Pantry Paper – JUNE 2012

THANK YOU BOY SCOUT TROOP 22 and the many other volunteers, who helped the Pantry transport, sort and store 774 bins of food from the Woodland Hills Post Office during the Lettercarriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Drive May 12^th. If you would like to organize a food drive at your workplace, school, congregation or civic group, call Susan Steeb (818) 292-3193.

THANKS YOUTH MUSICAL THEATER at Woodland Hills Community Church for collecting food as part of admission to your Kiss Me Kate production. We also thank those who attended the SOUP KITCHEN DINNER at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church for their cash donation.

SUPERMARKET FOOD DRIVES Help is needed Saturday, June 2nd at Sprouts Market at Ventura /Topanga, and Saturday, June 9th 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 2nd (818) 415-8995, and Al Trumpler for the 9 ^th (818) 887-9384.

VOLUNTEER NEWS We thank new Pantry volunteers Cecil Czachow and Cesar DeAnda. Cecil is helping stock the Pantry, and Cesar is picking up the food donation from the Starbucks at Topanga/Dumetz.

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 Madeline 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.

WE ARE WEARING OUR BRIGHT YELLOW PANTRY T SHIRTS to raise awareness. They also come in gray and both are available in short or long sleeve, Small, Medium or Large for $5 each to help the Pantry.

LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK CAN’T SUPPLY ENOUGH and has a waiting list of about 80 agencies. Also, the amount supplied to member pantries has decreased to where the Pantry had to spend over $9,000 in April to maintain food quality.

FOOD STAMPS FED 1 IN 7 U.S. RESIDENTS in an average month during 2011, according to the Los Angeles Times.

                              APRIL 2012 STATISTICS

P.O.P. Rescate

TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED             746                 488

PEOPLE SERVED: Adults             1,224                 976  

                         Children             491                 812  

                                              1,715              1,788

Senior Wednesday, May 2, 218 people got large food bags.