GRATITUDE2014 REPORT STUDENT AT MANZO ELEMENTARY JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 GRATITUDE REPORT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Dankjewel. Thank you. All of the languages in the world can’t express our gratitude. You have helped us accomplish amazing things this year, and for that, we are beyond grateful. This community, our community, is a better place to live because of you. Thank you for giving kids the opportunity to grow up healthy; and parents, the hope for a better tomorrow. Thank you for setting tables and filling plates; for lightening burdens and lifting loads. Thank you for turning someone’s desperate yesterday into a more promising tomorrow. Together, this year we distributed 30 million pounds of food to people in need. That amounts to more than 24 million meals. Nearly 200,000 people were served through our emergency food program alone. It’s difficult to imagine, but without you, those people would have gone hungry. But you’ve not only assisted individuals, you’ve strengthened our community. Thirty- eight graduates of our Caridad Culinary Training Program are now employed by local businesses; nearly $400,000 stayed in Tucson because of our Farmers’ Markets and advocacy initiatives; and an estimated $7 million was generated in local economic impact through our SNAP assistance program. This success would not be possible without you. We are lucky to call you our partner in the battle against hunger. It may be a daunting task, but we have shown, time and time again, that working together to improve our community is not only possible, it’s a reality. Thank you always, Michael McDonald CEO/President Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona 2 GRATITUDE REPORT JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 MISSION STATEMENT A healthy, Through education, advocacy, hunger-free and the acquisition, storage, community. and distribution of food, we will anticipate and meet the food needs of the OUR hungry in our community. VISION Humanity is at the heart of what we do. From helping people who need emergency assistance to teaching them how to grow food, we are dedicated to improving lives. It’s an honor to serve as the Board President of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. I’m grateful for the opportunity to work alongside you, our loyal donors, in fighting hunger and encouraging self-sufficiency. I am also energized by the commitment of my fellow board members. We are a diverse group, representing many fields, including law, health, business, education, and politics. Together, we are moving forward in great new directions to address the future of the Community Food Bank. We are focusing on how to best serve those who need it while expanding programs that will ultimately reduce the demand. We not only provide nourishment, we impart knowledge and teach skills that will ensure a more prosperous future. It is through this work that we will give our community the opportunity to be the best it can be. Thank you for standing with us. Sincerely, Katie Maxwell Board President Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona GARDEN VICTORY (COVER PHOTO) MANZO ELEMENTARY In 2014, Manzo Elementary, where 90% of the students qualify for free lunch, became the first school in Pima County to receive certification to officially serve their garden food in the cafeteria. Student Kyesha says, “It makes me feel excited and proud to eat the vegetables we’ve grown.” JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 GRATITUDE REPORT 3 THE NEED 1 IN 4 KIDS & 1 IN 5 ADULTS IN ARIZONA ARE AT RISK FOR HUNGER 3 OUT OF 5 KIDS IN ARIZONA QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCHES AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY, SENIORS HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MEDICINE & FOOD. VOICES FIGHTING HUNGER After working 28 years, I lost it all. For 28 years I had my own company here in Tucson. Then one stupid blood clot rearranged everything. Now I can’t work anymore. When they gave me my exit from the hospital, I was out on the streets. Thank God, I’ve been able to pick myself up. I’m so thankful to the Food Bank, because I would have starved. At least I’m alive. -Glen, Client 4 GRATITUDE REPORT JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 PARTNERS FIGHTING HUNGER We support the Community Food Bank because we want the best for children and families in our community. TEP’s fundraising campaigns and employee-led food drives have helped the Community Food Bank provide millions of dollars of food aid to local families who wage daily battles against hunger. -David Hutchens President and CEO Tucson Electric Power YOUR IMPACT 29,980,294 13,461,320 POUNDS OF POUNDS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED VEGETABLES Based on 1 pound of food equals 1.2 meals: 36 MILLION 98,500 4,100 MEALS/YEAR MEALS/DAY MEALS/HOUR FOR EVERY $1 YOU DONATE, YOU GIVE 4 MEALS TO PEOPLE IN NEED JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 GRATITUDE REPORT 5 VOICES FIGHTING HUNGER The Food Bank has been a godsend to us. We are on a fixed income. With the Community Food Bank, we can eat healthier. We get a lot of fruits and vegetables. I’m famous for my pasta fagioli, but it’s hard to stay healthy if you’re eating pasta every night. -Irene, Client Because of you, the Community Food Last year, you helped distribute: Bank of Southern Arizona is able to provide 286,539 EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE to people like Irene. People receive help from the FOOD BOXES to main branch in Tucson, as well as at four branch locations in MARANA, GREEN VALLEY- 191,150 SAHUARITA, AMADO, and NOGALES. INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES The Food Bank also partners with more than 250 AGENCIES who run distribution services & 177,787 at 485 SITES, allowing us to better serve ADDITIONAL BOXES people in rural communities, too. to seniors THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS (JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014) $100,000 & More $50,000–$99,999 $25,000–$49,999 AZ Community Community Arizona Combined Federal Pima County Community Action Association Foundation Campaign Action Agency AZ Dept. of Economic Security for Southern Casino Del Sol Resort Raytheon AZ Dept. of Education Arizona Donor Click Family Foundation Charitable Giving AZ Dept. of Health Services Advised Funds Desert Diamond Casinos & Steven C. Leuthold Family Entertainment Foundation Bashas’ Mark Fay, III Fidelity Charitable Stocker Foundation City of Tucson Gift Fund Surplus Line Association of Kautz Family Arizona Foundation Country Fair White Elephant Foundation Hsinchun Chen and Hsiao-Hui Chow Fund United Way of Tucson & James De Girolamo Southern AZ Namaste IBM Employee Feeding America Foundation Contributions Valley Presbyterian Church Ellen Kaye Jewish Community Fdn. Vanguard Charitable Tucson Electric Endowment Program Helen L. Macleod of Southern Arizona Power Donor Advised Funds William S. Anheuser Pima County La Posada at Charitable Fund at Alice Riley William & Mary Ross Park Centre Youthbridge Community Foundation Foundation Thanksgiving on the James & Sandy Peebles Wolslager Foundation Mayflower, 94.9 MIXfm 6 GRATITUDE REPORT JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 VOICES PLANTING CHANGE Lupita is blind and an active member of the Community Food Bank’s Gardening Program. I’ve met many kind people through the Home Gardening Program. They’ve shown me so much, even how to raise worms. Fifteen people came out to help install my garden. That’s just incredible. I’m grateful beyond words for the help and sense of community I’ve received from the Community Food Bank. -Lupita, Home Gardener Lupita is able to eat healthy vegetables from her own You helped us support healthy eating at: garden because of her involvement with the Food Bank. Thank you for joining us in preventing hunger by helping people become self-sufficient through LOCAL education, advocacy, and food production. 50 SCHOOLS GARDENING PROGRAMS help people grow healthy and through... food at home. Our DEMONSTRATION GARDEN hosts workshops on vegetable gardening, canning, and GARDEN & more. The URBAN FARM, Las Milpitas de Cottonwood, NUTRITION WORKSHOPS provides garden plots for community members & area 277 youth. FARMERS’ MARKETS sell local, naturally-grown The Farmers’ Markets enabled produce in low-income neighborhoods, giving people easier TO STAY IN OUR access to healthy foods while growing our local economy. $400K COMMUNITY $10,000–$24,999 Ameriprise Financial Elizabeth Read Taylor Jasam Foundation Fund B St. Mark’s United Arizona Association Foundation Jewish Federation of Methodist Church of Food Banks Encore.org Southern Arizona St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Paul & Alice Baker Feeding America, Joseph Stanley Leeds Sam Levitz Furniture A. Frederick Banfield thanks to Con Agra Charitable Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund Bank of America Foundation Feinstein Foundation Kingfisher Bar And Grill Melissa & Brian Scott Mark & Jan Barmann Fred & Christine Barry & Janet Lang the West Benevity Community Armstrong Foundation Margaret E. Mooney Town of Sahuarita Impact Fund Fry’s Fund Foundation Volk Company CBIZ Benefits & Good Shepherd United Marshall Foundation Voyager Community Chapel Insurance Services Church of Christ & Anthony & Katherine Milo Sahuarita Food Bank Whole Foods Market Claire Livesey Trust Norman & Joan Kinsey Susan Wick Gordon Foundation Foundation Cox Communications Winterhaven Water & Denton Family Foundation Green Valley Our Lady of the Valley Community Church Development Co Desert Hills Lutheran Church Knights of Columbus Robert & Cis Hawk Zuckerman Community Desert Skies United Louis & Cynthia Petti Outreach Foundation Methodist Church James Hillman Pocono Charitable Foundation Dunkin’ Donuts Hudson Foundation James & Nancy Rodolph Thousands of individuals and food donors contributed in 2013-2014. Every gift is precious. If we have omitted you, your organization, or loved one, please accept our thanks and apologies. JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 GRATITUDE REPORT 7 $5,000–$9,999 Aaron’s Eliot Spalding Foundation McCortney Foundation Mr.