Pantry Paper – MARCH 2010

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

VOLUNTEER NEWS Welcome new volunteers Joyce Campbell, Denise Crooks, Evelyn Fischer and Debbie Wittwer and thanks to their trainers Liz Chaneske, Elissa Kaczorowski, Lee Tishler and Karen Zarachoff. 

E-MAIL ADDRESS PLEASE If you have received this Pantry Schedule and Newsletter through the Post Office and are willing to receive them by e-mail, we would appreciate your sending your e-mail address to Glenn Ellis at gaellis@earthllink.net, (818) 347-6021. You will help us save the cost of postal service mailings.

IF YOU RECEIVED YOUR SCHEDULE BY E-MAIL, be sure to send the shifts you wish to work in April, along with your phone number, to PantryScheduler@sbcglobal.net.

WE APPRECIATE SHIFT VOLUNTEERS who are on time for their  shifts, 9:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., and who complete cleanup at the end of the Friday shift, helping the other volunteers. If you are unable to work on the day you are scheduled, try switching with someone working the same day during a different week. Or call one of the substitutes listed on the last page of your Volunteer Schedule.

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, describe what they donated and MAKE SURE THIS INFORMATION IS LEGIBLE. 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.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GLEAN PRODUCE OR OFFER YOUR PROPERTY FOR GLEANING, go to foodforward.org. A portion of the harvest goes to the Pantry.

HELP FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES is available from L. A. Family Housing at www.lafh.org, and Volunteers of America Greater Los Angeles at www.voala.org.

                      JANUARY 2010 STATISTICS

P.O.P. Rescate

TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED             753               620

PEOPLE SERVED: Adults             1,193             1,097

                         Children            564 1,055

                                              1,757              2,152     

Senior Wednesday, February 3, 292 people got large food bags.