Pantry Paper – JANUARY 2010

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Pick up food at Fallbrook Trader Joe’s Thursdays at 8 a.m. Call Lana Tickner (818) 884-6292 for info and sign up. Also, the Pantry will have space for sorting on January 8th. Call (818) 346-5554 by 3 p.m. Thursday the 7th to confirm.

THANK YOU The Food Pantry Board and Toy Distribution Co-chairs Lori Malingagio, Joanne Kim and Kelly Berka thank the National Charity League, churches, temples, schools, organizations, and friends and volunteers of the Pantry, who collected toys and made personal donations for the annual Toy Distribution to Pantry clients. We especially appreciate the support from NCL Ticktockers and Patronesses for setting up the Toy Shop Friday, December 18th and volunteering Saturday, December 19th. Special recognition goes to the 10th grade class for those wonderful teen baskets. Thank you Paul Sylvester for the many hours of physical labor in the set up and tear down of the event. We sincerely thank everyone for making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate this past holiday season.  

THANKS go to Merril Broth, Grace Latt and Terri Seidman for the Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Dinner, and to Prince of Peace Episcopal Church for the hall and its festive decorations.

SUPERMARKET FOOD DRIVES Help is needed Saturday, January 2nd at Ralph’s on the north side of Victory west of Fallbrook, Saturday, January 9th at Albertson’s on the south side of Victory west of Fallbrook, and Saturday, January 16th 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 January 2nd drive (818) 731-7385, Al Trumpler for the others (818) 887-9384.

VOLUNTEER NEWS Welcome new volunteers Susan Conner-Steeb, Megan Davis, Corinne Fredricks, Jinny Goodman and Vanessa Kohtala, and thanks to their trainers Carol Lombard, Kitty Sarkissian and Karen Zarachoff. 

WE APPRECIATE SHIFT VOLUNTEERS who are on time for the afternoon shift, relieving the morning shift and who complete cleanup at the end of the Friday shift, helping the other volunteers.

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

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.

WE NEED CASH-OFF SUPERMARKET COUPONS Some are in Entertainment books or the newspaper; others come in the mail. Please leave them in Jeanne Bain’s envelope on the corner bulletin board. Also please bring in egg cartons, large rubber bands and 2010 calendars. Thanks!

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.

                      NOVEMBER 2009 STATISTICS

 

      P.O.P.         Rescate                                   

TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED             858               600

PEOPLE SERVED: Adults             1,364              1085

                         Children            781              1093

                                               2,145             2,178     

 

Senior Wednesday, December 2, 258 people got large food bags.