Pantry Paper – JUNE 2010

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Citrus Sunday Produce Collection June 13th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., drop off washed, bagged citrus at Fields Market, 23221 Saticoy St., West Hills, CA (intersection with Woodlake). To offer your home as a picking location, contact semee.park@lacity.org.

THANK YOUS to all the volunteers who worked to Stamp Out Hunger Saturday, May 8; 742 postal bins, up from 667 last year, were collected, sorted and stored. Thanks especially to Boy Scout Troop 22 and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Henry Willauer, who recruited other Scouts, assisted with loading at the Post Office and with putting away tables at the Pantry at the end of the day. Al Trumpler coordinated transport from the P.O.; John Willauer organized the Pantry storage bin; and Lynn Gilson coordinated overall.

SUPERMARKET FOOD DRIVES Help is needed Saturday, June 5th at Ralph’s on the north side of Victory west of Fallbrook and Saturday, June 12th 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 June 5th drive (818) 731-7385, Al Trumpler for the 12th (818) 887-9384.

VOLUNTEER NEWS Welcome new volunteers Judy Leung and Heidi Turner. Thanks to Trainer Phyllis Henkin.

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 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.

RELUCTANT TO ASK THE CLIENTS THEIR INCOME? It is mandatory, since the Pantry gives out food only to those who are under the Federal poverty guideline (see the laminated sheet on the front table). To keep track of this for Food Pantry records, we include income on a registration card for everyone who comes in.

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.

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 well be passed on to a note writer. When someone drops off a personal donation, give them the card to document a charitable deduction.

VOLUNTEER CPA NEEDED by the Family Rescue Center, a Canoga Park food pantry and clothes closet, for an audit of their financial records. The Center is located at the Canoga Park Presbyterian Church, 22103 Vanowen. If interested, please contact Dick Shively at (818) 886-3323.

                              APRIL 2010 STATISTICS

 

      P.O.P.         Rescate                                   

TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED             815               536

PEOPLE SERVED: Adults             1,275                980

                         Children            629                876

                                              1,904              1,856     

 

Senior Wednesday, May 5, 247 people got large food bags.