Pantry Paper – FEBRUARY 2012

VOLUNTEERS WITH STRONG BACKS NEEDED to unload trucks and stock shelves Tuesdays and Thursdays. Must be able to lift at least 30 lbs. Able and interested? Call the Pantry (818) 346-5554.

WINTER COATS, HATS, GLOVES NEEDED by the Family Rescue Center at Canoga Park Presbyterian Church, 22103 Vanowen St., Canoga Park, CA 91303. Please drop off 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. Questions? Call Joel (818) 884-7587.

SUPERMARKET FOOD DRIVES Help is needed Saturday, February 4th at Sprouts/Henry’s Market at Ventura and Topanga, and Saturday, February 11th 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 Blake Lichtig for the 4th (818) 415-8995, and Al Trumpler for the 11^th (818) 887-9384.

WE THANK KATHRYN DEANDA AND RANDY KISTLER for joining our Board as representatives of Woodland Hills Community Church and St. Luke Lutheran Church, respectively. Their congregations are members of the West Valley Food Pantry Coalition.

VOLUNTEER NEWS We welcome our new Pantry volunteers: Alice Gibbs, Samantha Gymerk, Donna Nouriel and Corinne Schnur. Also thanks to their trainers Caroline Greene, Susan Steeb and Lee Tishler.

TRIBUTES For a minimum donation of $5, you can honor or remember someone and, also, help the Pantry. 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 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 postal or email 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.

FOOD PANTRY T-SHIRTS ON SALE AT THE PANTRY Long-sleeve Small, Medium and Large, and some short-sleeve are available for $5 each to help the Pantry.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP A SENIOR APPLY FOR the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), go to AARP.org/snap.

FEBRUARY PANTRY CLOSURE on the 20^TH, Presidents’ Day.

                              DECEMBER 2011 STATISTICS

P.O.P. Rescate

TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED             841                 477

PEOPLE SERVED: Adults             1,346                 912  

                         Children             582                 702  

                                              1,928              1,614

Senior Wednesday, Jan. 4, 185 people got large food bags.