Pantry
Paper – MARCH 2011
THANK YOU HENRY’S
MARKET AND YOUR CUSTOMERS for donating 15,500 grocery bags of food over the
holiday season.
SUPERMARKET FOOD
DRIVES Help is needed Saturday, March 5th at Ralph’s on the north
side of Victory west of Fallbrook and Saturday, March 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 March 5th
drive (818) 731-7385, Al Trumpler for the 12th
(818) 887-9384.
VOLUNTEER NEWS Welcome new volunteers Roslyn Daniels and
Shelley Gerstl. Also a big thank you to Jeff Albee,
who has been recruiting first Saturday Food Drive volunteers for a year and a
half.
NOW, IT IS EASIER TO SERVE OUR NON-ENGLISH OR LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING
CLIENTS. The Board has adopted a bilingual application card in English and
Spanish as the sole registration card for all future registrations. This will help us continue our long-standing
policy of helping meet the food needs of eligible people in the
SMALL SIZES OF
MEN’S CLOTHING, BELTS AND SHOES are needed at the
WE NEED CASH-OFF
SUPERMARKET COUPONS some are in Entertainment books or the newspaper; others
come in the mail. Please give them to Jeanne Bain at the Pantry.
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.
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.
FOOD PANTRY
T-SHIRTS ON SALE AT THE PANTRY Long-sleeve Small, Medium and Large, and
some short-sleeve Large are available for $5 each to help the Pantry.
LOOKING FOR WORK?
Go
to aarp.org/worksearch for access to local job
openings.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO HELP A SENIOR APPLY for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), go to aarp.org/snap.
JANUARY 2011 STATISTICS
P.O.P. Rescate
TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 778 572
PEOPLE
SERVED: Adults 1,265 1,062
Children
569 1,023
1,834 2,085
Senior
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 188 people got large food bags.