 million pounds of food were There are two key areas of growth and Henry Ford Health System, our efforts have 15. Board of Directors distributed through our network of 528 innovation. First, there is Best Food Forward, helped closed the gap for a majority of food- 16. 2018 Highlights partner agencies, and out of that amount, a school-based initiative that aims to bring insecure patients, with more than 95 percent Milk Milestones more than 18 million was fresh produce. households in a school district to food saying the food packages met their needs. 17. 2018 Financial Summary Volunteers completed 57,132 shifts, the security. We hear heartbreaking stories from We are now working with more partners such equivalent of 74 full-time jobs. educators all the time about how children are as Community Health and Social Services Gleaners’ milk movement started Gleaners' milk program has had a 18. The Gleaners Legacy Society coming to school hungry because there is not (CHASS) Center in Southwest Detroit and with a simple plea in 2015 from a positive impact on families. One & President’s Table We’ve helped families stretch their food enough to eat at home. You can’t have a food- the National Kidney ’s Diabetes team member: Our families need parent says, "My son is always so budgets farther. The Cooking Matters® secure child if they live in a food-insecure Prevention Program. 20. The Wild Side of Gleaners milk. Milk is expensive, so many happy when I bring milk home so program graduated 5,655 participants who household. To address this, Gleaners has been families go without, and it’s one he can have milk on his cereal. were able to save an average of $260 a year – working with a local school district to explore As we plan for the future, we are using 21. You Can Make a Difference of the most-requested yet least- Sometimes he has to eat his cereal that equals $1.47 million in economic benefit educational outcomes if every student and evidence-based data to devise solutions that donated food items. without milk because we cannot to households. their family didn’t have to face the chronic will not only address the root of the problem, always afford to buy it.” Connect with us stress of hunger. The work we’re doing now but will also help more struggling families In the past four years, Gleaners has Statistics are an important part of the story will lay the foundation for pilots we will launch prosper and thrive. on Social Media gone from essentially providing We are grateful for the generous – but it’s not the whole story. In the past few next school year. Join the discussion and become no fresh milk in 2014 to 158,000 support of partners such as years, Gleaners has shifted how it measures Thank you for all you do for Gleaners. It is our , the equivalent of Kroger and United Dairy Industry a fan to stay up to date on what’s gallons in 2018 success from pounds to household impact. Second, we are building on the success of our honor to stand with you in the fight against happening and what our followers 3 truckloads a month. This year of Michigan that made this It’s exciting to see that approach manifest Healthy Food Home Delivery program to better hunger. are saying. Gleaners is expanding its reach to achievement possible! into strategic solutions that will help us reach serve food-insecure patients with complex serve more families through a pilot the next level of our mission to make sure our health needs. Through this initiative, we’re facebook.com/gleanersfan program to provide 8 truckloads of 0 community’s most vulnerable residents don’t looking at how better access to nutritious milk a month through its network 0 twitter.com/gleaners have to worry about where their next meal is food affects health outcomes. So far, with our of agency partners and 70 partner coming from. instagram.com/gleanersfoodbank first healthcare pilot done in partnership with 0 schools. Gerald F. Brisson, Jim Tompkins, President & CEO Board Chair , , I j WINTER/SPRING 2019 Henry’s - I 3 Groceries The project at CHASS launched in late 2018 with the goal to enroll 125 CHASS patients who have a body mass index over 30 and A1C Helps to over 8. Every two weeks for six months, patients will receive food boxes that contain all five food groups and a mix of fresh, frozen, Close Food and shelf-stable foods. The box is meant to provide a substantial amount of nutritious food for the participant in order to help them Security Gap Delivering improve their eating habits over the long term. Since launching in November 2017, Henry’s To further reinforce healthy eating, participants will also take Groceries, our first healthcare initiative in Health and Hope cooking classes focused on preparing traditional foods in healthier partnership with Henry Ford Health System, ways, making health-conscious choices in each food group, and seems to be closing the food security gap for shopping for nutritious foods on a budget. CHASS’ clientele is participants – and helps them feel healthier. nearly 80 percent Latino, so there is also a special emphasis on providing culturally appropriate food. People who recently finished the program have reported feeling better and healthier; they either Lanny Grey stands in her River Rouge She says her diet has been her “Achilles’ "Through Gleaners’ healthcare initiatives, the food bank has been reported losing weight or improved metrics such kitchen unpacking the food just delivered heel.” She is diabetic (her A1C level has gone exploring how improved access to healthy foods can improve as blood pressure and mental health. to her home. up and down, but has never been below 7) health outcomes among food-insecure households while reducing and also has high blood pressure, asthma, healthcare costs at the same time," says Rachelle Bonelli, vice One of those participants is Nancy*, who “I love the canned goods. I’m excited to see and hypertension. president of programs at Gleaners. In Wayne County, the food says she dropped a few pounds after ending beans,” she says as she takes cans and insecurity rate is 21 percent, making it the most food-insecure the program. The 49-year-old, who was bags out of the box. She pulls out cheese The 69-year-old retiree sees The Healthy county in Gleaners' service area. Of those people who are food prediabetic while on the program, completed her and eggs and remembers the frittata Table as an opportunity to finally get insecure, one in three is not eligible for food and nutrition participation in October and says while she was she sampled at her healthcare provider healthier. assistance programs. receiving the healthy food boxes, she felt she had Community Health and Social Services more energy and moved around more. Center (CHASS) a couple weeks earlier “I'm getting a little bit more serious about Food insecurity and chronic disease are highly correlated, and during an orientation session for The my health and my diet because I wake up poor nutrition often worsens ongoing health problems and It also helped her stretch her food budget Healthy Table, a program she signed up for not feeling good in the morning. My energy increases the risk of developing chronic disease and poor mental because the weeks before she received her food after speaking with her doctor. levels are low so I really got to get on this.” health. Among Gleaners’ clients, nearly 22 percent report having a benefits assistance, times were lean. household member in poor health and 33 percent report a family Aside from receiving boxes of healthy food The Healthy Table is a partnership between member with diabetes. “It was a really good program because they every two weeks, she will also participate in Gleaners and CHASS as part of Gleaners’ give you this food where you could cut down cooking classes at CHASS. Even though she Healthy Food Home Delivery program. Aside from the health consequences, food insecurity can also have your grocery bill,” she says, adding, that it “was admits she’s not a good cook, she’s excited The first pilot was with Henry Ford Health costly implications for the economy and healthcare system. helping me way before I got my food assistance. to try the recipe using the eggs, cheese, System (see sidebar) and Gleaners has So when I had no food, I could just throw and vegetables she just received. expanded the reach of its healthcare something together with the food from Henry’s initiatives to serve food-insecure patients Groceries and say, oh I got a meal right here.” Before the orientation, she had never had with complex health needs through CHASS A 69-year-old retiree, Lanny Grey sees The Healthy Table as a frittata. Despite not having meat in it, the as well as the National Kidney Foundation. an opportunity to finally get healthier. The Henry’s Groceries pilot wraps up in May. frittata had a lot of flavor, she says, and that was surprising to her. *Name has been changed to protect participant’s privacy. 4 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 5

“Improving access to nutritious food is a critical step toward reducing the disproportionate rate of chronic disease found among residents in low- To further reinforce healthy eating, participants Taking Hunger Off income communities," says Bonelli. "Through our healthcare initiatives with entities such as CHASS and the National Kidney Foundation, we will will also take cooking classes focused on preparing leverage our expertise on cost-effective food procurement and delivery traditional foods in healthier ways. the Table for Families to better serve low-income participants who struggle with chronic disease and face food access barriers.”

Dr. Felix Valbuena, chief executive officer at CHASS, says the work he Valbuena says, because party stores and fast food restaurants are more There have been times when Tonia Worley lay does as a doctor in the exam room with a patient will impact only 20 easily accessible than grocery stores in the community CHASS serves. in bed crying at 3 a.m., not knowing how things percent of a patient’s health. “We’re very excited about this project,” Valbuena says. “Participants will are going to work out for her and her family and “One of my philosophies here at CHASS is what can we do to provide the learn a lot of new skills and information that will help them and then 80 percent?” he says, adding CHASS is a “one-stop shop” for services trickle down to their families.” stressing out over bills and medication. but they can’t offer everything to close that gap. The partnership with Gleaners is also working with the National Kidney Foundation to evaluate Gleaners aligns with that philosophy by helping to offset those social The single mom of two teenage daughters struggles with a chronic the effects of pairing food with the Diabetes Prevention Program, a determinants such as transportation and poverty. autoimmune disease that wreaked havoc on her health, and she’s living on health education program aimed at reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes a fixed income of almost $13,000 a year. The home delivery aspect is exciting for the diabetic patients of CHASS, and chronic kidney disease. But there’s one thing that doesn’t keep her up at night – how she’s going to put food on the table. Her daughters receive healthy breakfast and lunch at school, and she receives healthy food through the School Food Mobile pantry at L’Anse Creuse Public Schools in Clinton Township.

Things weren’t always tough for Tonia. She had a good-paying job and her family lived comfortably.

In 2007, she went through a bitter divorce and when she separated from her husband, she had only $54 in her pocket.

Then she lost her job after the financial collapse of 2008. After being unemployed for a while, she went back to school to start a new career and became licensed as a certified clinical medical assistant.

And then the health problems started to mount. She suffered from kidney

The food Tonia's received through Gleaners through the School Food Mobile, "has been exactly what I need … it has literally rescued us.” 6 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 7 Best Food Forward: A ‘Game-Changer’

When John Bernia was an assistant principal at a middle school, a girl Bernia is the chief academic officer at Warren Consolidated Schools, whose family was struggling to make ends meet took drastic measures a district that is working with Gleaners – as well as the Michigan to feed her family – she snuck back into the school after hours to take Department of Education, the Food Bank Council of Michigan, and Wayne food from the kitchen. Her father was disabled and her mother worked State University – to bring households to food security through Best as much as she could, but it wasn’t enough. So the girl took matters into Food Forward. her own hands, Bernia says. It’s stories like these that have stuck with Bernia. And it’s a story that "You can't have a food-secure child if you don't have ended well because thanks to community-based partnerships with local churches and nonprofits, the girl was able to get help for her family. a food-secure household."

failure and sharp pains in her elbows and hands. She struggled with To manage her health conditions, she uses chemotherapy and immune- psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis, and was then diagnosed with lupus system depressing medications and tries to eat a healthier diet. The food about five years ago. she’s received through Gleaners through the School Food Mobile “has been exactly what I need … it has literally rescued us.” "I enjoyed being able to provide for myself and my She’s made beans and rice, chicken and potato soup, and even her own version of lettuce wraps with ground chicken just like her and her daughters the best that I could and when that got daughters’ favorite dish at P.F. Chang’s. She even made a birthday cake taken away from me I had to revamp how I lived." for her youngest daughter using the frozen cherries she received. Not only has the food helped her eat more healthfully to help manage her disease, but also allowed the three of them to enjoy more family meals Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease where the body’s immune together. system attacks tissues and organs, affecting many different body systems. Inflammation caused by lupus can cause kidney damage “I would not be in the situation if I didn't have to be,” she says. “I enjoyed (kidney failure is one of the leading causes of death among people with having a job. I enjoyed being able to provide for myself and my daughters lupus) and increase the risk of complications such as cardiovascular the best that I could and when that got taken away from me I had to disease, infection, and bone tissue death. revamp how I lived.

With the autoimmune disease “your body turns on itself. It could be “The fact that I'm dragging my kids through it, it's hard. It's an everyday something as simple as when you wake up and you’re coughing and your battle. And the fact that I know once a month something wonderful is body starts to get aggravated. Your body is attacking your own lungs, coming for us, it is a godsend. There have been times I had to pay for which within hours you could drown to death,” Tonia says. medicines that were unbelievably expensive, that if it wasn't for Gleaners’ food, I don't know where we would've been.” 8 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 9

“You can’t have a food-secure child if you don’t Gleaners already engages in schools to serve wellness policies, school-based health services Warren Consolidated’s rate for kids who qualify for free or reduced- have a food-secure household,” Gleaners struggling families all across its service area and other considerations. The learnings from lunch is 68 percent. But it varies from school to school. For President Gerry Brisson says. through programs such as School Food Mobile this pilot will inform a scalable and replicable example, at the low elementary school, the average is 46 percent pantries and BackPacks. Best Food Forward model for other Michigan counties. and at some schools the average hovers around 90 percent. Launched in the summer of 2018, Best Food goes beyond that. It aims to not only ensure Forward is a school-based initiative that aims households are food secure, but also improve Best Food Forward is “a game-changer “When you look at the reality of what those numbers mean and to understand the impact of food security on the way kids learn, engage, and eat at school. for us with respect to how we support our what that means for kids, it's very difficult to teach kids and to academic achievement, health, behavior, and community,” Bernia says. “It's critical to our focus on literacy skills when some of their basic needs are not economic stability for the students and their To prepare to launch the pilot in schools next strategic plan. It's critical to our improvement being met,” Bernia says. families. According to Hunger In Our Schools: academic year, Gleaners has been taking an plan when we talk about our student support Share Our Strength's Teachers Report, two- evidence-based approach to crafting the most network and making sure kids are supported When kids are hungry, “no matter how good that lesson is or how thirds of teachers nationwide say children effective solution to ending food insecurity. and safe and cared for." amazing that teacher is, they cannot learn if they're hungry. They regularly come to school hungry because they cannot come to school and be the very best learner they can be are not getting enough food at home. They say A dedicated team has been working on “We want to make sure that we're doing all we if they're worried about their safety at home or where their next this greatly affects students' ability to focus, immediate achievable successes while can as a community resource to support kids meal is coming from,” says Diane Golzynski, a registered dietitian their behavior, and their ability to learn. This developing a longer-term plan for the district. and support families. And so that's why this and director of the Office of Health and Nutrition Services at the initiative will look at the outcomes of providing An initial assessment explored current nutrition was so compelling for us to get involved in Best Michigan Department of Education. food security. programs and respective participation rates Food Forward,” he says. as well as community partners, curriculum, "No matter how good that lesson is or how amazing "We want to make sure that we're doing all we can as a community that teacher is, they cannot learn if they're hungry." resource to support kids and support families." “If we're going to give these kids the very best future we possibly can, we need to take those adult worries off their childhood shoulders and allow them to be the children that they deserve to be. So this project for us is that. How do we bring these partners together and truly demonstrate that as adults we can take those adult worries off the shoulders of those children?”

Golzynski says the work to feed children aligns with the department’s vision to “be a top 10 education state in 10 years and we know we can't do that if we don't put the best learners in the seat possible.” • 10 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 11 GLEANERS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Cecile Aitchison Stacy Averill Jeffrey Bandy Julie Beamer Katherine Benford John Kastler Justin Kimpson Denise Leduc Linda Makris Carmen Mattia Vice President of Development Senior Director of Marketing Controller Chief Operating Officer Director of Program Services Vice President of Benchmarking Senior Director of the Ford Director of Community Chief Financial Officer Senior Director of the Ford & Performance Reporting Resource & Engagement Center at Engagement Resource and Engagement Center the Fisher Magnet Upper Academy at the Mexicantown Mercado

Rachelle Bonelli Gerald Brisson Bridget Brown Krista Cierpial Greg Drouillard Sarah Mills Sheryl Stoddard Omari Taylor Rachel Williams Vice President of Programs President & CEO Director of Food Secure Director of Human Director of Food Sales & Director of Wellness and Vice President of Administration Director of Executive Director of Strategic Community Livingston Resources Purchasing Nutrition Education Communication Impact Initiatives 12 GLEANERS HARVEST Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative works nationally with WHY WE GIVE groups like Gleaners to bring aid to Americans struggling with hunger. ZERO HUNGER | ZERO WASTE: KROGER Hunger is a widespread but often invisible problem in our community. It can affect anyone — a co-worker, a neighbor, even someone in your own family. In 2018, Gleaners' partnership with Kroger made an incredible impact Kroger's Annual You can’t see it but it’s there: One in 6 people in southeast Michigan faces stores, product of nearly 610,000 pounds of food, and in-kind on their shared mission to end hunger in southeast Michigan. the toxic stress of not having enough to eat. donations. This includes shopping bags for the annual Stamp Out Hunger Giving Recap food , and the parking lot use for convenient promotion and drop- Kroger also participates That's why Kroger is a proud partner of Gleaners, helping to serve off of some of the largest food drives. Finally, Kroger provides the lowest in these yearly programs: struggling families in southeast Michigan. Kroger is an expert in the pricing on milk, helping Gleaners distribute 158,000 gallons of milk last grocery business. Gleaners is an expert in food banking. Both are experts year to families in need. Winter in feeding people. From Hearts to Homes Through its nationwide Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative, Kroger aims Gleaners and Kroger have a longstanding relationship and share the Spring to end hunger in the communities it serves and eliminate company waste Stamp Out Hunger same mission to fight hunger every day, says Rachel Hurst, corporate by 2025. Forty percent of the food produced in America goes to waste, + affairs manager for The Kroger Co. of Michigan. Cereal Drive yet so many people in the community go to bed hungry. Ride Out Hunger Gleaners’ mission “completely aligns with our mission,” she says. “They “We are in the food business to feed people from our everyday shoppers Summer are our conduit to help feed as many families as we can. Their values to those that can’t shop with us. This is our corporate responsibility to 365,655 lbs 610,000 lbs 870,996 meals Cruisin' for Zero Hunger align with our values, and we know that they are committed at the same bring awareness to the reality of hunger and feed more families. We in food donations worth of financial Fall level we are to end hunger.” want to serve America through food inspiration and uplift,” Hurst says. food collected in food drives donations M.I.L.K. Gala As a top Gleaners donor, Kroger’s many supporting initiatives helped Since the Great Recession, the economy has recovered and many Detroit Uncorked provide 1.7 million meals to Gleaners, in fiscal year 2018 alone. Their Michiganians hit hard by the economic downturn have gotten back on Scouting for Food support ranges from financial sponsorship of events such as the CANstruction their feet. But there are many who are still struggling. If the state is going 1.7 million inaugural M.I.L.K. Movement gala, Detroit Uncorked, and Cruisin’ for to continue to rebound, we have to invest in its greatest asset—our fellow Double Your Day Zero Hunger at the Dream Cruise, to their annual round-up program in- neighbors. And that’s why Kroger gives. = meals Year-Round Round Up Program Fresh milk pricing 14 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 15

STANDING COMMITTEES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES FOUNDER DIRECTORS Damali Sahu Bodman Law Jim Tompkins, Chair COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Gene Gonya Sarah Alvarez Outlier Media Janet Fava, Vice Chair Terry Robinson, Chair Janet Fava, Chair Cheryl Scott Dube Richard Hampson, Treasurer Motor City Casino Judith Greenstone Miller, Vice Chair Ron Weingartz Nadine Cook Van Nguyen, Secretary Krysten Baligian Jim Tompkins OFFICERS St. John Providence Health System Kevin Trombley Jason Paulateer Nadine Cook Cheryl Scott Dube The Kroger Co. of Michigan Jim Tompkins, Chair Donna England Terry Robinson Salvatore J. Giammarusti DTE Energy DTE Energy, Retired Kyle Urek Sara Hipple FACILITIES COMMITTEE Janet Fava, Vice Chair Deloitte GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Brent Jones Susan Hawkins Ron Weingartz, Chair Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Henry Ford Health System David VanderPloeg Van Nguyen, Chair Heather Lovier Jay Bonahoom Flagstar Bank Robert McCormick Richard Hampson, Treasurer Joel Kellman Ned Greenberg Jack Bourget Chuck Otis Citizens Bank Dykema Gossett Jim Vella Keith Whitfield Sam Bush Damali Sahu Ford Motor Company Fund Kyle Urek Joel Kellman Van Nguyen, Secretary Heather Lovier Jose Santrich Schoolcraft College Cheryl Scott Dube Quicken Loans Ronald Weingartz Nina Thekdi Jim Tompkins Weingartz FINANCE COMMITTEE Jim Tompkins Gerald F. Brisson, President Jason Paulateer Kevin Trombley Gleaners Community Food Bank of Richard Hampson, Chair David Zarek Fifth Third Bank Keith Whitfield Southeastern Michigan Donna England Wayne State University Terry Robinson Paul Glantz EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Comerica Bank Kevin Trombley PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jason Paulateer, Chair OF ALL COMMITTEES Susan Hawkins, Vice Chair Jim Tompkins, Chair AUDIT COMMITTEE Sarah Alvarez Gerald F. Brisson, President David VanderPloeg, Chair Lauren Bigelow Michael Stair Saunteel Jenkins Kyle Urek Laura Trudeau 16 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 17 Thanks to your support, we have 2018 HIGHLIGHTS achieved great things in the past year! 2018 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

REVENUE MEALS* Donated Food $52,295,857 Meals Distributed 35,884,419 Meals Per Day 96,348 Cash Donations $12,239,772 • 0 Meals Per Week 690,085 Grants, United Way & Other $4,390,977 41 Meals Per Month 2,990,368 BackPack Program Purchased Food Reimbursements $3,872,839 • sites feeding 5,450 18.7 million pounds children at 69 schools Agency Shared Maintenance $521,118 0 *Based on the most recent meals year-round. of fresh produce per pound equivalent determined provided to hungry families. TOTAL REVENUE $73,320,563 by the USDA 1,677 community food drives collecting 528 2.32 million pounds partner agencies of food. engaged to reach hungry neighbors with emergency food. EXPENSES 43 1,118 million pounds Donated Food $53,301,798 School-Based of food distributed Mobile Pantry throughout the year Purchased Food $4,805,005 events provided a to neighbors in need. monthly source of j food for children Programs & Outreach $10,022,191 and their families. 5,655 Fund Raising $3,569,091 0 Cooking Matters™ Administration $1,743,957 0 57,132 graduates. volunteer shifts Program graduates saved an completed, resulting in 152,256 hours average of $260 per year through TOTAL EXPENSES $73,442,042 of volunteer work toward Gleaners’ improved food management skills. mission, which is the equivalent of 74 This equated to $1.47 million in full-time employees. economic benefit to households. 18 GLEANERS HARVEST WINTER/SPRING 2019 19

Ford Motor Company- National Christian Foundation FOOD DRIVES Cabbage, Inc. S & F Foods, Inc. Michigan Dearborn Truck Plant Michigan West Michigan Capital Sales Serra Brothers Robert Bosch LLC. -UAW 600 Newman's Own, Inc. AIA Detroit — CANstruction Costco Wholesale Sherwood Food Distributors Comcast Ford Motor Company Gleaners is grateful to the more than 42,700 donors who make Nextep Systems Children's Hospital CVS Sales, Inc. SMP Marketing Comerica Bank Purchasing Group — Cereal Drive our work possible every year. On these pages, we recognize our Oliver Dewey Marcks D & B Grocers St. Patrick's Church and DTE Energy GalaxE.Solutions Foundation Faurecia — Faurecia FUELS Legacy Society and President’s Table donors. Del Monte Fresh Produce School THE GLEANERS LEGACY SOCIETY Gardella Family Revocable Excel Employment Options Rose and Lawrence C. General Motors Company Door to Door Organics Target Living Trust Page Sr. Family Charitable FCA USA LLC Glo-Works Tyson Foods, Inc. Established in 2008, The Gleaners Legacy Society Garden Fresh Gourmet, Inc. Foundation Garden Fresh Gourmet Ford Motor Company exists to build a permanent source of funding in THE LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS: Gold for Food — Livingston Uncle Ray's Potato Chips General Motors LLC Michael and Peggy Pitt County Dental Association General Mills General Motors Company the Gleaners Endowment Fund to continue our Michael and Adele Acheson Dana Lokniskar and Jeff Murri Toni Wisne Sabina United Dairy Industry of Greater Horizons Great Lakes Council, Boy Gordon Food Service Jewish Vocational Services mission of feeding hungry people and nourishing William and Elizabeth Berlin Christine Beck Irving and Barbara Donald and Edith Slotkin Michigan Hamilton Anderson PNC Bank Scouts of America — Scouting Greenblendz Lake Trust Credit Union our communities. Members of The Gleaners Legacy Community Foundation for Karen Mazo Nusbaum Mary Stange Value Added Food Sales Associates The PNC Financial Services for Food Horkey Brothers Farms Magna Seating Society are truly champions in the fight against Southeast Michigan Eugene and Lois Miller Harold and Kay Peplau The Taste of the NFL Group Value Center Marketplace Henry Ford Health System Kroger Company of Michigan Iott Ranch and Orchard MGM Grand Detroit hunger in southeast Michigan and shall ever be Gene and Judy Gonya The Coleman and Shirley A. Dulcie and Norman Wayne and Joan Webber PNC Foundation — Bringing Hope to the Table Value Fresh Market Mopper Fund for Children Rosenfeld The Holley Foundation Kellogg Company PNC remembered for their valiant efforts. Jack Krasula Walter and Donna Young Province Of St. Joseph L&M Machining and Value Wholesale Infinisource Kraft Heinz Company Quicken Loans Manufacturing — Fill the Variety, The Children's The Greg and Robin Kerkstra Quicken Loans Gleaners President’s Table is comprised of individual, corporate, and foundation donors Skids, Feed the Kids The Kroger Company United Way for Southeastern Foundation Fund Milton M Ratner Foundation Walgreens Michigan who have contributed $15,000 or more in food, funds, or volunteer hours to help solve hunger Livingston County Land O'Lakes 2018 PRESIDENT'S TABLE Kerkstra Precast The Elizabeth, Allan and Whole Foods Wayne State University in our region. Association of Realtors — Lipari Foods The Kresge Foundation Warren Shelden Fund LCAR Food Drive Mastronardi/Sunset Produce The Kroger Company The Skillman Foundation National Association of Letter Meijer STATE & The Celani Family James and Mary Beth Morabito Southeast Michigan Foundation Tenet Healthcare Corporation Carriers — Stamp Out Hunger PRESIDENTS FOUNDATIONS & Michigan Milk Producers Jack and Heide Clausnitzer Harold and Kay Peplau Costco Wholesale The Kroger Company Toni Wisne Sabina Foundation Quicken Loans/Rock Ventures FEDERAL ORGS. Association OF GLEANERS: Lisa and Dave Crandall Michael and Peggy Pitt CORPORATIONS Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo of Michigan Joshua and Eunice Stone Rick Young — Mountain Feeding America Mondelez International Foundation Drieka DeGraff David and Jean Rosser Andiamo Restaurant Group L & M Machining and Foundation of Food Food Bank Council Gene Gonya, 1977 – 1998 Morley Candy Company Delta Air Lines, Inc. Manufacturing of Michigan Ronald and Eileen Eckstein David Seibert Ally Financial, Inc. Tyson Foods Richard A. Loewenstein, Motown Snack Foods Detroit Wine Organization Thom and Connie Lipari Michigan Department 1998 – 2002 Cynthia Fisher Bernie Smilovitz Ashton Fund UAW Region 1A FOOD Family Foundation Incorporated of Education Deupree Family Foundation Agostinho A. Fernandes Jr., Phillip W. Fisher Barbara A. Taylor Ameriprise Financial United Dairy Industry of Livingston County United Way DONORS Oliver Farms Michigan Department of 2002 – 2008 Dresner Foundation Michigan Robert H. Gorlin Barbara Thomas Artichoke Garlic Foundation Pepperidge Farm Outlet Health and Human Services Livingston Sunrise Rotary Achatz Pie Company W. DeWayne Wells, DTE Energy Foundation United Way for Southeastern Marcy Hayes and Neal Rubin James and Amanda Tompkins Baker Tilly Club Pepsi Bottling Group SE Michigan Area Combined 2008 – 2013 Michigan Advance Pierre Foods Dr. Sabrina Heidemann Joseph and Rosalie Vicari Elizabeth Ann Finkel Living Trust Federal Campaign (Federal Bloomberg L.P. Magna Seating Systems United Way of Metropolitan Pepsi Cola Gerald F. Brisson, Current Enterprise Holdings Foundation Alacarte Foods, Inc. Employees) Joel and Lauren Jacob Wayne and Joan Webber Bordine's Engineering Dallas, Inc. Pierino Frozen Foods Faurecia Aldi Share Our Strength USDA Ann Javorski The Weingartz Family The Bottle Crew The June and Cecil McDole Variety, The Children's Charity Prime Pak Foods INDIVIDUALS The FCA Foundation Foundation Andrew Brothers Jeffrey and Susan Kelley Gwen Weiner Celani Family Foundation, Inc. Wayne and Joan Webber Ram Produce Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher McGregor Fund Archway Marketing Services T.E. and Jennifer Adderley Russell and Kathleen Kittleson Walter and Donna Young Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation Rite Aid Drugs VOLUNTEERS Foundation MGM Grand Detroit Arctic Cold Storage Joseph and Carol Andronaco William J. Koss Foundation Weingartz Family Foundation Distribution Center AAA Benson and Edith Ford Fund Michigan.com Aunt Millies Jack and Annette Aronson Thom and Connie Lipari Citizens Bank Foundation Matilda R. Wilson Fund Rocky Produce Ally Financial, Inc. Ford Motor Company - Carl and Irene Morath Better Made Nancy Bacon Estate of Asta Mack MacDonald Comcast Foundation Corporation WJBK-TV Fox 2 Detroit Roscoe & Horkey Farms Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Headquarters Foundation, Inc. Bimbo Bakeries USA Estate of Prudence Bernstein Ralph E. Miesel Community Foundation for The Young Foundation Royal Banana Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ford Motor Company Fund Morgan Stanley Busch's 20 GLEANERS HARVEST THE WILD SIDE OF GLEANERS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE UPCOMING EVENTS Each $1 you donate helps Gleaners feed one hungry person for one day. Every day, the Gleaners team is hard at work to serve our hungry neighbors. But 93¢ of every dollar you give goes directly toward feeding hungry people. Women’s Power Breakfast we also know how to let loose. During the summer, the staff visited the Detroit April 23, 2019 Zoo for Gleaners’ annual summer retreat. We had fun, we learned some, but MGM Grand Detroit mostly we celebrated the joy of working together. Donate Bernie Smilovitz Hunger Free Summer Golf Classic The team got in touch with their wild side with a photo challenge. Here is a Monday, July 22, 2019 glimpse into how Gleaners team members like to have fun! • Send a Check: Detroit Golf Club Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan 15th Annual Iron Chef Competition 2131 Beaufait Street, Detroit, MI 48207-3410 Thursday, August 8, 2019 Bordine’s Nursery of Brighton

• Call in a Credit Card or Installment Gift: 2019 M.I.L.K. Gala Development Operations, (866) 453-2637 ext. 660 Friday, October 4, 2019 Detroit Athletic Club • Donate Online: You can easily make a secure donation online today at www.gcfb.org. Find more details on these and other upcoming events at www.gcfb.org/events.

Food Drives & Events We are incredibly grateful to the sponsors and supporters who make these events possible. Thank you! To hold a food drive or support an event, please contact Stacy Averill, Senior Director of Marketing, (313) 923-3535 x322 or [email protected] 0 PNC 4 DELTA Volunteer You can help Gleaners in a variety of ways: packing food for distribution, Gleaners is a founding member of: mailing letters, or even at one of our special events. Individuals, families, and groups are welcome. To help, please visit FEED.NC!i fo6d www.gcfb.org/volunteeropportunities. AMERICA -·-BANK Other Ways to Give Member of: Recognized as: There are a lot of ways you can make a difference in the lives of our hungry NO •O neighbors. Browse our list of other opportunities at t HUNGRY www.gcfb.org/waystogive. ----

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