Caring Connecting Changing Lives Thanks to you ® 2017 Annual Report Also inside: Growing Healthy Kids Family Outreach A Veteran’s Story Free Farmers Markets The mission of the Community Soup Kitchen & Outreach Center is to provide nutritious meals in a warm, safe and caring environment, free of charge, no questions asked, to anyone who comes seeking nourishment. As part of our hospitality, we also encourage and assist our guests in accessing community resources, services and educational programs. As we reflect back on the past year, we’re amazed and astounded by the tremendous community and corporate support given to our Community Soup Kitchen & Outreach Center. Once again, you helped us fulfill our mission of caring for and feeding our most vulnerable neighbors. Thank you for your commitment and generosity. Every effort makes a difference, whether it’s a volunteer serving meals to our guests, a corporate team working behind-the-scenes or a group of students joining our Hunger Walk. And each gift – no matter how big or small – goes directly to assisting Executive our guests. Director Teresa It has been a pivotal year, and we thank you for making all of our successes Connolly possible. In addition to providing nutritious food and outreach services, we extended our reach into the surrounding community to help our guests get the care they need beyond our walls. With your partnership, we hope to make each and every guest self-sufficient so that our services are no longer needed. But for now, hunger and homelessness remain a growing problem in our area, and with your continued support, we’ll keep feeding and caring for our neighbors in need. We’re excited to share some of our outstanding accomplishments for 2017: • Served 75,000 breakfasts and lunches and gave away 500,000 pounds of nutritious food. • Continued our 33-year streak of remaining open 365 days a year, including holidays and snow days. • Provided 125 camp lunches each day for children not receiving free school meals over the summer and served 500 dinners to camp families. • Secured permanent housing for 25 chronically homeless guests and stayed involved to ensure they receive necessary support services to remain housed. • Helped 44 guests find employment. • Collaborated with 31 local organizations to bring health, mental health, shelter, housing, education and employment services to our guests on a regular basis, right in our dining room. Because of our dedicated donors and committed volunteers, every guest who walked into our dining room this past year was welcomed, offered a meal and given help to get back on track. Thank you for providing nourishment, comfort and hope to our guests, each and every day. With gratitude, 2 CHANGING LIVES 2017 SIDE DISHES Ferring Pharma Team Day families in our community families 1 in 4 struggle with hunger 461 served 4,380 gallons of 500,000 10,150 milk miles driven by our pounds of food van to pick up food given away at our 40 Kitchen to Kitchen partners 5,340 agencies we backpacks collaborate with so dozen eggs served for guests can achieve at breakfast and 231 students 31 distributed at Free lasting change Farmers Markets people permanently flu shots given 22 housed 81 2017 REFERRALS 33,000+ Mental Health volunteer hours Employment days open Medical 365 Housing years open and we’ve never missed a day 33 thanks to your support! 0 200 400 600 800 CARING 3 Community Outreach: Outreach Center Facts Reaching Out Beyond Serving Size: unlimited our Dining Room Outreach Coordinators Food Stamps/SNAP This past year, our Outreach Center expanded Medicaid its reach out into the community to ensure that Social Security & Legal Assistance our guests receive the care and services they need Drug, Alcohol & Mental Health Referrals beyond our dining room. Our team forged crucial Housing & Community Advocacy partnerships with local agencies to better advocate Art, Music & Pet Therapy, Writing Groups for our guests. We’re thrilled to share some of our amazing achievements: Substance Abuse Counseling thru Cornerstone Family Programs Last year we strengthened our partnership with Drug & Alcohol Outreach Morristown Medical Center and with permission AA meeting & Community Hope from our guests, our Outreach Center workers can Veteran Outreach thru Catholic Charities now discuss case histories with social workers, nurses and Community Hope and doctors and be involved with treatment and Streetsmart Outreach thru Somerset discharge plans. Our team accompanies guests to Home for homeless and runaway teenagers appointments, makes hospital visits and advocates Job coach and employment postings for guests when appropriate. In many cases, the CSK HIRE - Helping Individuals Reach Employment is a guest’s only emergency contact. Program We also helped 44 guests find jobs through an English as a Second Language Classes individualized employment program, generously Mental Healthcare thru Mental Health funded by Travelers Insurance, where guests receive Association of Morris County specialized job training and funds for necessary ex- Healthcare Outreach penses, including uniforms, work attire and Health Screenings provided by Zufall Clinic, transportation. Zufall Van & Morristown Medical Center Nursing consults every Friday provided by This Travelers initiative was launched in conjunction the Congregational Health Nursing Clinic, Visiting with a newly formed partnership that includes The Nurse Association & Morristown Medical Center Mayor’s Wellness Campaign, Morristown Medical Health Services: Center, County College of Morris, local businesses HIV/AIDS testing and social services agencies and matches CSK guests Flu shots with appropriate jobs, right in Morristown. And Cholesterol screenings employment experts from County College of Morris regularly visit guests in our dining room to provide Blood pressure screenings resume and job search assistance. Now CSK Outreach Glucose level screenings Center workers can be involved with all phases of a Cancer screenings guest’s job search process, from training to finding Dietary counseling the best job placement. For example, a veteran Lyme and H1N1 information suffering from PTSD would fare better stocking grocery shelves at night than waiting tables in a Wound care bustling restaurant. This has created a profound shift: Counseling to quit smoking Job applicants previously hid their involvement with Treatment of skin conditions CSK, but now, the CSK is often listed as a reference Health service referrals and acts as a liaison with employers. We’re grate- Hospital follow-ups ful to all of our community partners for helping to Overall emotional support improve the health and wellbeing of our guests. 4 CHANGING LIVES 2017 Donors Individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations make amazing things happen at the Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center. We are honored to recognize the following contributors who give so much of themselves. We are grateful for each and every gift that helps guests in crisis. $50,000 + $7,500+ $2,500+ Lanca Sales Anonymous Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John Ruffle Covanta BASF Corporation Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bingham Open Road Auto Group Bloomberg $25,000+ Pfizer Bloomingdales, Inc. Appaloosa Management L.P. TD Bank Charitable Foundation Bonaventura Devine Foundation, Inc. Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Weinstein Capsugel Holdings Inc. The Geraldine R. Dodge Wells Fargo Foundation Colas, Inc Foundation Collabera The Madison Hotel Mr. David Dietz and Mrs. Jane Kendall Sandra S. Kupperman Foundation, $5,000+ DolCas Biotech,LLC Inc. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Esman The Walmart Foundation Bugen Family Fund of the Community First Presbyterian New Vernon Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeNoon Foundation of New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fisher Capital One Bank Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fitzgerald Church of the Assumption Gerber Products $15,000+ Credit Suisse GlaxoSmithKline The Bank of America Foundation Dun & Bradstreet Grunenthal USA, Inc. Bayer Healthcare, LLC The Families of the Peck School Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Guss Mr. and Mrs. James Gregorek Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fournier Ms. Nancy Henseler Investors Bank Foundation Franklin Templeton Investments Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hoffman Peapack Gladstone Bank Matching Program Mr. and Mrs. Saran Kanagaraj Robert W. Johnson IV Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Harty Mr. Eric Kastango Mr. Paul Selver and Mrs. Ellen Roller Mr. Joseph Heavey and Ms. Lisa Bogert Mariner Holdings, Inc. Mr. Todd Hohman Mr. and Mrs. James McAuliffe Mr. and Mrs. Roger Howard MetLife Foundation $10,000+ Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Morristown Unitarian Fellowship Anonymous Inc. New York Jets LLC Albert & Pearl Ginsberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kennedy Panova ASCO Key Stone Property Group Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Parker Bayview Fund of the Community Ms.Nancy Henseler RBC Wealth Management Foundation of New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leitner Realogy The Benevity Community Impact Fund Lexus of Route 10 Mr. and Mrs. Werner Rehm Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bernheim Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCann Mr. and Mrs. Keith Richardson Crum & Forster Insurance Company Morris School District- Coins for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ross The Garibaldi Group a Cause Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. Mr. Laurence Ginsberg Morristown Medical Center - Sefcik Productions Meadowlark Foundation Atlantic Health Ms. Anne Siotka Network For Good Morristown Rotary Club - District Spring Brook Country Club Northwestern Mutual 7470 St. James Church Presbyterian Church of Chatham NJM Insurance Group The Community Foundation for the Township Novartis Pharmaceuticals National Capital Region The New York Community Trust/ Corporation Towers Watson Delaware, Inc. Alliance Bernstein The Jockey Hollow Foundation Tudor Investment Corp. The TJX Foundation Inc. The Pierson Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weeks Travelers The Presbyterian Church of The Westin Governor Morris Walsh Family Fund of the Community Morristown WithumSmith & Brown, PC Foundation of New Jersey St. Vincent Martyr RC Your Cause Corporate Employee William E. Simon Foundation Mr. Robert Thomas Giving Programs CARING 5 $1,000+ Kramer Levin Naftalis & Mr. and Mrs. Lou Bodian Mr. and Mrs. Jay Johnson Anonymous Frankel, LLP Mr.