Pantry Paper – June 2009

THANK YOU 87 VOLUNTEERS for transporting, sorting and storing 667 postal bins of food, during the Letter Carriers Food Drive May 9th. Begun at mid-afternoon, the job was complete by dark. Special thanks to John Willauer for coordinating the sorting and Al Trumpler for the trucking from the Post Office.

SUPERMARKET FOOD DRIVES Help is needed Saturday, June 6th at Ralph’s on the north side of Victory west of Fallbrook, Saturday, June 13th at Albertson’s on the south side of Victory west of Fallbrook, and Saturday, June 20th at Ralph’s on the north side of Sherman Way east of Shoup. All consist of two hour shifts, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Call Jeff Albee to sign up for the June 6th drive (818) 731-7385, Al Trumpler for the others (818) 887-9384.

WE NEED CASH-OFF SUPERMARKET COUPONS Some are in Entertainment books or the newspaper; others come in the mail. Please leave them with the shift leader at the Pantry.

VOLUNTEER NEWS: Welcome  Abby Fukuto, Lynn Gilson, Adele Laufer, Lisa Lorentzian, Julie Trujillo, and Josue Zetino. Thanks go to their trainers: Phoebe Shaw, Al Trumpler, Lupe Flores and Karen Buesing. Also, thank you for recent fundraisers: Dawn Hromadka and the Rho Chapter of Theta Chi Epsilon; the Princes Players of Prince of Peace Episcopal Church.

PLEASE ADD YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO YOUR E- MAIL, when you request your shift(s) from pantryscheduler@sbcglobal.net.

PLEASE DROP OFF A MAGAZINE OR TWO Our clients welcome them. Current, quality magazines in English are in short supply. Be sure to clip off your address. Thank you Sue Keating for this idea.

TRIBUTES For a minimum donation of $5, you can help the Pantry and honor or remember someone. Please send the name of the person you wish to remember/honor and the reason for it, along with your check, to Earl Lewis, 6036 Shirley Ave., Tarzana, CA 91356. Also, please let us thank you by including your name and address.

IF A GROUP DROPS OFF A DONATION, please ask them if they would like to receive a thank you note. If so, pull a donation card from the envelope on the bulletin board, fill it out and sign it. You’ll need to ask their name and address, and describe what they donated. Then return the card to the envelope, where it will be passed on to a note writer. When someone drops off a personal donation, give them the card to document a charitable deduction.

FOOD PANTRY T-SHIRTS ON SALE AT THE PANTRY Medium, Large and Extra Large available for $7 each to help the Pantry.

HUNGER RESOURCE When someone comes in early, they may be referred to SOVA Pantry, a program of Jewish Family Services, located at 16439 Vanowen St., Van Nuys. It also does food stamp sign-up every Wed. and Fri. For more info, see Pantry handouts.

                      APRIL 2009 STATISTICS

 

      P.O.P.         Rescate                                   

TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED             665               556

PEOPLE SERVED: Adults             1,050               892 

                         Children            450              880

                                              1,500             1,772

 

Senior Wednesday, May 6, 218 people got large food bags.